Stephen Holden (born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, poet, and music and film critic.

Biography

Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

in 1963. He worked as a photo editor, staff writer, and eventually became an A&R executive for

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before turning to writing pop music reviews and related articles for ''

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'' magazine, '' Blender'', ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first Alternative newspaper, alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf (publisher), Dan Wolf, ...

'', '' The Atlantic'', and '' Vanity Fair'', among other publications. He first achieved prominence with his 1970s ''Rolling Stone'' work, where he tended to cover singer-songwriter and

traditional pop Traditional pop (also known as vocal pop or pre-rock and roll pop) is Western culture, Western pop music that generally pre-dates the advent of rock and roll in the mid-1950s. The most popular and enduring songs from this era of music are known ...

artists. He joined the staff of ''

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'' in 1981, and subsequently became one of the newspaper's leading theatre and film critics. Holden's experiences as a journalist and executive with RCA led him to write the satirical novel ''Triple Platinum'', which was published by Dell Books in 1980. He is the recipient of the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for the liner notes he wrote for '' The Voice: The Columbia Years'', a

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

anthology. His poetry has been featured in ''

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'' and is included in the anthology ''The New Yorker Book of Poems''. In the mid-1990s, Holden became a second-string film critic, moving into the role of first-string movie critic by year 2000. Holden has appeared on '' 60 Minutes'', '' 20/20'', and ''

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'', and has provided commentaries on

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