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- ↑ Mark Guerrero Website Little Ray: East L.A. Superstar of the 60s
- ↑ White Doo-Wop Collector Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Lil' Ray & The Midnighters Loretta
- ↑ You Found That Eastside Sound Saturday, May 5, 2012 Eastside Legends - Little Ray Jimenez
- ↑ University of California, Riverside Today April 9, 2012 Little Joe & La Familia to Headline 16th Annual Radio Aztlan Music Festival on April 14 by Ross French
- ↑ On the Record October 18, 2013 Thee Midnighters - Everybody Needs Somebody
- ↑ AlbumLinerNotes.com The Dore Story, Volume 1
- ↑ The R.N. Shrout Website Songs written or co-written by Arthur Lee
- ↑ Discogs Love – Black Beauty & Rarities
- ↑ University of California, Riverside Today April 9, 2012 Little Joe & La Familia to Headline 16th Annual Radio Aztlan Music Festival on April 14 by Ross French
- ↑ On the Record October 18, 2013 Thee Midnighters - Everybody Needs Somebody
- ↑ You Found That Eastside Sound Saturday, May 5, 2012 Eastside Legends - Little Ray Jimenez