From the MCRFB NEWS archive: 1964
Two Albums, Single, Moves 1,000,000 Sales Mark
NEW YORK — The Beatles are hitting are hitting the gold disk route — again. Late last week Capitol Records asked the Record Industry Association of America for gold records award certifications on two albums, “Beatles ’65” and “The Beatles’ Story” and a single, “I Fell Fine.”
“The Beatles’ Story,” a two-disk LP, was released late-November and hit the 1,000,000 sales mark within the first week. “Beatles ’65” was released a week ago and has already scored over 1,000,000 copies in sales. The single, “I Feel Fine,” was released November 23 and Capitol reports 1,000,000 copies were sold immediately thereafter. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; December 26, 1964)
BEATLES ’65 * Great New Hits By John, Paul, George, Ringo * CAPITOL (12/15/1964)
