Sports and music writer/critic/historian as well as music producer. Currently teaching in Humanities Department of the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

"Billy Altman writes about pop music for numerous publications, including People and The New York Times. A former editor of Creem, he is executive producer of the award-winning RCA Heritage Series, and teaches a course on music and culture at New York's School of Visual Arts" - Taken from Time Life Music Classic Rock (2) series liner notes.