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- ↑ HISTORY OF LOVE Historia de amor, in Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series, Vol. 12, Part 5, Number 2, Music, Library of Congress, Washington, 1959, p. 1332, retrieved May 31, 2019
- ↑ The Megatrons - "Velvet Waters" (William Plunkett), 1959 US release, details at 45cat.com, retrieved May 31, 2019
- ↑ Bruce Gillespie - "Velvet Waters" (Plunkett, Dodd), 1960 Australian release, details at 45cat.com, retrieved May 31, 2019
- ↑ Tony Worsley - "Velvet Waters" (W. Plunkett, D. Dodd), 1965 Australian release, details at 45cat.com, retrieved May 31, 2019
- ↑ "Composing is no goldmine". The Australian Women's Weekly . Vol. 34, no. 27. 30 November 1966. p. 27. Retrieved 20 February 2017– via National Library of Australia. (This 1966 story carelessly refers to "History of Love" and "Velvet Waters" as "compositions" of Dorothy Dodd.)
- ↑ "Girl Combines Sport And Music". The Sunday Herald . No. 49. Sydney. 1 January 1950. p. 10 (Sporting Section). Retrieved 20 February 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Major music survey". The Canberra Times . Vol. 44, no. 12, 432. 3 October 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 20 February 2017– via National Library of Australia.
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