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- ↑ Sisk, Eileen (2010). Buck Owens: The Biography. p. 100. ISBN 9781569767450.
- ↑ Poe, Randy; Owens, Buck (November 2013). Buck 'Em!: The Autobiography of Buck Owens. ISBN 9781480366916.
- ↑ "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ "A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ↑ Whitburn, p. 313
- ↑ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.