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- ↑ "You've Changed (1942)". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ↑ Owens, Thomas (1996). Bebop: The Music and Its Players . Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-19-510651-0.
- ↑ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 376. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
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