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- ↑ "Multiple Grammy nominee, vocalist Denise Donatelli releases her highly anticipated new recording, Find a Heart September 18, 2015 on Savant records". JazzCorner. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ "Grammy Nominations 2016". New York Times. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ Moser, John J. (12 February 2016). "Singer Denise Donatelli, a Lehigh Valley native, tells how she jazzed up pop for her third Grammy nomination". The Morning Call. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
