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- 1 2 Sam's Television Appearances/The Dick Clark Saturday Night Show Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine on the "Sam Cooke Fan Club" website
- ↑ Clip of 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis performance on YouTube
- ↑ Full Credits for "The Dick Clark Show" at the Internet Movie Database
- 1 2 Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show entry on TV.com
- ↑ "...autograph was done with a rubber stamp and green ink..." Archived 2010-08-24 at the Wayback Machine , on the "Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1950s" website
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- ↑ Martin, Linda and Segrave, Terry (1993) "Anti-Rock: The Opposition to Rock 'n' Roll", Da Capo Press, p. 100, ISBN 0-306-80502-2
