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- ↑ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
- ↑ Duane Eddy, "The Ballad of Paladin" single release Retrieved April 28, 2014
- ↑ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 176
- ↑ "The Ballad of Paladin" Retrieved August 30, 2023
- ↑ "CHUM Hit Parade, week of September 3, 1962".
- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Ballad of Paladin". Irish Singles Chart.
- ↑ "Duane Eddy: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
- ↑ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. August 25, 1962.
- ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 25, 1962".
- ↑ Al Caiola, "The Ballad of Paladin" EP release Retrieved April 28, 2014
- ↑ Faron Young, "The Ballad of Paladin" EP release Retrieved April 28, 2014
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