Talk:David Ritz

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Sexual Healing publishing rights[edit]

To say this matter is controversial is to state the obvious. Am I alone in feeling this must be sourced to clarify the matter? To cite Ritz will obviously be non-objective so please don't point to "Divided Soul" as it will only heighten the controversy. Mr. Ritz is felt by some to have insinuated himself into various circumstances and it will serve all to clarify this matter. (I'm stating this objectively, I honestly don't have a proper opinion on the matter).--Tednor 02:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If Mr. Ritz original source material backs up his assertions, then please point specifically to the cited resource and not the text of the biography itself. Again, I admire Mr. Ritz for his many contributions to Soul Music culture in general and I'd like to know how this matter is resolved. Thanks to those who provide sources, as it is important work that most of us (me guilty!) tend to overlook.--Tednor 02:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'Ritz may have also assisted Gaye in naming the song; after looking at Gaye's extensive porn collection, he had told Marvin that he needed "sexual healing".' Well, I heard him say as much on Saturday 12 April 2008, in a talk at the Pop Conference at Experience Music Project (EMP); also that the remark was related to the collection being particularly nasty and hardcore porn. The talk was recorded and archived for EMP, but I don't know what the deal will be on getting access to that, so I don't know if it will meet Wikipedia's standards for citation. He basically said that remark of his was the starting point for the song, and that he and Gaye wrote it in about 5 minutes. - Jmabel | Talk 23:03, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Free images available[edit]

Commons:Category:David Ritz. Someone should pick one of these to replace the fair use image on this page. - Jmabel | Talk 17:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What the hell...[edit]

...is with that incoherent, unsourced paragraph on 'Sexual Healing'? I'm going to delete moat of it, as reading it hurts my brain Melaena (talk) 22:56, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Before Hollywood[edit]

Mr. Ritz was a copywriter for the Tracy-Locke agency in Dallas. He wrote an article about his experiences: http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2012/November/The_Mad_Men_of_Dallas.aspx?page=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.253.138.43 (talk) 19:04, 30 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

I noticed a number of references using the url to a Google Book link. I though editors might be interested in a tool which takes a link as input and creates a (usually) properly formatted ref.

Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books

I used it to improve two such references.

It really helps creates a much cleaner list of references. I hope you will try it. S Philbrick (Talk) 13:45, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]