In 1957, he became the first artist to release a full album on the influential Sun record label, beating Elvis Presley.

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The most improbable move for Premier Cru was Katsiris' decision to make the first album an old-fashioned vinyl record, instead of a CD.

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The country's largest independent record label has just released its first album in the United States, by a band called Rebuilding the Rights of Statues.

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Sir Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom record was named best traditional pop vocal album, while The Beach Boys won best historical album, their first ever Grammy, for The Smile Sessions.

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Glen Hansard, lead singer of The Frames and star of the movie Once, bought Molina's first album by accident, in a record store.

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As soon as the album began to lose momentum, the record label wanted the band to have the first single off "Rumours" -- "Go Your Own Way" -- ready to go.

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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' first album, 2003's Fever to Tell, was a lovably messy record that combined socked-out riffs, cascading sheets of noise and the caterwauling and cracked moans of singer Karen O.

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Koushik's first full-length album, Out My Window, isn't just the sign of an eclectic record collection begging to be mined for samples.

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