Vernon Dalhart, The Prisoner`s Song/The Wreck Of The Old 97, estimate sales run between 6 and 7 millionĮrnest Van Stoneman, The Sinking Of The Titanic, sales of 2 million Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, Linger Awhile Ted Weems and his Orchestra, Somebody Stole My Gal Wendell Hall, It Ain`t Gonna Rain No Mo`, over 2 million sold, 3 million sheet music salesīessie Smith, Down Hearted Blues, 800,000 sold in 1923, over 1 million over years seem realistic Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, reported sales of 3,500,000, also 1 million sheet music salesįiddlin` John Carson, You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone Isham Jones and his Orchestra, Wabash Blues, nearly 2 million in 1921/22Īrt Landry and his Call of the North Orchestra, Dream Melody, sales of 1,500,000 in the U.S. Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, Whispering/Japanese Sandman, nearly 2 million sold by 1921 Henry Busse, Wang Wang Blues, sales of over 1 million (457,000 in 1920)īen Selvin, Dardanella, 6,500,000 collective sales, Gold Award in 1963, also over 1 million sheet music sales Henry Burr, Just A Baby`s Prayer At Twilight, sales of over 1 million, also 1 million sheet music sales aloneĪlma Gluck, Carry Me Back To Old Virginny/Old Black Joe, over 1 million sales by 1918 (according to Marcia Davenport, daughter of Alma Gluck) Joe Hayman, Cohen On The Telephone, over 2,000,000 sales in the U.S. Here's a listing of the records included in Joseph Murrells' 'Book of Golden Records' (1903-1983):Įnrico Caruso, Vesti La Giubba, over 1 million in collective sales, royalties earnings over $ 3,500,000 by 1952.Īrthur Collins, The Preacher And The Bearīurt Shephard, Laughing Song, over 1 million sold platters in IndiaĪl Jolson, Raggin The Baby To Sleep, reported sales of 1,069,000Īl Jolson, The Spaniard That Blighted My Life, reported sales of 1,846,000 Looking forward to this book - hope there are lots of sales figures. He has appeared on several national television and radio programs as a Beatles expert and is a consultant for EMI on Beatles projects.

The book has over 700 illustrations, all in either color or original black and white.īruce Spizer has written seven critically acclaimed Beatles books, including The Beatles Records on Vee-Jay, The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, The Beatles on Apple Records and The Beatles Are Coming! The Birth of Beatlemania in America. The book has chapters on the history of EMI and Parlophone Records, how records are mastered and manufactured, how EMI contracted with other record companies to press Beatles singles and albums to help meet demand, British radio and record charts in the sixties and other record-related topics. The chapters also detail how the records were marketed and contain sales and chart information. Each record is given a separate chapter, which tells the stories behind how the songs appearing on the disc were written and recorded. Beatles For Sale on Parlophone Records on sale 5/10/11īeatles For Sale on Parlophone Records covers all of the singles, albums and extended play discs issued by the Beatles in the U.K.

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