[Answer] Which musical artist was first to receive a gold record?

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...1. Glenn Miller 2. Benny Goodman 3. Ella Fitzgerald 4. Elvis Presley

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Glenn Miller - It was a record company's bright idea and a simple song about a train that started the tradition of awarding gold, diamond, and even platinum awards for sales. "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" by Glenn Miller proved to be hugely popular, and by early 1942, well over a million copies had been sold — the biggest-selling hit song that many could remember. Miller's record company, RCA Victor, decided to celebrate. In a live broadcast, they presented the bandleader with a solid gold version of the recording. Other record companies followed suit, presenting similar gold records to their top artists, and in the late 1950s, the Recording Industry Association of America took over, providing outsider certification of sales. Meanwhile, the Chattanooga Choo-Choo is now a hotel in Tennessee — created from the buildings that once served as Chattanooga's Terminal Station.:

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