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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 31: Singer Lionel Richie performs onstage during the Fool in Love Festival at Hollywood Park Grounds on August 31, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
CIRCA 1966: Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle of the rock and roll band "The Who" pose for a portrait in circa 1966. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American popular music duo Simon and Garfunkel, who are singer (and later actor) Art Garfunkel and guitarist and singer Paul Simon, performs on the CBS variety program 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' New York, May 22, 1966. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
American musician Kenny Rogers performs at the Rosemont Horizon (later renamed the Allstate Arena), Rosemont, Illinois, March 22, 1985. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
