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RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1965

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Got Live If You Want It! is the final official EP (Extended Play) 
by
The Rolling Stones and was released in 1965. The band’s
first live recording to be released, it was captured during
selected dates at
Liverpool and Manchester during their
British tour in March of that year.

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GARRY MOORE FOR CBS VACUUM TUBES

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FIRST SUPER-HERO COMIC ON THIS DATE IN 1938

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Action Comics #1 features the first appearance of Superman, a creation of
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The publication is considered to be both the
genesis of
 the super-hero genre as well as the most valuable comic book 
of all time, with a single original copy selling for more than $2 million in
2011.

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From left: Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
who were originally paid only $130 by DC Comics in 1938. 

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FOLK HERO BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1837

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               Known as “Wild Bill” Hickok (James Butler Hickok)  

                                  (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876)

Hickok was a folk hero of the Old West because of his expertise as a 
gunfighter and scout along with his reputation as a lawman. 

He was born and raised on a farm in Illinois and headed west at the age
age of 18 as a fugitive from the law. He first worked as a stagecoach 
driver, before becoming a lawman in the frontier territories of Kansas
and Nebraska. 

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This pair of Colt pistols are said to be Wild Bill’s. They were raffled off after  
his death to pay the funeral expenses.          

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Rare photo of “Wild Bill” 

 Wild Bill Hickok comic

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RECORD RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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The song was written after a trip to the movies by Buddy Holly, Jerry 
Allison and Sonny Curtis in June 1956. The John Wayne film The
Searchers
was playing. Wayne’s frequently-used, catchphrase,
"that’ll be the day" inspired the young musicians. The song was
recorded eight months later, at the Norman Petty studios in Clovis,
New Mexico
, on February 25, 1957, and was released  on Decca’s
Brunswick label. Producer Norman Petty credited The Crickets as
the artist to prevent possible legal action against Buddy do to a
contractual agreement with Decca.
 


 John Wayne from The Searchers

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