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14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

14th March 2018
Tagged as: Culture, Gold, Grammy, Music, Perry Como, Recording, USA

Gold records were originally presented to artists by their own label, primarily as a form of self-congratulatory publicity.

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16th November 1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award for not singing on their album

16th November 2017
Tagged as: America, Culture, Frank Farian, Germany, Grammy, Lip-sync, Milli Vanilli, Miming, Music, USA

German pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of the Grammy Award for Best New Artist after it emerged that they did not sing any of the vocals on their debut album.

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14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA

16th November 1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award for not singing on their album

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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

20th September 1066: Harald Hardrada wins Battle of Fulford

19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

18th September 1931: Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese bomb

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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