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AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – JULY 08: John Denver performs live at the Jaap Eden Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on July 08 1979 (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)
Former duet partners, American singer-songwriter, actress, and businesswoman Dolly Parton and American country music singer Porter Wagoner (1927-2007), sing on stage circa 1990's at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Ron Davis/Getty Images)
(MANDATORY CREDIT Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) UNITED STATES – JANUARY 01: Photo of U2; L-R: The Edge, Larry Mullen Jnr, Adam Clayton, Bono – posed, group shot, Joshua Tree press conference (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)
CIRCA 1960: Loretta Lynn holds her acoustic guitar as she poses for a portrait wearing a cowboy hat, a scarf and western shirt outside a log cabin in circa 1960. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
US singer Gloria Gaynor performing in Hamburg, Germany, 05 March 2017. Gloria Gaynor became famous world-wide in 1978 with her hit 'I will survive' Photo: Markus Scholz/dpa | usage worldwide (Photo by Markus Scholz/picture alliance via Getty Images)
