Sam Irvin.Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise
Sam Irvin. Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise. This biography of the "entertainer and world-class eccentric" contains several pages about the subject's experiences in the pre-Broadway phase of the 1937 Harburg-Arlen musical Hooray for What! NY: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Edward Jablonski. The Encyclopedia of American Music
Edward Jablonski. The Encyclopedia of American Music. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981.
Edward Jablonski. Harold Arlen: Happy with the Blues
Edward Jablonski. Harold Arlen: Happy with the Blues. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961.
David Jenness and Don Velsey
David Jenness and Don Velsey. Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000. NY: Routledge, 2006. Contains commentary on several of Yip's lesser-known lyrics.
Justin Kaplan, General Editor
Justin Kaplan, General Editor. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 16th Edition. Little, Brown & Company, 1992, p. 699.
Herbert Keyser.Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre: The Composers and Lyricists
Herbert Keyser. Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre: The Composers and Lyricists. Applause Books, 2009. Contains a beautifully illustrated chapter on Yip.
Richard Koszarski. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff
Richard Koszarski. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff, Rutgers University Press, 2008. Several passages of this thorough history discuss Yip's little-known lyric writing stint at Paramount's Long Island Astoria Studios from 1929 through the early 1930's.
John Lahr.Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr
John Lahr. Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr. NY: Knopf, 1969.
John Lahr. The Lemon-Drop Kid
John Lahr. "The Lemon-Drop Kid" in The New Yorker. Sept. 30, 1996. Reprinted in Honky Tonk Parade, Overlook Press, 2005.
Ethan Mordden.Broadway Babies
Ethan Mordden. Broadway Babies. NY: Oxford University Press, 1983.