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- ↑ "RPM Top 50 Country Singles - February 20, 1971" (PDF).
- ↑ "Jo-El Sonnier, "Rainin' in My Heart" Chart Position" . Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Dorsey Burnette, "Rainin'" Single Release". Discogs . May 1961. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Pretty Things, Get the Picture?". Discogs . December 1965. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Ray Anthony, Ray Anthony Now". Discogs . 1968. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Ironing Board Sam, "Rainin' in My Heart" Single Release". Discogs . 1968. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Living Guitars, "For the Good Times" & Other Country Favorites". Discogs . 1971. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Tom Jones, Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like". Discogs . 1974. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
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