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- ↑ "Marvin Rainwater, Songs by Marvin Rainwater" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
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- ↑ "Petula Clark, "With All My Heart" Single Release" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Russ Hamilton, "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" Single Release" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Brenda Lee, "If You Love Me" Single Release" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Billy Walker, Everybody's Hits But Mine" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis, Western Jubilee III EP Release" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Reg Lindsay, Gonna Find Me a Bluebird EP Release" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Hank Snow, Hank Snow Sings Your Favorite Country Hits" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Pat Boone, "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" Single Release" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Webb Pierce, Fool, Fool, Fool" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Young, Rock Salt & Nails" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Kitty Wells, "I Don't See What I Saw" Single Release" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass, Latest and Greatest" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Frank Ifield, The Best of Frank Ifield" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Slim Whitman, Golden Country Hits" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
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