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The episode discusses the passings of Billie Holiday and John Coltrane, along with notable events in music history on July 17.

From the Music History Today Podcast Network, This is the Music History Today Podcast for July 17. On today's show, the world loses Billy Holiday and John Coltrane, John Lennon gets told to leave, and Handel gives us Water Music. 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 15:17 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 17:39 Albums released on this date in music history 22:36 Singles released on this date in music history 26:47 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 36:11 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 43:37 What's on tomorrow's episode

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