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• DATE UNKNOWN - Friend or Phony? by Rosemay Clooney
  
• 11/11/51 - Newsweek "The Rise of Rosemary"
  
• 12/12/51 - Pathfinder "Gold in Young Voices"
  
• 11/15/52 - Collier's - "Everything's Rosy for Clooney"
  
• 2/23/53 - TIME "Girl in the Grove"
  
• 3/53 - Cosmopolitan "A New Success for Rosemary" by Louella O. Parsons
• 6/53 - Modern Screen "Our Rosie"
  
• 9/53 - Redbook - "...What Make's Rosie Glow?"
  
• 12/25/53 - Collier's - "Fabulous Joe Ferrer"r
  
• 6/54 - PREVUE "The Rosemary Clooney Story"
  
• 1/55 - Saturday Evening Post - "Hollywood's Favorite Songbird"
  
• 8/55 - "Her Life Is A Song: Betty Clooney finds her place in the sun..." TV Radio Mirror
  
• 5/56 - Good Housekeeping "On Being Mrs. Jose Ferrer"
  
• 4/57 - Rosemary's trip to Amsterdam
  
• 7/57 - Hit Parader
  
• 7/57 - McCall's Visits: Rosemary Clooney & Son
  
• 2/22/58 - TV Guide"Rosemary Clooney's Household:'It's Like Crazy!'"
  
• 3/58 - TV Radio Mirror "The Ring around Rosie"

• 60s - 80s Variety Reviews of Rosemary's Performances from 60s through 80s
  
• 10/3/60 - Newsweek "Mother's at the Waldorf"
  
• 10/60 - "I Want Eight More Children" by Rosemary Clooney

• 7/75 Daytime TV - "Nick Clooney Recalls the Day 'My Grandfather Had Purple Hair'"
  
• 3/76 - Ladies Home Journal "Rosemary Clooney's Saddest Song"
  
• 77 - Notes from This for Remembrance - Rosie's 1st Autobiography (1977)
  
• 12/11/77 - Houston Chronicle's Zest Magazine "Beyond the Thorns" 
• circa 78 (Unknow Date & Source) "Rosemary Clooney Returns After Bout WIth Insanity"
• 5/18/79  - New York Times - "4 Girls 4"
• 5/79 - Concord Magazine - "4 Girls 4"

• 8/31/81 - People - "Gabri Ferrer Lights Up Debby Boone's Life"
  
• 12/14/81 - Newsweek - "Clooney: Her Life Is Back In Tune"
  
• 12/13/82 - People - "Rosemary Clooney"
  
• 4/6/86 - Los Angeles Times, Rosemary Clooney's Surprise Success
• 4/9/86 - Los Angeles Times, Pop Benefit Concert Singers Salute Six Star Songwriters
  
• 4/11/86 - Los Angeles Times, "A Big-League Winner for the Betty Clooney Foundation"
  
• 4/8/87 - Los Angeles Times, "Hits Just Keep On Coming at Singers, Songwriters Gala"
  
• 3/30/88 - Los Angeles Times, "Clooney Set for Salute to Her Sister"
  
• 4/1/88 - Los Angeles Times, Embarrassment of Riches in `Singers' Salute to Songwriter'
  
• 4/1/88 - Los Angeles Times, Old Friends, Singers Salute the Songwriters
  
• 9/10/88 - Los Angeles Times, This Page Continues: Legendary Singer Still on Key and Still on the Road
  
• 10/11/88 - Los Angeles Times, "4 Girls 4" Ensemble Balances Nostalgia With Modern Sounds
  
• 4/27/89 - Los Angeles Times, "Memorable Moments in a Musical Salute to Songwriters"
  
• 10/22/89 - Los Angeles Times, Traveling in Style Memories are Made of This

• 2/90 - Lears-Clooney! The "Come On-a My House" singer, home at last
  
• 3/90 - Stereo Review "Rosemary Clooney"
  
• 4/26/90 - Los Angeles Times, "Songwriters Get Their Due at Clooney Benefit"
  
• 11/14/90 - Los Angeles Times, A High Note Group Sings Praises of Rosemary Clooney and Music Industry Executive Al Teller
  
• 12/23/90 - "Hey there, she's on a high-flying cloud," Courier Post
  
• 5/1/91 - Los Angeles Times, They Write the Songs A tribute to Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller caps sixth annual `Singers' Salute to the Songwriter
  
