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- 1 2 3 Biography at official website
- ↑ Music information at official website
- ↑ Marin County Genealogy – Oral Histories
- 1 2 Edward Guthmann, Songwriter Abrams' Heart Is Still in Mill Valley, August 1, 1999, SFGate.com
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 5. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- 1 2 Tom McMahon, The 1970 Hit Song Mill Valley, by Miss Abrams and the Strawberry Point 4th Grade Class
- 1 2 Album review by Greg Adams at Allmusic
- ↑ Beth Ashley, "Bridge" still tolls for, and pokes at, Marin, Marin Independent Journal, 25 December 2008
- ↑ Vicki Larsen, "'Mill Valley' songwriter Rita Abrams can't afford to live in city she loves", marinij.com, April 18, 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2020
- ↑ Reprise singles discography
- ↑ Reprise album discography
