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The TALKING HEADS with David Byrne
In Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 1977
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View of British Pop, Rock, & World musician Peter Gabriel during an interview on MTV at Teletronic Studios, New York, New York, September 23, 1982. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
UNITED KINGDOM – JUNE 01: Photo of Andy SUMMERS and Stewart COPELAND and POLICE and STING; L-R: Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting – posed, group shot (Photo by John Rodgers/Redferns)
Motown R&B group Smokey Robinson and The Miracles pose for a portrait circa 1964 in New York City, New York. (Photo by James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Portrait of American R&B & Disco singer Minnie Riperton (1947 – 1979), Los Angeles, California, 1975. (Photo by Steve Schapiro/Corbis via Getty Images)
