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References
- ↑ "RPM Pop Music Playlist", RPM Weekly, Volume 22, No. 10, October 26, 1974. Accessed December 23, 2015.
- ↑ Anne Murray, Love Song Retrieved August 18, 2013
- ↑ Anne Murray, "Son of a Rotten Gambler" Retrieved August 18, 2013
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
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