Music History Events: Releases
August 12, 1957 Johnny Mathis releases his first #1 hit single, "Chances Are."
March 4, 1946 Frank Sinatra releases his solo debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, through Columbia Records.
May 28, 1941 Country singer Ernest Tubb releases his signature song, "Walking The Floor Over You," and launches the honky tonk genre.
December 15, 1831 A small advertisement in the London Times announces the publication of a patriotic song "dedicated to Earl Grey and his noble confederates in the cause of constitutional reform."
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