On This Date In Music

1920 - KDKA in Pittsburgh becomes the first commercially licensed radio station in the United States. They are not the first station on the air, but the first to get the broadcast license. With consumers unsure of the benefits of radio, the station announces results of the Harding-Cox presidential election, getting the news to those with a radio much faster than everyone who had to wait for the morning paper. Republican Warren Harding won.

 

1963 - Peter, Paul and Mary's album ‘In The Wind’ hits No. 1 in America.

 

1967 - Cream released their second studio album Disraeli Gears which became the group's American breakthrough, becoming a massive seller in 1968, and reaching No. 4 on the American charts. The album features the two singles 'Strange Brew' and 'Sunshine of Your Love'.

 

1969 - Sugar Sugar by The Archies was at No. 1 on the UK singles chart. The single became the longest running One Hit Wonder in the UK with eight week's at the top of the charts.

 

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (Original 1969 Footage HD)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX28cgKHHyc

1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival released Willy and the Poor Boys, the third studio album that the band released in this year. The album features the songs 'Down on the Corner', from which the album got its name, 'Fortunate Son', and their version of the Lead Belly song 'Cotton Fields'.

 

1974 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's greatest hits album So Far goes to No. 1 in America.