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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 158.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7997." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. August 18, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Highway 101 Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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