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- ↑ "CIRCA Handling I&T Turner's label" (PDF). Cash Box: 35. February 16, 1963.
- 1 2 "Music As Written: New York" (PDF). Billboard: 14. February 16, 1963.
- ↑ "Forming CIRCA Label for Canada" (PDF). Billboard: 34. March 24, 1962.
- ↑ Turner, Ike (1999). Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner. Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951-. London: Virgin. ISBN 1852278501. OCLC 43321298.
- ↑ "Change Teena Singles Title, Names New Distribs" (PDF). Cash Box: 29. June 8, 1963.
- 1 2 "Bubbling Under The Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard: 24. May 11, 1963.
- ↑ "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box: 12. April 27, 1963.
- ↑ "Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 25, 1963.
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