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- ↑ "Song: Willie Can written by Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ↑ Bryant, Felice; Bryant, Boudleaux (1955). Willie can (Library copy of the original sheet music.). Melbourne: Acuff-Rose Publications Pty.
- ↑ "Alan Cackett - Boudleaux & Felice Bryant - Part Two". alancackett.com. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ↑ "All US Top 40 Singles for 1956". Top40Weekly.com (Listed as the B side title of ' Lisbon Antigua). p. Week Ending: 14th March, 1956. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ↑ "ALMA COGAN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
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