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- ↑ Aniceto, Ben (2007). Stay tuned: the golden years of Philippine radio : a historical perspective of Philippine radio, its beginnings, its golden years and its suppression in September, 1972. Rufino J. Policarpio,Jr. ISBN 978-971-94014-0-7 . Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ↑ Now in Hitmen
- ↑ Industrial Philippines - Volume 23 - Page 18 1973 "Most noteworthy of mention are "Rain" occupied the chart's top list for months and made Boy Mondragon a byword among music aficionados."
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