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- ↑ Fields, p. 182
- ↑ Bordman & Norton, p. 303
- ↑ Dietz, p. 28-29
- ↑ Suskin, p. 39
- ↑ Dietz, p. 27
- ↑ Lasser, p. 1840
- ↑ Garrett, p. 246
- ↑ That Beautiful Rag - Arthur Collins (Columbia A853) (1910) . Retrieved 2024-05-02– via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ That Beautiful Rag by Collins & Harlan (Nov. 1910) . Retrieved 2024-05-02– via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ That Beautiful Rag (Stella Mayhew and Billie Taylor) . Retrieved 2024-05-02– via www.youtube.com.
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