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I See Your Picture Wherever I Go: Prince in the LIFE Archive

Frank Sinatra and musicians in studio during recording session at CBS.

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Genius at Work: W. Eugene Smith with Sinatra, Stravinsky, and Other Masters

Elvis Presley in Nashville 1956

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See Photos of Elvis on the Precipice of Fame

Tina Turner, 1970

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Tina Turner: Unpublished Photos of the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll

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LIFE With Dizzy Gillespie: Rare and Classic Portraits of a Playful Genius

Ray Charles, with arms outstretched, during performance at Carnegie Hall, 1966.

people

Ray Charles: Photos of a Musical Genius On Stage and Off

Singer and bandleader Billy Eckstine gets a hug from an adoring fan after a show at the late, great New York City jazz club, Bop City, 1949.

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Adoring Billy Eckstine: Portrait of a Jazz Legend and His Fans

Return of the King: When Elvis Left the Army

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Return of the King: When Elvis Left the Army

Fans at the first Beatles concert in America, Washington, DC, Feb. 11, 1964.

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Fans Go Wild at the Beatles’ First Concert in America

LIFE With Rock Stars and Their Parents

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LIFE With Rock Stars . . . and Their Parents

Woodstock Music & Art Fair, August 1969.

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Peace, Love, Music and Mud: LIFE at Woodstock

Members of the incarcerated musical group the Prisonaires with sheet music of their first hit song, Tennessee, 1953.

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Stars Behind Bars: Meet the Prisonaires

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