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ST. LOUIS – AUGUST 21: English singer, songwriter and bassist Paul McCartney of the Beatles on stage at Busch Stadium, August 21, 1966, in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images)
Canadian-American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell performs on stage at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom, 14th September 1974. (Photo by Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
25th November 1963: Liverpudlian beat combo The Beatles, from left to right Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon (1940 – 1980), and George Harrison (1943 – 2001), performing in front of a camera-shaped drum kit on Granada TV's Late Scene Extra television show filmed in Manchester, England on November 25, 1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)