CRIA Gold Single Award for Maxine Nightingale hit "Right Back Where We Started From". Released in 1975, it was certified Gold by the CRIA (Canadian Recording Industry Association) on June 1, 1976.
From Nightingale's album of the same name, the track hit #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart, #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (in 1976), #8 in the UK and it also charted in many other countries. A Gold single in Canada represented 75,000 copies sold at the time (in a country of then 23 million people). The track also went Gold in the U.S.
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Item Highlights:
- CRIA Gold single award
- In VG condition
- First presentation award from 1976
- Presented to record executive
- Award measures approx. 9.25" x 12.25"
- Great collectors item for any Maxine Nightingale fan
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Detailed Item Description: This is a CRIA Gold Single award was manufactured in June 1976 and is dated on the plaque making it approx. 47 years old. The award is presented to Bob Rowe, who was Director of Sales with Capitol EMI (Canada) at the time.
This award is in VG condition with only minor scratches on its metal frame and some minor blemishes on the disc.
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*CRIA sales data source: musiccanada.com