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- ↑ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #13".
- ↑ "First Night Records Online Store, Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast". first-night-records.co.uk. London, United Kingdom: First Night Records. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ↑ Most Played Juke Box Records. Billboard . 22 August 1946.
- ↑ "Annie Get Your Gun - Irving Berlin - The Guide to Musical Theatre - Show Synopsis". guidetomusicaltheatre.com. Accrington, United Kingdom: The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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