What Happened May 8 In Music Entertainment and News History: Music History Today Podcast May 8

About this episode

The episode covers significant events in music history that occurred on May 8, including birthdays and releases.

On today's edition of Music History Today, Bob Dylan throws flashcards, a boy band premieres, and another Beatles classic gets released. Also, happy birthday to Robert Johnson and Alex Van Halen. 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 04:54 Music award ceremonies that were held on this date in music history 05:41 Albums released on this date in music history 07:57 Singles released on this date in music history 10:08 Birthdays of music artists on this date in music history 11:31 Passings of music artists on this date in music history 13:05 What's on tomorrow's episode

Topics covered

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

Keywords

• music history
• Bob Dylan
• Robert Johnson
• Alex Van Halen
• album releases
• single releases
• music awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Music History Today Podcast Network

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