April 22nd in Elvis History

It's April 22nd, and on this day in 1956, *Billboard* magazine reported that Elvis Presley’s record sales were bringing in a staggering \$75,000 a day in retail record shops across the country. In Canada, Elvis’s records dominated, accounting for the first eight singles of RCA Victor’s top ten bestsellers. In the United States, his LPs and EPs were selling at an incredible rate of 8,000 copies a day, while 90,000 singles flew off the shelves daily. This phenomenal success accounted for a massive 50 percent of RCA Victor’s total pop record business. Unsurprisingly, *Billboard* ranked “Heartbreak Hotel” as number one in sales for the week, cementing Elvis as a chart-topping force in the music industry.