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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 289.
- ↑ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Kenny Rogers Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. October 29, 1988.
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