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- ↑ "Clodagh Rodgers — Come Back and Shake Me". Discogs. 7 February 1969. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ↑ "Clodagh Rodgers — full Official Chart History — Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
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- ↑ David Kent - Australian Chart Book (1940-1969) pp149
- ↑ Peter Dunbavan (28 February 2017). An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters. AuthorHouse UK. pp. 644–. ISBN 978-1-5246-3345-5.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Come Back and Shake Me". Irish Singles Chart.
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