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- ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "C'est votre vie !" Annie CORDY (France 2). YouTube .
- ↑ "Cho Ka Ka O" d'Annie Cordy, une chanson raciste ? "Elle ne l'est pas et ne le sera jamais" réagit son auteur Vivien Vallay
- ↑ "Gummibär - Cho Ka Ka O Lyrics".
- 1 2 "Lescharts.com - Funny Bear - Cho Ka Ka O".
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- ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 122.
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