Paul Ackerman

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Paul Ackerman (February 18, 1908 – December 31, 1977) was an influential music journalist.^[1]

Ackerman was born in New York, New York. From 1943 to 1973 he was the music editor of Billboard magazine. He wrote the liner notes to Harry Belafonte's 1958 album of folk ballads, Love Is a Gentle Thing.