Over one hundred
interviews were conducted for this never-ending-work-in-progress
from which this article is an excerpt. Many newspapers, magazines, books and
private collections were digested. Among them Goldmine, Rolling Stone, Newsday,
The Island, Dan's Paper, The Osborne-Hamilton and the O'Sullivan/Woodside
price guides, and Joel Whitburn/Billboard books.
I wish to thank Debbie Taylor for her early involvement in research.
I would also like to thank those whose help and support propelled this piece,
especially those whose photographs were reproduced: Ken Abruzzi, Sam Ash Music-Huntington,
the late Howard Blauvelt (from whom many pictures
and comments were contributed), Kenny Dino, Wes
Houston, Tom Ingegno, Rick Tarkin, The
Michael Ochs Archive, Dave Kalil (for his Hammond B-3), Elliot Kissileff,
Chris Lavin, Denis McNamara, Ken Romanowski,
Joe Russo (Rascals archivist), Alan Shapiro, Joel Sugarman, Joy and Jim Thurston,
Doug Tow and Dr. Louis Woolf.
