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LIFE With Woody Guthrie: Photos of an American Treasure

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

Stars Behind Bars: Meet the Prisonaires

Little Richard, 1971. arts & entertainment

Little Richard: Unpublished Photos of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Original Wild Man

Barbra Streisand in 1966 arts & entertainment

LIFE With Streisand: Early Photos of an Insecure Star

Josephine Baker during a run on Broadway, New York, 1951 arts & entertainment

Josephine Baker: An Expat’s Triumphant Return to Broadway

Two days after their U.S. TV debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," the Beatles play for 8,000 fans at their first American concert, at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 1964. Ticket price: $3. arts & entertainment

The Beatles Take America, 1964

Picture of Miles Davis playing his trumpet in New York, 1958 arts & entertainment

Miles Davis: Photos of a Jazz Giant in 1958

Duke Ellington, New York, 1943. arts & entertainment

Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and More: LIFE Jams With Jazz Legends

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