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Portrait of the American singing group Peter (Yarrow), Paul (Stookey) and Mary (Travers) on "The Jack Benny Program," circa 1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 1966: Rock and roll guitarist Jimmy Page of "The Yardbirds" chats with fans following his concert at the Whisky A Go Go in August 1966 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
KAYSERI, TURKEY – FEBRUARY 19: A couple dance on a hill as the Supermoon is seen in Turkey's Kayseri on February 19, 2019. The Supermoon is a full moon that almost coincides with the closest distance that the Moon reaches to Earth in its elliptic orbit, resulting in a larger-than-usual visible size of the lunar disk as seen from Earth. (Photo by Sercan Kucuksahin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
View of American R&B, Rock, and Pop singer Tina Turner during an interview on MTV at Teletronic Studios, New York, New York, August 22, 1984. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
The performance was a part of filming for a documentary of the band rehearsing and recording the album Let It Be. The 42 minute session drew crowds to the street & adjoining rooftops. This was the band's final live performance before breaking up in April 1970. Performing on the roftop left to right: Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
