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Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

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Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is an American television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations, initially through Viacom Enterprises, and later through Syndicast. [1]

171 relations: ABBA, Alex Harvey (musician), Alice Cooper, Ambrosia (band), Andrew Solt, Andy Gibb, Angel (band), Argent (band), Average White Band, B.B. King, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Bad Company, Badfinger, Bay City Rollers, Bee Gees, Bill Haley & His Comets, Billy Joel, Billy Preston, Black Oak Arkansas, Black Sabbath, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blue Öyster Cult, Bo Diddley, Bram Tchaikovsky, Broadcast syndication, Brooklyn Dreams (group), Brownsville Station (band), Bryan Ferry, Cable television, Cat Stevens, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, Curtis Mayfield, Dave Thomas (actor), David Bowie, Devo, Dixie Dregs, Dodge Omni, Don Kirshner, Don McLean, Donna Summer, Dusty Springfield, Eagles (band), Earth, Wind & Fire, Edgar Winter, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Eric Burdon, Fleetwood Mac, Focus (band), ..., Foghat, Frank Marino, Gary Numan, Genesis (band), George Harrison, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Golden Earring, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Chapin, Helen Reddy, Historic Films Archive, History of Chrysler, Hofstra University, Hot Tuna, Ike & Tina Turner, In Concert (TV series), James Gang, Jim Croce, Jim Evans (artist), Joan Baez, Joe Walsh, Journey (band), Kansas (band), Kiss (band), Lake (German band), Late-night talk show, Lee Iacocca, Lenny Williams, Linda Ronstadt, Lip sync, London, Lou Rawls, Lou Reed, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mahogany Rush, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Maria Muldaur, Martha Reeves, Meat Loaf, Melissa Manchester, Molly Hatchet, Monaural, Montrose (band), Mother's Finest, New York Dolls, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ohio Players, Outlaws (band), Parody, Pat Benatar, Patti LaBelle, Paul Shaffer, Poco, Prince (musician), Pure Prairie League, Rainbow (rock band), Ramones, Raspberries (band), REO Speedwagon, Rick James, Ritchie Valens, Robert Palmer (singer), Rory Gallagher, Rose Royce, Rush (band), Santana (band), Sarah Dash, Saturday Night Live, Seals and Crofts, Second City Television, Sex Pistols, Simulcast, Slade, Slave (band), Sly and the Family Stone, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Sparks (band), Starz (band), Steely Dan, Stephanie Mills, Steppenwolf (band), Stereophonic sound, Steve Miller Band, Stevie Wonder, Switch (band), Sylvester (singer), T. Rex (band), Ted Nugent, The Allman Brothers Band, The Bar-Kays, The Byrds, The Dick Cavett Show, The Doobie Brothers, The Guess Who, The Hollies, The Midnight Special (TV series), The New York Times, The Police, The Rolling Stones, The Spinners (American R&B group), The Stampeders, The Temptations, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Washington Post, Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Todd Rundgren, Tony Orlando, Tony Rosato, UFO (band), Uriah Heep (band), Van Morrison, Viacom (original), Village People, Vince Gill, Walter Murphy, War (band), Waylon Jennings, Weather Report, Wishbone Ash, 10cc. Expand index (121 more) »

ABBA

ABBA are a Swedish pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

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Alex Harvey (musician)

Alexander James Harvey (5 February 1935 – 4 February 1982) was a Scottish rock and blues musician.

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Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over fifty years.

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Ambrosia (band)

Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in southern California in 1970.

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Andrew Solt

Andrew Solt (born 13 December 1947) is an American producer, director, and writer of documentary films.

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Andy Gibb

Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer, songwriter, performer, and teen idol.

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Angel (band)

Angel is an American rock band from Washington, D.C., United States, formed in the mid-1970s by Punky Meadows and Mickie Jones.

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Argent (band)

Argent was an English rock band founded in 1969 by keyboardist Rod Argent, formerly of The Zombies.

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Average White Band

Average White Band (also AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980.

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B.B. King

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer.

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Bachman–Turner Overdrive

Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often abbreviated as BTO, is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that had a series of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in that decade alone.

