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.
Janis Joplin's version with Big Brother and the Holding Company has been highly praised. David Starkey in his article Summertime says that Joplin sings the song with the authority of a very old spirit. In Britain, a version by the Fun Boy Three reached no. 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982.