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- ↑ Close To You by Frank Sinatra - Track Info | AllMusic , retrieved 2022-06-18
- ↑ "Jerry Livingston Dies; Wrote 'Mairzy Doats'". The New York Times. 1987-07-10. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ↑ "CARL G. LAMPL, 63, SONGWRITER, DIES; Maker of Knitwear Wrote Music for 1949 Show". The New York Times. 1962-09-14. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ↑ "www.discogs.com". www.discogs.com. January 1957. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
- ↑ Frank Sinatra Close to You and More Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2022-06-18
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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