About this episode

The episode covers significant events in music history that occurred on September 5, including the birth of Freddie Mercury and the reunion of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

This is the Music History Today podcast for September 5. On today's show, a car accident inspires a classic song, Dean Martin reunites with Jerry Lewis, & the world loses Sergio Mendes. 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 06:05 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 07:37 Albums released on this date in music history 12:44 Singles released on this date in music history 15:20 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 23:22 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 32:56 What's on tomorrow's episode

People in this episode

Host: Music History Today Podcast Network

Topics covered

• music history
• birthdays
• passings
• album releases
• single releases

Keywords

• Freddie Mercury
• Dean Martin
• Jerry Lewis
• Sergio Mendes
• music history
• album releases
• single releases

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