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- ↑ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 233. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-1993. Record Research. p. 435.
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