Joseph Benson Mauldin Jr. was an American bassist, songwriter, and audio engineer who was best known as the bassist for the early rock and roll group the Crickets. Mauldin initially played a double (standup) bass, then switched to a Fender Precision Bass guitar. After several years with the Crickets, he became a recording engineer at Gold Star Studios, the Los Angeles studio which became the "hit factory" for Phil Spector, Brian Wilson, and other major 1960s rock performers.

Headlines from July 8, 1940

Mack Reported Slated To Nominate President

'Torpedoed' U.S. Destroyer Safe in Spain; Nation Hears Fake Story of U-Boat Attack; 'S O S' CALL A HOAX; U.S. WARSHIP SAFE

The International Situation; In Europe and Africa

WILLKIE, HAMILTON DISCUSS STRATEGY; Status of Chairman Believed Clarified by Talk--Candidate to See McNary Today Board Plan Opposed WILLKIE, HAMILTON DISCUSS STRATEGY

YOUTH GROUP BARS NAMING OF RUSSIA AS A DICTATORSHIP; Confines Itself to Repeating 1939 Condemnation of All Totalitarian Rule CONSCRIPTION IS OPPOSED But Convention, in Closing, Pledges Defense of Nation Against Invasion

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