Archive for May, 2013

NUMBER-ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1971

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Rolling Stone
magazine ranked “Brown Sugar” #495 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and at #5 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.

             

Rolling-Stones today

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FIRE BOX ALARMS FROM 1954

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MOST POPULAR SONG DURING THIS TIME IN 1955

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Fess Parker as Davy Crockett

Billboard magazine reported that "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" was the most
popular song in the United States. Four versions of the song made the Billboard
charts. The original was sung by Fess Parker, followed by Bill Hayes, Tennessee
Ernie Ford, and bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman. Total combined sales of all the
versions reached more than 18 million copies sold.

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GRESHAM, OREGON ~ THEN AND NOW

Zims 12 mile store
Proprietor Carl Zimmerman manning the gas pumps 

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Early photos of the Northeast corner of 223rd and SE Stark St in Gresham

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The same location as it looks today

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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Sandy Kozel

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