Stanley Green. The World of Musical Comedy, 4 th ed. San Diego and NY: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1980. Chapter 14: "E.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke, Harold Arlen, Burton Lane," p. 173.
Mark Griffin. A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli. DaCapo Press, 2010. Contains several passages about Yip's professional and personal ties to Minnelli beginning in the early 1930s when Minnelli was designing sets for Broadway musical revues, and continuing through Hooray for What! in 1937 and Cabin in the … Continue Reading ››
Stephen Holden. "The Lyrics of Yip Harburg" in The Yip Harburg Songbook. Miami: CPP-Belwin, 1994. Includes 44 major songs. Also in the 2009 reissue by Hal Leonard Music Publishers.
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.
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.
Deena Rosenberg. Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of George and Ira Gershwin. 2nd ed. University of Michigan Press, 1997. Contains numerous quotes by Yip on his friendship with the Gershwins, his collaborations with Ira and the atmosphere of life in the world of musical theatre and film during the Golden Age of American popular songwriting.
Deena Rosenberg and Harold Meyerson. Essay for The Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Song Lyricists, 1920-1960, devoted solely to great lyricists of the golden age of song writing. Spring 2002.