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- ↑ "Havana Daydreams Led Yanko to America - New York Daily News". articles.nydailynews.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ Billboard, AllMusic
- ↑ John Bush, Guianko at AllMusic
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