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Sombr and Lindsey Buckingham at Variety Power of Young Hollywood 2026 Presented by Disney+ held at The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles At Beverly Hills on August 05, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) -
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English drummer Barry Jenkins of rock band the Nashville Teens, August 1964. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) -
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Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath joins Metallica during night four of the band's 30th Anniversary at The Fillmore on December 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) -
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MADRID, SPAIN – JULY 20: Elwood Francis and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top perform on stage during Noches del Botanico music festival at Real Jardin Botanico Alfonso XIII on July 20, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Mariano Regidor/Getty Images) -
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – MAY 18: Travis Kelce interacts with the crowd during Kelce Jam 2024 at Azura Amphitheater on May 18, 2024 in Bonner Springs, Kansas. (Photo by Fernando Leon/Getty Images)
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Gary LeVox performs during CMA Fest 2025 at the main stage at Nissan Stadium on June 07, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) -
WANTAGH, NEW YORK – JULY 31: Rod Stewart performs at Northwell at Jones Beach Theater on July 31, 2026 in Wantagh, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) -
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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 04: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. Ella Langley performs onstage at Nissan Stadium during CMA Fest 2026 day one on June 04, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) -
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 04: Koe Wetzel performs onstage during SiriusXM The Highway's Music Row Happy Hour: CMA Fest Edition at Chief's on Broadway on June 04, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Davis/Getty Images for SiriusXM) -
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LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 26: (L-R) Recording artists Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath attend the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage) -
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 02: Ella Langley performs during Stars for Second Harvest with ERNEST & Friends at the Ryman Auditorium on June 02, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 22: Michael Buble performs live at the 2009 Australian Idol Final at the Sydney Opera House on November 22, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage) -
NEW YORK, NY – CIRCA 1985: Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of Tears For Fears circa 1985 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Platzer/IMAGES/Getty Images) -
Phil Collins (born in 1951), British actor and singer-songwriter, and Philip Bailey (born in 1951), American singer, musician and songwriter, during a concert at Bercy. Paris (12th arrondissement), March 6, 1985. (Photo by Christian Rose/Roger Viollet via Getty Images) -
American group Matchbox Twenty pose for photographs, New York, New York, circa 1997. (Photo by Larry Busacca/WireImage)
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The Beatles rehearse at the ABC Theatre, Blackpool for the group's bill-topping appearance on ABC TV's Blackpool Night Out, 1 August 1965. Left to right: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images) -
Country Music On Broadway, lobbycard, George Jones, 1964. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images) -
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Luther Perkins performing with Johnny Cash
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(L-R) Andrew Woolfolk, Verdine White, Johnny Graham, Maurice White, Larry Dunn, Philip Bailey and Al McKay, of the American band Earth, Wind & Fire, perform on stage in Los Angeles, California, circa 1980. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images) -
HILVERSUM, NETHERLANDS: Terry Sylvester and Allan Clarke from the Hollies perform together in Hilversum, Holland in 1971 (Photo by Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns) -
Photo by James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Pop Jams From 1964
These 1964 pop tunes are too good not to revisit.
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Boston, MA – August 28: Billy Idol performs live in concert at the Paradise Theater in 1982. The venue is now known as the Paradise Rock Club. (Photo by Jim Wilson/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) -
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UNITED KINGDOM – AUGUST 29: ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL Photo of Joni MITCHELL (Photo by Tony Russell/Redferns) -
Tim McGraw on 11/18/94 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage) -
Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Brian Wilson and Mike Love of The Beach Boys, early 1990s (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage) -
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young perform at Olympia Stadium on June 12, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by Tom Copi/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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American singer Bobby Hebb in 1966. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns) -
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 20: Kelly Clarkson attends SiriusXM's Front Row Series with The Voice's Kelly Clarkson & John Legend at SiriusXM Studios on February 20, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for SiriusXM) -
American Rock musician Tom Petty (1950 – 2017) plays guitar as he performs, with his band the Heartbreakers, onstage during the 'Long After Dark' tour at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 31, 1983. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
