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- ↑ "Al Martino, I Love You More and More Every Day/Tears and Roses" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Al Martino, "I Love You More and More Every Day" Single Release" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Al Martino, "I Love You More and More Every Day" Chart Positions" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Top Records of 1964", Billboard , January 2, 1965. p. 6. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Sonny James, "I Love You More and More Every Day" Chart Position" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, Early Hits of 1964" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Jean Shepard, Introducing: Bob Braun" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Jean Shepard, It's a Man Every Time" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Kitty Wells, Yours Truly" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Marilyn Sellars, Gather Me" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Pat Boone, Love Letters" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ↑ "Foster and Allen, Heart Strings" . Retrieved March 15, 2019.
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