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- ↑ Baetens, Melody (September 11, 2019). "DJ and TV personality Robin Seymour visits Detroit this weekend". The Detroit News . Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ↑ Ryan, Jack (2012). Recollections, the Detroit Years: The Motown Sound by the People who Made it. Glendower Media p. 221. ISBN 978-0-7387-3252-7.
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