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American musician Jon Bon Jovi performs at the Manor Downs Racetrack for the Farm Aid II Concert, Austin, Texas, July 4, 1986. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
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Power Station at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, August 13, 1985. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
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NORJE, SWEDEN – JUNE 07: Glenn Hughes of Black Country Communion performing live at Sweden Rock Festival on June 07, 2025 in Norje, Sweden. (Photo by Anne-Marie Forker/Redferns) -
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View of a cowboy hat hung on a fence near a Ladies Restroom sign at a park,, Fremont, California, 1985. (Photo by Bromberger Hoover Photography/Getty Images) -
US country singer Garth Brooks performs during the 'We Are One" concert, one of the events of Obama's inauguration celebrations, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on January 18, 2009. A galaxy of stars including Bruce Springsteen, U2 and Stevie Wonder will usher Obama into the White House, with a half-million people expected to brave the cold to celebrate the first African-American president. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) -
CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 11: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Al Jardine, founding member of The Beach Boys, perform onstage at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on October 11, 2026 in Cerritos, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) -
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British singer Dusty Springfield (1939 – 1999) performing during a rehearsal for her TV show, 'It Must Be Dusty', at ATV Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, 1968. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
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NASHVILLE, TN – Dean Miller accepts the Poet's Award on behalf of his father Roger Miller at the 6th Annual ACM Honors at Ryman Auditorium on September 24, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon IV/Getty Images for ACM) -
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Singer-songwriter John Prine performs at Symphony Hall on April 26, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images) -
American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, performing in New York City, 7th December 1977. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) -
American rock and roll singers the Everly Brothers, Phil and Don Everly, circa 1958. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
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David Crosby of rock band “The Byrds” smiling as he performs in a club in a frontal, waist-high view, eyes half closed, with a mic, circa 1967 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sulfiati Magnuson/Getty Images) -
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English musician, singer, songwriter, and composer Paul McCartney records the Lennon-McCartney composition 'Thingumybob' with the Black Dyke Mills Band in Saltaire, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, 30th June 1968. (Photo by Tony Evans/Timelapse Library Ltd./Getty Images) -
LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 1: The country group Dixie Chicks (L-R Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Robison) pose for a photo session on September 1, 2002 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images) -
ASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 07: Bob Dylan appearing on "The Johnny Cash Show" for ABC/TV taped at Ryman Auditorium on June 7, 1969 in Tennessee, Nashville. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)