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THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO — Episode 731 — Pictured: (l-r) Musical guest John Michael Montgomery performs on July 18, 1995 — (Photo by: Margaret Norton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
American Pop musician Lionel Richie plays piano as he rehearses on stage at NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center for an appearance on the Saturday Night Live television show, New York, New York, December 10, 1982. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
American musicians Jay Jay French, A.J. Perro, Dee Snider, Eddie "Fingers" Ojeda and Mark Mendoza of the Heavy Metal band Twisted Sister pose for photos during a visit to Atlantic Records offices on January 14, 1984 in New York, New York. (Photo By Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Portrait of American Folk, Pop, & Rock musician Stephen Stills, of the group Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, as he poses, with an acoustic guitar, in a studio, September 18, 1969. (Photo by Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING – CIRCA 1969: Photo of John Sebastian performing in East Lansing, Michigan. Circa 1969 (Photo by Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – MARCH 20: Dolly Parton attends Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs In Symphony World Premiere at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on March 20, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