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Bad Company

Bad Company are an English hard rock supergroup formed in Westminster, London in 1973 by two former Free band members—singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke— as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell.

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Badfinger

Badfinger were a British rock band that, in their most successful lineup, consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans, and Joey Molland.

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Bay City Rollers

The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop band whose popularity peaked in the mid 1970s.

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Bee Gees

The Bee Gees --> were a pop music group formed in 1958.

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Bill Haley & His Comets

Bill Haley & His Comets were an American rock and roll band, founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981.

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Billy Joel

William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

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Billy Preston

William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American musician whose work included R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel.

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Black Oak Arkansas

Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band named after the band's hometown of Black Oak, Arkansas.

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward and singer Ozzy Osbourne.

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Blood, Sweat & Tears

Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") was a jazz-rock American music group.

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Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult (often abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1967, whose most successful work includes the hard rock songs "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", "Godzilla", "Burnin' for You" and "Shooting Shark".

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Bo Diddley

Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates, December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), known as Bo Diddley, was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll.

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Bram Tchaikovsky

Bram Tchaikovsky (born Peter Bramall, 10 November 1950, Lincolnshire, England) is a British vocalist and guitarist.

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Broadcast syndication

Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network.

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Brooklyn Dreams (group)

The Brooklyn Dreams was a successful singing group of the late 1970s and early 1980s mixing R&B harmonies with contemporary dance/disco music and best known for a number of collaborations with singer Donna Summer.

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Brownsville Station (band)

Brownsville Station is an American rock band from Michigan that was popular in the 1970s.

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Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry CBE (born 26 September 1945) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Cable television

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables.

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Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1974.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.

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Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

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Dave Thomas (actor)

David William Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian comedian, actor and television writer.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Devo

Devo (originally) is an American rock band from Akron, Ohio formed in 1973.

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Dixie Dregs

The Dixie Dregs are an American band formed in the 1970s.

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Dodge Omni

The Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon were subcompact cars produced by Chrysler from December 1977 to 1990.

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Don Kirshner

Donald Clark Kirshner (April 17, 1934 – January 17, 2011), known as The Man With the Golden Ear, was an American music publisher, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter.

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Don McLean

Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and painter.

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Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s.

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Eagles (band)

The Eagles are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1971.

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Earth, Wind & Fire

Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin, and Afro pop.

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Edgar Winter

Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American rock and blues musician.

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Electric Light Orchestra

The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970, by songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan.

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970.

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Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967.

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Focus (band)

Focus are a Dutch rock band formed in Amsterdam in 1969 by keyboardist, vocalist, and flautist Thijs van Leer.

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Foghat

Foghat is an English rock band formed in London in 1971.

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Frank Marino

Francesco Antonio Marino (born November 20, 1954) is an Italian Canadian guitarist, leader of Canadian hard rock band Mahogany Rush.

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Gary Numan

Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English singer, songwriter, composer, musician and record producer.

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Genesis (band)

Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967.

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George Harrison

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for three decades.

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Golden Earring

Golden Earring is a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings (the definite article was dropped in 1967, while the "s" was dropped in 1969).

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Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad, sometimes shortened as Grand Funk, is an American rock band popular during the 1970s, when they toured extensively and played to packed arenas worldwide.

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Harry Chapin

Harry Forster Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and producer best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs, who achieved worldwide success in the 1970s and became one of the most popular artists and highest paid performers.

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Helen Reddy

Helen Maxine Reddy (born 25 October 1941) is an Australian singer, actress and activist.

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Historic Films Archive

Historic Films Archive is a stock footage library operating from New York.

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History of Chrysler

Chrysler, a large automobile manufacturer, was founded in the 1920s and continues today under the formal name FCA US LLC.

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Hofstra University

Hofstra University is a private, non-profit, nonsectarian university in Hempstead, New York.

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Hot Tuna

Hot Tuna is an American blues band formed in 1969 by guitarist/vocalist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady.

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Ike & Tina Turner

Ike & Tina Turner were an American musical duo composed of the husband-and-wife team of Ike Turner and Tina Turner.

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In Concert (TV series)

In Concert is a late-night television series created by Don Kirshner.

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James Gang

The James Gang was an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1966.

