on this day 3-24
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:39 pm
1945-Billboard publishes it's first pop-music chart for albums on this day. The first #1 album was Nat King Cole's King Cole Trio. Billboard had been publishing charts for single records since 1940. Cole became one of the most popular singers of his day, with 78 Billboard hit singles between 1944 and 1966.