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- ↑ Discogs - Chér* – Cher
- ↑ Cher: If You Believe, By Mark Bego - 328
- ↑ Discogs- John Rowles – Touch And Go / More Than Just A Woman
- ↑ Billboard , October 14, 1972 - Page 70 Also Recommended
- ↑ Discogs - Chér* – Cher
- ↑ Cher: If You Believe, By Mark Bego - 328
- ↑ 45Cat - Artist: Al Wilson, Catalogue: 30076 / RR 30076
- ↑ Billboard, March 9, 1974 - Page 61 Billboard Hot 100
- ↑ Billboard, April 20, 1974 - Page 22 Billboard Top50 Easy Listening
- ↑ Billboard - Al Wilson | Chart History, Hot 100, Touch And Go
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 629.