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(AUSTRALIA OUT) Ex Moving Pictures frontman Alex Smith, front, Charlie Cole, behind him, and Dave Carter, in the Bondi Junction loungeroom where Smith penned his songs, 27 July 2005. SMH Picture by SAHLAN HAYES (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty Images/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – 1964: Musician Brian Wilson of the rock and roll band "The Beach Boys" works on a composition on an upright piano while reading music in 1964 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
12th September 1967: The Beatles travel by coach to the West Country, for some location work on 'The Magical Mystery Tour' film. Clockwise from back left : John Lennon (1940 – 1980), George Harrison (1943 – 2001), Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. (Photo by Potter/Express/Getty Images)
English rock band The Kinks at London Airport (later Heathrow), UK, 16th January 1965. They are flying to Australia for a concert tour. From left to right, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife, Dave Davies and Mick Avory. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Peter Schilling, German synthpop musician, singing into a microphone during a live concert performance at the Montreux Rock Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, May 1984. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)
UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: Photo of Allen COLLINS and Ed KING and Gary ROSSINGTON and Leon WILKESON and LYNYRD SKYNYRD and Ronnie VAN ZANT and Billy POWELL; L-R: Allen Collins, Billy Powell, Gary Rossington, Bob Burns, Ronnie Van Zant, Leon Wilkeson, Ed King – posed, group shot (Photo by Gems/Redferns)
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), U.S. jazz singer and trumpeter, appearing on the 'Kraft Music Hall' television show, filmed at the NBC studios in New York City, New York, USA, in June 1967. (Photo by David Redfern/Redfern/Getty Images)
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 26: Paul Simon performs live on the pyramid stage during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 26, 2011 in Glastonbury, England. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid 1 GBP to attend, has grown into Europe's largest music festival attracting more than 175,000 people over five days. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