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Jim Croce

James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter.

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Jim Evans (artist)

Jim Evans, sometimes known as T.A.Z., is an American painter, printmaker, and creative director who was a contributing figure in the visual art movement known as underground comics.

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Joan Baez

Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist whose contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice.

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Joe Walsh

Joseph Fidler Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.

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Journey (band)

Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch.

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Kansas (band)

Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on album-oriented rock charts and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind".

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Kiss (band)

Kiss (often stylized as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973 by Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss, and Ace Frehley.

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Lake (German band)

Lake is a German-British rock music group that formed in 1973 in Hamburg, Germany.

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Late-night talk show

A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show popular in the United States, where the format originated.

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Lee Iacocca

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (born October 15, 1924) is an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s.

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Lenny Williams

Leonard Charles Williams (born February 16, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known for his work during the 1970s.

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Linda Ronstadt

Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American retired popular music singer known for singing in a wide range of genres including rock, country, jazz, light opera, and Latin.

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Lip sync

Lip sync (short for lip synchronization) is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements with prerecorded sung or spoken vocals that listeners hear, either through the sound reinforcement system in a live performance or via television, computer, cinema speakers, or generally anything with audio output in other cases.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Lou Rawls

Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and record producer.

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Lou Reed

Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd, or informally shortened to Skynyrd, is an American rock band best known for having popularized the Southern rock genre during the 1970s.

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Mahavishnu Orchestra

Mahavishnu Orchestra were a multinational jazz-rock fusion band formed in New York City in 1971 by English guitarist John McLaughlin.

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Mahogany Rush

Mahogany Rush is a Canadian rock band led by guitarist Frank Marino.

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann's Earth Band is an English rock band formed by South African musician Manfred Mann.

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Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur (born September 12, 1943) is an American folk and blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s.

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Martha Reeves

Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American R&B and pop singer and former politician, and is the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.

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Meat Loaf

Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947), better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.

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Melissa Manchester

Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and actress.

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Molly Hatchet

Molly Hatchet is an American Southern hard rock band that formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1971.

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Monaural

Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction (often shortened to mono) is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position.

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Montrose (band)

Montrose was an American, California-based hard rock band.

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Mother's Finest

Mother's Finest is an American funk rock band founded in Atlanta, Georgia, by the vocal duo of Joyce "Baby Jean" Kennedy and Glenn "Doc" Murdock in 1970 when the pair met up with guitarist Gary "Moses Mo" Moore and bassist Jerry "Wyzard" Seay.

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New York Dolls

The New York Dolls were an American hard rock band formed in New York City in 1971.

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country rock band, has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966.

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Ohio Players

Ohio Players were an American funk, soul music and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s.

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Outlaws (band)

The Outlaws are an American southern rock/country rock band best known for their 1975 hit "There Goes Another Love Song" and extended guitar jam "Green Grass and High Tides" from their 1975 debut album, plus their 1980 cover of the Stan Jones classic "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky".

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Parody

A parody (also called a spoof, send-up, take-off, lampoon, play on something, caricature, or joke) is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an original work—its subject, author, style, or some other target—by means of satiric or ironic imitation.

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Pat Benatar

Patricia Mae Benatar (née Andrzejewski; January 10, 1953) is a U.S. singer, songwriter, actress, and four-time Grammy Award winner.

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Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards known professionally as Patti LaBelle, (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944), is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur.

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Paul Shaffer

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian and multi-instrumentalist who served as David Letterman's musical director, band leader and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).

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Poco

Poco is an American country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay, Jim Messina and Rusty Young.

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Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and filmmaker.

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Pure Prairie League

Pure Prairie League is an American country rock band whose origins go back to 1965 and Waverly, Ohio, with singer and guitarist Craig Fuller, drummer Tom McGrail, guitarist and drummer Jim Caughlan, and steel guitar artist John David Call.

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Rainbow (rock band)

Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) is a British rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, active from 1975 until 1984, 1993 until 1997, and 2015 until present.

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Ramones

The Ramones were an American punk rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974.

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Raspberries (band)

The Raspberries were an American pop rock band formed in 1970 from Cleveland, Ohio.

