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    • Aug 27, 1973
    John Denver registers an RIAA-certified gold album, for "Farewell Andromeda"
    Aug 28, 1973
    Bobby "Boris" Pickett receives a gold single from the RIAA for "Monster Mash." The backing group on the graveyard smash, The Crypt-Kickers, includes Leon Russell, country songwriter Johnny MacRae and producer Gary S. Paxton
    Aug 28, 1973
    Deep Purple earns a gold single from the RIAA for "Smoke On The Water." The signature guitar riff, created by Ritchie Blackmore, will be used in passing in Wynonna's 1994 country single "Girls With Guitars"
    Aug 30, 1973
    Helen Reddy's version of "Delta Dawn," written by country songwriter Alex Harvey, earns a gold single from the RIAA
    Sep 4, 1973
    Charlie Rich earns his first gold single from the RIAA, for "Behind Closed Doors"
    Sep 14, 1973
    Donny Osmond earns a gold single from the RIAA for his pop hit "The Twelfth Of Never," produced in part by Curb Records owner Mike Curb
    Oct 9, 1973
    The Grand Funk single "We're An American Band" is certified gold by the RIAA. It's referenced 35 years later in The Eli Young Band country hit "Always The Love Songs"
    Oct 18, 1973
    Gladys Knight & The Pips collect a gold single from the RIAA for "Midnight Train To Georgia." It's named among country music's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Nov 8, 1973
    Kris Kristofferson receives a gold single from the RIAA for "Why Me"
    Nov 9, 1973
    Kris Kristofferson scores his first gold album, for "The Silver Tongued Devil And I"



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