Nick Gilder Hot Child In The City RIAA Platinum Single Award - Vintage Music Collectible - Perfect for 70s Disco Parties & Retro Music Collections

RIAA Platinum Single award for Nick Gilder's "Hot Child In The City". It was released on June 12, 1978 and certified Platinum by the RIAA on Jan. 4, 1979 for two million copies sold.

The track went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also in Canada in 1978. It is from the English-Canadian's album City Nights and was actually his second #1 Canadian single, that being "Roxy Roller" which he recorded as lead singer of the group Sweeney Todd. Gilder won two Juno Awards in 1979 for "Single Of The Year" and "Most Promising Male Vocalist Of The Year." Gilder went on to release more material and also wrote tracks for Pat Benatar, Scandal ft. Patty Smyth, Joe Cocker and others. See image above for RIAA sales certifications of the single.* 

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Item Highlights:

• RIAA Gold Single award 
• In Good condition
• Award from 1979
• Presented to producer/record industry executive 
• Has been rematted and rebacked but otherwise original
• Known as a "floater" award because the components appear to "float" above the matte, they were made from 1975-1981
• RIAA "floater" awards numbered only 25-50 plaques worldwide for any given single/album
• Award measures 13" x 17"
• Fantastic collector's item for any Nick Gilder fan
• FREE insured shipping to continental U.S.
• International shipping available

Detailed Item Description: This is a RIAA Platinum Single award that would have been manufactured in 1979 making the award 45 years old. The award is presented to Terry Ellis, a producer and co-founder and president of Chrysalis Records. 

The award is in Good condition with typical frame wear. The award has been rematted and rebacked but its' construction shows it to have been originally made by the New York Frame & Picture Co.

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Notes on the condition of all vintage RIAA awards like this one: Please do not buy this item if you want a brand new piece of memorabilia. These are historical artifacts from the year they were produced. As a result they may show signs of wear. Frankly, if you see a 20 to 50-year-old award purported to be in 100% perfect condition, it might be too good to be true. After all, an antique should have "good' wear. If not, you might want to question the piece.

As to where they came from, they could have been displayed in record label offices, recording studios, artist manager's offices, radio stations, private collector's homes and yes, of course, possibly the artist's or songwriter's home. Typically, we don't know all the places they may have been over the years other than what we've stated in the description.

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*RIAA sales data source: RIAA.com