Kara Goucher of the United States, competing in her first marathon, fought off stomach cramps and took third in 2 25:53, a debut record for an American woman.
But on the album front it has to go to Sam – it's a debut record, and it flows seamlessly from start to finish.
Gebrselassie, the favorite, who led for most of the race, set an Ethiopian record and a debut record in taking third place in 2 06:35, but his left calf muscle seized and he fell back in the final miles.
His Quo Vado?, about a southern dosser desperate to hold on to a cushy bureaucratic job, opened to $24.2m (higher than Rentrak's initial estimate below) – a debut record for the country and better than The Force Awakens' entire-three-week take.
Ms. Acuna, from Chile, is a new jazz singer with a debut record on Verve; she came up through the group of musicians who work at Smalls and has that gang's air of bohemian living-for-art that can produce, over time, great jazz performers.
With a performance of his original Christmas song "Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)" this past week on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman earlier this month and a debut record, Signs and Signifiers, that reached #47 on the Billboard album charts earlier in the year, JD McPherson is enjoying one heck of a pop cultural high.
Tim Sendra of Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars review, and said the album had the "cheesy drum machines, samples, and off-kilter lyric approach that make "Jerk" so good", "the duo stick to the template [of "Jerk"], considering the uniqueness of the sound they've created and also the fact that it's a debut record made by teenagers, and an impressive and unfailingly fun debut at that".
At 7 30 p.m., Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500, lincolncenter.org; $45 to $75. (Smith) ★ Milos (Saturday) The charismatic young Montenegran guitarist Milos Karadaglic released an impressive debut recording on Deutsche Grammophon last summer and introduced himself to New Yorkers in June with an appealing, technically solid set at Le Poisson Rouge.
The Mastertapes series looks at a classic album in depth - in this instance Life Thru A Lens, Williams' debut record.
