This Week In Classic Hits History (2/1-5)

This week, The Beatles invent the music video, the music dies, and Fleetwood Mac takes spreads rumours.

Feb 1, 1950:

RCA Records issued the first ever 45 rpm single. It would change the way music was sold, as no longer did you have to purchase an entire album to hear the one song you liked.

Feb 2, 1942:

Graham Nash was born on the date. Nash first gained fame as a member of the The Hollies who he left in 1968. Became a member of Crosby Stills Nash, later adding Neil Young to the group on occasion.

Feb 3, 1959:

Buddy Holly,The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus. All three were travelling to Fargo, North Dakota, for the next show on their Winter Dance Party Tour.

Feb 4, 1977:

Fleetwood Mac released one of the biggest selling albums of all-time, 'Rumours'. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978.

Feb 5, 1967:

The Beatles filmed a promo clip for the song 'Penny Lane' and together with the video for 'Strawberry Fields Forever'. This was one of the first examples of music videos.