Though he died 31 years ago, Doc Pomus is back on the radar. Bob Dylan’s new book, The Philosophy of Modern Song, is dedicated to Pomus. One of the longest chapters in Peter Guralnick’s excellent ...
Of the many lyricists who co-wrote rock ’n’ roll songs in the 1950s and early ’60s, few had more personal experience with heartache and grief than Doc Pomus. After contracting polio as a 6-year-old in ...