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Fact #189389

When:

17091963

Short story:

Chrissie Hynde, later to lead The Pretenders, is given her first guitar for her 21st birthday.

Full article:

Chrissie Hynde : A Melody Maker. My folks bought it for me on my 21st birthday. It was advertised in the paper for sixty dollars. I traded it shortly thereafter at a music store for a hollow-body Ovation. Then I sold the Ovation and split for England.
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