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- ↑ "I Will Dance With You by Karen Brooks and Johnny Cash - Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ↑ "The Last Gunfighter Ballad - Johnny Cash Official Site". Johnny Cash official site. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- 1 2 "Karen Brooks Duet With Johnny Cash / Karen Brooks – I Will Dance With You / To Bad For Love (1985, Vinyl)". Discogs . Retrieved 2021-10-15.
KAREN BROOKS (Duet with Johnny Cash) PRODUCED BY BARRY BECKETT I WILL DANCE WITH YOU (Jack Wesley Routh) (P) 1985 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. Johnny Cash appears courtesy of Columbia Records
- ↑ "I Will Dance With You Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs Chart (The week of August 17, 1985)". Billboard . Retrieved 2021-10-22.
- ↑ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
