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- ↑ Americas (English Ed.) - Volume 55. 2003. p. 12.
- ↑ David Horn; John Shepherd (2014). Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 9. p. 332. ISBN 978-1-4411-3225-3.