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References
- ↑ Merle Haggard Billboard Singles
- ↑ RPM Country Tracks
- ↑ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1980". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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