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- ↑ Discogs listing of appearances by Richard Souther
- ↑ "Richard Souther - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Past Winners". doveawards.com. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ↑ Billboard, April 8, 1995, page 50, available here. Note that Billboard does not credit the album to Souther, listing it instead as the work of the two primary vocalists, Germaine Fritz and Emily van Evera.
- ↑ Billboard, May 3, 1997, page 35, available here.
- ↑ At Souther's web site, see under the site's "Music" tab.
