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Fred Bronson (Fredric M. Bronson) was born on 10 January, 1949 in Culver City, California, U.S., is an American journalist and writer. Discover Fred Bronson'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 75 years old?

Popular As Fredric M. Bronson
Occupation Journalist, author, writer
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 10 January 1949
Birthday 10 January
Birthplace Culver City, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Timeline

1925

Bronson handled publicity for a number of TV series, including Sanford and Son, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, B. J. and the Bear, Man from Atlantis, The Bionic Woman, Police Story, Police Woman, Bonanza, Quark, Joe & Valerie, Voyagers!, The Powers of Matthew Star, Hollywood Squares, The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder, and the Bob Hope specials.

1949

Fredric M. "Fred" Bronson (born January 10, 1949) is an American journalist, author and writer.

He is the author of books related to number one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and other books related to various music charts as well.

He is also known for his appearances on American Idol and the weekly "Chart Beat" column in Billboard magazine.

1954

At age five, he was selected to portray actor/writer/producer Jack Webb as a child in a series of photographs in the May 1954 issue of Cosmopolitan.

Bronson showed an early aptitude for gauging the popularity of artists and songs.

At age eleven, Bronson won a contest in the Los Angeles Mirror-News requiring him to select favorites in several music categories.

His prize was a lunch with actress Connie Stevens.

As Bronson later wrote, "I realized that keeping track of records and artists wasn't such a bad idea."

1962

One of Bronson's earliest published works was in the first letters column of The Amazing Spider-Man, in issue 3, published in 1962.

A follow-up letter was printed in The Amazing Spider-Man No. 608, published 47 years later.

His letters were also published on a regular basis in issues of Superman, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, The Flash and other DC Comics publications.

1965

Bronson is also the author of The Billboard Book of Number One R&B Hits (with Adam White), American Bandstand (with Dick Clark) and The Sound of Music Family Scrapbook, written at the behest of the seven actors who played the von Trapp children in the 1965 film.

Born to Irving and Mildred Bronson and raised in Culver City, California.

1971

From 1971 to 1982, he was a publicist for NBC-TV in Burbank, California.

1993

Bronson's regular Chart Beat column appeared weekly in Billboard magazine from January 1993, when he took over from Paul Grein who originated the column in March 1981, until April 2005, when it was transferred completely to Billboard.com.

1995

Bronson also co-created the syndicated comic strip Dick Clark's Rock, Roll & Remember in 1995 with Dick Clark and art work by Don Sherwood.

Bronson has written for numerous award shows including both the World Music Awards and American Music Awards.

He has also appeared as a repertoire expert four times on American Idol, during Seasons 2, 4, 7 and 9.

2003

The 5th edition of The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits was published in 2003.

2005

Bronson was head writer on NBC's January 2005 telethon to raise funds for victims of the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia.

For 20 consecutive years, Bronson wrote The American Music Awards.

2007

The 4th edition of Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits was published in 2007.

2008

He was seen on March 11, 2008, discussing the oeuvre of Lennon–McCartney and on March 23, 2010, talking about the history of Billboard and the Hot 100.

He was identified as "Author, Billboard Books."

As in episodes from seasons two and four, his Number One Hits book was the exclusive basis of repertoire selection.

His book also served as source material for the first episode of CMT's series, CMT's Next Superstar.

Bronson appeared on the first episode as a guest judge, along with Kristin Chenoweth and permanent judge Matt Serletic.

2009

The online Chart Beat Chat column appeared at Billboard.com from April 1996 until March 5, 2009.

Both dealt with notable activity on the Billboard charts including the Billboard Hot 100 for songs and Billboard 200 for albums.

On March 5, 2009, Bronson announced in his weekly Chart Beat column that it was to be his last.

In August 2009, he wrote his first articles for the Los Angeles Times.

The latimes.com website posted his interviews with American Idol finalists Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta.

2011

His new Billboard column, This Week In Billboard History, launched on the www.billboard.biz website on December 6, 2011.

The series premiered on April 8, 2011, the eighth anniversary of Bronson's first appearance on American Idol.

Bronson's musical preferences were heard on his own radio program Pop Goes the World and the online radio station Radio Fred Bronson.

For seven years, he wrote The Billboard Radio Countdown, a weekly webcast hosted by Billboard magazine's writer and editor Chuck Taylor.

Bronson wrote one episode of the Star Trek: The Animated Series, "The Counter-Clock Incident", under the name John Culver.

He is also the co-writer on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Game" and "Ménage à Troi".

2012

Other writing credits for television include two-hour tributes to Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, and the superstar women of country music (including Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Reba, the Judds, Loretta Lynn and Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland) on "Girls' Night Out" for CBS, a Lionel Richie special that aired in April 2012, a Motown 45th anniversary special, the original Live Aid, and a disco music special for ABC as well as the annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest, also for ABC.