Fred Dellar

Frederick Dellar (29 May 1931 – 15 May 2021) was an English music writer and journalist, regarded in the popular music scene as "the king of trivia". He married in 1958, and in 1964 started working for the London Book Centre distribution company, while writing reviews in his spare time. He contributed crosswords to a number of magazines, including Empire and Mojo. Dellar contributed for 25 years to the latter magazine, where he was known for features like the "Time Machine" and "Ask Fred" pages.

Dellar died on 15 May 2021, aged 89. He was predeceased by his wife Pam a year earlier, and survived by his son Glenn.

Publications The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Country Music (1977) NME Guide to Rock Cinema (1981) Where Did You Go To, My Lovely?: The Lost Sounds and Stars of the Sixties (1983) Rock and Pop Crosswords (1983) The Essential Guide to Rock Records (with Barry Lazell, 1983) The Country Music Book of Lists (1984) The Hip: Hipsters, Jazz and the Beat Generation (with Roy Carr and Brian Case, 1987) Sinatra: His Life and Times (1995) Excess All Areas. A Who's Who of Rock Depravity (with Gary Boiler, 1995) Frank Sinatra: Night and Day - The Man and the Music (1997) The Mojo Inquisition: Rock 'n' Roll Quiz and Crossword Book (2001)