On This Date, May 17th in 1975: Elton John was awarded a Platinum Record for sales of One Million copies of his Ninth studio album, Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy. Captain Fantastic was the first album ever to be certified Platinum on the day of its release.
Well, it’s all over but the shouting. We had a lot of entries and many top contenders in the lead for most of the month of March, as fans left hilarious and insightful comments on blog posts old and new in Worleygig’s first ever Comment Contest, but there is certainly nothing shocking about the fact that our winner is Alice Cooper Fan Donna Shocka! Donna commented on the blog 30 times last month, beating out her closest competitor, Jim Ford, by 15 comments! Donna Shocka! Donna wins her choice of two T-shirts from The Neatoshop and the undying gratitude of The Worley Gig for all time! Congratulations Donna on your well-earned victory and thanks to everyone who participated!
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has announced that Oscar and Golden Globe-winning composer Trent Reznor will be honored with an ASCAP Film Music Award at the 26th Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards. The black-tie gala salutes those ASCAP composers whose music was featured in the top box office films and top television series of 2010. Reznor is being honored for The Social Network.
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