70 years ago this week

[Adrian]

Billboard's very first national singles chart was born. This eventually paved the way for the Hot 100 that AT40 used between 1970-1991: www.billboard.com/column/chartbeat/happy-70th-birthday-billboard-charts-1004106212.story#/column/chartbeat/happy-70th-birthday-billboard-charts-1004106212.story

[mrjukebox]

The very first #1 song on the Billboard pop singles chart was "I'll Never Smile Again" by Frank Sinatra-He was backed up by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.