StreamLINE FLASHBACK : On This Day in Music History, July 8, 1981, THE Go-Go’s hit #1 on the Billboard Charts and made History!
🎙️🎙️🎙️ ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY, July 8, 1981, The Go-Go’s made history as the first all-female band to hit #1 on the Billboard album charts.
🎙️ Their debut album, BEAUTY AND THE BEAT was propelled by the smash singles “Our Lips are Sealed” and “We Got the Beat”.
🎙️The album would go on to be certified double platinum.
🎙️Lead singer Belinda Carlisle would move on in the following years and carve out a pretty successful solo career with the #1 Billboard hit “Heaven is a Place on Earth”.
Yasmin Garcia is an Author/Contributor of the StreamLINE Music Blog. She is also an interior decorator, avid concert goer, and has appeared in various podcasts surrounding multiple topics. Yasmin is a graduate of Monroe University.
One of the first girl bands, maybe the first? No