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Todd Rundgren, portrait, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 1975. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)
John Lennon performs at Live In New York City Benefit Concert on August 30, 1972 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Swedish pop group Abba, wearing kimonos, 1976. Left to right: Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Frida Lyngstad and Benny Andersson. (Photo by RB/Redferns/Getty Images)
CHICAGO – MARCH 1973: (L-R) American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist Gram Parsons (1946-1973) performing with American singer, songwriter, and musician Emmylou Harris during Parson’s “Fallen Angel’s Tour" at The Quiet Knight in Chicago, IL on March 3, 1973. (Photo by Icon and Image/Getty Images)
CIRCA 1965: (L-R) Dick Peterson, Norm Sundholm, Lynn Easton, Barry Curtis and Mike Mitchell of the rock and roll band "The Kingsmen" pose for a portrait in circa 1965. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
