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Dave Laing (David William Laing) was born on 9 January, 1947 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, is an English writer, editor, and broadcaster (1947–2019). Discover Dave Laing's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As David William Laing
Occupation Music journalist, author, editor
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 9 January 1947
Birthday 9 January
Birthplace Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Date of death 2019
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1947

David William Laing (9 January 1947 – 7 January 2019) was an English writer, editor, and broadcaster, specialising in the history and development of pop and rock music.

He was a research fellow at the universities of Westminster and Liverpool.

Laing was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and attended King's College School in Wimbledon, where he joined his first band.

1967

He began studies at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, but left in 1967 without graduating and moved to London.

1970

He started writing music articles and his first book, The Sound of Our Time (1970), while working in clerical jobs.

He then took a degree in English and sociology at the University of Sussex, where he met fellow writer Phil Hardy.

Laing also worked with Val Wilmer on an unpublished history of coal mining communities.

In the mid-1970s Laing was co-editor of one of the first reference books on rock music, The Encyclopedia of Rock.

1971

In 1971 he published one of the first extended analyses of a pop musician's recordings, Buddy Holly.

1972

At the suggestion of writer Charlie Gillett, Laing became editor of the monthly British music magazine Let It Rock, from October 1972 to October 1973.

1975

His other books include The Electric Muse: the story of Folk into Rock (with Karl Dallas, Robin Denselow and Robert Shelton, 1975), and One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock (1985).

1978

In 1978 he published The Marxist Theory of Art, written after moving to Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire.

1995

Laing co-authored, with Phil Hardy, The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music (1995), and co-wrote, with Sarah Davis, The Guerrilla Guide to the Music Business (2001).

Laing was an editor of the Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World.

He also wrote widely in music magazines and newspapers, including The Guardian.

2016

As of 2016, he was the managing editor of the journal Popular Music History and co-editor of the Icons of Pop Music book series.

2019

Laing died of cancer on 7 January 2019, at the age of 71.