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- ↑ Josh Beckworth, Always Been a Rambler: G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter: Country Music Pioneers of Southern Appalachia, (2018)
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- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
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