Symbolism
About six famous trademarks:1. Fruit of the Loom - first just one apple.
2. Buster Brown - unchanged since 1904.
3. Mr. Peanut - idea of schoolboy.
4. Prudential's "rock" - inspired by rock in N.J.
5. Phillip Morris' "Johnny" - last name was "Roventini."
6. King Gillette - most reproduced face in history.
Source: World Features Syndicate
They didn't all die young
Death in the Old West:
1. Wyatt Earp - died age 80 of natural causes.
2. Cole Younger - age 72 of natural causes.
3. Butch Cassidy - age 71 of cancer*.
4. Bat Masterson - age 67 of heart attack.
5. Pat Garrett - age 57 of gunshot.
*There is dispute amoung historians about the date ad cause of Butch Cassidy's death.
Source: World Features Syndicate
Rock and Roll' songs before the rock era*
1. "Rock and Roll" - The Boswell Sisters (1934).
2. "Rockin' Rollin' Mama" - Buddy Jones (1939).
3. "Rock and Roll" - Wild Bill Moore (1947).
4. "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll" - John Hooker (1950).
5. "It Rock! It Rolls! It Swings!" - The Treiers (1951).
*"Rock Around the Clock" (1955) officially began the rock era.
Source: "Rock On," Norm N. Nite, Harper & Row, 1985.