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B-52's |
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After pressing up a few thousand copies of the single "Rock Lobster," the B-52's traveled to the famed Max's Kansas City club for their first paying gig. Subsequent appearances at CBGB's brought the group to the attention of the New York press, and in 1979, they issued their self-titled debut album, a collection of manic, bizarre, and eminently danceable songs which scored an underground club hit with a reworked version of "Rock Lobster." |
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B.B. King |
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For more than half a century, Riley B. King - better known as B.B. King - has defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, many of them classics. |
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Beach Boys |
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Beginning their career as the most popular surf band in the nation, the Beach Boys finally emerged by 1966 as America's pre-eminent pop group, the only act able to challenge (for a brief time) the overarching success of the Beatles with both mainstream listeners and the critical community. From their 1961 debut with the regional hit "Surfin," the three Wilson brothers -- Brian, Dennis, and Carl -- plus cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine constructed the most intricate, gorgeous harmonies ever heard from a pop band. |
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Bill Cosby |
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During his 35-year career, Bill Cosby has taken him from nightclub comic to international personality and America's most beloved humorist. It was while he was working in nightclubs during college that his natural sense of humor prompted friends to suggest that he create a comedy routine. |
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Bonnie Raitt |
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More than just a best-selling artist, respected guitarist, expressive singer, and accomplished songwriter, Bonnie Raitt has become an institution in American music. After nine Grammys, an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 30-plus years of bouncing between the studio and the stage, Raitt insists her enthusiasm for music has not waned one decibel. |
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Bruce Hornsby |
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Bruce Hornsby, a three-time Grammy winner who's sold more than 10 million records since his multi-platinum debut in 1986, draws from a wide array of influences--among them jazz, pop, classical, bluegrass, rock, vaudeville and sounds both swinging and downright uncategorizable--to create his most sublime and elegant collection to-date, all the while bringing his patented blend of playful lyrical whimsy and formidably refined musicality to the table. |
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Chicago |
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In 1967, Chicago musicians Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Robert Lamm, and Peter Cetera formed a group with one dream, to integrate all the musical diversity from their beloved city and weave a new sound, a rock 'n' roll band with horns. Their dream turned into 20 Top Ten singles, 12 Top Ten albums (five of which were #1), and sales of more than 120 million records. |
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Chris Isaak |
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In the course of Chris Isaak's career, he has released nine extraordinary albums, twelve singles, been nominated for two Grammy Awards, acted in several motion pictures and starred in his own critically acclaimed tv series. His legendary shows with his longtime band Silvertone have entertained tens of thousands of people for over two decades. |
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Cyndi Lauper |
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Cyndi is, after all, an original. Since her arrival, she has stood out from
the crowd. Even in the eighties, that decade of gaudy overkill, no one
dressed like her, performed like her, and above all sang like her. Whether
paired with an all-star lineup of guests or singing solo with her band,
Cyndi sounds both timeless and contemporary. |
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Dana Carvey |
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Emmy-award winning comedian Dana Carvey has maintained a tremendous career. A repertory member of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE since the 1986-87 season, Carvey left in 1992 after seven seasons. |
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Diana Krall |
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For the few who may still be unaware, Diana Krall is the 39-year old sensation whose cool, heavy-lidded vocals and strikingly sensitive piano-playing has helped her transcend barriers of genre to become a popular artist of the first order. Since her recording debut in 1993, she has released nine albums (including her first seasonal effort, the EP Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in '98), garnered numerous awards and topped the pop charts. |
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DJ AM |
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Adam Michael Goldstein is better known as club disc jockey DJ AM. Goldstein was also former member of the rock band, Crazy Town, known for their hit, "Butterfly". has played private events for celebs like Jim Carrey, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, and Kate Hudson. |
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Donna Summer |
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Donna Summer is a Grammy Award winning singer best known for a string of hits in the 1970s that earned her the title "Queen of Disco". She is one of the few disco artists to have longevity on the charts into the 80's and 90's. Summer's performances cover different genres including R&B, rock & roll and gospel music. Her work is still critically acclaimed, and she remains one of the few disco artists accepted by modern rock critics. It has been estimated that Summer's album and single sales total more than 100 million, easily earning her a spot on the list of best-selling music artists. |
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Earth Wind & Fire |
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It is difficult to look back at the 70s and early 80s Soul music scene without gazing for a long period at the music and influence of Earth, Wind & Fire. A group revolutionary in its amalgamation of soul, jazz, funk and African music into an attractive, universal sound, EWF influenced an entire generation of self-contained Soul/Funk bands. |
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Elton John |
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Throughout Elton John's meteoric career from the 70's to the present, there has been the tender thread of romantic music, at times sentimental, at times complex, and at times straight forward and emotional. From his first love song, appropriately titled "Your Song" released in the 70's, to 90's classics such as "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and "Blessed," these heart-warming, messages of love have left indelible marks on Elton John's worldwide legion of fans. |
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Faith Hill |