• 5/1/91 - Los Angeles Times, Singing Praises to Writers of the Songs
  
• 1/27/92 - Los Angeles Times, Stage, Film Actor Jose Ferrer Dies Theater: He won an Oscar for `Cyrano de Bergerac.' He was also recognized as a performer who stretched his talent from the classics to comedies
  
• 2/7/92 The Record "Rosemary Clooney, Subdued but Stirring"
  
• 4/30/92 - Los Angeles Times, Vocalists Accentuate the Positive
  
• 8/3/92 - The New Yorker - Profiles: The Heart, The Head, and the Pipes
  
• 2/8/93 - The Record "She Makes The Song A Living Experience"
  
• 2/14/93 - Newsday "Time Has Made Rosemary Sage"
  
• 4/22/93 - Los Angeles Times, Singers Salute Songwriters-at Length
  
• 12/17/93 - Los Angeles Times, A Very Clooney Holiday Show Pop music: The `White Christmas' star will be joined by much of her family in a program of seasonal favorites with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and a choir
  
• 2/4/94 - Newsday "A Touch of Spring in Winter Rosemary Clooney's Back in Town"
  
• 10/94 - GQ "Rosemary and Time"
  
• 2/10/95 - The Record "Clooney Keeps Getting Better with Age"
  
• 2/10/95 - Newsday"Clooney Tunes Warm The Wintry Soul"
  
• 2/11/95 - The Record "Golden Show With Clooney"
  
• 4/1/95 - Good Housekeeping "He keeps coming back like a song. (singer Tony Bennett)"
  
• 6/18/95 - Los Angeles Times, Catching Up With the Clooneys
  
• 12/7/95 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Sultry, Savvy Jazz Survivor"
  
• 5/10/96 - Gannett News Service "Rosemary Clooney back on track"
  
• 3/2/97 - Los Angeles Times, Rosie's Got Her Groove Back; The Great American Songbook is thriving in a variety of cozy venues, and Rosemary Clooney couldn't be more pleased.
  
• 6/11/97 - "Nick Clooney, long-accustomed to being Rosemary's brother, now known as George's dad"
  
• 8/7/97 - Rosemary Clooney Home Again
• 11/97 - Town Stands Up At Clooney Wedding
• 12/12/97 - The Record "An inspired couple"
  
• 5/1/98 - Harper's Bazaar "The last crooner."
  
• 6/14/98 - Rosemary Clooney Through the Years
  
• 6/14/98 - Rosemary's Big 7-0
  
• 6/14/98 Gannett News Service "Rosemary Clooney celebrates her birthday on a high note"
  
• 6/20/98 - Clooney, at 70, is skilled and intimate
  
• 7/20/98 People "Love & Marriage"
• 10/7/98 - Los Angeles Times, Singing the Praises of Rosemary Clooney
  
• Excerpt from & Prasie for Rosemary Clooney Autobiography Girl Singer
  
• Various Book Reviews of Girl Singer
  
• 12/98 - Bon Appetit
  
• 2/20/99 - Rosemary Clooney visits the Muppets
  
• 2/25/99 Denver Rocky Mountain News "A Legend and A Lady Venerable Rosemary Clooney May Be More Popular Than Ever"
  
• 4/1999 - Vanity Fair's The Street Where They Lived
  
• 10/7/99 - New York Times "At Home with Rosemary Clooney: Still A Girl Singer"
  
• 10/99 - Opening at Feinstein's October 1999
  
• 11/99 - CBS Sunday Morning Charles Osgood interviews Rosemary Clooney Transcript
  
• 11/99 - Photo and video from Diane Sawyer's interview of Rosemary Clooney on Good Morning America - includes Dante singing to Rosemary for their Anniversary.
  

• 1/9/00 - The Tampa Tribune "Music made the ol' girl sing"
  
• 2/14/00 - Krall swings her way to the Grammys
  
• 2/18/00 -Entertainment Weekly "Grammy Preview 2000"
  
• 2/20/00 - "Rosemary Clooney is finally enjoying life's ride" Toledo Blade Review
  
• 5/21/00 - Asbury Park Press "America Beauty" St. Leo's Benefit Concert
  
• 5/30-6/12/00 - BRAZIL CD Reviews and Feinstein Performance Reviews
  
• 7/4/00 - Cincinnati Enquirer "There's Something About Rosemary
  
• 7/15/00 - San Francisco Examiner Clooney Croons Classic
  
• 7/2000 - L.A. Daily News Article "Clooney Brings Brazil Back to the Bowl"
  
