The Wrecking Crew (38 page)

Source Notes

1. California Dreamin'

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Hal Blaine (11/21/05; 9/28/07; 2/21/09), Glen Campbell (12/9/05; 3/12/10), and Carol Kaye (11/16/05).

BOOKS: Blaine with Mr. Bonzai,
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician;
Campbell with Carter,
Rhinestone Cowboy;
O'Nan,
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy.

ARTICLES: Chircop, “The Last Days of the Elks Lodge,”
Everett Daily Herald
, 2007. Duersten, “The Lady at the Bottom of the Groove,”
LA Weekly,
2004. Head, “The Ol' ‘Gee-tar' Comes Back,”
Press-Telegram,
1958. Hopper, “Ace of Bass: Carol Kaye,”
LA Weekly,
2010. Moseley, “Carol Kaye: Think Extensive,”
Vintage Guitar,
2001.

WEB SITES:
www.thirteen.org/unsungheroines/2009/03/25/carol-kaye-youve-heard-her-bass-but-not-her-name/
;
www.carolkaye.com
;
www.glencampbellshow.com
.

2. Limbo Rock

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Ray Anthony (9/16/91), Hal Blaine (11/21/05; 9/28/07), Glen Campbell (12/9/05; 3/12/10), Jerry Fuller (7/24/09), Arnie “Woo Woo” Ginsburg (1/23/06), Mark Lindsay (11/20/04), Gary S. Paxton (8/11/09), and Billy Strange (11/21/05).

BOOKS: Blaine with Mr. Bonzai,
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician;
Bronson,
The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits;
Brooks and Marsh,
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable Shows: 1946–Present;
Brown,
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector;
Campbell with Carter,
Rhinestone Cowboy;
Dannen,
Hit Men;
Fisher,
Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation;
Fong-Torres,
The Hits Just Keep On Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio;
Jackson,
American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire;
Ribowsky,
He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties;
Whitburn,
Billboard Pop Charts 1955–1959
.

ARTICLES: Perrone, “Obituary: Lou Chudd,”
The Independent,
1998. Severo, “Mitch Miller, Maestro of the Singalong, Dies at 99,”
New York Times,
2010. “Xavier Cugat, ‘Rumba King' in 1930s, '40s; Band Leader Also Was Violin Prodigy,”
Washington Post
, 1990.

WEB SITES:
www.billystrangemusic.com
;
www.garyspaxton.org/Biography/index.htm
;
www.jerryfuller.com
.

OTHER: “Limbo Rock” AFM session date contract (November 16, 1961).

3. He's a Rebel

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Hal Blaine (11/21/05; 9/28/07; 2/21/09), Glen Campbell (12/9/05; 3/12/10), Al DeLory (1/7/07), Jerry Fuller (7/24/09), Snuff Garrett (8/3/09), Dave Gold (10/26/08), Carol Kaye (11/16/05), Darlene Love (2/9/10), Joe Osborn (12/6/05), Bill Pitman (2/22/09), Guy Pohlman (1/8/11), Stan Ross (10/26/08), and Billy Strange (11/21/05).

BOOKS: Blaine with Mr. Bonzai,
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician;
Bronson,
The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits;
Brown,
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector;
Campbell with Carter,
Rhinestone Cowboy;
Leiber and Stoller with Ritz,
Hound Dog: The Leiber and Stoller Autobiography;
Love with Hoerburger,
My Name Is Love: The Darlene Love Story;
Ribowsky,
He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
.

ARTICLES: “Henry Busse, Band Leader Dies; Wrote Song Hit, ‘Hot Lips,'”
Chicago Daily Tribune,
1955. “Henry Busse Estate Left to Widow,”
Los Angeles Times,
1955. “The Making of a Hit Record,”
CNN.com
, 2003. “Studio Savant,”
Fretboard Journal,
2007.

WEB SITES:
www.songsofsamcooke.com/sar_records.htm
;
www.jerryfuller.com
;
www.billystrangemusic.com
;
www.redhotjazz.com/henrybusse.html
.

OTHER: Commentary by Larry Levine from DVD documentary
Da Doo Ron Ron: The Story of Phil Spector
.

4. The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Lou Adler (11/9/05), Don Altfeld (3/6/10), Hal Blaine (11/21/05; 9/28/07; 2/21/09), Glen Campbell (12/9/05; 3/12/10), Al DeLory (1/7/07), Artie Kornfeld (4/2/10), Bones Howe (7/28/10), Carmie Tedesco (6/27/09), Denny Tedesco (3/25/09), and Dean Torrence (2/18/10).

BOOKS: Blaine with Mr. Bonzai,
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician;
Brown,
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector;
Campbell with Carter,
Rhinestone Cowboy;
Feldman,
The Billboard Book of No. 2 Singles;
Fong-Torres,
The Hits Just Keep On Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio;
Love with Hoerburger,
My Name Is Love: The Darlene Love Story;
Passmore,
Dead Man's Curve and Back: The Jan & Dean Story;
Ribowsky,
He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer;
Spector with Waldron,
Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness or My Life as a Fabulous Ronette;
Tedesco,
Confessions of a Guitar Player;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties;
Wilson with Gold,
Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story
.

