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(MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Elton John performs on stage at Shibuya-Kokaido, Tokyo, Japan, 10th May 1971. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
Country-rock singer-songwriter John Stewart, a former member of the Kingston Trio, performs at The Great Southeast Music Hall on September 26, 1973 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO – July 23, 1982: Duran Duran poses backstage during the band's second US tour at the Kabuki Theater on July 23, 1982 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Randy Bachman/Getty Images)
1972: (L-R) Patrick Simmons, Tiran Porter, John Hartman, Michael Hossack and Tom Johnston of the rock and roll band "The Doobie Brothers" pose for a portrait in 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
La chanteuse américaine Dionne Warwick en concert salle Playel le 25 Avril 1983 à Paris, France. (Photo by Jean-Jacques BERNIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – JULY 17: Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones perform during their Hackney Diamonds tour at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