• 7/24/00 - L.A. Times "Clooney, Feinstein set High Standards"
• 2000 - Sentimental Journey: Working with the Big Band Sound Once Again
• 8/3/2000 - Best Friends, Always - Rosemary and Blanchie Mae, a page which tells a little of the story of a friendship that has lasted more than 60 years
• 11/29/00 - New York Post "Dreamy Clooney in tune with the Holidays"
  
• 12/8/00 - Christian Science Monitor "Singer recalls a 'White Christmas' past"
  
• 12/13/00 - Salt Lake Tribune "Clooney Is Gracious, Endearing in Yuletide Symphony Show"
  
• 12/13/00 - Orange County Register "All Her: The holiday season and Rosemary Clooney seem to be inseparable"
• 12/17/00 - Orange County Register "Clooney: Charisma plus"

• 3/3/01 - Courier-Journal "Clooney shares fascinating life, remarkable voice at Pops finale"
  
• 4/23/01 - Tri-C Jazz Fest
  
• 5/11/01 - Las Vegas Sun "A Dash of Rosemary"
  
• 6/15/01 - London - The TImes "Melodrama queen: Life for Rosemary Clooney has been a wild ride but she still shines"
  
• 6/15/01 - The dog who came to dinner: 'Where did your dog Spags get its name?'' by Nick Clooney for his Cincinnati Post column.
  
• 6/16/01 - Irish Times - "The Clooney versions: Perfect Voice/ Singer Rosemary Clooney seems to always hit the right notes, from string-laden ballads to swinging big numbers"
  
• 6/19/01 - Review of Rosemary's London Performance by Mark Burgess
  
• 9/15/01 - Clooney brings joy to audience mulling tragedy by Sherry Crawford for the Evansville, Indiana Courier and Press
  
• 10/29/01 - "Clooney Works Her Magic" by Philip Elwood in the San Francisco Chronicle.

• 1/14/02 - 6/29/02 Rosemary's Battle With Cancer
  
• 2/27/02 - Rosemary Finally Gets a Grammy
• 2/27/02 - Read the feature written for Rosemary's Lifetime Achievement Award by Diana Krall
• 3/22/02 - Poem written by Dante for Rosella while she was in the hospital
• 7/02 - "A Rose in Autumn" a tribute written by Matt Connor
  
• 8/02 - The Making of "Look My Way" - "Every Bit a Lady" by Scott Turner
• 8/14/02 - "Beyond the thorns" and a first person accounting and photographs from this interview with Rosemary from 1977 which appeared in the Houston Chronicle.
  
• 10/02 - Remembering the Girl Singer: A Visit to Rosemary's Hometown by Matt Connor
  
• 10/02 - Gary Giddins Remembers Rosemary
• 11/02 - 2/03 - George pays tribute to his Aunt Rosemary
  
• 11/4/02 - People - "Heart Beats: After a Sad Year, 'Crossing Jordan's Miguel Ferrer Hews Close to Family -- and Bangs on his Drum Kit"
• 11/14/02 - Hofstra Cultural Center's BING Conference Tribute to Rosemary: Margaret Whiting Remembers Rosie
  
• 12/4/02 - Rosemary's Acting Debut Most Frightful
  
• 12/10/02 - An Evening for Hollywood to Remember Rosemary
  

• 1/03 - Tony Bennett Remembers Rosemary
  
• 1/8/03 - Nick Clooney: Hanging out with Rosie on early TV
  
• 1/25/03 - Reviews of The Last Concert CD
  
• 1/26/03 - Parade Magazine's In Step With...Miguel Ferrer
  
• 3/16/03 - "Career all relative to Boone: Grammy-winning singer inspired by Clooney's legacy"
  
• 4/11/03 - Wall Street Journal reports on sale of Rosemary's Beverly Hills home
  
• 5/22/03 - Family & Friends Gather at Patsy's to Celebrate Rosemary's 75th Birthday
  
• 7/31/03 - There for each other: Recalling the stellar relationships between Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope by Matt Connor
  
• 12/23/08 - "Christmas with Clooney" by Matt Connor which details the long-lasting impact that "White Christmas" had on Rosemary's life and career.
• 1/11/09 - Remembering Blanchie Mae, Rosemary's lifelong friend
• 3/09 - This is My Song: A Memoir by Patti Page - A celebration of Rosie & Patti's friendship