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- ↑ Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 16, 2016.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard , January 21, 1967. p. 23. Accessed September 16, 2016.
- ↑ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly , Volume 6, No. 21, January 21, 1967. Accessed September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Leigh, Spencer (2015). Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life. McNidder and Grace Limited. ISBN 9780857160881.
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