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- ↑ Shipton, Alyn (2010) Hi-de-ho: The Life of Cab Calloway, p. 174. Oxford University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ↑ Alyn Shipton (19 July 2001). Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie. Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780195349382 . Retrieved 2013-01-22.
- ↑ John Murph. "Cab Calloway: 'A Hi De Ho Centennial'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
- ↑ Shipton, Alyn (2010) Hi-de-ho: The Life of Cab Calloway, p. 284. Oxford University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ↑ Shipton, Alyn (2010) Hi-de-ho: The Life of Cab Calloway, p. 68. Oxford University Press At Google Books. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
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