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- ↑ LeRoux - Last Safe Place LP album sleeve
- ↑ Jancik, Wayne (1998). The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders. Billboard Books. p. 412. ISBN 9780823076222 . Retrieved December 23, 2018– via Google Books.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music: Vol. 3. Guinness Publishing. p. 2423. ISBN 9781561591763 . Retrieved December 23, 2018– via Google Books.
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