Archive for February 10th, 2011

FIRST GOLD RECORD AWARDED ON THIS DATE IN 1942

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                                             Glenn Miller

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The Glenn Miller recording of CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO was no.1 for
nine weeks on the Billboard Best Sellers chart. It became the first record
to be certified a gold disc for sales of 1,200,000. In 1996, the recording
was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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