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- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 28, 1969" (PDF).
- ↑ Herman's Hermits, "Something's Happening" Chart Positions Retrieved January 10, 2015
- ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ↑ Herman's Hermits, "Something's Happening" single release Retrieved January 10, 2015
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