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- 1 2 3 4 5 Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p. 295-6
- ↑ Cook, Stephen "Best Dressed Chicken in Town Review", AllMusic, retrieved 2010-01-23
- 1 2 3 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 708. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
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