Japanese musician, composer, record producer, pianist, activist, writer, actor and dancer Ryuichi Sakamoto, photographed on June 30, 2016 in Paris. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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"The crowds chasing us in A Hard Day's Night were based on moments like this," McCartney writes. "Taken out of the back of our car on West Fifty-Eighth, crossing the Avenue of the Americas." Paul McCartney/1964: Eyes of the Storm hide caption
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, left, testifies to a Senate subcommittee on Feb. 24, 2009 over the proposed, and ultimately successful, merger between his company and Ticketmaster. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images hide caption
Senators slam Ticketmaster over bungling of Taylor Swift tickets, question breakup
Panic! at the Disco performs onstage at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on May 14, 2016, in Irvine, Calif. The group is ending its nearly two-decade run, frontman Brendon Urie announced Tuesday. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for CBS Radio Inc. hide caption
Penny Harrison and her son Parker Harrison rally outside the U.S. Capitol during the Senate Judiciary Committee's Ticketmaster hearing on Tuesday morning. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
The Senate's Ticketmaster hearing featured plenty of Taylor Swift puns and protesters
Members of the Grant Avenue Follies, a senior cabaret dance troupe based in San Francisco's Chinatown, collaborated with rapper Jason Chu on the Lunar New Year song "That Lunar Cheer." IW Group hide caption
David Crosby, photographed in New York on August 3, 1984. Ebet Roberts/Redferns hide caption
Jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman plays in 2019. Swing is an essential component of nearly all kinds of jazz music. Physicists think that subtle nuances in the timing of soloists are key to creating that propulsive swing feel. Bernd Thissen/picture alliance via Getty Image hide caption
What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery
Singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis, died after a hospitalization on Thursday, according to her mother. She was 54. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
Joni Mitchell attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Fame came early for Reggaeton star Nicky Jam, and he admits he wasn't ready for it
Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and '90s, has died at age 56. Fabian Bimmer/AP hide caption
Guitarist Jeff Beck performs during the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival. The influential guitarist died on January 10, 2023 after contracting bacterial meningitis. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rapper Young Thug is accused of helping found a violent street gang. Michael Tullberg/Getty Images hide caption
Patrick Xavier Clark, charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff, has been released on $1 million bond. Houston Police Dept. via AP, file hide caption
Sun Records founder Sam Phillips speaks at an event in New York City in August 2002, a year before his death. Getty Images hide caption
Sam Phillips, who introduced the world to Elvis and Johnny Cash, would be 100 today
A photo of Lionel Mapleson, pasted in one of his journals. Alex Teplitzky/NYPL hide caption
This man's recordings spent years under a recliner — they've now found a new home
Gangsta Boo is seen performing as the opener for Run the Jewels at the Tabernacle on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Atlanta. Robb Cohen/Robb Cohen/Invision/AP hide caption
Steven Tyler performs during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in November in Los Angeles. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, a woman alleges she was 16 when the singer first sexually assaulted her. Chris Pizzello/Invision hide caption
In this file photo, Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters performs at the 3rd annual Alfred Mann Foundation Innovation and Inspiration Gala on Sept. 9, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Phil Mccarten/AP hide caption