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- For "Stop (Wait a Minute)": "Top Singles - Volume 14, No. 8, October 10, 1970" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "You're Still the One": "Top Singles - Volume 19, No. 9, April 14, 1973" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "Sitting on a Poor Man's Throne": "Top Singles - Volume 20, No. 4, September 8, 1973" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "Rock 'n' Roll Boogie Woogie and Wine": "Top Singles - Volume 20, No. 24, January 26, 1974" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "Where Is the Answer": "Top Singles - Volume 21, No. 12, May 11, 1974" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "Help Your Brother": "Top Singles - Volume 23, No. 1, March 1, 1975" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "Disco Queen": "Top Singles - Volume 23, No. 15, June 7, 1975" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "Good Time Sally": "Top Singles - Volume 24, No. 8, October 18, 1975" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- For "Suspicious Love": "Top Singles - Volume 25, No. 1, April 3, 1976" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
