On This Day, April 28, 1973: Pink Floyd Hits #1 with 'The Dark Side of the Moon'
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53 Years Ago, Pink Floyd’s Most Legendary Album Hit No. 1—Staying on the Charts for a Record-Breaking 996 Weeks (And Counting)
No record has done exactly what Pink Floyd's prog-rock magnum opus, 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', did in the 1970s. The post 53 Years Ago, Pink Floyd’s Most Legendary Album Hit No. 1—Staying on the Charts for a Record-Breaking 996 Weeks (And Counting) appeared first on American Songwriter.
Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” was applauded almost immediately. Released in March 1973, the LP had already headlined the Billboard charts on April 28th of that year. Fans were not the only ones to notice this. His fellow artists also did so, as since then the album’s melodies have been covered and sampled in a surprising variety of genres. It’s easy to see why. By then, the whimsical psychedelia of Pink Floyd’s 1967 debut led by Syd B…
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On This Day, April 28, 1973: Pink Floyd hits #1 with 'The Dark Side of the Moon'
On This Day, April 28, 1973… Pink Floyd landed their first #1 with their eighth studio album, The Dark Side of the Moon. The album, which features such songs as “Money” and “Brain Damage,” was only #1 for a week. It did, however, go on to spend 741 weeks on the Billboard Albums chart between 1973 and 1988, and has since charted for more than 990 weeks. The Dark Side of the Moon became one of the band’s most commercially successful releases ever.…
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