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NASHVILLE, TN – Singer Steve Holy performs at FanFair, the world's largest country music festival, June 15, 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rusty Russell/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – APRIL 25: Luke Combs performs onstage during the 2024 Mack, Jack & McConaughey Gala at ACL Live on April 25, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Amy E. Price/Getty Images)
American musicians Paul Simon (left) and Art Garfunkel of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel perform together on a television show at BBC Television Centre in London in 1967. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
UNITED STATES – JANUARY 01: Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC; L-R. Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood – onstage, group shot (Photo by Richard E. Aaron/Redferns)
BLOOMINGTON, MN – 1978: Rock and roll icon Bruce Springsteen performs in a 1978 Bloomington, Minnesota concert. Springsteen spent much of 1978 playing midwest small venues while he battled his record label over control of his music. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – Razzy Bailey, U.S. country music singer and musician, singing with one arm raised, his finger pointing upward, during a live concert performance at the International Festival of Country Music, at Wembley Arena, London, England, Great Britain, in 11 April 1982. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 08: Randy Travis performs at The 2008 CMA Music Festival on June 8, 2008 at the LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tom Burns/Getty Images)
