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

14th March 2020
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 2019
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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HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

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2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

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

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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