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- ↑ "Out of Limits". Repertoire.bmi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-24. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ↑ "Dick Clark's 25 Years of Rock and Roll"
- ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 163. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ↑ Song Hits Magazine, May 1966 - Page 20 T-Bones are in good shape, Judd Hamilton
- ↑ KRLA Beat, Volume 1 No. 48 February 12, 1966 - Page 15 From Commercials T-Bones to Success
- ↑ Nostalgia Central - Marketts, The (The Mar-Kets)
- 1 2 Billboard, Allmusic.com
