What Happened April 17 In Music Entertainment and News History: Music History Today Podcast April 17

About this episode

The episode discusses significant events in music history that occurred on April 17, including the debut of a band, the passing of Linda McCartney, and the tragic car crash of Eddie Cochran.

On today's show, the Band makes a debut of sorts, cancer claims the life of Linda McCartney, and a car crash takes away the potential of Eddie Cochran. 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 00:32 What happened on this date in music history 02:51 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 03:01 Albums released on this date in music history 04:17 Singles released on this date in music history 05:56 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 07:07 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 08:18 What's on tomorrow's episode

Topics covered

• music
• history
• entertainment
• news

Keywords

• Band debut
• Linda McCartney
• Eddie Cochran
• music award ceremonies
• albums released
• singles released
• birthdays
• passings

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