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- ↑ Hot 100 - Bobby Rydell We Got Love Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ↑ "The Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box , December 12, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ↑ "CHUM Charts - Monday, December 07, 1959". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved March 31, 2018. Chart No. 135.
- ↑ Alma Cogan - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
- ↑ Petula Clark - Je Compte Sur Toi, Ultratop. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
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