1st RECORDING OF: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Gertrude Niesen (1933)
1st RECORDING OF: Killing Me Softly With His Song - Lori Lieberman (1972)
1st RECORDING OF: One Night - Smiley Lewis (1956)
1st RECORDING OF: Mbube (evolved to ‘Wimoweh’ & ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’) - Solomon Linda (1939)
Billy Roberts "Hey Joe"- first ever recording 1961/62
1st RECORDING OF: Speedy Gonzales - David Dante (1961)
Earliest Recording of the word "F*ck" (1885)
1st RECORDING OF: Till There Was You (as ‘Till I Met You’) - Meredith Willson & Eileen Wilson (1950)
1st RECORDING OF: Mickey (as ‘Kitty’) - Racey (1979)
1st RECORDING OF: Wild Thing - The Wild Ones (1965)
1st RECORDING OF: Time Is On My Side - Kai Winding (1963--Gospelaires, vocal)
1st RECORDING OF: Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals (1927 instrumental)
The Very First Recordings (1859-1879)
1st RECORDING OF: All Shook Up (as 'I’m All Shook Up') - David Hill (1956)
Listen to the oldest known recording of a human voice | BBC Global
1st RECORDING OF: Sealed With A Kiss - Four Voices (1960)
1st RECORDING OF: Rubber Biscuit - The Chips (1956)
Elvis' 1st Recording Digitally Transferred at the Country Music Hall of Fame
Earliest Known Recording of The Quarrymen - Woolton Village Fete 1957
1st RECORDING OF: Singin’ In The Rain - The Rounders (1929)