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- ↑ Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 7th edn, 2000
- ↑ "Leslie Pearl". Billboard .
- ↑ Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com
- ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-09-25. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
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