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References
- ↑ Dixon, Robert M. W. Blues and Gospel Records: 1890-1943, Oxford University Press (1997), page 785 - ISBN 0-19-816239-1
- ↑ Dixon, Robert M. W. Blues and Gospel Records: 1890-1943, page 786
- ↑ "Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks" . Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ↑ Rubin, Rachel. American Popular Music: New Approaches to the Twentieth Century, University of Massachusetts Press, page 170 - ISBN 1-55849-268-2
- ↑ Fox, Ted (1983). Showtime at the Apollo . Da Capo. pp. 227–231. ISBN 9780030605338.
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