Biography: José Ramón Pardo (born August 17, 1941, in Gijón, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish music journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He worked for major newspapers and radio stations before joining Televisión Española, where he was a scriptwriter and contributor to programmes such as Tocata, Aplauso, and A Tope. He later founded the music label RamaLama Music and has written extensively on Spanish pop and rock history.