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Faith Hill, a proud Mississippi Girl from a tiny town called Star, has become a beloved global superstar by pouring herself into songs ever since receiving her first musical education in various churches in her home state. With the release of her sixth album, "Fireflies", Faith has put more of her heart and soul into her music than ever before. |
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Frankie Valli |
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Frankie Valli scored over 25 Top-40 hits with The Four Seasons, a handful of Top-40 hits dubbed as a solo act in the late 1960s, one dubbed as The Wonder Who? in 1965, and again in the mid to late 1970s. His best known "solo" single is Can't Take My Eyes Off You. |
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George Benson |
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From jazz guitar legend to soul-pop vocalist extraordinaire, 8-time Grammy® winner George Benson has cultivated an international fan base as well as tremendous critical acclaim for three things: incomparable versatility, first-class execution in all he does and, perhaps most importantly, for never being predictable. |
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George Clinton |
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George Clinton is the single most influential figure in the history of funk, the mastermind behind both Parliament & Funkadelic. Parliament & Funkadelic dominated and revolutionized the music scene in the 1970Ős, capturing 40 R&B hit singles and racking up four #1 hits: "Flashlight," "One Nation Under a Groove," "Aqua Boogie" and "(Not Just) Knee Deep." |
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Harry Belafonte |
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Probably best known as the strikingly handsome singer who popularized calypso music in the US in the 1950s, Harry Belafonte has enjoyed a lengthy and diverse career as an actor, producer and music composer and arranger As the first black performer to win an Emmy and the first recording artist to have an album sell over a million copies, he holds some interesting records, but Belafonte himself is doubtlessly more proud of his longstanding work as an activist in the fights against racism, violence and world hunger. |
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Hootie & the Blowfish |
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With the rich, bluesy vocals of Darius Rucker and gleeful harmonies of guitarist Mark Bryan, bassist Dean Felber and drummer Jim "Soni" Sonefeld, Hootie & the Blowfish, sold over 25 million records world wide after their infectious melodies hit the airwaves in 1994 with hits such as "Hold My Hand", "Let Her Cry" and "Only Wanna Be With You." |
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Huey Lewis and The News |
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Huey Lewis and The News are a bar band that made good. With their simple, straightforward rock roll, the San Francisco-based group became one of America's most popular pop/rock bands of the mid-'80s. |
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Jay Leno |
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Beginning his show business career as a stand-up comic, Jay Leno continued to hone his act with appearances in such venues as Carnegie Hall and Caesar's Palace before launching his television career in 1977, with guest shots on a variety of TV shows, including appearances on Late Night with David Letterman throughout the 1980's. |
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Johnny Mathis |
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Johnny Mathis is one of a mere handful of performers today who truly deserves the "living legend" status. Since his initial impact on the music scene in the mid-1950's, Johnny has maintained a consistently high level of performance, both on recordings and on stage. |
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KC and The Sunshine Band |
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With sales of over 100 million records, nine Grammy nominations, three Grammy Awards and an American Music Award, KC and The Sunshine Band is one of the seminal forces in pop. In more than 25 years of making music, the group developed an original funk style that continues to delight old fans and attract new ones into the millennium. |
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Kenny Loggins |
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Kenny Loggins has been many things to many people over the past three decades -- "a moving target" as he's put it. In his time, Loggins has been a guitar-slinger with a psychedelic rock band, a hot young songwriter with a publishing deal, half of a legendary country-rock duo, a massively successful and accomplished solo artist, a sonic pioneer in the smooth jazz genre, a reigning soundtrack superstar, a rocker, a seeker, as well as an enduring recording artist and live performer whose most recent works have spoken deeply to both young audiences and decidedly adult and worldly concerns. |
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Kenny G. |
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Kenny G. has long been the musician many jazz listeners love to hate. A phenomenally successful instrumentalist whose recordings make the pop charts, G.'s sound has been a staple on adult contemporary and smooth jazz radio stations since the mid-'80s, making him a household name. |
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Kool & The Gang |
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A very talented group of musicians that rose to the top of the music world not once but twice, Kool & the Gang continues to be one of the most beloved bands of the last 30 years. The group's fortunes exploded in 1974 with Wild and Peaceful, an infectiously raw album that spawned three smash hits, "Funky Stuff," "Hollywood Swinging," and "Jungle Boogie," all featuring great instrumentation and lyrics virtually shouted by the group. |
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Lyle Lovett |
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Lyle Lovett was one of the most distinctive and original singer/songwriters to emerge during the '80s. Though he was initially labeled as a country singer, the tag never quite fit him. |
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Mariah Carey |
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The best-selling female performer of the 1990s, Mariah Carey rose to superstardom on the strength of her stunning five-octave voice; an elastic talent who moved easily from glossy ballads to hip-hop-inspired dance-pop, she earned frequent comparison to rivals Whitney Houston and Celine Dion , but did them both one better by composing all of her own material. |
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Natalie Cole |
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Natalie Cole (born February 6, 1950) is an American singer/songwriter. The daughter of celebrated crooner Nat King Cole, she was exposed to the greats of jazz, soul and blues at an early age and began perfoming at the age of 11. |
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Pat Benatar |
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Pat Benatar's polished mainstream pop/rock made her one of the more popular female vocalists of the early '80s. Although she came on like an arena rocker with her power chords, tough sexuality, and powerful vocals, her music was straight pop/rock underneath all the bluster. |
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Paul Anka |