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REO Speedwagon

REO Speedwagon (originally styled as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois.

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Rick James

Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson Jr. February 1, 1948August 6, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.

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Ritchie Valens

Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Ritchie Valens, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

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Robert Palmer (singer)

Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Rory Gallagher

William Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer.

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Rose Royce

Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B group.

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Rush (band)

Rush was a Canadian rock band comprising Geddy Lee (bass, vocals, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyrics).

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Santana (band)

Santana is a Latin music and rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1966 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana.

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Sarah Dash

Sarah Dash (born August 18, 1945) is a singer and actress.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.

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Seals and Crofts

Seals and Crofts were an American soft rock duo made up of James "Jim" Seals (born October 17, 1941) and Darrell "Dash" Crofts (born August 14, 1940).

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Second City Television

Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show that ran between 1976 and 1984.

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Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975.

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Simulcast

Simulcast, a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast, is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously).

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Slade

Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton.

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Slave (band)

Slave was an Ohio funk band popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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Sly and the Family Stone

Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco.

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Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are a Jersey Shore musical group led by Southside Johnny.

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Sparks (band)

Sparks are an American pop and rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals).

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Starz (band)

Starz is a heavy metal and power pop band from New Jersey, United States.

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Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band founded by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals) in 1972.

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Stephanie Mills

Stephanie Dorthea Mills (born March 22, 1957) is an American Grammy award–winning singer, songwriter and Broadway stage actress.

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Steppenwolf (band)

Steppenwolf is a Canadian-American rock band, prominent from 1968 to 1972.

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Stereophonic sound

Stereophonic sound or, more commonly, stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective.

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Steve Miller Band

The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California.

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Stevie Wonder

Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.

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Switch (band)

Switch is an R&B/funk band that found fame recording for the Gordy label in the late 1970s, releasing hit songs such as "There'll Never Be", "I Call Your Name", and "Love Over & Over Again".

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Sylvester (singer)

Sylvester James Jr. (September 6, 1947December 16, 1988), who used the stage name of Sylvester, was an American singer-songwriter.

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T. Rex (band)

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Ted Nugent

Theodore Anthony Nugent (born December 13, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist.

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The Allman Brothers Band

The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guitar, vocals, songwriting), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums), and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums).

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The Bar-Kays

The Bar-Kays are an American soul, R&B, and funk group formed in 1966.

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The Byrds

The Byrds were an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964.

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The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show was the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including.

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The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band from San Jose, California.

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The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band, formed in Winnipeg in 1965.

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The Hollies

The Hollies are a British pop/rock group best known for their pioneering and distinctive three-part vocal harmony style.

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The Midnight Special (TV series)

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series originally broadcast on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Police

The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The Spinners (American R&B group)

The Spinners are an American rhythm and blues vocal group that formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1954.

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The Stampeders

The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson (guitar, vocals), Ronnie King (bass, vocals), and Kim Berly (drums, vocals).

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the Tonight Show franchise from October 1, 1962 through May 22, 1992.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song by Tony Orlando and Dawn.

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Todd Rundgren

Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Utopia.

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Tony Orlando

Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis (born April 3, 1944), known professionally as Tony Orlando, is an American singer, songwriter, producer, music executive, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the group Tony Orlando and Dawn in the 1970s.

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Tony Rosato

Antonio "Tony" Rosato (December 26, 1954 – January 10, 2017) was an Italian-Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian who appeared in television and films.

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UFO (band)

UFO are an English rock band that was formed in London in 1968.

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Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969.

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Van Morrison

Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer.

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Viacom (original)

The original incarnation of Viacom Inc. (originally an initialism of Video & Audio Communications) was an American media conglomerate.

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Village People

Village People is an American disco group best known for their on-stage costumes, catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics.

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Vince Gill

Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

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Walter Murphy

Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter, and record producer.

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War (band)

War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for several hit songs (including "Spill the Wine", "The World Is a Ghetto", "The Cisco Kid", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "Low Rider", and "Summer").

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Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings (pronounced; June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Weather Report

Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s.

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Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s.

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10cc

10cc are an English rock band founded in Stockport, England, who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kirshner's_Rock_Concert

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