Gene Sculatti

Gene Sculatti
BornEugene Paul Sculatti
(1947-01-30) January 30, 1947 (age 77)[1][2]
San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationMusic journalist
Website
genesculatti.com

Eugene Paul Sculatti (born January 30, 1947) is an American music journalist who compiled and edited the book The Catalog of Cool (1982).[3][4] In 1966, he became the first journalist to write about the nascent San Francisco music scene in a national magazine (Crawdaddy!).[5] He is formerly an editorial director for Warner Bros. Records and the magazine Billboard.[6] He has also written for Rolling Stone, Creem, and Radio & Records.[7]

  1. ^ "Eugene Paul Sculatti, Born 01/30/1947 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org.
  2. ^ "THE MAJESTIC WEST SCROLLGene Sculatti — Wimpole Street Writers". Wimpolestreetwriters.com. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Henderson, Richard (2010). Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-4411-4315-0.
  4. ^ Frank, Thomas C. (1997). Baffler: The Journal That Blunts the Cutting Edge. Baffler. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-888984-09-5.
  5. ^ "Gene Sculatti". Rock's Backpages. n.d.
  6. ^ Fenterstock, Alison (July 22, 2015). "Dr. John's '60s, '70s Atlantic singles collected in new compilation, due out Sept. 18". Nola.com.
  7. ^ O'Rourke, Sally (November 10, 2016). "BOOK: Gene Sculatti, 'Tryin' to Tell a Stranger 'Bout Rock and Roll: Selected Writings, 1966-2016'". Rebeat.