Lew Irwin

Lew Irwin was the founder of comedy groups The Credibility Gap (when it was known as Lew Irwin and the Credibility Gap) and the Fifth Estate. [ [http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifrxq95ldhe~T1 allmusic ((( The Credibility Gap > Biography ))) ] ] He also interviewed Dick Clark [ [http://www.library.unt.edu/resolveuid/24bc6899959ba29ac6feca22c5ad8ed9 A-D — University of North Texas Libraries ] ] and Elvis Presley [ [http://www.library.unt.edu/resolveuid/4cc65566ba40054b35e4348f2eece755 O-S — University of North Texas Libraries ] ] for the Pop Chronicles while at KRLA radio. He wrote several editions of a book about Frank Sinatra [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39454081&tab=editions] and now publishes Studio Briefing. [ [http://studiobrf.newshare.com/ Studio Briefing for May 30, 2008 ] ]

Career

Irwin's autobiographical website writes:

While … an undergraduate at USC, he … host [ed] News Today, a nationally syndicated radio program. … For the next fifteen years, Irwin … anchored television news programs or directed the news operations of leading radio stations. … In 1968, he produced and hosted The Credibility Gap on Los Angeles radio station KRLA, which integrated topical satire and music with the news. … Following that, Irwin produced and hosted more than a half dozen syndicated radio series, including, from 1972-1985, Earth News Radio. … He currently is the publisher/editor of Studio Briefing. [http://hometown.aol.com/studiobrf/lewirwin/lewsbio.html]

Discography

*1968 - "An Album Of Political Pornography", with Lew Irwin and the Credibility Gap (Blue Thumb)

Bibliography

*"Sinatra: A Life Remembered", Courage Books, 1997. ISBN 978-0762403974.
*"Sinatra: The Pictorial Biography", Courage Books, 1995. ISBN 978-1561384532.
*"Sinatra: A Life In Music", Castle Communications, 1995. ISBN 978-1567992212

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References

* [http://hometown.aol.com/studiobrf/lewirwin/lewsbio.html Resume and Biography]
* [http://www.laradio.com/wherei.htm Los Angeles Radio People, I]
* [http://wm06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wifrxq95ldhe~T1 The Credibility Gap from allmusic.com]
* [http://www.library.unt.edu/resolveuid/879119384317e891bdd4a2211d6a6728 Index to Pop Chronicles Interviews]