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Which musician was awarded the first gold record?

Question #149439. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Jun 19 2023.
Originally posted Jun 19 2023 8:00 PM.

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The very first actual Gold record was awarded to Perry Como on March 14, 1958 for "Catch A Falling Star". This award was given out for records that sold at least 500,000 units. The first album to achieve this was actually Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" released in 1942 which sold over 1 million copies. So it was retroactively given the Gold award.

link https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/story

link https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2017/12/01/origins-gold-record

Jun 19 2023, 8:11 PM
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