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- ↑ "The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff (Official Video)". February 12, 2013. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021– via YouTube.
- ↑ "The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Tuff Enuff". The Michigan Daily. March 7, 1986. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ↑ Knause, Tom (March 23, 1986). "Thunderbirds Take Off on "Tuff Enuff"". Reading Eagle. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
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