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- ↑ "The Gallery: The Story of the Legendary New York Disco 1972-77" . Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ↑ Reynolds, Tim (2009). Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake: A Social and Popular Dance Reader. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. pp. 199–214.
- ↑ Fikentscher, Kai (August 18, 2000). You Better Work! Underground Dance Music in New York City. Hanover, New Hampshire: Wesleyan University Press. p. 101.
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