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- ↑ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart positions:
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- The Best of the Ronettes: "The Ronettes Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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- ↑ "'A Christmas Gift For You' Hits New Chart Peak On Billboard 200 - The Official Phil Spector Site". philspector.com. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
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- "Walking in the Rain": "RPM Top Singles". RPM. Vol. 2, no. 14. November 30, 1964. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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- ↑ Spector, Ronnie; Waldron, Vince (2004). Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. pp. 324–336. ISBN 0-451-41153-6.
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- ↑ Ronnie Spector, p. 336.