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Flashback: The first single to sell 2 million copies, 1976

Apr 22, 2013
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On this day in 1976, this soul song and artist became the first song to sell 2 million singles… ever.

Do you know the song?

Johnnie Taylor’s hit song, “Disco Lady” was a 1976 single that went on to become his biggest hit.

It spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and six weeks on the Billboard

R&B chart in the U.S. It was also the first single to be certified platinum by the Record Industry Association of America.

Did you dance to this song?  Tell us your memories?

 

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