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- ↑ "Tell Me Why". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ "In Spite of Ourselves". YouTube . 1999.
- ↑ "Leon Everette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1298." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 6, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Keith Whitley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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