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- ↑ "Don Gibson – Just One Time / I May Never Get To Heaven (1960, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 361.
- ↑ "Conway Twitty Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ↑ "B. J. Thomas - "I May Never Get To Heaven"". YouTube. June 13, 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
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