Don Waller (September 1, 1951 – November 17, 2016) was a music journalist, publisher and rock vocalist. He co-published the Los Angeles music magazine ''Back Door Man'', wrote freelance articles for ''
Radio & Records
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'',
''Mojo'',
''Billboard'' and the ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...
'', authored liner notes, and fronted the proto-punk rock band th
Imperial Dogs In 1986 he published a history of Motown Records titled ''The Motown Story''.
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1951 births
2016 deaths
American rock musicians
American writers about music
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists
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