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UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: Photo of Tanya Tucker (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LONDON – 1964: Rock and roll band "The Beatles" poses for a portrait with their producer George Martin. (L-R) Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, producer George Martin, John Lennon. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
American musician Townes Van Zandt (1944 – 1997) performs at the Sixth Annual Folk Heritage Day at the Roots of American Music Festival at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, New York, New York, August 27, 1989. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
Pop group The Seekers onstage during a Royal Variety Show rehearsal performance, London, from left: Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley, Judith Durham and Athol Guy, November 14th 1966. (Photo by Larry Ellis/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Members of Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd (L-R Leon Wilkeson, Billy Powell, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant and Allen Collins) pose by their trailer backstage at an outdoor concert on October 1, 1976 at the Starlight Bowl in Burbank, California. (Photo by Richard Creamer/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 11: Freddie Mercury at the Queen concert at Wembley stadium during the Magic tour on July 11, 1986 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by FG/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images) 170612F1
