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- ↑ Patrick, Mick (February 2002). Myrmidons of Melodrama (album liner notes). The Shangri-Las. RPM Records (United States).
- ↑ "The Shangri-Las perform "Out in the Streets" (1965)". Boing Boing. 28 March 2013.
- ↑ Planer, Lindsay. "Shangri-Las-65! – The Shangri-Las – Review". AllMusic.
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