And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: January 10th, 1949, 67 years ago today ... the day RCA Victor unveiled a new breed of phonograph record -- the 45. Just seven inches across, with a ...

Members of 45 RPM are Nashville musicians, songwriters, and producers who’ve worked in the industry for years. They’ve toured with some of the biggest names in country music and played on sessions for ...

Last week’s news about the St. Paul record collector who scored big on eBay with an old, scratched 45-rpm record — $10,323 worth of big — might have sent many scurrying to the attic to search for ...

1949: The 45-rpm record is introduced by RCA. Can rock 'n' roll be far behind? Flat disc records began replacing the cylinder for reproducing recorded sound as early as 1887. The original standard, ...

An analog audio recording pressed in vinyl. The 45 RPM record holds one song per side, while 33 1/3 RPM "Long Play" records hold an entire album (see LP). With the sound literally "carved" in a spiral ...