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- ↑ "UK Singles Chart history for Don Williams". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ Select Music YouTube Channel: Ricus Nel - "I Recall a Gypsy Woman
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