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- ↑ Bobby Vee, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
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- ↑ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard .
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- ↑ "Bobby Vee Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - December 18, 1961".
- ↑ Ivo Robić, "Geh' Zu Ihm" EP release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Little Eva, "Makin' with the Magilla" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Jimmy Tarbuck, "Lucky Jim" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Beverly Bremers, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved August 12, 2016.
- ↑ Susie Allanson, "Run to Her" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
- ↑ Labi Siffre, "Run to Him" single release Retrieved July 11, 2014
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