David Cavanagh

David Cavanagh was a British writer and music journalist. He wrote for Sounds, Select, Q, Uncut and Mojo. His books included a history of Creation Records, My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize, and Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life, about John Peel. He was at one time an editor of Select.

Cavanagh grew up in Northern Ireland. He died by suicide in December 2018.

Books by Cavanagh

• The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Scandals. Bounty, 1989. ISBN 978-1851528691.
• The Creation Records Story: My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize. Virgin, 2001. ISBN 978-0753506455.
• Music for Boys. Fourth Estate, 2003. ISBN 978-0007148721.
• Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life. Faber & Faber, 2015. ISBN 978-0571302475.

Books with contributions by Cavanagh

• Love Is the Drug. Penguin, 1994. Edited by John Aizlewood. ISBN 978-0140241990.
• 1000 Songs to Change Your Life. Time Out, 2008. Edited by Will Fulford-Jones and John Lewis. ISBN 978-1846700828.