Bob Rolontz

Robert Rolontz (December 14, 1920 – June 14, 2000) was an American music journalist, executive and record producer.

He started work in the record industry in Philadelphia, where his father owned local radio station WCAU.

In 1951, he moved to New York and joined Billboard as a music reporter, writing a regular column on rhythm and blues.

He also worked at Groove with Piano Red and Champion Jack Dupree, and was the first to use King Curtis on a recording session.

He was credited with persuading BMI and Rolling Stone to initiate the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Awards in 1989.