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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – AUGUST 07: Vince Gill performs at the Ryman Auditorium on August 07, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Ed Rode/Getty Images)
Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on October 6, 1991 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
FEBRUARY 14: (L to R) Members of Oasis, Andy Bell, Noel Gallagher and Gem Archer arrive at the BRIT Awards 2007 in association with MasterCard at Earls Court on February 14, 2007 in London. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Russ Giguere (left) and Jim Yester of Los Angeles band The Association at a recording session in New York City, circa 1965. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The Shangri-Las, L-R Mary Ann Ganser, Betty Weiss, Marge Ganser and Mary Weiss, pose for a studio group portrait in 1964 in the United States. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)
