About this episode

The episode covers significant events in music history that occurred on May 2, including deals signed by Bruce Springsteen and Rob Halford's return to business.

On today's show, Bruce Springsteen signs a deal and Rob Halford gets back to business. 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 06:50 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 07:15 Albums released on this date in music history 09:50 Singles released on this date in music history 11:18 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 12:32 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 14:04 What's on tomorrow's episode

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Host: Music History Today Podcast Network

Topics covered

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

Keywords

• music history
• Bruce Springsteen
• Rob Halford
• album releases
• music awards
• artist birthdays
• artist passings

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