About this episode

The episode discusses significant events in music history that occurred on September 9, including Elvis on Ed Sullivan and Apple's controversial giveaway of a U2 album.

This is the Music History Today podcast for September 9. On today's show, Elvis gets on Ed Sullivan, a member of Nirvana takes one for the team, & Apple pisses off its customers by giving away a free album. For more music history, subscribe to my Spotify Channel or subscribe to the audio version of my music history podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts from ALL MUSIC HISTORY TODAY PODCAST NETWORK LINKS - https://allmylinks.com/musichistorytoday Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:34 What happened on this date in music history 08:05 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 09:39 Albums released on this date in music history 18:46 Singles released on this date in music history 21:53 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 31:43 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 37:35 What's on tomorrow's episode

People in this episode

Host: Music History Today Podcast Network

Topics covered

• music history
• album releases
• music awards
• artist birthdays
• music passings

Keywords

• music history
• Elvis
• Nirvana
• Apple
• U2
• album giveaway
• September 9

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple

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