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James Richliano

James Richliano grew up in Western New York, majored in English, and graduated with honors from The State University of New York at Buffalo. After moving to New York City, over 200 of his articles were published internationally in Billboard magazine, where he was employed for four years as a writer and Chart Production Manager. Some of his responsibilities there included editing, proofreading and producing all of Billboard’s charts. Subsequently, for several years he wrote music reviews for The Boston Globe and also worked as associate producer for a nationally syndicated modern rock/pop radio show called Cross Currents. In addition, he has written for various other newspapers and has worked as a researcher/interviewer on several books including The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, The Billboard Book of Number One R&B Hits and Billboard’s Hottest Hot 100. He currently resides in the Hudson Valley of New York State. Angels We Have Heard: The Christmas Song Stories is James’ first book.