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- ↑ "The Casuals "So Tough"". Discogs . December 1957. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ↑ "The Kuf-Linx Record Label Shots". Colorradio.com.
- ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (March 17, 1958). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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- ↑ Gribin, Anthony; Schiff, Matthew (2 April 2012). Doo-WopCentrism: The Top 2000 Songs. Lulu.com. ISBN 9780982737675 . Retrieved 14 July 2018– via Google Books.
- ↑ "Top 100 Sides". Billboard. March 17, 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ↑ "Original Casuals - doo-wop". doo-wop.blogg.org.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 443.
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