Billboard Music Chart Begins
The first Billboard Chart was published July 27, 1940. It was called the National List of Best Selling Retail Records.The list was a poll based on record sales across the country. Number one at the top of the list was Tommy Dorsey’s “I’ll Never Smile Again.”
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull talks with Sounds of the Time
"We were enamored of this rather loose, slightly rebellious, and very free-flowing music that ... more
Retrospectacle: Silly Putty
It bounces and it breaks. It stretches even when you think it can’t stretch any more! It’s ... more
