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- ↑ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Roy Clark singles". Allmusic . Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ↑ "RPM Country Singles for June 1, 1974". RPM . Retrieved 18 March 2011.
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