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References
- Footnotes
- ↑ "Jimmy O'Bryant Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
- ↑ Egan, Bill (2004). Florence Mills: Harlem Jazz Queen. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5007-1.
- ↑ Dicaire, David (2015-11-05). Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6241-4.
- General references
- Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford, 1999, pp. 502–503.
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