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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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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

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

24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

23rd January 1556: The deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi and surrounding areas

22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil

21st January 1793: Former French King Louis XVI executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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

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