About this episode

This episode covers significant music events that occurred on September 10, including Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and Michael Jackson's performance before 9/11.

This is the Music History Today podcast for September 10. On today's show, Nirvana smells like teen spirit, the Fresh Prince debuts, & Michael Jackson performs in Manhattan the night before the events of 9/11. 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 07:33 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 08:20 Albums released on this date in music history 14:29 Singles released on this date in music history 17:35 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 26:05 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 30:45 What's on tomorrow's episode

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Host: Music History Today Podcast Network

Topics covered

• Nirvana
• music history
• September 10
• music awards
• album releases
• artist birthdays
• artist passings

Keywords

• Nirvana
• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• music history
• September 10
• Michael Jackson
• Fresh Prince
• music awards
• album releases

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