Blues Brothers Briefcase Full Of Blues RIAA Platinum LP Award

RIAA Platinum Album award for the Blues Brothers Briefcase Full Of Blues. The album was released on Jan. 1, 1978. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on Jan. 5, 1979 for one million copies sold.  Recorded live as the band opened for comedian Steve Martin in Fall 1978 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, the album based on John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd's characters produced several hit singles. They included a remake of Sam and Dave's classic "Soul Man" (#14 on the Billboard Hot 100) and "Rubber Biscuit" (#37). The album topped the Billboard Top 200 chart and also did well in Canada.  An excerpt from Timothy White's review in Rolling Stone: "God only knows how Atlantic managed to lure these living legends into recording  but I'm here to tell you the straight poop: this band's got a street-smart sound that's tighter than a toad's ass. I've heard rumors that John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd were intimately involved in this project, but, believe me, the music on the Blues Brot