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- ↑ Trager, Oliver (2004). Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. Billboard Books. p. 314. ISBN 0-8230-7974-0 . Retrieved March 14, 2010.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
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