Talk:Artie Ripp

Birth Date
I'm continuing to work on an article about Artie Ripp. Thank you for your earlier research. If it's not too much trouble, would you mind letting me know where you found his date of birth? You mentioned accessing public records, but I haven't been able to find the data. I'd like to be able to cite the source. Thank you. Kekki1978 (talk) 20:03, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * His age is given as 75 in sources like this and this. So far as his date of birth is concerned, I subscribe to Ancestry.com, which (quite separately from its user-generated family tree content) provides online access to US public databases - in this case listed as Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.   I know there are other online ways of accessing this information in the US, but I don't know what they are (I'm in the UK).  But, it is a primary source, I haven't seen his date of birth published elsewhere, and you may prefer simply to give his year of birth.    Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:30, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * thank you, your information is much appreciated. Kekki1978 (talk) 22:07, 11 November 2015 (UTC)

Suggestions for Improvement

 * add chart rankings to singles section Kekki1978 (talk) 23:17, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
 * add info about Lovin' Spoonful to Kama Sutra section. Kekki1978 (talk) 18:50, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * add info about involvement with Sha Na Na Kekki1978 (talk) 18:50, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * discuss Kyle, Mama Lion, Billboard review of Cold Spring Harbor, and flop of CSH in Family section. Kekki1978 (talk) 18:57, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * discuss Ripp's involvement with Dallas theme & China Beach . Kekki1978 (talk) 19:00, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * increase discussion re. contract with Billy Joel. Kekki1978 (talk) 19:13, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * citations that use Schruers' biography of Billy Joel as a source need to be corrected to show accurate page numbers. (Not needed - no page numbers are shown) Kekki1978 (talk) 18:50, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * add 1963 single "Just One Look" by Doris Troy to list of production credits. Kekki1978 (talk) 19:24, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * discuss treatment of Neil Merryweather
 * discuss Merryweather's quote re. similar treatment of Joel
 * discuss alleged affiliation with Morris Levy
 * perhaps discuss speculation about feeding unpopular records to Tiger Lilly to reduce taxes Kekki1978 (talk) 19:23, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * add management of Melanie which began during Buddah Records period: http://melaniemusicsociety.tripod.com/makenois.htm (reprint of article from UK Sunday Times Magazine) Kekki1978 (talk) 09:54, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * add description of Ripp from 1969 UK Sunday Times. Let's not do it; while descriptive, it's unnecessarily unfavorable, in my opinion.Kekki1978 (talk) 16:06, 14 January 2016 (UTC) http://melaniemusicsociety.tripod.com/makenois.htm (reprint of article from UK Sunday Times Magazine) Kekki1978 (talk) 09:54, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * add MusicBrainz identifier: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/227220ec-8844-4623-81e1-81cc7d4faa33/details Kekki1978 (talk) 16:13, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
 * discuss information found here: https://books.google.com/books?id=FyyqKcy_ZeMC&pg=PA323&dq=artie+ripp&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-zKSVZP_NMH4yQSK1oKgCw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBA Kekki1978 (talk) 09:42, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * and here: https://books.google.com/books?id=I6pfS5VOa4kC&pg=PA100&dq=artie+ripp&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-zKSVZP_NMH4yQSK1oKgCw&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=artie%20ripp&f=false Kekki1978 (talk) 09:42, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * and here: http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Artie-Ripp/462141963 Kekki1978 (talk) 09:42, 12 February 2016 (UTC)