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14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA
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Publish Date: 2018-03-13 22:05:34
Description: Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity. The very first framed gold record of this type was presented to the American bandleader Glenn Miller by RCA Victor in February 1942. This was in recognition of the sale of 1.2 million copies of his single “Chattanooga Choo Choo”. In 1956 Elvis Presley later received a gold record after selling 1 million copies of “Don’t Be Cruel”, but this was again a company award. The Recording Industry Association of America was formed in 1952 to develop the burgeoning recording industry, and ...
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