The title of James Taylor's audio memoir Break Shot refers to the first shot in a game of pool when order is suddenly broken. "That seemed like an apt metaphor for what happened to my family," he says. Norman Seeff/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Bruce Springsteen belts out his hit song "Born in the USA" before a sellout crowd in 1985. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption
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Yo-Yo Ma offered a graciously warm performance of Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile for cello and strings with student musicians. Hilary Scott/courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra hide caption
Joni Mitchell strums her guitar outside the Revolution club in London, circa 1968.
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James Taylor and Carole King first collaborated 40 years ago and are now reunited for a joint tour. James O'Mara hide caption
James Taylor and Carole King, who played piano on 'Fire And Rain'. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption