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- ↑ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. October 14, 1978. p. 78. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 14, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ↑ "Teri De Sario – Pleasure Train". Discogs. Retrieved 23 April 2013.