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- ↑ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ "JazzStandards.com".
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 533. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ↑ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
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