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- ↑ "Vic Damone Is New Star Of 'Saturday Serenade'". Tampa Bay Times. June 19, 1947. p. 127. Retrieved February 14, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Array of Vocalists Sings for Serenade". The Times. Louisiana, Shreveport. February 15, 1941. p. 2. Retrieved February 14, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-375-42149-5 . Retrieved February 3, 2022.