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- ↑ Review of Tom Tom Club, David Fricke, Rolling Stone, Feb 18, 1982 [ dead link ]
- ↑ Review of "Genius of Love" at AllMusic.com
- ↑ "Fantasy" composer credits listing at AllMusic.com
- ↑ "Bankie Banks riding on a Chariot of Steel", The Jamaica Observer, Oct 3, 2003
- ↑ "First Born" Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine The Jamaica Observer, Aug 28, 2005
- ↑ "Beres Hammond - Never Ending". AllMusic.
