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NEW YORK CITY – WOR-FM DJ Murray The K (Murray Kaufman) hosts a concert at the Felt Forum on December 5, 1969 in New York City, New York. (Photo by PoPsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 01: ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL Photo of FESTIVALS and Ralph McTELL and ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL, Ralph McTell onstage (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
LONDON – FEBRUARY 11: John Lennon (1940-1980) becomes the first of The Beatles, post-breakup, to play on Top of the Pops where he performed his single "Instant Karma!" on February 11, 1970, in Studio Eight at BBC Television Centre, in London, England. (Photo by Icon and Image/Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Dolly Parton performs on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England on November 20, 1978. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
Don Williams, U.S. country music singer-songwriter, playing the guitar and singing into a microphone on stage at the Country Music Festival, at Wembley Arena, London, England, Great Britain, in April 1982. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)
TEMPE, ARIZONA – AUGUST 01: Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters performs at Marquee Theatre on August 01, 2023 in Tempe, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
