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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 78. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
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- ↑ The Urban Experience and Folk Tradition, American Folklore Society/University of Texas Press, 1971
- ↑ Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone: The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music, Simon & Schuster, 2002
- ↑ Sara Carter (1898–1979), Contributed by Kip Lornell and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography