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References
- ↑ "Pat Boone, "Why Baby Why" Chart Positions" . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ "Pat Boone, "Why Baby Why" Single Release" . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ↑ "P. J. Proby, What's Wrong with My World" . Retrieved September 5, 2018.
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