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- ↑ Frankie Avalon, "Bobby Sox to Stockings" Chart Positions Retrieved April 19, 2014
- ↑ Frankie Avalon, "Bobby Sox to Stockings" Single Release Retrieved April 19, 2014
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1959". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
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