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- ↑ Kathy Young with the Innocents, "A Thousand Stars" single release. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Kathy Young with the Innocents, The Sound of Kathy Young. Retrieved January 13, 2016
- ↑ Charlie Gillett, The Sound of the City: the rise of rock and roll. Da Capo Press, 1996, p.104.
- ↑ Kathy Young with the Innocents, "A Thousand Stars" chart positions Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Billy Fury, "A Thousand Stars" chart position. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ Linda Scott, Starlight, Starbright Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ The Daughter of Eve, "Social Tragedy" single release. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ↑ "The Guess Who - Live at the Mobile, Alabama Municipal Auditorium - August 14, 1971 - YouTube".
- ↑ That'll Be the Day soundtrack. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
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