I would like to acknowledge my appreciation and gratitude for the hundreds of people who helped me with this book, but I also wish to extend a special thanks to Gene Strohlein, Mert Wilbur, Dennis Arnoldy, Jack Tobin, Joseph Gersky, Murray Ehrenberg, Wally Gordon, Oscar Goodman, Emmett Michaels, Mike Simon, William Ouseley, Bud Hall, Bo Dietl, Beecher Avants, Jeffrey Silver, Marty Jacobs, Mike Reynolds, Jeff German, Ed Becker, A. D. Hopkins, Jim Neff, Phil Hannifin, Shannon Bybee, Lem Banker, Dick Odessky, Allen Glick, Matt Marcus, Richard Crane, Loren Steven, Russ Childers, Jack Roberts, Brian and Myra Greenspun, Angela Rich, Manny Cortez, Douglas Owens, Frank Cullotta, Ray LeNobel, Melissa Prophet, Lowell Bergman, Tommy Scalfaro, Tim Heider, Scott Malone, Ellen Lewis, Kristina Rebelo, Joey Boston, George Hartman, Bobby Kay, Bill Bastone, Kenny Brown, Bob Vanucci, Claudette Miller, Victor Gregor, Arlyne Brickman, John Manca, Buddy Clark, Joe Coffey, Don Furey, Joe Spinelli, Phil Taylor, Rosalie DiBlasio, Howard Schwartz, Bob Stoldal, Lee Rich, Shirley Strohlein, and, of course, Frank Rosenthal.