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- ↑ "Music Items" (PDF). Billboard. April 29, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ↑ Billboard Hot 100 dated February 17, 1962
- ↑ "Shadrack" at allmusic.com
- ↑ "Shadrach" at allmusic.com
- ↑ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
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