About this episode

The episode covers significant events in music history that occurred on May 1, including Mozart's debut, Elvis's marriage, and LL Cool J's acoustic performance.

On today's show, Mozart debuts a classic, Elvis marries Priscilla, and LL Cool J goes acoustic. 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 05:39 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 06:23 Albums released on this date in music history 07:56 Singles released on this date in music history 09:23 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 10:22 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 11:52 What's on tomorrow's episode

People in this episode

Host: Music History Today Podcast Network

Topics covered

• music history
• music events
• album releases
• music awards
• artist birthdays
• artist passings

Keywords

• Mozart
• Elvis
• Priscilla
• LL Cool J
• music history
• album releases
• music awards
• artist birthdays
• artist passings

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