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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 11: Debbie Harry of Blondie performs on stage at Hammersmith Odeon on January 11th, 1980 in London United Kingdom. (Photo by Pete Still/Redferns)
Paul McCartney fans can't wait until his latest album, Tug of War, is released in late April. The first single from the album, "Ebony and Ivory," will be released this week, teaming McCartney with Stevie Wonder (left). Wonder and McCartney are shown as they recorded the album last year in a series of recordings on the Caribbean Island of Montserrat. (Photo by Bettman/Getty Images)
American singer-songwriter and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, wearing a striped shirt, in an recording studio, circa 1957. The sound engineer is visible working at the console to the right of the frame. (Photo by Archive Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Elton John, British singer-songwriter, performing on the BBC television show Top of the Pops, London, England, Great Brtitain, April 1974. (Photo by Tony Russell/Redferns/Getty Images)
1971 GRAMMY AWARDS – The 13th Annual Grammy Awards – Airdate: March 16, 1971. (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)LYNN ANDERSON
NASHVILLE, TN – Toby Keith performs "She's A Hottie" onstage during the 2008 CMT Music Awards at the Curb Events Center at Belmont University on April 14, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON: Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, holds a news conference at the National Press Club April 28th. New York Mayor John V. Lindsay has intervened in behalf of the Lennons in their bid to avert deportation from the United States. In a letter to the Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, made public April 28th, Lindsay urged that deportation proceedings against the couple be dropped and that they be granted resident alien status. Lennon is facing deportation on the basis of a four-year-old conviction in Britain on possession of marijuana.
American Country musician Alan Jackson plays acoustic guitar as he performs onstage at Irving Plaza, New York, New York, January 19, 2000. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
