* In 1927, Charles Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight in an aircraft ( between New York City and Paris ).

* In 1931, Bert Hinkler made the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight across the South Atlantic in an aircraft.

* In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first female to make a solo flight across the Atlantic

* In 1980, Gérard d ' Aboville was the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean rowing solo.

While Parsons pursued his own solo career and took many members of the Project on the road for the first time in a successful worldwide tour, Woolfson went on to produce musical plays influenced by the Project's music.

* 1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.

Fahey contemporary Robbie Basho added elements of Indian classical music and Leo Kottke used a Faheyesque approach to make the first solo steel-string guitar " hit " record.

Age to Age became the first Christian album by a solo artist to be certified gold ( 1983 ) and the first Christian album to be certified platinum ( 1985 ).

In 1987, Andersson released his first solo album Klinga Mina Klockor (" Chime, My Bells ").

Until Jefferson, very few artists had recorded solo voice and blues guitar, the first of which was vocalist Sara Martin and guitarist Sylvester Weaver.

He landed his first solo exhibition in 1953 at the John Heller Gallery, who represented artists such as Roy Lichtenstein.

In May 2006, climber Dean Potter made the first recorded free solo ( no ropes or protection ) ascent of this formation.

He had his first solo show in 1948, and has shown regularly since then.

* 1906 – Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast ; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Parton's first solo single for RCA, " Just Because I'm a Woman ", was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate chart hit, reaching number seventeen.

He performed a " work in progress " version of Under Milk Wood, solo, for the first time at Harvard University on 3 May.

Bowie shelved his solo career in 1989, retreating to the relative anonymity of band membership for the first time since the early 1970s.

1993 saw the release of Bowie's first solo offering since his Tin Machine departure, the soul, jazz and hip-hop influenced Black Tie White Noise.

Italian composer Sylvano Bussotti, whose composing career spans from the 1930s to the first decade of the 21st century, wrote a solo work for bass in 1983 entitled Naked Angel Face per contrabbasso.

The third movement of Gustav Mahler's first symphony features a solo for the double bass that quotes the children's song Frere Jacques, transposed into a minor key.

His first solo effort was in 1960 with an hour-long special produced by Sylvia and sponsored by General Motors ; there were similar specials in 1961 and 1962.

Krupa is also known to be the first to record a drum solo on a commercial record.

In 2005, Gerald Casale announced his " solo " project, Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers ( the Evildoers themselves including the other members of Devo ), and released the first EP, Army Girls Gone Wild in 2006.

The music she produced was featured on her first solo album, Enya ( 1987 ), but it attracted little attention at the time.

The singles " I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You ", " Games People Play ", " Damned If I Do ", " Time " ( Woolfson's first lead vocal ), " Eye in the Sky " and " Don't Answer Me " had a notable impact on the Billboard Hot 100.

With two of his singles Spraakwater and Kaal of Kammen being major hits in the mid-1990s, Extince was the first Dutch rapper making the MegaCharts.

the winner in a singles game is the first player to score 21 shots.

In singles, two people play against each other and the first to win to either 21, 25 or 31 shots ( how many bowls of ones are closest to the jack or kitty are shots ).

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

In 1975 until when he continued to release singles, he released his first non-compilation LP 2023, a concept album that includes many instrumental songs.

Hole played their first show in November 1989 at Raji's after three months of rehearsal, and began making singles on the Long Beach, California, independent label Sympathy for the Record Industry.

" The album sold 86, 000 copies in its first three months, with the singles " Mono " and " Hold on to Me ", both of which earned competent spots on album charts.

The first single " Better Be Home Soon " peaked at number two on both Australian and New Zealand singles charts and reached top 50 In the US, though the following four singles were less successful.

Classical music was even adapted for disco, notably Walter Murphy's " A Fifth of Beethoven " ( 1976, based on the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony ) and " Flight 76 " ( 1976, based on Rimsky-Korsakov's " Flight of the Bumblebee "), and Louis Clark's Hooked On Classics series of albums and singles.

Released in late 1973, the song topped the singles chart in February 1974, and reached the lower regions of Billboard's Hot 100 ( it eventually also charted in the UK, reaching No. 7 in 1976, representing Parton's first UK success ).

The result, 1977's Here You Come Again, became her first million-seller, topping the country albums chart and reaching No. 20 on the pop albums chart ; the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned title track topped the country singles chart, and became Parton's first top-ten single on the pop charts ( reaching number three ).

She continued to have hits with " Heartbreaker " ( 1978 ), " Baby I'm Burning " and " You're the Only One " ( both 1979 ), all of which charted in the pop singles Top 40, and all of which also topped the country-singles chart ; 1979's " Sweet Summer Lovin '" became the first Parton single in two years to not top the country singles chart ( though it still nonetheless reached the top ten ).

The four disciplines of men's singles, ladies ' singles, pair skating and ice dancing will also appear as part of a team event for the first time at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

In the middle of 2003 Harthouse planned to re-release a set of old classic singles, but after some first test vinyls were made, UCMG was closed.

This gave about double the power of the first singles.

* 1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.

Following several singles releases on behalf of both bands, the label released its first new album in six and a half years in late 2007-SixNationState's self-titled debut album.

The album's first two singles were successful on rock radio in " So Hott " and " Amen ".

He captured his first Grand Slam singles title at the US Open in 2001, when he beat former world no.

In 2004, Hewitt became the first man in history to lose in each Grand Slam singles tournament to the eventual champion.