Fredric M "Fred" Bronson was born on January 10,1949 and is an American journalist, author and writer.
21 Facts About Fred Bronson
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Fred Bronson 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.
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Fred Bronson is known for his appearances on American Idol and the weekly "Chart Beat" column in Billboard magazine.
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Fred Bronson showed an early aptitude for gauging the popularity of artists and songs.
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At age eleven, Fred Bronson won a contest in the Los Angeles Mirror-News requiring him to select favorites in several music categories.
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Fred Bronson's prize was a lunch with actress Connie Stevens.
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One of Fred Bronson's earliest published works was in the first letters column of The Amazing Spider-Man, in issue 3, published in 1962.
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Fred Bronson's letters were published on a regular basis in issues of Superman, Action Comics, Adventure Comics, The Flash and other DC Comics publications.
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Fred Bronson has written for numerous award shows including both the World Music Awards and American Music Awards.
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Fred Bronson has appeared as a repertoire expert four times on American Idol, during Seasons 2,4,7 and 9.
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Fred Bronson's book served as source material for the first episode of CMT's series, CMT's Next Superstar.
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Fred Bronson appeared on the first episode as a guest judge, along with Kristin Chenoweth and permanent judge Matt Serletic.
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Fred Bronson wrote one episode of the Star Trek: The Animated Series, "The Counter-Clock Incident", under the name John Culver.
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Fred Bronson is the co-writer on two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Game" and "Menage a Troi".
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Fred Bronson was head writer on NBC's January 2005 telethon to raise funds for victims of the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia.
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For 20 consecutive years, Fred Bronson wrote The American Music Awards.
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On March 5,2009, Fred Bronson announced in his weekly Chart Beat column that it was to be his last.
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In 2011, Fred Bronson began writing for Billboard again on a regular basis.
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Fred Bronson has conducted interviews for Sirius XM including Paul McCartney, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and Ulf Ekberg from Ace of Base.
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Fred Bronson announced that he would be a guest on Jon Peter Lewis' internet TV series American Nobody.
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Fred Bronson was a member of the international jury of Melodifestivalen 2009, national preselection event to choose the Swedish representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.