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UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Neil Young (Photo by Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters (1913 – 1983) performs at the American Folk Blues Festival in London, 1963. (Photo by Tony Evans/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE – APRIL 12: Kenny Rogers with guest, country singer Dottie West performing on A SPECIAL KENNY ROGERS. Originally broadcast April 12, 1979. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)
British rock band Cream (British bass player Jack Bruce (1943-2014), British drummer Ginger Baker (1939-2019), and British guitarist Eric Clapton) perform live on stage, location unspecified, April 1967. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
British rock band Cream (British bass player Jack Bruce (1943-2014), British drummer Ginger Baker (1939-2019), and British guitarist Eric Clapton) perform live on stage, location unspecified, April 1967. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
1964: Rock and roll band "The Rolling Stones" performs onstage in 1964. (L-R) Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Close-up of American musician Bob Dylan as he plays acoustic guitar during a performance at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1963. (Photo by Rowland Scherman/Getty Images)