Al Aronowitz

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Alfred Gilbert Aronowitz (May 20, 1928–August 1, 2005) was an American rock journalist best known for introducing Bob Dylan and The Beatles in 1964.

A graduate of Rutgers University, Aronowitz became a journalist in the 1950s and his work in that decade included a 12-part series on the Beat Generation for the New York Post.

On August 28, 1964, the Beatles were staying in the Delmonico Hotel in New York City. Aronowitz brought Dylan to meet the band and also introduced them to marijuana that evening.

Aronowitz also claimed that Dylan wrote the song “Mr. Tambourine Man” while staying in Aronowitz’s Berkeley Heights, NJ home.

[edit] External links

• The Blacklisted Journalist
• CNN obituary
• "The Go-Between" by Mike Miliard, The Boston Phoenix, December 3, 2004
• "The Rock Journalist At a High Point In Music History" by David Segal, Washington Post, August 3, 2005