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- ↑ The Esquires, Get on Up and Get Away Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ The Esquires, "Get on Up" single release Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ The Esquires, "Get on Up" chart positions Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1967". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ The Esquires, "Get on Up '76" chart position Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ Carmen Electra, "Everybody Get on Up" chart position Retrieved August 20, 2016.
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