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References
- ↑ Song artist 689 - Charles Aznavour, TSORT
- ↑ Burns Mantle yearbook - Volume 51 - John Arthur Chapman, Garrison P. Sherwood - 1970, p. 314
- ↑ Billboard 16 Dec 1967
- ↑ Il faut savoir, SHS
