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- ↑ Billboard , May 15, 1971 - Page 46 TOP 60 POP SPOTLIGHT
- ↑ Elsewhere.co.nz, Jul 17, 2014 - Freda Payne: Bring the Boys Home (1971) - Graham Reid
- ↑ Song Facts - Bring The Boys Home by Freda Payne
- ↑ Discogs - Freda Payne – Contact
- ↑ Discogs - Freda Payne – Contact
- ↑ Billboard, May 22, 1971 - Page 32 Soul, Soul Sauce BEST NEW RECORD OF THE WEEK: "Bring the Boys Home" FREDA PAYNE (Invictus) By ED OCHS
- ↑ Billboard, July 10, 1971 - 0Page 24 Soul, Best Selling Soul Singles
- ↑ Billboard - Bring The Boys Home, Freda Payne
- ↑ "American single certifications – Freda Payne – Bring the Boys Home". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ↑ Joseph Murrells (1984). Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. Batsford Books. p. 333. ISBN 0-7134-3843-6.