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- ↑ "Beverly Kenney – Sings For Playboys (1958, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ↑ "Tragic life of singer behind catchy new Lincoln car commercial revealed". New York Post. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ↑ "It's a Most Unusual Day by June Christy and Stan Kenton and His Orchestra". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
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- ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1984). Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory. Batsford. p. 184. ISBN 9780713438437.
- ↑ Late Life Jazz: The Life and Career of Rosemary Clooney. Oxford University Press. 2013. p. 222. ISBN 978-0199798575.
- ↑ "It's a Most Unusual Day by Chris Connor". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
