Bill Dahl is a freelance music journalist for the Chicago Tribune, Living Blues, Goldmine, and many others. He is a contributor to the Blackwell Guide to Soul Recordings, THIHNHA (a biography of Tina Turner), and Rock 'N' Roll Trivia, as well as an author of numerous album and CD liner notes and a former blues and oldies radio DJ.

Desert Island Picks

Jerry Lee Lewis Greatest Hits

Fats Domino They Call Me the Fat Man

Ricky Nelson Legendary Masters - Vols. 1 2

Chuck Berry (Chess boxed set)

Elvis Presley Sun Sessions

Freddy King Just Pickin'

Wilson Pickett Greatest Hits

Otis Redding Otis Redding Story

Junior Walker Shotgun/Roadrunner

Muddy Waters (Chess boxed set)

Carl Perkins Best of Carl Perkins

Little Richard Specialty Sessions, Rovi