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- ↑ The Jelly Beans Biography at AllMusic
- 1 2 3 Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1277. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ↑ "RPM Top 40-5s - August 11, 1964" (PDF).
- ↑ "RPM Top 40&5 - November 31, 1964" (PDF).
- ↑ "RPM Play Sheet - December 23, 1965" (PDF).
