Every day on Radio Nova, just before 11am, we play a couple of songs key to “today in music history” Have a listen! But for now – here’s some light reading and watching. August 4th in Music History looks like this.
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1958, In the US, Billboard introduced 'The Hot 100 Singles Chart', Ricky Nelson was at No.1 with 'Poor Little Fool'.
1967, A very young Monkees fan stowed away on the bands plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The girl's father threatened to bring charges for transporting a minor across state lines.
1967 Pink Floyd gave us their debut album The Piper At the Gates of Dawn on which most songs were penned by Syd Barrett.
2002, Bruce Springsteen scored his fifth UK No.1 album with 'The Rising', also No.1 in the US.
2025. 'Superlungs' was no more. RIP Terry Reid. An amazing vocalist, gone at 75. Probably most famous for turning down Led Zeppelin and suggesting Robert Plant get the gig. He did the same with Deep Purple.
Listen to Terry tell the story here!
Born today in 1901, Louis Armstrong. Other birthdays include, Moya Brennan (Clannad - we lost her in 2025) & Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds.
Check Out Marty Miller's Music History Podcast Here! Or scan below.
