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Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, group portrait, 1972. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)
LOS ANGELES – 1984: Rock and roll legend Bruce Springsteen poses for a portrait in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 26: (L-R) Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum perform on ABC's "Good Morning America" at SummerStage at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on July 26, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Debra L Rothenberg/Getty Images)
English singer, musician and songwriter Howard Jones during a performance, UK, 14th March 1985. (Photo by Stoddart/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
English group The Who perform on the set of the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus at Intertel TV Studio in Wembley, London on 11th December 1968. Left to right: John Entwistle (1944 – 2002), Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. (Photo by Mark Hayward Archive/Redferns)
BOSTON, MA- JUNE 1978: The Cars outside City Hall Plaza July 7, 1978 in Boston MA. David Robinson, Rick Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, Benjamin Orr, Elliot Easton (Photo by Ron Pownall/Getty Images)
Musicians Reba McEntire and Kenny Rogers attend the NBC Fall TCA Press Tour on July 29, 1991 at Universal Hilton Hotel in Universal City, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
