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- ↑ "1956's Top Popular Records" Billboard January 26, 1957: 60
- ↑ "Cyril Stapleton featuring Desmond Lane, "The Happy Whistler" Chart Position" . Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Trio, "The Happy Whistler" Single Release" . Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Boots Randolph, Boots Randolph's Yakety Sax". Discogs . 1960. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Ernie Fields, "The Happy Whistler" Single Release" . Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ "The Echoes, "The Happy Whistler" Single Release" . Retrieved August 24, 2018.
- ↑ "Jimmie Haskell and His Orchestra, "Boom" Single Release". Discogs . December 1965. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
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