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Saville was born Philip Saffer on 28 October 1927 at Marylebone, London (in later life he gave his birth year as 1930, a date repeated in all his obituaries), [5] son of Louis Saffer (who later assumed the anglicized form of the family name, "Saville", chosen by his father, Joseph Saffer, a master tailor), a travelling salesman for a clothing company, and Sadie Kathleen (known as "Kay"), née ...
A number of artists have achieved number-one singles and albums simultaneously on the Billboard charts in the United States.The list includes only those charting on the primary top singles/songs and top albums charts, presently the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200.
Taja Sevelle (born Nancy Richardson January 7, 1962) [1] is an American singer, best known for her 1987 single, "Love Is Contagious", [2] and for the non-profit organization Urban Farming, which she founded in 2005.
According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies. [1] The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best ...
By the end of 2012, the song became the best-selling song of that year with 11.8 million copies sold, [53] ranking among the best-selling digital singles ever. As of April 2012, it is the most downloaded song ever in Belgium, [ 54 ] as well as being the third best-selling digital single in Germany with sales between 500,000 and 600,000 copies ...
"Blue Monday" has been labelled a "synth-pop classic" [21] [22] and described as cementing the group's movement from post-punk to alternative dance. [5]It has been noted as an example of the hi-NRG style of club music, [23] and the 2004 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide called it "the ultimate in flawlessly programmed, LSD-driven, push-button dance-pop".
Often considered his best and most accessible album, So was an immediate commercial success and transformed Gabriel from a cult artist into a mainstream star, becoming his best-selling solo release. It has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry .
The New Seekers later recorded the song [3] and sold 96,000 copies of their record in one day, eventually selling 12 million total. "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" climbed to #1 in the UK, #3 in Canada and #7 in the US in 1971 and 1972.