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- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1946. p. 905.
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 344.
