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university college , fordham university and the new school for social of research salford , new york university , hunter 29 november 2011 new york -lrb- aged 59 -rrb- new york city the american popular music business in the twentieth century literature , music , film 3 september 1952 david sanjek 01.jpg david sanjek
 david sanjek
david sanjek

david sanjek -lrb- 3 september 1952 - 29 november 2011 -rrb- was a professor of popular music and director of the university of salford music research centre in salford , greater manchester , england .
alongside his father , russell sanjek , they produced the first comprehensive written history of the american music industry ; `` american popular music and its business : the first four hundred years . ''
sanjek was a distinguished scholar who published widely on popular music , film , media studies , copyright law and popular culture .
he was director of the archives at broadcast music , inc. -lrb- bmi -rrb- between 1991 and 2007 and was considered to be a world expert in this field .
he also served as an advisor to many organisations , including the library of congress , the rock and roll hall of fame , the rhythm & blues foundation , the blues foundation , the center for black music research , the experience music project museum , the national endowment for the humanities and on several committees for the national academy of recording arts and sciences -lrb- naras -rrb- .
he was also the president , vice-president and secretary of the u.s. branch of the international association for the study of popular music -lrb- iaspm -rrb- .
