[4] Early in his professional life, Vosse was a television production assistant who acted as a liaison between record companies, musicians, other artists, and "the underground".

[5] In college, he was friends with David Anderle, who later became the first head of the Beach Boys' company Brother Records.

[6] According to Beach Boys biographer Steven Gaines, Vosse was also "a part-time stringer" for the journalist Jules Siegel.

[8] Beach Boys publicist Derek Taylor arranged for Vosse, then a magazine reporter, to interview Wilson for the forthcoming release of their late 1966 single "Good Vibrations".

[12] Following his association with the Beach Boys, Vosse worked for the Monterey Pop Festival committee,[13] and then as an assistant to the vice president of A&M Records, and was involved with the Flying Burrito Brothers.