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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Echazabal, Gabe. "Today in rock history; Oingo Boingo and its "Little Girls," Ann Wilson is born, plus Carole King and the Four Tops storm the charts". Creative Loafing Tampa. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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