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- ↑ "Ella Fitzgerald: The Decca Years (7 of 9)".
- ↑ "The Littlest Rebel". Library of Congress . Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ↑ Kristin A. McGee (21 July 2011). Some Liked It Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928–1959. Wesleyan University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8195-6967-7.
