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English guitarist Keith Richards of rock group The Rolling Stones plays a Gibson Les Paul guitar with Bigsby Vibrato on the set of the ABC Television pop music television show Thank Your Lucky Stars at Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham, England on 21st March 1965.

"The shot heard around the world”: How the Rolling Stones’ debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show launched not only them but also the Gibson Les Paul Standard

By Rod Brakes published

The Stones' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show shocked parents, thrilled kids, and gave many people their first glimpse of “the most historically important ‘Burst” – Keith Richards’ 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Guitar dealer Richard Henry retraces its history

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1964 Rickenbacker 325S Rose-Morris 1996

The Iconic Rickenbacker 325 Has a Story Like No Other Electric Guitar

By Rod Brakes published

Favored by John Lennon, this short-scale model was the first in Rickenbacker’s defining Capri range

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Loretta Lynn

Watch Loretta Lynn’s Iconic “Coal Miner’s Daughter” Performances on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’

By Rod Brakes published

Video These early ‘70s renditions capture the "First Lady of Country Music" during her hitmaking prime

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1961: American rock n' roll musicians Don (left) and Phil Everly, the Everly Brothers, raise their hands as they are sworn into the United States Marine Corps by a uniformed officer.

Watch the Everly Brothers Appear on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ Fresh Out of Marine Corps Boot Camp

By Rod Brakes published

Video The Gibson J-200-toting singing duo made this striking appearance on national television 60 years ago to the day.

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