About this episode

This episode covers significant events in music history that occurred on September 4, including the crowning of the first American Idol winner, Kelly Clarkson.

This is the Music History Today podcast for September 4. On today's show, American Idol crowns a winner, the Dream gets married, & a Motown group forms. 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 12:09 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 13:49 Albums released on this date in music history 23:24 Singles released on this date in music history 25:17 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 34:29 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 40:24 What's on tomorrow's episode

People in this episode

Host: Music History Today Podcast Network

Topics covered

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

Keywords

• Kelly Clarkson
• American Idol
• music history
• September 4
• Motown
• music awards
• album releases

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Idol, Motown

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