On October 15th 1968 the album "Cheap Thrills", by Big Brother & The Holding Company, featuring "Summertime", "Piece Of My Heart" and the mind-blowing vocals of Janis Joplin, was certified Gold.
On August 1st 1981 MTV was launched in an estimated 2 million homes at 12:01 A.M. It started off with the words, "Ladies and gentleman, rock and roll."
On July 15th 1976 'Afternoon Delight' by the Starland Vocal Band went Gold. The song is what you would call a 'guilty pleasure'. It's SO annoying yet SO catchy at the same time!
Greenbaum was one of the biggest one-hit-wonders of the 70's decade. Although In 1968, under the name Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band, he recorded the novelty hit called "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago".