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- ↑ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1937). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1937 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 32 Pt 3 For the Year 1937. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ↑ "Cover versions of They Can't Take That Away from Me by Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 7500 - 8000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ↑ Browne, Ray Broadus; Ambrosetti, Ronald J. (1993). Continuities in Popular Culture: The Present in the Past & the Past in the Present and Future. ISBN 9780879725938.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 430–432. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ↑ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Erroll Garner: The Complete "Concert by the Sea" (Columbia/Legacy 20842)". 5 March 2019.
- ↑ "Tina May – It Ain't Necessarily So: Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
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