The Royal Proclamation of 1763. After Britain won the Seven Years' War and gained land in North America, it issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia.
Big Ten Inch Record by Aerosmith Songfacts. 1  The first vinyl records, released around 1900, were 10-inch, 78 RPM records.  2 Big Ten Inch Record was composed by Fred Weismantel and became a big hit on the R&B charts during 1952 for tenor-sax player Bull Moose Jackson. 3  This song has been covered a number of times.
Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 â January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single Candy received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. 1 Childhood and musical background. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, Big Maybelle sang gospel as a child and by her teens had switched to rhythm and blues. She began her professional career with Dave Clark's Memphis Band in 1936, and also toured with the all female International Sweethearts of Rhythm.