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Got A Lot 'O Livin' To Do Ben Weisman Loving You.
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- 1 2 Jay Warner (2004). On this Day in Music History. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-0-634-06693-1.
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- ↑ William D. Goodfellow (4 February 2014). SongCite: An Index to Popular Songs, Supplement 1. Taylor & Francis. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-135-68117-3.
