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- ↑ "T-c-h-o-u-p-i-t-o-u-l-a-s". Tchoup Industries. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ↑ The Neville Brothers
- ↑ Louisiana Music Factory – Wild Tchoupitoulas by Wild Tchoupitoulas Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Mardi Gras Profiles Wild Tchoupitoulas Archived May 13, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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