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ONE OF THE LAST IDOLS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1914

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   Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr.
(May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958)

Tyrone Power, sometimes known as Ty Power, was a film and stage
actor who appeared in many films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often
in
swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro
(1940), Blood and Sand (1941), Prince of Foxes (1949), and The
Black
Rose (1950). Power died of a heart attack at the age of 44.

Captain_from_Castile_FilmPoster
1947

Blood_and_sand_poster
1941

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1957

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jailhouse-rock poster

"Jailhouse Rock" was released as a single on September 24, 1957, to
coincide with the release of Presley’s motion picture, Jailhouse Rock.

The song is #67 on Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All
Time
and was named one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs
that Shaped Rock and Roll
.

 

 

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SPRING WITH THE “KING OF SWING”

swing witn spring 45

“Swing Into Spring” is a 45 rpm Extended Play (EP) record that was prepared and released exclusively for Texaco gasoline dealers as part of a 1958 sales promotion. .

TEXACO SIGN

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MOVIE MUSIC FROM 1954

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Composer Dimitri Tiomkin won an Academy Award for his original score while 
his title song for the film “The High and the Mighty” was also nominated for 
an Oscar.  

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Dimitri Tiomkin

john w pilot cap

An airline pilots cap from "The High and the Mighty (valued at $1,000 to
$1,500.

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ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PICTURE ~ 2000

gladiator

Although there have been talks of both a prequel and sequel, as of this date,
no production has begun.

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