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- ↑ Chapter 13: "The Rise and Fall of Popular Music," by Donald Clarke, Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular Music (online) (revised December 29, 2008); OCLC 53343157
- ↑ Visions of Jazz: The First Century, by Gary Giddins, Oxford University Press (1998; 2000); OCLC 762184149
- ↑ Sullivan, Steve, "Lil' Darlin' (1957)", Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 3, Rowman & Littlefield, 2017, p. 295.
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- ↑ "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson".
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