Joni Mitchell 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage)
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UNITED KINGDOM – APRIL 01: Photo of John DENVER; performing on 'The John Denver Show' BBC TV show – MusicBrainz: 34e10b51-b5c6-4bc1-b70e-f05f141eda1e, (Photo by Tony Russell/Redferns)
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UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Townes Van Zandt Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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SAN FRANCISCO – NOVEMBER 25: (L-R) Richard Manuel, Dr. John, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rick Danko, Van Morrison, Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton perform onstage for the rock and roll group "The Band's" "The Last Waltz" concert at Winterland Ballroom which was later turned into a film by Martin Scorsese on November 25, 1976 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Russell Smith
These 1970s parody songs beat all the "real" music on the charts. They blurred the lines between fake song and true hit.
