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- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1960". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ↑ "Ronnie Hilton, "Mission Bell" Single Release". 45cat.com. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
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