Domenic Priore (born January 15, 1960) is an American author, historian and television producer whose focus is on popular music and its attendant youth culture.

Biography

He has written extensively about the Beach Boys' album Smile, including two books on the subject, Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile! and Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece. In 2011, he contributed to the liner notes of compilation album The Smile Sessions. He has also published a number of books and articles on the greater Los Angeles area's youth culture during the 1960s, with special focus on the surf craze and the Sunset Strip music scene.

Priore worked as the primary writer and creative consultant on the AMC documentaries Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955–1970) and Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s.

Publications

  • Priore, Domenic (1988). . Surfin' Colours Hollywood. ISBN 9780867194173.
  • Priore, Domenic (2005). . London: Sanctuary. ISBN 1860746276.
  • Chidester, Brian; Priore, Domenic (2008). . Santa Monica Press. ISBN 978-1-59580-035-0.
  • Priore, Domenic (2007). . Jawbone Press. ISBN 978-1-906002-94-7.
  • Merritt, Christopher; Priore, Domenic (2014). . Process. ISBN 978-1-934170-52-6.

Filmography

  • Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955–1970) (2000, hosted by Ringo Starr)
  • Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002, hosted by David Bowie)