Colin Larkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Colin Larkin

British writer

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1949

Place of Birth: Dagenham, England, United Kingdom

Profession: writer, entrepreneur, musician, music journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British writer and entrepreneur.
He founded, and was the editor in chief of, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, described by The Times as "the standard against which all others must be judged".Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also wrote the book All Time Top 1000 Albums, and edited the Guinness Who's Who Of Jazz, the Guinness Who's Who Of Blues, and the Virgin Encyclopedia Of Heavy Rock The compiler of the most extensive database of popular music in Europe and the US, a writer and book designer by trade, Larkin has over 650,000 copies in print to date.
As an authority on popular music, Larkin has often been interviewed on radio, and had a regular slot on BBC GLR for two years in the 1990s.