This Moment in Music History for 02-27-2025

# January 28, 1986: The Day "We Are the World" Won Big at the American Music AwardsForty years ago today, one of the most ambitious charitable musical projects in history took center stage at the 13th Annual American Music Awards. "We Are the World," the superstar-studded anthem ...  Show more

# January 27, 1984: Michael Jackson's Hair Catches Fire During Pepsi Commercial FilmingOn January 27, 1984, one of the most shocking and consequential accidents in pop music history occurred at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson, at the absolute peak of his "Th ...  Show more

"We're not worried about petty morals." What happened to the Rolling Stones in 1967 to see them on the brink of imprisonment and mass censure, while at the height of their success, with fame, fortune, mansions, world tours, and best selling albums to their names? Was Brian Jones, ...  Show more

Every once in a while, something extraordinary happens in rock’n’roll…I hate the use of the cliché of “a perfect storm,” but that’s precisely what I’m talking about…a bunch of things involving culture, politics, demographics, economics and technology all collide and mix in just t ...  Show more

What are the origins of Britain’s original bad boys, The Rolling Stones? Where did they all come from and how did they meet? What was it about the 1960s, with its air of sexual liberation, newly elected Labour government, and rising youth culture that allowed them to burst onto t ...  Show more

In this episode of Quartertones, Thanks Joey takes us on a journey through hip hop, Brooklyn music, and his Syrian grandfather’s old records. We talk about working with Omar Offendum and Narcy, his music making process, and what inspired his Lahme song.

He gives us a sne ...