death_date years_active article_title name background birth_date origin birth_name occupation
17 march 2010 1972 -- 2010 charlie gillett
 charlie gillett non_performing_personnel 20 february 1942 morecambe , lancashire , england , united kingdom charles thomas gillett musicologist , writer , radio presenter , record producer
charlie gillett

charlie gillett -lrb- ; 20 february 1942 -- 17 march 2010 -rrb- was a british radio presenter , musicologist and writer , mainly on rock and roll and other forms of popular music .
he was particularly noted for his influential book `` the sound of the city '' , for his promotion of many forms of `` world music '' , and for discovering and promoting such acts as dire straits and ian dury .
