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- ↑ "Original versions of Chi-Baba Chi-Baba written by Frank Rainer | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
- ↑ Tyler, Don (2007). Hit Songs, 1900 - 1955. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7864-2946-2.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
- ↑ Getty Images: A view of the "Cafe Continental" stage set in the television studio at RadiOlympia Theatre, London, September 1947.
- ↑ "Variety in Sepia (1947)", IMDb.
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