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- ↑ "Dave "Baby" Cortez, "Rinky Dink" Chart Positions" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Dave "Baby" Cortez, Rinky Dink" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Top 100 Singles of 1962", Billboard , Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Green Onions" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Bill Justis, Alley Cat/Green Onions: Bill Justis Plays 12 Big Instrumental Hits" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Steve Allen, Gravy Waltz and 11 Current Hits!" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Al Grey, Having a Ball" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Paul Revere & the Raiders, Paul Revere & the Raiders" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Sounds Incorporated, "Spanish Harlem" Single Release" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Willie Mitchell, Hold It!!! Here's Willie Mitchell" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "Roland Alphonso and the Studio 1 Orchestra, "Rinky Dink (So Good)" Single Release" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ↑ "The Tornados EP" . Retrieved March 29, 2019.
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