Harvey Kubernik

Harvey Kubernik (born February 26, 1951) is an American author, journalist and music historian. From the mid-1970s, he wrote for music publications such as Melody Maker, Los Angeles Free Press, Crawdaddy! and Phonograph Record. His articles, interviews and reviews have since been published in many other music magazines, including Goldmine, Mojo, Musician, Classic Rock, DISCoveries, Uncut, Mix, Harp and Hits, and in the Los Angeles Times. During the 1970s and early 1980s, he also worked as an A&R director for MCA Records and as a record producer.

As of July 2017, Kubernik was a contributing editor at Record Collector News magazine and had written ten books on popular music. His books include Hollywood Shack Job: Rock Music in Film and on Your Screen (2007), Canyon of Dreams (2009), It Was 50 Years Ago Today: The Beatles Invade America and Hollywood (2014), and 1967: A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love (2017).

Early life, music journalism and record production Harvey Kubernik was born in Los Angeles. He attended Fairfax High School and West Los Angeles College, and graduated from San Diego State University with a B.A. Special Major Degree (Health, Sociology, Literature).

He also worked as an A&R director for MCA Records and, from 1979, as a record producer.

In 2009, Kubernik's book Canyon of Dreams was published by Sterling and Barnes & Noble. It details the Laurel Canyon music community of Los Angeles and incorporates the photography of Henry Diltz, it includes very important pictures of Sunset Blvd; like the Whisky a GO-GO contributed by Samuel L. Biedny, taken in the late 1960s. His 2017 book 1967: A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love documents the Summer of Love.