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WELL BLESS-A MY SOUL! The folks at Sony/RCA are acting wild as a bug and may, in fact, be all shook up. Why? Because the RIAA just presented them with more Gold and Platinum Record Awards for Elvis and the two organizations are sending mixed signals on the Internet. READ MORE
THE ORIGINAL RIAA GOLD RECORDS were introduced in 1958, and there were only two awards: a Gold Record for singles, and a Gold Record for LPs. To qualify, a single must have sold a minimum of 1,000,000 copies, while an LP album must have sold $1,000,000 at the manufacturer’s wholesale price. READ MORE
IN A PREVIOUS ARTICLE here on A Touch Of Gold I stated that Elvis died with a mere twenty-eight RIAA Gold Records collected during his career. It also pointed out that he didn’t have a single RIAA Platinum Record Award on his wall! He had plenty of awards from RCA Victor and related companies from around the world, but only twenty-eight of the most valuable and important awards. READ MORE
ELVIS DIED WITH ONLY 28 GOLD RECORDS. That is, he collected only twenty-eight official RIAA Gold Record Awards during his career. He also moved to that mansion on the hill without a single Platinum Record Award on his wall! Neither he nor Colonel Parker nor RCA Victor showed any real enthusiasm for the awards while he was alive. READ MORE