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- 1 2 Clifford Curry – She Shot A Hole In My Soul – via Discogs.
- ↑ http://www.uncamarvy.com The 5 Pennies By Marv Goldberg
- ↑ "The Sean Blog: She Shot a Hole in My Soul". 3 December 2007.
- ↑ Radio London Field's Fab 40 for Sunday 2nd July 1967
- ↑ Box Tops – Non Stop – via Discogs.
- ↑ Soulful Kinda Music Clifford Curry
- ↑ Discogs Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band – She Shot A Hole In My Soul / I've Been Hurt By Love