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"Rock on bones" Gramophone record (USSR, 1950s). Gallery "Vinzavod", MoscowRibs (рёбра, translit. ryobra), also known as music on ribs (Музыка на рёбрах), jazz on bones (Джаз на костях), bones or bone music (roentgenizdat), are improvised gramophone recordings made from X-ray films.
Surviving the highest known radiation dose in any human Albert Stevens (1887–1966), also known as patient CAL-1 and most radioactive human ever , was a house painter from Ohio who was subjected to an involuntary human radiation experiment and survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human. [ 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-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
The Beatles' "Till There Was You" 10-inch acetate sold in March 2016 for £77,500, according to Record Collector 453. The earliest known tape of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards rehearsing fetched £50,250 at auction. [13] Tapes of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1968 Woburn Music Festival performance sold for £48,050 at Christie's. [16]
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
In 2018, “Bohemian Rhapsody” blew past everyone’s expectations, becoming one of the top 10 highest grossing films of the year off the love that Queen fans have for the late Freddie Mercury ...
By contrast, the electric guitar Jimi Hendrix played at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair was sold in 1990 to Italian collector Richard Pugliese for $324,000, equivalent to $793,446 in 2024.
Streaming revenue made up 84% of total recorded music revenues in the U.S., growing 10.3% to $7.0 billion — the fourth consecutive year that streaming accounted for 83-84% of total revenue.