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References
- ↑ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (Eighth ed.). Record Research. p. 30.
- ↑ Song list and timing on album back cover of Vista BV-4037, released 1972
- ↑ Annette: A Musical Reunion with America’s Girl Next Door, CD 1, Walt Disney Records, Burbank, CA, 1993,
- ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade - March 9, 1959".
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