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- ↑ Dave Simons, Studio Stories: How the Great New York Records Were Made: From Miles to Madonna, Sinatra to the Ramones, pg. 59, Backbeat Books (2004) OCLC 57543979 ISBN 0879308176
- ↑ Phil Ramone & Charles L. Granata, Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music, Hyperion (2007) OCLC 174143979 ISBN 9780786868599 ISBN 0786868597
- ↑ Herb Wasserman, A Different Drummer: What Makes Me Tic, a Memoir, pg. 134, Writers Club Press, San Jose, California (2000) OCLC 52229234 ISBN 0595147267
- ↑ Paid Announcement: "A & R Recording Incorporated," Billboard , December 15, 1958, pg. 81