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- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1960". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Ernest Tubb, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" Single Release". Discogs . 1960. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Toni Williams, "Let the Little Girl Dance" Single Release" . Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Grantley Dee, "Let the Little Girl Dance" Single Release" . Retrieved April 4, 2021.
- ↑ "Hopeton Lewis, "Let the Little Girl Dance" Single Release". Discogs . 1967. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Get on Up!: Joe Gibbs Rocksteady". AllMusic . Retrieved February 21, 2019.
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