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- ↑ "Roger Murrah Inducted Into Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame", press release, Top40-Charts.com.
- ↑ "Southern Rains" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , January 31, 1981.
- ↑ "Life's Highway" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , July 19, 1986.
- ↑ "Hearts Aren't Made to Break" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , August 16, 1986.
- ↑ "It Takes a Little Rain" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , July 4, 1987.
- ↑ "This Crazy Love" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , October 24, 1987.
- ↑ "High Cotton" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , February 3, 1990.
- ↑ "Southern Star" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , June 2, 1990.
- ↑ "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , September 28, 1991.
- ↑ "I'm in a Hurry and I Don't Know Why" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , February 6, 1993.
- ↑ "If I Could Make a Living" (Hot Country Songs chart), Billboard , February 4, 1995.
- 1 2 Bio, Alabama Music Hall of Fame
