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- ↑ Billboard Magazine, September 3, 1955, p. 47
- ↑ Billboard Magazine, October 22, 1955, p. 20
- ↑ "Peggy Lee". Billboard.com.
- ↑ "Alright Okay You Win". En.schott-music.com.