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1188:Billboard
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444:pop chart
1488:Category
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992:My World
938:Columbia
673:Atlantic
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507:April 1,
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273:Impulse!
231:Recorded
223:Released
116:Atlantic
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50:Released
1570:Singles
1190:Hot 100
1118:Notable
474:(audio)
391:Ertegun
378:combo.
372:doo-wop
350:History
336:R&B
321:(1961)
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154:(1951)
88:R&B
1284:Charts
1280:Other
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94:Length
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450:Notes
334:is a
268:Label
240:Genre
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599:ISBN
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509:2023
234:1960
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762:ABC
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