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- ↑ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 7, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ↑ Lesley Gore, "California Nights" Chart Positions Retrieved January 30, 2014
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1967". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- ↑ Wes Montgomery, A Day in the Life Retrieved January 30, 2014
- ↑ Four King Cousins, Introducing the Four King Cousins Retrieved January 30, 2014
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