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The first singer to sell a million records was Enrico Caruso.

Scott Joplin is called the King of Ragtime

Telstar by the Tornadoes was the first United Kingdom single to become number 1 in the United States.

Little Stevie Wonder was the first child star on the Motown label.

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was made famous by the Andrews Sisters. It later became Bette Midler's first hit.

Wynton Marsalis was the first performer to win Grammy Awards for classical and jazz recordings in the same year.

There are 52 white keys on a standard piano.

The last album the Beatles recorded as a group was Abbey Road.

The oldest musical instrument is the flute.

The first number one single in the United States for Billy Joel was It's Still Rock and Roll to Me.

Frank Zappa's first band was The Ramblers.

The name of The Who before it was changed to The Who was The High Numbers.

The original name of Pink Floyd was The Pink Floyd Sound.

Bette Midler was born in New Jersey, but raised in Hawaii.

John Lennon was on the first cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

The first jukebox played in the United States was at the Palais Royale Saloon, in San Francisco, California, on November 23, 1889.

The first musical instrument on which Silent Night was played was a guitar.

The first female performer inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was Aretha Franklin, in 1987.

Crystal Gayle is the younger sister of country singer Loretta Lynn.

Glenn Miller was the first recording artist or performer to receive a gold record. He received it for Chattanooga Choo Choo, in 1942.

The best selling album of the 1980's was Thriller, by Michael Jackson.

The first country music performer to play at Carnegie Hall was Ernest Tubb.

Antonius Stradivarius is believed to have made 1116 stringed instruments.

Singer Dorothy Sloop was the inspiration for the song Hang on, Sloopy.

Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore was the first blues singer to perform at Carnegie Hall.

The Bodyguard Soundtrack was the best selling album of the 1990's.

The recording artist who sold the most recordings during the 1970's was Elton John.

The Supremes had 12 number one hits.

The first British group to have a recording reach number one in the United States were the Tornados with Telstar in 1962.

The name of John Lennon's first band was The Quarrymen.