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Musician Neil Young performing onstage in 1978 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
American singer Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009), 1984. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images) -
Manny Charlton performing with Nazareth in Florida in June of 1980.
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Musician/Singer Dwight Twilley (L) and Drummer/Singer Phil Seymour of the Dwight Twilley Band pose in Hollywood, CA 1976. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/Getty Images)
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George Jones 1980 Palomino Club during Music File Photos 1980's at the Music File Photos 1980's in Los Angeles, . (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage) -
American Folk and Pop musician Paul Simon plays guitar as he performs onstage at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 1980. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) -
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NASHVILLE -January 1, 1991, Country Music Singer Songwriter Garth Brooks performs at the MTSU Gym on January 1, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee (photo by Beth Gwinn/Getty Images)
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BURBANK, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on December 20, 2025, Blake Shelton performs onstage during the 28th Family Film and TV Awards at Associated Television Int'l Studios in Burbank, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Family Film and TV Awards) -
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 25: Musician Alan Jackson performs onstage during CMT Giants as they honor Hank Williams Jr. held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on October 25, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images for CMT)
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AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 18: Charlie Crockett performs in concert during the 2026 SXSW Conference And Festival at Stubb's Bar-B-Q on March 18, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) -
Darius Rucker, of the US band Hootie & the Blowfish, performs on stage during the American Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 25, 2026. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images) -
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American country music singer, songwriter, and bandleader Charlie Daniels (1936-2020) performs on an American flag guitar inscribed 'Never Forget, 9-11-01' on its head at Central Park SummerStage, New York, New York, August 3, 2002. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images) -
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 05: Randy Travis attends the More Life Tour at Ryman Auditorium on June 05, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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American country music singer and guitarist Loretta Lynn and her husband Oliver Lynn, Jr. (also known as Mooney) (1948 – 1996) at the Country & Western Music Awards, Hollywood, California, February 27, 1975. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
Dierks Bentley performs at the Academy of Country Music's New Artist Show (Photo by M. Caulfield/WireImage for Bragman Nyman Cafarelli) -
Ann Peebles, studio portrait, USA, 1970. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)
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AUSTIN – JULY 4: Country singer and songwriter Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson perform as the Highwaymen at Willie Nelson Fourth of July picnic on July 4, 1985 in Austin, Texas. (photo by Beth Gwinn/Getty Images) -
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CANADA – OCTOBER 01: Buck Owens (Photo by Norman James/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
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Drummer Keith Moon (1946 – 1978) of The Who performs on stage, UK, circa 1965. (Photo by The Visualeyes Archive/Redferns) Someone’s Last Words Don’t Always Summarize Their Entire Life Ethos, but Keith Moon’s Just Might
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Dolly Parton on the set of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago, Illinois, February 2, 1987. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
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Outtake; Also ran in W 8/1/1996 p.69; Tom Petty performing at the AmFar's awards ceremony where Magic Johnson was honored with the Courage Award at the charity's Country Western night at the Beverly Hilton on May 17, 1996 in Los Angeles, California…Article title: "Eye: Hothouse Flowers" (Photo by Jan Jarecki/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images) -
CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 7: Singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam performs at the Chicago Stadium on March 7, 1994 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Wire Image) -
SALT LAKE CITY – JUNE 16: Rock and roll band "The Beach Boys" pose for a portrait in front a run down pier on June 16, 1968 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (L-R) Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Carl Wilson. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) -
UNITED STATES – circa 1977: NASSAU COLISEUM Photo of QUEEN and Roger TAYLOR and Freddie MERCURY and Brian MAY and John DEACON, Posed studio group portrait L-R Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)
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CIRCA 1975: Lynyrd Skynyrd (L-R Allen Collins, Leon Wilkeson, Gary Rossington, Artimus Pyle, Ronnie Van Zandt and Billy Powell) pose for a portrait circa 1975. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
