Christopher Hjort (born 1958) is a rock researcher and historian who combines a love for popular music with an interest in typography and graphic design. Hjort has also worked as a semi-professional guitarist, and toured and recorded two albums with Norway's first cajun and zydeco group, Bygg Band. The group's second album was recorded in Crawley, Louisiana, in 1984, together with cajun and zydeco legends Link Davis Jr. (sax), Michael Doucet (fiddle), and Cleveland Chenier (rub board). Hjort lives in Oslo, Norway, where he collects literature on popular music and guitars and works as a communication advisor. In 2009, his book on "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day, 1965-1973" was awarded a Certificates of Merit for the 2009 Association For Recorded Sound Collections Award for Excellence In Historical Recorded Sound Research.