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- ↑ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. October 25, 1969. p. 91. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ↑ "Dusty Springfield Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- ↑ "Dusty Springfield Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- ↑ William Clark, Jim Cogan Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios -2003 Page 156 "For his material, Butler joined forces writing with Gamble, Huff, and Thom Bell. Huff or Bell worked out the melodies. Gamble and Butler assembled the words. They penned "Hey Western Union Man." "Brand New Me," and "Never Give You
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