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NEW YORK - 1969: Singer songwriter Joni Mitchell performs at the Central Park Music Festival in New York, New York in 1969. (Photo by Sherry Rayn Barnett/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER, 1994: American singer, songwriter and guitarist Jeff Buckley (1966-1997) poses for a portrait circa November, 1994 at the Tribeca club 'Wetlands' in New York, New York. (Photo by Bob Berg/Getty Images)

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Canadian folk-rock singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot sings and plays acoustic guitar for the television concert series, 'Midnight Special,' 1970s. (Photo by Getty Images)

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