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- ↑ "Johnny Kidd & The Pirates". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ↑ Nick Talevski (7 April 2010). Rock Obituaries - Knocking On Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. pp. 337–. ISBN 978-0-85712-117-2.