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(MANDATORY CREDIT Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Chicago Robert Lamm live at Festival Hall, Osaka, June 10, 1972. (Photo by Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – NOVEMBER 6: Musician Billy Joel plays at The Troubadour nightclub and music venue, West Hollywood, CA. November 6, 1973. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 13: (L-R) Mike Mills, Michael Stipe, Bill Berry and Peter Buck, of R.E.M., perform onstage during the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Gala at New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 13, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)
