{"id":834598,"date":"2026-07-31T01:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834598\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T01:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T01:01:14","slug":"beloved-australian-music-journalist-and-broadcaster-glenn-a-baker-dies-aged-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834598\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Australian music journalist and broadcaster Glenn A. Baker dies aged 74"},"content":{"rendered":"

A juggernaut of Australian music<\/a> known for his vast knowledge of the industry, Glenn A. Baker, has died at the age of 74.<\/p>\n

Baker\u2019s friend and fellow music<\/a> journalist, Stuart Coupe, announced he died on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a post that I was hoping I wouldn\u2019t be making for a considerable period of time,\u201d Coupe said in a post to social media.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut after an illness Glenn A. Baker passed away earlier this morning. I\u2019m beyond sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baker is best known for his passion for Australian music, especially rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, during its explosion onto the international scene in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

He started his career in the industry after he helped established radio station 2JJ \u2014 which would go on to become Triple J. <\/p>\n

In 1975 he became the manager for the band Ol\u2019 55 which would go on to have 55 hit singles including (I Want A) Rockin\u2019 Christmas, which Baker cowrote.<\/p>\n

By the mid 80s, Baker had grown to become a well-known figure within the Australian music scene thanks to his radio career on Triple J and Triple M, a music label he cofounded called Raven Records and winning the BBC\u2019s Rock Brain of the Universe three times.<\/p>\n

He went on write 16 books on both travel and music, was credited for written pieces in more than 200 magazines and was the Australian editor at Billboard for two decades.<\/p>\n

His reputation had led to him becoming a member of the ARIA Hall of Fame advisory committee, inducting legends such as Max Merritt, Billy Thorpe, The Masters Apprentices and Australian Crawl.<\/p>\n

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