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- ↑ "Harry Belafonte, "Mama Look at Bubu" Chart Positions" . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Harry Belafonte, The Versatile Mr. Belafonte". Discogs . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Karmen, "Mama Look-A Boo Boo" Single Release". Discogs . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Chubby Checker, Let's Limbo Some More". AllMusic . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "The Belafonte Folk Singers, All-Time Greatest Hits". AllMusic . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Charlie Gracie, An Evening with Charlie Gracie". AllMusic . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Nat King Cole, Remembering Nat King Cole". AllMusic . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
- ↑ "Karl Zéro and The Wailers, HiFi Calypso". AllMusic . Retrieved July 20, 2018.
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