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- ↑ "Jeannie C. Riley singles". Allmusic . Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ↑ "RPM Country Singles for March 10, 1969". RPM . Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 709.
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