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- ↑ "Carla Thomas, "Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" Chart Positions" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Carla Thomas, Gee Whiz " . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Chart Toppers", Billboard , December 25, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Bernadette Peters, "Gee Whiz" Chart Positions" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Kathy Young, The Sound of Kathy Young" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "The Crystals, Twist Uptown" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "The Orlons, Not Me" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Fontella Bass, The 'New' Look" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Nella Dodds, "Gee Whiz" Single Release" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "The Casinos, Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Richard "Dimples" Fields, Ready for Anything" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Cherrelle, The Woman I Am" . Retrieved February 28, 2019.
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