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Key People

Elton John, 2006
Elton John
British musician
A masterful vocal stylist
Tony Bennett
American singer
Céline Dion, 2014
Céline Dion
Canadian singer
The Piano Man
Billy Joel
American musician
Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and musician
Phil Spector
Phil Spector
American record producer
Carly Simon
Carly Simon
American singer-songwriter
Etta James.
Etta James
American singer
James Taylor
James Taylor
American musician
Gene Pitney, 1965.
Gene Pitney
American singer-songwriter

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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
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