[1] and Shooting Stars (edited by Annie Leibovitz) [2] and Wild: Fashion Untamed (published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press).

[3] Paley has shot album covers [4] for (among others) The Allman Brothers, Cher, Aretha Franklin, Cream, Sly and the Family Stone, Laura Nyro, Wilson Pickett, Lulu, MC5, J. Geils Band, Iron Butterfly, Memphis Horns and The Sweet Inspirations.

For ten years (1974–1984), Paley compiled and edited the music that accompanied many of Diana Vreeland's exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.

Paley was Director of Talent Acquisition for Epic Records (1970–1975) where he was the A & R (Artists and Repertoire) liaison to Sly and the Family Stone.,[7] Jeff Beck and Rupert Holmes.

At nineteen, Paley was directed by George Abbott on Broadway in a featured role in Hal Prince’s production of Take Her, She's Mine with Art Carney, Phyllis Thaxter and Elizabeth Ashley (1961–1962).