Peter Doggett (born 30 June 1957) is an Englishmusic journalist, author and magazine editor. He began his career in music journalism in 1980,[1] when he joined the London-based magazineRecord Collector.[2] He subsequently served as the editor there from 1982 to 1999,[3] after which he continued in the role of managing editor.[4] He has also contributed regularly to magazines such asMojo,Q andGQ.[5]
Doggett has written extensively about the music and legacy ofthe Beatles. In the 2001 edition ofBarry Miles'The Beatles Diary, he supplied commentary on each of the band's official releases[6] (later compiled in his and Patrick Humphries' 2010 bookThe Beatles: The Music and the Myth). In 2003, he was part of a team of specialist writers and critics – along withMark Lewisohn,Ian MacDonald,John Harris,David Fricke, Miles and others – who authored the three-partMojo: Special Limited Edition series on the Beatles.[3]
Among Doggett's other titles,Are You Ready for the Country (2000) documents the advent of thecountry rock genre.[9] His book on rock music's role in1960s countercultural ideology,There's a Riot Going On, was published byCanongate in 2007[10] and was voted "Best Book of the Year" byMojo's readers.[1] His more recent books includeThe Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s (2011)[11][12] andElectric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone: 125 Years of Pop Music (2015).[13] Doggett's book onJohn Lennon's later years at theDakota building in New York, titledPrisoner of Love: Inside the Dakota with John Lennon, was due to be published in April 2021 by independent publisher Jawbone Press. To the confusion of the Beatles and Lennon fan community, the book was cancelled shortly before its publication date.[14][15][16]
Doggett also works as a consultant for auctioneers of music memorabilia, specialising in the authentication of manuscripts and recordings. He has written CDliner notes and otherwise assisted in reissue campaigns of works bythe Kinks,the Hollies andTom Jones.[1]
In the2010 UK General Election, he stood as theGreen Party's candidate for the seat ofFareham in Hampshire, the same town in which he grew up.[17]He lives in London with his partner Rachel Baylis, an artist.[1] The couple have two daughters, Catrin and Becca Mascall.[18]
^Weber, Erin Torkelson (2016).The Beatles and the Historians: An Analysis of Writings About the Fab Four. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 195.ISBN978-1-4766-6266-4.
^Weber, Erin Torkelson (7 April 2021)."One less puzzle piece". The Historian and the Beatles.Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved11 September 2022.
