Have you ever heard of songs that go gold or platinum? In this sense, the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) refers to the number of records sold, in which gold indicates selling 500k and ...
Ivory Joe wrote and released “Empty Arms” in 1957. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart. More than a decade later, country singer Sonny James took the song to No. 1 in the early 1970s. James ...