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Remembering when James Brown invited Prince and Michael Jackson on stage in 1983.

Photo credit: YouTube screenshots from Michael Jackson FanSquare

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Trent Reznor had a perfectly surreal first meeting with his "hero" David Lynch.

Photo credit: Fiona Bowie (gebgdc) via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, cropped (left) / Angela George via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, cropped (right)
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Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante once wrote Jimmy Page a letter, with a bold request

The guitarist reached out on behalf of his "favorite band in the world"

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Brian Wilson was profoundly moved when Paul McCartney visited him and played a new Beatles song

The intimate encounter had a lasting impact: "[It] let me see my own songs more clearly."

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The Monkees' folky 1969 acoustic performance was so good, it impressed Johnny Cash

The country legend also joined the pop stars for a live collaboration

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The Bee Gees' perfect harmonies and humor charmed Johnny Carson in acoustic performance

The Gibb brothers found a deeper level of emotion in "Massachusetts."

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Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi, in a 'party piece' joke gone wrong, once set a bandmate on fire

"I felt bloody awful. We still play jokes on each other. Not quite as severe as that. I learned my lesson."

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Freddie Mercury's final performance in 1988 was the operatic moment he waited his life for

It was the culmination of an incredible career that ended far too soon.

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In 1999, Genesis revamped a '70s classic with Peter Gabriel. It remains sadly overlooked.

The song still feels like a gorgeous glimpse of what could have been.

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke was so inspired by Queen as a kid, he tried to build his own guitar

"I didn't have any proper tools. I just had a f***ing hacksaw and brass thingies to smooth the edges.”

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The Bee Gees honored The Beatles with stunning covers medley in 1973

The Gibb brothers were highly influenced by the Fab Four.