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UNITED KINGDOM – JUNE 01: Photo of Andy SUMMERS and Stewart COPELAND and POLICE and STING; L-R: Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, Sting – posed, group shot (Photo by John Rodgers/Redferns)
Motown R&B group Smokey Robinson and The Miracles pose for a portrait circa 1964 in New York City, New York. (Photo by James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Portrait of American R&B & Disco singer Minnie Riperton (1947 – 1979), Los Angeles, California, 1975. (Photo by Steve Schapiro/Corbis via Getty Images)
19th May 1967: The Beatles (left to right) Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison (1943 – 2001) and John Lennon (1940 – 1980) at a photocall for the launch of their new album 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', held at Brian Epstein's house at 24 Chapel Street, London. Lennon is wearing an afghan jacket and a sporran. (Photo by John Downing/Getty Images)
Glenn Frey, Randy Meisner, Don Henley and Joe Walsh of The Eagles perform on stage at Ahoy on May 11th 1977 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns)
DETROIT, MI – NOVEMBER 4: American singer Prince (1958-2016) performs onstage during the 1984 Purple Rain Tour on November 4, 1984, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images)
Michael Mike Score von "A Flock of Seagulls", britische New Wave Band, in Deutschland, 1983. Michael Mike Score of British New Wave band "A Flock of Seagulls" at Germany, 1983 (Photo by Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture alliance via Getty Images)