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- 1 2 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ↑ "Phillip Bent | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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