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- ↑ Kellow, Brian (2007). Ethel Merman: A Life . Viking. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-670-01829-1.
- ↑ Lahr, John (1 April 2002). Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles. University of California Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-520-23377-5.
- ↑ Black Music & Jazz Review. IPC Specialist & Professional Press. May 1980.
- ↑ Schechter, Scott (1 January 2006). Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-58979-300-2.
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