Fredric Dannen is an American journalist and author. He is best known for his landmark book ''Hit Men: Powerbrokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business'' (1990), which investigated the behind-the-scenes dealings of the major American record labels in the 1970s and 1980s, focussing on the careers of leading CBS Records executives Walter Yetnikoff and Dick Asher. ''Hit Men'' came in second on Billboard Magazine's list of "100 Greatest Music Books of All Time" More recently, Dannen was the co-author (with Barry Long) of ''Hong Kong Babylon: An Insider's Guide to the Hollywood of the East'', in which Dannen examines the connections between the

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film industry and Asian organised crime. Dannen was a contributing editor of ''

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'' and in 1986 he was co-recipient of the

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's, Morton Frank Award for business reporting from abroad. His articles have appeared in ''

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'', ''Channels'', '' Barron's'' and ''

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''. The

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-produced movie ''

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'' was based on Frederick Dannen's ''New Yorker'' article chronicling Asian-American gang life in Queens, New York.

Works

Works by Fredric Dannen include: *

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