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- ↑ "Alabama and The Judds top the country music awards". The Lewiston Daily Sun. May 8, 1985. p. 28.
- ↑ "Alabama wins three country music awards". Daily News. May 7, 1985. p. 5-B.
- ↑ "Group becomes all-time winner". The Tuscaloosa News. May 7, 1985. p. 8.
- ↑ "Alabama Sets Pace In Nominations for Country Awards". The Press-Courier. March 19, 1985. p. 14.