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- ↑ "Image and Reality Acts to Push Disks" (PDF). Billboard. July 4, 1970. p. 44.
- ↑ Gruen, Bob (May 21, 2018). "Bob Gruen's Electric Photos of Ike & Tina Turner". PleaseKillMe.