About this episode

The episode discusses the first US festival and the passing of Walter Becker, along with notable music events on September 3.

This is the Music History Today podcast for September 3. On today's show, The Woz puts on a music festival & Rush & George Michael debut new projects. 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 05:52 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 08:07 Albums released on this date in music history 11:58 Singles released on this date in music history 15:00 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 24:07 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 29:24 What's on tomorrow's episode

People in this episode

Host: The Woz

Topics covered

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

Keywords

• music history
• September 3
• Walter Becker
• Rush
• George Michael
• music festival
• album releases
• artist birthdays
• artist passings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rush, George Michael

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