What Is Love. In 1992, Haddaway was discovered by the German record company Coconut Records. It didn‘t take long for his cry „What is Love?“ to be heard for the first time and it hasn‘t died down to this day. Haddaway‘s debut single „What Is Love“ became a worldwide hit, reaching number 2 in Germany and the UK. In Germany, the single sold 900,000 copies. In the UK, the single received a gold record for a total of 400,000 units sold. It later rose to #11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot...
A Star Is Born. Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar! is the debut album by American music legend Johnny Cash, released on October 11, 1957, and was the first album released on the Sun Records label. With His Hot And Blue Guitar! contains four of his hit singles: „I Walk the Line“, „Cry, Cry, Cry“, „So Doggone Lonesome“ and „Folsom Prison Blues“. Cash applied to the Sun Records music label in 1955, but failed to impress its founder Sam Philips as a gospel singer. Cash was...
Debut of The Nobel Laureate. Bob Dylan is the debut album by Bob Dylan and was released on March 19, 1962 by Columbia Records. The album contains mostly traditionals rearranged by Dylan and only two original compositions, Talkin‘ New York and Song to Woody. His debut was the start of an incredible career that continues to this day. Dylan has sold more than 125 million records, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has received numerous awards, including the Presidential...
The Debut. The first studio album of the American music legend Ray Charles is simply called like himself and should be the beginning of a fairy-tale career. It was originally released in June 1957 by Atlantic Records. Produced by Jerry Wexler, the debut album is also Ray Charles‘ first greatest hits compilation. A whopping 11 of the album‘s 14 tracks were Top 10 hit singles on the R&B charts between 1953 and 1957. Ray Charles, who went blind in his childhood, is considered an icon and...
The King Is Born. On March 23, 1956, music history was written. On that day, the debut album of a young musician named Elvis Presley was released. Elvis, who was still quite unknown at the time, thrilled audiences not only with his voice but also with a new kind of hip-swinging during live performances. Enthusiasm soon turned into hysteria. The plain name of the debut, Elvis Presley, was not to stand in the way of what followed. Elvis Presley was the first rock‘n‘roll album to make it to...
Surfin‘. When the brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, together with their cousin and a school friend, founded The Beach Boys in the early 1960s, it was not foreseeable that these smart boys from a sleepy suburb of Los Angeles would make music history in the next decades. They became famous with catchy melodies, four-part choral arrangements, unique harmony combinations and their „surf concept“. Soon the whole world was in Beach Boys and surf fever. The „Myth of California“,...
The Watermelon Man. Takin‘ Off is the brilliant debut album by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. It was released on July 4, 1962 by Blue Note Records. Joined by tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins, Talkin‘ Off became an outstanding album of jazz. The bluesy track Watermelon Man made the Top 100 singles chart and became a jazz standard. The popularity of the track ensured Hancock‘s existence for quite a few years. Since...