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- 1 2 Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100 Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine , Billboard.com. Accessed October 23, 2015
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- 1 2 "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard , July 6, 1963. p. 36. Accessed October 23, 2015
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