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Although the genre is often maligned by purists as lightweight and disposable, many are memorable examples of pop songcraft at its best. From our friends at CultureSonar
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By late 1969, Henry Diltz had been shooting many top recording artists in Southern California when he got a call to shoot a 21-year-old singer-songwriter
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