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- ↑ "Discography". The Bar Steward Sons of Val Doonican. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ↑ "One Man Show". Mike Harding. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ↑ "One Man Show". The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican. Retrieved 13 November 2018.