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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2010). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 978-0-8230-8554-5.
- ↑ "Keith Barbour Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
- ↑ McCall's. McCall Publishing Company. 1987.
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