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- ↑ "The Young Rascals, "I've Been Lonely Too Long" Chart Positions" . Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1967". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ↑ "Byrdie Green, I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)". Discogs . 1967. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ↑ "The Fireballs, Come On, React!". Discogs . 1969. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ↑ "David Cassidy, Rock Me Baby". Discogs . 1972. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Richie Furay, "Lonely Too Long" Single Release". Discogs . 1979. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
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