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UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: STUDIO Photo of Hank BALLARD and Hank BALLARD+ Midnighters (Photo by Echoes/Redferns)

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Singer and bassist Alan Merrill of Anglo-American pop group Arrows, 1975. The band had their own TV series on Granada ITV from 1976 to 1977. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)

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UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of Otis BLACKWELL; Posed portrait of Otis Blackwell (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)

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