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2347:Wrong Night
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2037:Little Rock
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1297:MetroLyrics
764:Billboard's
671:Producer(s)
473:Billboard's
465:gold record
263:Producer(s)
213:Country pop
119:August 2010
2710:1972 songs
2694:Categories
2667:Be a Light
2479:Skip Ewing
2206:Vince Gill
1893:Jacky Ward
1753:August 15,
1728:August 15,
1659:October 7,
1484:October 7,
1459:October 7,
1263:References
1181:1,000,000
879:Australia
809:Chris Penn
677:Tony Brown
602:April 1992
438:Sonny Bono
384:show trial
89:newspapers
2428:My Sister
2273:On My Own
2266:And Still
1778:August 3,
1702:Billboard
1615:Billboard
1597:Billboard
1579:Billboard
1537:Today.com
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607:Recorded
599:Released
523:♭
199:Recorded
191:Released
2678:What If
2617:I Can't
2588:Freedom
2486:Strange
2379:I'll Be
2139:You Lie
2132:Walk On
1867:Singles
1852:singles
1814:YouTube
1803:YouTube
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1390:261–263
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