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One of the biggest teen idols of the late '50s, Paul Anka moved to the adult sphere several years later and became a successful performer, songwriter, music businessman, and recording artist, remaining so well into the new millennium. |
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Paula Poundstone |
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Paula Poundstone is one of the most original and imaginative comedians in the country today. Choosing honesty and her own off-kilter world view over anger and the usual gender-biased topics of relationships, diets, men or sex, Paula was among a handful of comics who came to prominence in the comedy-wild '80s whose talent was so genuine as to leave her standing when the craze finally ended. |
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Paul Revere |
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Paul Revere & the Raiders, one of the most popular and entertaining groups of the 1960s, enjoyed 10 years of serious chart action, and during their three biggest years (1966-69) got as much radio play as any group of that decade, sold records in numbers second only to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and received nearly as much coverage in the music press of the period (which included a lot of teen fan magazines) as the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. |
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Richard Marx |
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The world has known Richard Marx for over a decade, when his first single, "Don't Mean Nothing," and his self-titled debut album kicked off his career as a solo artist in 1987. But Richard has been working in the music business for much longer, since singing commercial jingles written by his father when he was five years old. |
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Rod Stewart |
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Pop singer Rod Stewart has been making hit records since the 1970s, including "Maggie May," "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)," "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "All For Love." A London native who considers himself a Scot, his distinctive raspy vocals made him a stand-out early on in his career, especially during a brief stint with the Jeff Beck Group and then with The Small Faces (later dubbed The Faces). |
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Shawn Colvin |
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Shawn Colvin is one of the bright spots of the so-called "new folk movement" that began in the late '80s. And though she grew out of the somewhat limited "woman with a guitar" school, she has managed to keep the form fresh with a diverse approach, avoiding the clichéd sentiments and all-too-often formulaic arrangements that have plagued the genre. |
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Smash Mouth |
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Smash Mouth has adopted retro styles spanning several decades of popular music, as well as performing covers of popular songs such as The Monkees' "I'm a Believer", War's "Why Can't We Be Friends" and The Beatles' "Getting Better" as well as cult favorites such as the The Four Seasons' "Can't Get Enough of You Baby". |
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Starship featuring Mickey Thomas |
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Mickey Thomas, the owner of the soaring voice that propelled The Jefferson Starship through the 80's and 90's is now a solo artist. With his choirboy good looks and soulful voice, Mickey has established himself as one of contemporary music's most recognizable stars. |
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Stevie Wonder |
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Stevie Wonder is a much-beloved American icon and an indisputable genius not only of R&B but popular music in general. Blind virtually since birth, Wonder's heightened awareness of sound helped him create vibrant, colorful music teeming with life and ambition. |
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The Charlie Daniels Band |
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Like the State of Texas, Charlie Daniels is partly Western and partly Southern. His signature "bullrider" hat and belt buckle, his lifestyle on the Twin Pines Ranch (a boyhood dream come true), his love of horses, cowboy lore and the heroes of championship rodeo, Western movies, and Louis L'Amour novels, identify him as a Westerner. |
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The Commodores |
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Known for such hits as "Just to Be Close to You," "Easy," and "Brickhouse," to name a few, The Commodores were one of the top bands during their long tenure at Motown. The group is credited with seven number one songs and a host of other Top Ten numbers on the Billboard charts. |
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The Four Tops |
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The Four Tops have been marveling audiences with their infectious blend of pure vocal power and sweet harmonies since 1954. At Motown Records the group was teamed with the songwriting powerhouse of Holland, Dozier and Holland. The rest is history. |
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The Manhattan Transfer |
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The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal group that was established in New York City in 1972. It is famous for its mixing of jazz, big band, and popular music styles. Spanning 20 albums over 25 years, this quartet's eclectic career has consistently set new standards for vocal music, in the process yielding a total of 10 Grammy Awards, with each of the six albums they've released since 1979 winning at least one statue - and worldwide sales in the millions. |
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The Pretenders |
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The Pretenders are a New Wave and rock band, known best for innovative songwriting and charismatic performances by bandleader, guitarist, and vocalist Chrissie Hynde. The Pretenders formed during the peak of the British punk music movement in 1978; as the first punk/new wave band fronted by a woman the band quickly rose to critical attention and released a successful single, 'Stop Your Sobbing' (written by Ray Davies), followed by 'Kid' and 'Brass in Pocket'. |
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The Temptations |
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For more than forty years, The Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with a series of smash hits and sold-out performances throughout the world. Now in the new millennium, their latest release, Awesome, is being called the hottest in Temptation history. |
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Tony Bennett |
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Tony Bennett (born August 3, 1926) is an American popular music, standards, and jazz singer who is widely considered to be one of the best interpretive singers in these genres. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer in the 2000s. |
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World Classic Rockers |
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When it comes to legendary rock and roll groups, few shows boast as many hits as the World Classic Rockers. This group features former members of Steppenwolf, Toto, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Journey, and Santana, to make up one supergroup that performs hits from all of the above mentioned groups. |
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