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3. Claude Hall, “Scientific Programming Can Represent Clearer Ratings,” Billboard, April 7, 1973, 24.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. “Mike Harrison Biography,” Inside Radio, https://www.ebay.com/itm/Radio-Show-Rock-Connections-W-Mike-Harrison-7-31-87-Album-Oldies-But-Goodies-/302294259028.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. “Album-Oriented Rock,” Wikipedia.
15. Greg Smith, “Lee Abrams: Rock Radio SuperStar,” Radio Today, May 20, 2016, https://radiotoday.com.au/lee-abrams-rock-radio-superstar/.
16. Breithaupt and Breithaupt, Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early ’70s.
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36. Ward Meeker, “Doobie Brothers: A Discussion with Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons,” Vintage Guitar, August 5, 2012.
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46. Brunner, “Back to Annandale.”
47. Dave Goldiner, “Meet Springsteen’s Rosalita and Rock Muses Rikki and Sharona, Too,” New York Daily News, April 19, 2008.
48. Sweet, Steely Dan: Reelin’ in the Years.
49. Ibid.
50. Rachel Corcoran, “The Doobie Brothers Lead Singer Michael McDonald: Where Is He Now?” Express, March 10, 2018, https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/928440/the-doobie-brothers-lead-signer-michael-mcdonald-tom-johnston.
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53. Behind the Music: Hall and Oates (VH1, 2002), DVD.