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NEW YORK – MARCH 28: Musician Van Morrison plays a Martin acoustic guitar at a Bang Records recording session in the studio on March 28, 1967 in New York, New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American singer-songwriter and musician Emmylou Harris performs at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 1975. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
(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)
American musician Kenny Rogers performs at the Rosemont Horizon (later renamed the Allstate Arena), Rosemont, Illinois, June 13, 1982. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – JULY 1965: Country singer Johnny Cash warms up backstage at the New York Folk Festival in July of 1965 at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) American singer-songwriter and guitarist Chrissie Hynde performing with rock group The Pretenders, USA, 1994. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images)
American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, Dr. John performing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, 1st July 1973. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
