Steve Propes

Writer of about 8 books on record collecting, beginning with Those Oldies But Goodies in 1973, the first book on r&r, r&b record collecting. Notable books, What Was the First Rock and Roll Record with Jim Dawson, 1992; Merry Christmas, Baby: Holiday Music From Bing To Sting with Dave Marsh, 1993; L.A. Vocal Groups with Galen Gart, 2001, 45 RPM with Jim Dawson, 2003; Old School 77 Years of Southern California R&B & Vocal Group Harmony Records 1934 – 2011, 2014; Those Old School Records: The First 50 Years in over 1,000 selected records, 2018