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Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA runs a feature suggesting that the success of artists such as LaVern Baker and Sarah Vaughan on the singles charts is attributable to the number of cover versions being made by white artists.
Fats Domino's original version of Ain't That A Shame enters the Billboard singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No10 during a thirteen-week run.
US trade magazine Billboard runs a feature suggesting that the success of r'n'b and jazz artists such as LaVern Baker and Sarah Vaughan on the singles charts is attributable to the number of cover versions being made by white artists.
Atlantic Records publicly announces that Clyde McPhatter has left The Drifters, although in fact his departure had taken place many weeks earlier.
After five years of R'n'B chart hit singles, Fats Domino finally makes it onto the Billboard national charts in the USA with Ain't That A Shame.
US trade magazine Billboard runs a feature suggesting that the success of r'n'b artists such as LaVern Baker and Sarah Vaughan on the singles charts is attributable to the number of cover versions being made by white artists.