Today in Music History Archives

1962, Bruce Channel started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Hey! Baby’, it made No.2 on the UK chart.

1958, The Recording Industry Association of America introduced its awards for record sales, (RIAA). The Beatles hold the record for being awarded the most with 76 platinum certifications.

1955, American jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker died of a heart attack in New York City while watching Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra on television. He was 34. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker’s 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. (After years of drug and alcohol abuse).

1956, The Dream Weavers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Its Almost Tomorrow’. The Miami based studio band’s only chart hit in the UK, thus condemning The Dream Weavers to the One Hit Wonder tag.

1956, RCA Records placed a half page advert in Billboard Magazine claiming that Elvis Presley was ‘the new singing rage.’