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- ↑ Glenn Yarbrough, "It's Gonna Be Fine" Chart Positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved January 14, 2015
- ↑ Glenn Yarbrough, It's Gonna Be Fine, Discogs.com, Retrieved January 14, 2015
- ↑ Glenn Yarbrough, "It's Gonna Be Fine" single release, Discogs.com, Retrieved January 14, 2015
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