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LOS ANGELES – 1978: Country singer Dolly Parton poses for a portrait session in 1978 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images)
Hitring Plage ( BRT Television Show) – Blankenberge – Belgium – 21/08/1981
Portrait of The Korgis: James Warren, John Baker, Maggie Stewart
Photo gie Knaeps
IN CONCERT – 2nd Anniversary Show – Airdate: November 8, 1974. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
MINNIE RIPERTON
CHRISTMAS IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER — Pictured: Martina McBride rehearses for the 2018 Christmas in Rockefeller Center — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
WHAT'S HAPPENING!! – "Doobie or Not Doobie" – Airdate: January 28, 1978. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images) MICHAEL MCDONALD OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
Singer and songwriter Rodney Crowell performs at an outdoor music festival in Agoura, California in early 1975 along with Emmylou Harris (Photo by Dan Reeder/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE – CIRCA 1950: Country singer Hank Williams poses for a portrait circa 1950 in Nashville Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen performing at the Capitol Theatre, New Jersey, 31st December 1977. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)