Willie Mae Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984)

Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” (1956) is one of the biggest and
most instantly recognizable pop songs in history. It’s a song
so closely associated with the King of Rock and Roll, in fact,
that many may mistakenly assume that it was a Elvis original,
in fact, the story of the song that gave Presley his longest-
running #1 hit (11 weeks) in the summer of 1956 began four
years earlier, when “Hound Dog” was recorded for the very
first time by the rhythm-and-blues singer Ellie Mae “Big
Mama” Thornton in Los Angeles, California.

     
     
   

Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

Former New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle dies of liver cancer
at the age of 63. While “The Mick” patrolled center field and batted
clean-up between 1951 and 1968, the Yankees won 12 American
League pennants and seven World Series championships.

Hall of Fame plaque

1983 Topps 1952 Reprints #311 Mickey Mantle BGS
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