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- ↑ "Adams leads Juno pack with seven nominations". Montreal Gazette , February 13, 1992.
- ↑ "Debut disc full of potential". Edmonton Journal , November 17, 1991.
- 1 2 "Once bitten by record industry, singer no longer shy of the stage". Edmonton Journal , March 18, 1994.
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