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- ↑ Soulwalking - breakwater
- ↑ Broward Palm Beach New Times , October 16, 2014 - Earth, Wind & Fire and Breakwater: A Tale of Two Funk Shows in Two Different Cities By Tom Bowker
- ↑ Billboard, September 22, 1979 - Page 71 Billboard's Top Single Picks
- ↑ Billboard, July 5, 1980 - Page 41 Billboard Soul LP's
- ↑ Billboard, August 9, 1980 - Page 18 Billboard Soul LP's
- ↑ https://beyondthecrib.com/hersheys-halloween-release-the-reese-challenge-skeletons/
- ↑ Broward Palm Beach New Times, October 16, 2014 - Earth, Wind & Fire and Breakwater: A Tale of Two Funk Shows in Two Different Cities By Tom Bowker
- ↑ Brooklyn Bowl - Friday, 6 January 2017, Breakwater and The Pockets Archived 3 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 45Cat - Breakwater - Discography
- ↑ Discogs - Breakwater – Breakwater
- ↑ Discogs - Breakwater – Splashdown
- ↑ Discogs - Breakwater Discography, Compilations
