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English rock group Bad Company peforming on stage, 8th April 1974. Left to right: Boz Burrell (1946 – 2006), Paul Rodgers and Mick Ralphs. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – JANUARY 27: Singer/songwriter Van Morrison performs at a Warner Brothers party at Steve Paul's The Scene nightclub on January 27, 1969 in New York, New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – CIRCA 1967: Singer and songwriter Glen Campbell poses for a portrait holding an Ovation Acoustic guitar in circa 1967 in Los Angeles, California . (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – APRIL 01: George Jones performs on stage at the Country Music Festival held at Wembley Arena, London in April 1981. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
SWITZERLAND – MAY 01 : Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick perform on stage at the Montreux Rock Festival held in Montreux, Switzerland in May 1988. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)