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Larry Bell’s Vast Collection of 12-String Acoustic Guitars

The artist Larry Bell has amassed a vast collection of acoustic instruments, carefully stored in a climate-controlled room.

By Zoe Lescaze

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Wayne Osmond, Singer and Guitarist With the Osmonds, Dies at 73

Mr. Osmond was a founding member of the family pop group, which had a slew of hits in the 1970s, including “One Bad Apple” and “Yo-Yo.”

By Hank Sanders and Emmett Lindner

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1984: The Year Pop Stardom Got Supersized

In a peak moment of pop monoculture, synthesizers pumped up songs and MTV forever changed how artists were seen. Here’s how — and why.

By Jon Pareles

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‘You Can Never Look Back’: How ’70s Rockers Rebooted for the ’80s

The year 1984 was a watershed in pop music. The stars who’d made it big the previous decade had to embrace new instruments and MTV or risk being left behind.

By Ben Sisario