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References
- 1 2 3 4 "Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 54.
- ↑ "Year's Top Band on Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 54.