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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits:1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 374.
- ↑ "Gene Watson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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