Elvis Presley checking out his very own personalized
"Hound Dog" bike which was given to him in 1957 to
ride around the Paramount studio complex in Hollywood.

The singer and actor had just finished filming Jailhouse
Rock at Paramount.

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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.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

“The Kinks” Band members (L-R) John Dalton, John Gosling, Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies.

John Gosling (February 6, 1948 – August 4, 2023)

Gosling joined The Kinks in 1970, after a successful audition
of the band’s song "Lol.” "He was replaced by Gordon
Edwards in 1978.

In 1994, Gosling founded The Kast Off Kinks, alongside former
band members Mick Avory, Jim Rodford and John Dalton. He
retired in 2008.

SANDY KOZEL

Harry S. Truman
(May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972)

Devastated: Hardly any buildings in Hiroshima were left
standing after the massive atomic bomb blast.