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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Classmate Facts # 21 - Music, Anyone?

1. Elvis "The King" Presley? Rings a bell? Well, "The King" collected police badges from every city where he performed.

2. Heard of Artistes winning gold discs and platinum discs? To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain and 500,000 copies in the United States!

3. How old is the compact disc? Fondly called the CD by music enthusiasts all over the world, the compact disc was developed by Phillips and Sony in 1980.

4. The world's best selling music instrument is the Harmonica!

5. Been to the disco? The world's largest discotheque was held at the Buffalo Convention Centre, New York in 1979. 13,000 people danced to create Disco history!

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