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- 1 2 100megspopup.com, The Palomar Ballroom, Los Angeles
- ↑ http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/FullRecord?databaseID=968&record=10&controlNumber=8079
- ↑ Levin, Floyd; Benny Carter (2002). Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians. University of California Press. pp. 234–40.
- ↑ allaboutjazz.com: Benny Goodman Archived 2010-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
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