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BLOOMINGTON, MN. – MARCH 1982: Country music singer Loretta Lynn performing at the Carlton Celebrity Room in Bloomington, Minn., March 31, 1982. (Minneapolis Star photo by Tom Sweeney/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Die Spielbude, Unterhaltungsshow, Deutschland 1982 – 1989, Gaststar: britischer Popsänger Rick Astley. (Photo by Frank Hempel/United Archives via Getty Images)
American hard rock band Mountain perform at the last night at Fillmore East, a nightclub on Second Avenue, New York City, before the closing of the venue, 27th June 1971. They are musicians Felix Pappalardi (left) and Leslie West. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)