Friday, December 29, 2023

Elvis and the Billboard Charts on This Day in History

 

This day in history: On this day in 1956, "Elvis Presley made chart history by having ten simultaneous singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 (then called the 'Top 100') – an astonishing feat then and now. At the end of the year, Billboard reported that the rock‘n’roll star had placed more songs in the US Top 100 than any other artist since records were first charted. Among them were the No.1 hits 'Heartbreak Hotel,' 'Hound Dog,' 'Don’t Be Cruel,' and 'Love Me Tender.'" Source

The Beatles would eventually overtake this, and also manage a whopping 20 number one hits.

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