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- ↑ "Folk Era Records: The Tarriers". July 2001. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ Rose, Philip (2001). You Can't Do That on Broadway!: A Raisin in the Sun and Other Theatrical Improbabilities, by Philip Rose. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109608 . Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ Parrish, Lydia; Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands, New York: Creative Age (1942).
- ↑ Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, expanded first edition (Billboard Books, 1998) ISBN 0-8230-7622-9, pp. 26-27.
