This Moment in Music History for 05-18-2025

This Moment in Music History for 05-18-2025

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Michael Jackson's Bad Makes Chart History with Fifth Number One

On June twenty-third in nineteen eighty-eight, something extraordinary happened in the world of pop music that would cement one artist's place in the record books forever. Michael Jackson's album "Bad" achieved a milestone that no other album had ever reached before, and remarkab ...  Show more

The Beatles Record Yesterday with Strings Only

On June 22nd, 1965, The Beatles were busy at work in Abbey Road Studios putting the finishing touches on what would become one of their most enduringly popular songs: "Yesterday." Paul McCartney had originally woken up with the melody in his head at the home of his then-girlfrien ...  Show more

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Baritone Benjamin Appl on his collaboration with György Kurtág
Gramophone Classical Music Podcast

The baritone Benjamin Appl has recorded an album for Alpha that combines the music of György Kurtág with that of Franz Schubert. 'Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtág' is the result of a long process that started with Kurtág choosing the singer for this unique project and working wit ...  Show more

The Making of HOUDINI by Melvins - featuring Buzz Osborne
Life of the Record

For the 30th anniversary of the Melvins’ 1993 classic, HOUDINI, we take a detailed look at how the record was made. Buzz Osborne, Mike Dillard and Matt Lukin had formed the Melvins in 1983 when they were teenagers living in Montesano, Washington. Drummer Dale Crover ended up repl ...  Show more