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- ↑ Suskin, Steven, Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers. Oxford University Press 2000. ISBN 0-19-512599-1, pp. 52-53
- ↑ Bloom, Ken, Broadway: Its History, People, and Places. Taylor & Francis 2004. ISBN 0-415-93704-3, p. 565
- ↑ Lahr, John, Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr. University of California Press 2000. ISBN 0-520-22304-7, pp. 135-142
- ↑ Time review
- ↑ Liner Notes to Life Begins at 8:40, concert recording (2010), CD issued 2010, PS Classics