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- ↑ The Making of High Noon, hosted by Leonard Maltin, 1992, interview with John Ritter. Available on blu-Ray from Olive Films.
- ↑ Liner notes, "High Noon" soundtrack, Screen Archives Entertainment, 2013.
- ↑ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
- ↑ "Wes Anderson's Asteroid City Soundtrack Out from ABKCO Digitally Today". Focus Features. 23 June 2023.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 370. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
