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Also Known As New Yardbirds
Awards And Honors Grammy Award • Kennedy Center Honors (2012) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1995)
Date 1968 - 1980
Related People John Bonham • Robert Plant

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Publicity still of Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock in 1957. (cinema, movies, motion pictures, film)
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the Beatles. George Harrison. Publicity still from Let It Be (1970) directed by Michael Lindsay Hogg starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film documentary rock music movie
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the Beatles. Rock and film. Publicity still from A Hard Day's Night (1964) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. rock music movie
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