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- ↑ "Art Mooney, "Honey-Babe" Single Release" . Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Art Mooney, "Honey-Babe" Chart Position" . Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ↑ "1955's Top Popular Records" Billboard January 7, 1956: 20
- ↑ "The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, "Honey Babe" Chart Position" . Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Cyril Stapleton and His Orchestra featuring Gordon Langhorn, "Blue Star" Single Release" . Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ↑ "Lightnin' Hopkins, The Complete Aladdin Recordings". AllMusic . Retrieved March 30, 2018.
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