About this episode

This episode covers significant events in music history that occurred on May 6, including album and single releases, as well as notable artist birthdays and passings.

On today's edition of Music History Today, a classic guitar rift is created in a dream and Audioslave visits Cuba. 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 06:46 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 07:50 Albums released on this date in music history 10:10 Singles released on this date in music history 11:28 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 12:15 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 13:50 What's on tomorrow's episode

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