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Richard Meltzer (born May 10, 1945) is an American rock critic, performer, writer and songwriter. He is considered by some rock historians to be the first to write real analysis of rock and roll and is credited with inventing "rock criticism". == Biography == Meltzer claims that as a young man he was influenced by the pop artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg and by the artists Paul Cézanne and Marcel Duchamp. Meltzer's first book, The Aesthetics of Rock, evolved... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Richard Meltzer first charted in 1981 with Burning for You.The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.On US Rock the artist achieved 1 number‑one.