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Music History Events: Milestones

September 17, 1968 5th Dimension's "Stoned Soul Picnic" is certified Gold.

September 13, 1968 Clarence Carter's "Slip Away" is certified gold.

August 26, 1968 Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A." is certified gold.

July 18, 1968 Hugh Masekela's "Grazing In The Grass" is certified Gold.

July 18, 1968 Gary Puckett & the Union Gap's "Lady Willpower" is certified Gold.

March 19, 1968 Dean Martin's LP Houston is certified gold.

March 5, 1968 The 1910 Fruitgum Company's "Simon Says" is certified gold.

January 31, 1968 The American Breed's "Bend Me, Shape Me" is certified Gold.

January 12, 1968 The Doors' album Strange Days is certified gold.

January 5, 1968 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album is certified gold.

November 27, 1967 The Association's "Never My Love" is certified gold.

December 21, 1966 The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" single as well as their Little Deuce Coupe and Shut Down, Vol. 2. albums are all certified gold.

December 1, 1966 The Mamas and The Papas' Cass, John, Michelle and Denny album is certified Gold.

November 28, 1966 The New Vaudeville Band's "Winchester Cathedral" is certified gold.

October 5, 1965 Henry Mancini's soundtrack LP The Pink Panther is certified gold.

October 1, 1964 The Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, becomes the first movie to debut behind the "Iron Curtain" of Communist countries when it is shown in Prague.

March 16, 1964 The Beatles set a US record when advance sales of the "Can't Buy Me Love" single top two million.

January 15, 1964 The King and I soundtrack album is certified gold.

December 12, 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy - A Memorial Album becomes the fastest-selling album ever, moving four million units in six days. The album contained speeches by Kennedy and news reports from the days after he was killed.

July 20, 1963 Ray Conniff's Concert In Rhythm and Memories Are Made Of This are certified gold.

January 24, 1962 The Beatles sign their first and only management contract with Brian Epstein at the manager's offices at 12 Whitechapel St. in Liverpool. Epstein is to receive a full one-quarter of the band's earnings, yet to prove his worth, he does not sign the contract until the following October.

January 30, 1961 Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller announce that they are forming their own independent production company.

November 21, 1960 Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs' "Stay" hits #1 in America. One of the most famous falsetto songs ever recorded, it is later covered by The Four Seasons and Jackson Browne. Running just 1:38, it's the shortest song ever to top the Hot 100.

September 24, 1960 Hank Ballard and the Midnighters' "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" enters the Hot 100, joining their songs "Finger Poppin' Time" and "The Twist" (the original version) on the chart. It's the first time an act has had three songs on the Hot 100 at the same time.

May 23, 1960 The Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown" hits #1 in America for the first of five weeks. In the UK, it has been at #1 since May 11, making it the first song to top both charts at the same time.

January 9, 1960 Patsy Cline becomes a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

January 21, 1959 The Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" is certified Gold.

November 9, 1958 Elvis Presley's massive hit "Hound Dog" - with "Don't Be Cruel" on the flip side - becomes only the third record in history to sell more than three million copies, following Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer."

August 11, 1958 Elvis Presley's "Hard Headed Woman" is certified Gold.

July 8, 1958 The RIAA gives its first ever Gold album to the Oklahoma! soundtrack for $1 million in sales. The Gold standard for albums is changed in 1975 to reflect sales of over 500,000.