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- ↑ "Let's Get Together by Hayley Mills". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ↑ "The Parent Trap (1961)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 575.
- ↑ "[Hits of the World]" (archived print version). Billboard Magazine: 36. September 21, 1963. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Galván, Hugo (2013). Rock impop: El rock mexicano en la radio Top 40. p. 114. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ↑ "The Parent Trap (1998)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
