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LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 18: Singers Tyler Hubbard (L) and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line attend the 40th American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/AMA2012/Getty Images for AMA)
International funk and disco band, Heatwave, performing, acrobatically on stage, USA, August 1978. Left to right: Roy Carter, Keith Wilder, Mario Mantese, Johnnie Wilder, Jr (1949 – 2006) and Eric Johns. The group are on the same bill as The O'Jays. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – FEBRUARY 23: Country music group Alabama attends the 25th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 1983 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)