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Key People

The Boss

Bruce Springsteen

American singer, songwriter, and bandleader

Bruce Cockburn

Bruce Cockburn

Canadian musician

Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Jamaican musician

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift

American singer-songwriter

Kris Kristofferson, 2010

Kris Kristofferson

American singer, songwriter, and actor

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie

American singer-songwriter

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

American singer-songwriter and actress

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Canadian singer-songwriter

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

American musician

The Artist

Prince

American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer

Queen Bey

Beyoncé

American singer

Singer and songwriter Carole King

Carole King

American singer-songwriter

Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens

British singer and songwriter

James Ingram

James Ingram

American singer and songwriter

Brandi Carlile

Brandi Carlile

American singer-songwriter

Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill Simpson

American singer

Sixto Rodriguez

Sixto Rodriguez

American singer-songwriter

Irene Cara

Irene Cara

American singer-songwriter and actress

Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz

American musician

Christopher Cross

Christopher Cross

American singer-songwriter

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Joan Baez (left) and Bob Dylan perform at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. Baez American folksinger, political activist. Dylan American folksinger, moved from folk to rock music in the 1960s. folk music

Name That Songwriter

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

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