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NEW YORK CITY – DECEMBER 6: Singer Shania Twain attends the Sixth Annual Billboard Music Awards on December 6, 1995 at New York Coliseum in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Mick Jagger (left), Marianne Faithfull and Brian Jones (1942 – 1969) from The Rolling Stones converse together at a party to celebrate the cabaret debut of the Supremes on Kings Road, Chelsea on 28th January 1968. (Photo by Mark Hayward Archive/Redferns)
Scottish singer and musician Donovan performs the song 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' on the set of the BBC Television pop music television show Top Of The Pops at Lime Grove Studios in London on 30th May 1968. (Photo by Ivan Keeman/Redferns)
1971: (L-R) Dave Winthrop, Roger Hodgson, Frank Farrell, Rick Davies, Kevin Currie of the rock band "Supertramp" pose for a portrait in 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
OAKLAND – 1977: Dolly Parton performs live at The Paramount Theatre in 1977 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images)
American singer-songwriter James Taylor performs with acoustic guitar on a BBC TV show in London, 20th October 1970. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – JANUARY 13-15: Bob Dylan plays a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar through an Ampeg amplifier while recording his album 'Bringing It All Back Home' on January 13-15, 1965 in Columbia's Studio A in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
