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- ↑ 78 Record: Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - That Brownskin Gal (1940) , retrieved 2021-07-20
- ↑ Russell, Tony (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 964. ISBN 0195139895.
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3. Library of Congress, Copyright Office., 1941. page 1015
- ↑ San Antonio Rose: The Life And Music Of Bob Wills. Charles R. Townsend. 1976. University of Illinois. p. 344. ISBN 0-252-00470-1.
- ↑ White, King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West, p. 248.
- ↑ Kriebel, Blue Flame, p. 38: "The arrival of Ram Rubinwitch and Herbie Haymer gave the sax section a new look for the band's April 4 session at Decca, where they recorded the ballads 'You Call It Madness,' 'Intermezzo (A Love Story),' Time Changes Everything,' and 'My Mom,' all starring Herman as singer, and 'Lady Rhapsody'."
- ↑ San Antonio Rose: The Life And Music Of Bob Wills. Charles R. Townsend. 1976. University of Illinois. p. 362. ISBN 0-252-00470-1.
- ↑ San Antonio Rose: The Life And Music Of Bob Wills. Charles R. Townsend. 1976. University of Illinois. p. 367. ISBN 0-252-00470-1.
