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References
- ↑ "1957's Best Selling Records". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 20.
- ↑ "1957's Most Played Records by Jockeys". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 21.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.