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NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 8: Soul singer Wilson Pickett performs onstage at the Apollo Theater on September 8, 1966 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Country music singer-songwriter Willie Nelson performs at the Great Southeast Music Hall on October 27, 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images)
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ST. PAUL, MN. – SEPTEMBER 1977: Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac during a concert September 12, 1977 at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minn., part of the band's Rumours Tour. Minneapolis Star staff photo by Tom Sweeney. (Photo by Tom Sweeney/Star Tribune via Getty Images) -
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