About this episode

This episode covers significant events in music history that occurred on April 20, including tributes and notable passings.

On today's show, Freddie Mercury gets a tribute, a boy band is formed, Green Day opens up on Broadway, & Avicii passes away. 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 05:17 Albums released on this date in music history 06:57 Singles released on this date in music history 07:30 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 08:15 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 09:35 What's on tomorrow's episode

Topics covered

• music
• history
• entertainment
• tributes
• events

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