Dan Armstrong was a staff writer for the Southeast News in Downey, California.
Lester Bangs was an American music journalist, author, and musician. He wrote for Rolling Stone, Creem, and the Village Voice until his death in 1982.
Johnny Black is the author of Jimi Hendrix: The Ultimate Experience and a regular contributor to Q, Mojo, and Hi-Fi News. He lives in London.
Marcello Carlin has written extensively about music, both in print and online, since 2001 and also contributes to Time Out, Uncut, The Wire and other publications. His book, The Blue in the Air, was published in 2011. He lives in London.
Ray Coleman, former editor of the British pop music weekly Melody Maker, authored The Carpenters: The Untold Story, published in 1994. He also penned biographies on John Lennon and Eric Clapton. Coleman died in 1996 at the age of fifty-nine.
Jerry Crowe served as staff writer and sports critic for the Los Angeles Times for more than twenty years.
Digby Diehl is a Los Angeles-based arts critic and the founding book editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review. He has been a literary correspondent for Good Morning America and written several nonfiction books. Diehl also wrote the liner notes for the Carpenters’ Singles and Passage albums.
Sheryl Farber is a three-time Grammy-nominated entertainment archivist, writer, and editor. She coproduced the Rhino box set One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found; has worked on hundreds of Rhino releases as editorial supervisor; and has written liner notes for several.
Rod Fogarty is a musician and writer based in the Toronto area. As a percussionist, he has recorded and toured with artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Ruth Brown, Jackie Wilson, Vince Guaraldi, the Coasters, and Chuck Berry.
Dean Gautschy was a staff writer for the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner and also wrote for a number of entertainment-oriented publications.
Ed Harrison was a writer and a reviews editor for Billboard.
Robert Hilburn was the pop music editor and a critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005. His memoir, Corn Flakes with John Lennon and Other Tales from a Rock ‘n’ Roll Life, was published in 2009.
Sara Jordan is a features writer for Midwest Today, a regional magazine published in Iowa.
David Konjoyan is the editor of GRAMMY magazine, the official publication of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He was co-executive producer of the 1994 If I Were a Carpenter tribute album.
Daniel J. Levitin is a professor of psychology and music at McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs.
Frank H. Lieberman was commissioned to write a special Carpenters tribute supplement for the November 17, 1973, issue of Billboard. Following a long career as a publicist and journalist, Lieberman died in 2011 at the age of sixty-eight.
Fiona MacDougall interviewed numerous musicians and celebrities during her time as a staff writer for ‘Teen in the early 1970s.
Pat McGreevy was a staff writer for the Southeast News and Downey Herald-American before joining the Los Angeles Times.
Joel McNally was a columnist for the former Milwaukee Journal. At present, his opinion column can be read in the Shepherd Express, Milwaukee’s alternative newspaper.
Dave McQuay was a music enthusiast who began his writing career in the Baltimore, Maryland, area. He was a columnist for the Orange County Register at the time of his death in 1993.
Ken Michaels was a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune in the 1960s and 1970s.
Ron Miller was a syndicated columnist and TV editor for the San Jose Mercury News for twenty-one years. He is also the author of Mystery!: A Celebration, the companion book to PBS’s Mystery! TV series.
Bill Moran’s career in radio spans more than thirty years on leading Los Angeles radio stations including KABC, KFI, KISS-FM and AM, and KGIL.
Nancy Naglin is a New York-based author and freelance writer.
Ted Naron is a musician and writer. He has won numerous creative awards in advertising with television work for United Airlines, Sony, General Motors, Kellogg’s, and other clients. Additionally, he makes documentary films.
Tom Nolan is the author of Ross Macdonald: A Biography and Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet: His Life and Times. His features and reviews appeared regularly in Rolling Stone, Phonograph Record, and many other publications. He lives in Los Angeles.
Frank Pooler is a professor emeritus at California State University-Long Beach. He is respected in both academic and professional music circles as a leading authority on choral music. His association with the Carpenters dates back to 1964, when Richard became accompanist for Pooler’s CSULB University Choir. As orchestral director for the Carpenters, Pooler traveled with the group to Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and England, as well as Lake Tahoe, Reno, and the White House.
Greg Rule is an audio programmer who has toured the world with the Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Don Henley, and others. His writing has appeared in EQ and Keyboard magazines.
Tierney Smith is a freelance music writer whose work has appeared in Relix, Goldmine, and other magazines.
Tom Smucker has been writing about pop culture and politics since the 1960s. His work has appeared in publications including Fusion, Creem, and the Village Voice.
John Tobler is a British rock music journalist, record company executive, and author of The Complete Guide to the Music of the Carpenters.
Charlie Tuna has worked as morning-drive personality for more stations and formats than anyone in Los Angeles radio history. He has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
Stephen Whitty is a columnist and film critic who has contributed to Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, and other magazines.
Janet Wiscombe was a staff writer at the Denver Post and Long Beach PressTelegram. She has also been a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
John Woolard was a staff writer for the Long Beach PressTelegram.