The Soundtrack of My Life
Clive Davis with Anthony DeCurtis
Simon & Shuster Paperbacks
2013
Pg. 145.

BILLY JOEL – The Life & Times of an Angry Young Man
Hank Bordowitz
Billboard Books
2005
Pgs. 43-45, 47-49, 51-52, 54-57, 61, 63-72, 75-77, 82, 89-91.

He’s a Rebel
Phil Spector   
Cooper Square Publishers Inc
May 2000

Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era
Ken Emerson

Music Man - Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records and the Triumph of Rock N Roll
Dorothy Wade & Justine Picardie
WW Norton & Co.
1990
Pgs. 87, 88-96, 117-119.

Who's Behind the Lovin' Spoonful?
Soundmaker Magazine

1967

San Francisco Nights
Gene Sculatti & Davin Seay
St Martins Press
April 1985
Pgs. 143-144, 157-159.

Rolling Stoned
Andrew Loog Oldham

 

Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth – The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears
Kim Cooper & David Smay, Editors
Feral House
2001

A collection of interviews and stories, including Artie Ripp’s recollections as interviewed by Gene Sculatti
(Billboard – Special Issues). 
Artie’s recollections are found on Pgs. 232-235.

Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic
John French

Woodstock Festival Remembered 
Jean Young & Michael Lang 
Ballantine Books
August 1979

Woodstock: The Oral History
Joel Makower

BILLY JOEL – The Definitive Biography
Fred Schruers

Bumping Geniuses
Danny Goldberg

Million Dollar Mistakes
Moses Avalon

Ruthless, A Memoir – The Explosive Tell-all Memoir of a Maverick Music Mogul with an Ear for Talent and a Talent for Controversy
Jerry Heller with Gil Reavill
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
2005
Pgs. 285-86, 32-33.

Me, the Mob and the Music
Tommy James (with Martin Fitzpatrick)   

Godfather of the Music Business: Morris Levy
Richard Carlin

Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business
Hank Bordowitz

Off The Record
Joe Smith
Little, Brown & Company
November 1989
Pgs. 134-136.

2Stoned
Andrew Loog Oldham
Brad Smith
August 2013 
Pgs. 1, 2, 40, 41

 

HITS - History of the Music Biz 2: The Mike Sigman Interviews
Michael Sigman
Hits
2017
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The Age of Rock 
Jonathan Eisen 
Random House Trade Paperbacks 
May 1969

Sweetie Baby Cookie Honey
Fred Gershon
Arbor House
1986
Pg. 220.

The Road to Woodstock
Michael Lang


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Stoned
Andrew Loog Oldham
Vintage Digital; New Ed. Edition
November 2010

Hit Men – Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business
Fredric Dannen
Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
1991
Pg. 164.

Headliners: Billy Joel
Donald M. Myers
A Tempo Books Original
1981
Pgs. 1-59.