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- 1 2 "Dodie Stevens — Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 2015-04-18.
- ↑ Laurie Stras (2017). She's So Fine: Reflections on Whiteness, Femininity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music. Routledge. p. 40. ISBN 9781409400516.
- 1 2 Joseph Murrells (1978). The Book of Golden Discs. Barrie and Jenkins. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-214-20480-7.
- ↑ Jay Warner (2004). On this Day in Music History. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-0-634-06693-1.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 551.
- ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - April 6, 1959 (CHUM liked to have fun with chart info near April Fools day".
- ↑ Martin Popoff (2010-08-05). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1948–1991. Krause Publications. pp. 1126–. ISBN 978-1-4402-1621-3.
- ↑ What’s behind the (stealthily counterculture) 'Pink Shoelaces' TikTok dance trend going viral?, Euronews
- ↑ Galvan, Hugo (2013). Rock Impop: El rock mexicano en la radio top 40.
