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1717:Letter Home
1455:Wrong Ideas
1406:Rusty Bells
1103:New Sunrise
971:All the Way
588:Webb Wilder
583:Paper Roses
489:Sonny James
433:Kitty Wells
429:Crying Time
417:Eddy Arnold
412:Claude Gray
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1378:Is It True
1315:Losing You
1011:By Request
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904:Brenda Lee
791:References
640:Australia
549:Geoff Love
361:Brenda Lee
145:Brenda Lee
36:Brenda Lee
1731:Don't You
1724:Sincerely
1703:You Again
1604:Sincerely
1597:You Again
1211:I'm Sorry
979:Sincerely
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576:/ 1972),
568:/ 1966),
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541:Vera Lynn
531:Billboard
526:You Again
501:Dear John
495:/ 1979),
479:/ 1972),
471:/ 1970),
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447:/ 1967),
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431:/ 1965),
423:/ 1965),
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212:You Again
1343:As Usual
1322:I Wonder
1225:Emotions
1126:) (1982)
1082:) (1968)
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1239:Dum Dum
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