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References
- ↑ "On the isle of Wicki Wacki Woo : fox trot" at OCLC WorldCat retrieved 8/6/15
- ↑ "Adolph Robinson in Major Bowes' Harmony Broadcast - 1935" on YouTube Historical background.
- ↑ "Willie "The Lion" Smith - The Lion on BBC's "Jazz 625" - 1965" on YouTube Historical background
- ↑ "Willie The Lion Smith - Nagasaki (Live)" on YouTube
- ↑ "That Old Feeling: We Need Harry Warren", Time, Oct. 5, 2001.
- ↑ "Misce-Looney-Ous: Reused Animation: The 1940s" Archived 2005-04-05 at the Wayback Machine Re-use of "Nagasaki" in Tin Pan Alley Cats.
- ↑ Rickie Lee Jones official site, Kicks page
