Among the closest is one between incumbent Democratic Rep. John Adler and former NFL player Jon Runyan in a district in the southern part of the state.

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Heart, Randy Newman, Public Enemy and Rush are expected to perform at Thursday's star-studded event, while Usher will sing for Jones, Carole King will perform for Adler and John Mayer and Gary Clark Jr. will pay tribute to the late King.

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The 1967 event was organized by Lou Adler and the late John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas and it was caught on film by documentary filmmaker D.

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Many of them are told in the bold designs of young architects such as Dankmar Adler, Daniel Burnham, John Root and Louis Sullivan.

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But when record producer Lou Adler heard them singing a John Phillips composition, 'Calfornia Dreamin', he decided this was more than just a backing group.

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Architects such as Dankmar Adler, Daniel Burnham, John Wellborn Root and Louis Sullivan, making use of such innovations as steel, lifts and electricity, soon developed the skyscraper.

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