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- 1 2 "It's His Life - the Roger Atkins interview", Rare Rockin Records, April 23, 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2022
- ↑ "It's My Life: Roger Atkins Songbook, 1963-1969", Allmusic. Retrieved 8 November 2022