ARTICLE: Purdy, “Remembering Tommy: Family and Friends Remember Niagara Falls' Best ‘Known-but-Unknown' Guitarist,”
Niagara Gazette,
2007.

WEB SITES:
www.promusic47.org
;
www.tournamentofroses.com/the-rose-parade
;
www.rockradioscrapbook.ca/radkfwb.html
;
www.niagarafallsinfo.com/history-item.php?entry_id=1411¤t_category_id=108
;
www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-shreddedwheat-history.html
;
www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Cereal.html
;
www.carborundumabrasives.com/aboutCarborundum.aspx
;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR8MgBulXD8
.

OTHER: Commentary by Nino Tempo from DVD documentary
Da Doo Ron Ron: The Story of Phil Spector;
“Be My Baby” AFM session date contract (July 5, 1963); “Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)” AFM session date contract (March 21, 1964).

5. What'd I Say

AUTHOR INTERVIEW with Don Peake (11/21/09).

BOOKS: Charles with Ritz,
Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story;
Evans,
Ray Charles: The Birth of Soul
; Guralnick,
Last Train to Memphis:The Rise of Elvis Presley;
Lydon,
Ray Charles: Man and Music;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties;
Whitburn,
Billboard Pop Charts 1955–1959
.

ARTICLE: “Music: Crow Jim,”
Time
, 1962.

WEB SITES:
www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=godfreyarth
;
www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/inauguralspeech.html
;
www.nationalaviationmuseum.com/Martin-404-Museum.aspx
.

6. I Got You, Babe

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Arnie “Woo Woo” Ginsburg (1/23/06), Ron Jacobs (1/9/10), Don Peake (11/21/09), and Michel Rubini (3/4/10).

BOOKS: Bono,
And the Beat Goes On
; Dannen,
Hit Men;
Brown,
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector;
Fisher,
Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation;
Fong-Torres,
The Hits Just Keep On Coming: The History of Top 40 Radio;
Jackson,
American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire;
Ribowsky,
He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
.

WEB SITE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR8MgBulXD8
.

OTHER: Commentary by Sonny Bono from DVD documentary
Da Doo Ron Ron: The Story of Phil Spector;
“I Got You Babe” AFM session date contract (June 7, 1965); liner notes from CD
A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector.

7. Mr. Tambourine Man

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Hal Blaine (2/21/09), Mark Lindsay (11/20/04), Roger McGuinn (10/19/09), Larry Knechtel (7/13/97; 11/17/02), and Lonnie Knechtel (10/7/09).

BOOKS: Blaine with Mr. Bonzai,
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician;
Bronson,
The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits;
Brown,
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector;
Hjort,
So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-Day, 1965–1973;
Miller,
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing Drums;
Marmorstein,
The Label: The Story of Columbia Records;
Ribowsky,
He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
.

ARTICLE: “Rock 'n' Roll: Message Time,”
Time
, 1965.

WEB SITES:
www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/inauguration/index.shtm
;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=76QCvFhpUtM
;
www.spectropop.com/TerryMelcher/index.htm
.

OTHER: Liner notes from CD
Terry Melcher;
“Hey, Little Cobra” AFM session date contract (October 16, 1963); “Mr. Tambourine Man” AFM session date contract (January 20, 1965).

8. River Deep, Mountain High

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Hal Blaine (11/21/05; 9/28/07), Larry Knechtel (11/17/02), Lonnie Knechtel (10/7/09), and Michel Rubini (3/4/10; 7/15/10).

BOOKS: Brown,
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector;
Ribowsky,
He's a Rebel: Phil Spector: Rock 'n' Roll's Legendary Producer;
Turner with Loder,
I, Tina;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
.

ARTICLE: Francis and Rowesome, “Chrysler Lifts Hood on Most Powerful Car Engine,”
Popular Science,
1951.

WEB SITES:
www.beverlyhills.org/about/radio/default.asp
;
www.dss.cahwnet.gov/cdssweb/PG190.htm
.

OTHER: Chrysler print advertisement, 1956 (from unknown magazine); “Let's Go” AFM session date contract (April 13, 1962); “Out of Limits” AFM session date contract (September 18, 1963); “River Deep, Mountain High” AFM session date contract (March 7, 1966).

9. Eve of Destruction

AUTHOR INTERVIEWS with Lou Adler (11/9/05), Steve Barri (11/13/09), Hal Blaine (9/28/07), Denny Doherty (11/7/05), Bones Howe (6/24/09), Ron Jacobs (1/9/10), Larry Knechtel (11/17/02), Michelle Phillips (11/20/09), Peter Pilafian (1/19/10), Don Randi (10/13/07), and P. F. Sloan (10/28/09).

BOOKS: Blaine with Mr. Bonzai,
Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World's Most Recorded Musician;
Cogan and Clark,
Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios;
Jacobs,
KHJ: Inside Boss Radio;
Kubernik,
Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon;
Phillips with Jerome,
Papa John: An Autobiography;
Phillips,
California Dreamin': The True Story of the Mamas and the Papas;
Whitburn,
Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties
.