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- ↑ Various; Adele Astaire; Al Jolson; Aretha Franklin; Barbara Cook; Barbra Streisand; Benny Goodman And His Orchestra; Bessie Smith; Billie Holiday (1984), American Popular Song: Six Decades Of Songwriters And Singers, Internet Archive, Smithsonian Collection, retrieved 2021-01-03
- ↑ Various; Al Jolson; Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson & Orch.; Bing Crosby; Bobby Darin; Buddy Clark; Dick Haymes; Dinah Shore; Doris Day (1998), The Songs Of Harry Warren, Internet Archive, Warner/ Chappell Music, Inc., retrieved 2021-01-03
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