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- ↑ "Teresa Brewer, "A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" Single Release" . Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Teresa Brewer, "A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" Chart Positions" . Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ "1956's Top Popular Records" Billboard January 26, 1957: 60
- ↑ "Billie Anthony, "Sweet Old Fashioned Girl" Single Release" . Retrieved March 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Terry-Thomas with His Rock 'N' Roll Rotters, "A Sweet Old-Fashioned Boy" Single Release" . Retrieved March 17, 2018.
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