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10 Artists Use This
Jimi Hendrix

Used for several of Hendrix's gigs throughout his life, particularly the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible in this concert footage of his performance of "Hey Joe" at 0:09. As discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qko0OeXkI8) by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the Monterey Pop SM56 was not Hendrix's; the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s. It is unknown whether or not the SM56 featured in the Shure video is the same as the one used by Hendrix. Others SM56s can be seen in photos of Hendrix in different concerts, such as the one visible at 1:08 in [this video](https://youtu.be/ZRffnTQeGcw?t=68), [this photo](https://www.guitarplayer.com/.image/t_share/MTUxNDE4MTAwMzA3ODYyNzU4/image-placeholder-title.jpg) and [this other photo](https://www.vintageguitar.com/wp-content/uploads/HENDRIX_01.jpg).
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Pete Townshend

Despite not being owned by Townshend, it was used as his vocal mic for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible for an instant in this concert footage of The Who's performance of "My Generation" at 0:18. As discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qko0OeXkI8) by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s.
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John Entwistle

Despite not being owned by Entwistle, it was used as his vocal mic for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible in this concert footage of The Who's performance of "My Generation" at 0:10. As discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qko0OeXkI8) by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s.
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Jim Morrison

In this photo, Morrison can be seen singing into a Shure SM56.
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Roger Daltrey

Despite not being owned by Daltrey, it was used as his vocal mic for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible in this concert footage of The Who's performance of "My Generation" at 0:11. As discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qko0OeXkI8) by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s.
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Janis Joplin

Despite not being owned by Joplin, it was used as her vocal mic for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible in this image of Joplin performing there. As discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qko0OeXkI8) by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s.
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Ravi Shankar

Despite not being owned by Townshend, it was used to mike his sitar for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible in this concert footage at at 1:13 (his tabla player's SM56) and 4:13 (his own). As discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qko0OeXkI8) by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s.
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John Mahon

As mentioned in this website.
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Sammy Davis, Jr.

Used live, as featured in this 1978 Shure ad.
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Otis Redding

Despite not being owned by Redding, it was used as his vocal mic for the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, as is visible in this concert footage at 0:15. As discussed in [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qko0OeXkI8) by Shure Creators (an official Shure YouTube channel), the McCune Audio company had loaned several microphones to the festival, including a number of SM56s.
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