#shellac record

First release by Detroit-based artist T.J. Fowler in 1948. He and his band backed Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams on some Savoy Records dates prior to recording as a leader. He later worked as a consultant for Berry Gordy in the early days of Motown.

Actor and ventriloquist Paul Winchell was the first to design and patent a concept for an implantable, mechanical, artificial heart.