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NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 25: (L-R) Fred Lipsius, Al Kooper, and Dick Halligan of the rock and roll band "Blood, Sweat And Tears" perform onstage at Steve Paul's The Scene nightclub on November 25, 1967 in New York, New York. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Portrait of the members of New Zealand-based New Wave group Split Enz as they pose at the Memphis in May nightclub, Memphis, Tennessee, May 31, 1981. Pictured are, from left, brothers Neil Finn and Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Noel Crombie, and Nigel Griggs. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Musician, singer, songwriter and composer Billy Joel is shown performing on stage during a live concert appearance on February 2, 1987 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by John Atashian/Getty Images)
