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- ↑ "Carl Dobkins Jr., Carl Dobkins, Jr." . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1959". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Jimmy Dean, "My Heart Is an Open Book" single release" . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Michael Holliday, "My Heart Is an Open Book" single release" . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Dean Martin, Dean Martin Hits Again" . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Cliff Richard, Take Four by Cliff Richard" . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Jan Crutchfield, "My Heart Is an Open Book" single release" . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "The Fantastic Baggys, Anywhere the Girls Are!: The Best of Fantastic Baggys" . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ "Luther Henderson and His Orchestra, Clap Hands!/The Greatest Sound Around" . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
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