Bill C. Malone (born August 25, 1934) is an American musician, author and
historian specializing in
country music and other forms of traditional American music, he is a renowned scholar. He is the author of the 1968 book
Country Music, U.S.A., the first definitive academic history of country music. Malone is
Professor Emeritus of History at
Tulane University and now resides in
Madison, Wisconsin.