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- ↑ "Opry Timeline - 1950s". Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Denver and Friends, Austin City Limits, 1990
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