America's Harry Belafonte also picked up a
gold record later the same year, for Mary's Boy Child.
1965 - Beatles receive a
gold record for "Yesterday".
AWELSH phrase is hurtling through space millions of miles from earth on a
gold record attached to a Nasa spacecraft - but how the language was chosen remains a mystery.
Some of those he has helped are James Wright for whom he produced an eponymous album which won
Gold Record; Beverly Caimen who won Best Vocalist at WCOPA and currently making waves in Japan's music scene; Esang de Torres who trained at Vehnee Saturno Music Training Center (VSMTC); and R&B singer Daryl Ong whose rise to stardom began when he made his own version of Vehnee's "Ikaw Na Nga" first sung by Willie Revillame.
Proving this is the success of her self-titled first album 'Maymay' which already reached
gold record status, according to its producer Star Music.
In May this year, Priscilla and Lisa Marie launched a new fan attraction, Graceland Presents Elvis: The Exhibition - The Show - The Experience, displaying artefacts including Elvis' high-school yearbooks, and his first
gold record.
1 hit from the burgeoning Muscle Shoals music scene in northern Alabama, where Aretha Franklin and the Rolling Stones among others would record, and the first
gold record for Atlantic Records.
"My second album is extra special and literally too personal because it carries three of my original songs," said Xian, who launched his singing career in 2012 via the certified
gold record, So It's You.
The rocker released Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in 2011 following the break-up of Oasis, and he is now planning to give away his
gold record to benefit his comedian pal's Give It Up fund, which works to raise funds for abstinence-focused treatment for drugs and alcohol, Contactmusic reported.
Today, after a double
gold record in 2009, he's been ranked 74 of the worldwide 'Top 100 DJs' poll 2012 or fifth Best French DJ (DJ Mag) and Best DJ Dance 2011 (Only For DJs Mag).
Stone's third album, Introducing Joss Stone, released in March 2007, achieved
gold record status by the RIAA and yielded the second-ever highest debut for a British female solo artist on the Billboard 200.
Having already smashed through their 183
gold record at the 1990 Games, the hosts were determined to end the party just as they had begun it, with a relentless march to the podium accompanied by cheers from home fans.