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- ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ↑ Croonr1 (14 October 2015). "Pretending (1946) - Margaret Whiting". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
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