International funk and disco band, Heatwave, performing, acrobatically on stage, USA, August 1978. Left to right: Roy Carter, Keith Wilder, Mario Mantese, Johnnie Wilder, Jr (1949 – 2006) and Eric Johns. The group are on the same bill as The O'Jays. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Don Bryant performs on stage during the second annual Austin Blues Festival at Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park on April 28, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images)
MONTEREY, CA – Soul singer Otis Redding performs onstage at the Monterey International Pop Festival on June 17, 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Bob Buchanan/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T and the MG's performs at a Stax Records mini reunion at the Lone Star Roadhouse in New York City, 4th May 1991. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Tina Turner performing 'Nutbush City Limits' on the German television program Musikladen, Bremen, West Germany, 1973. (Photo by Peter Bischoff/Getty Images)
