John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr of The Beatles rehearse their appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. February 1964. . (Photo by Staff/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
The Beatles in Abbey Road Studios, London. September 1964. (©Apple Corps Ltd.)
The Beatles from left to right, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, circa 1964. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
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SAN FRANCISCO – NOVEMBER 25: (L-R) Richard Manuel, Dr. John, Neil Diamond, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rick Danko, Van Morrison, Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton perform onstage for the rock and roll group "The Band's" "The Last Waltz" concert at Winterland Ballroom which was later turned into a film by Martin Scorsese on November 25, 1976 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Russell Smith
These 1970s parody songs beat all the "real" music on the charts. They blurred the lines between fake song and true hit.
