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Today in Music History - Feb 17th

By Marty Miller
17/02/2026
Est. Reading: 1 minutes

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The Classic Album at Midnight – Blondie's Parallel Lines

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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.

Feb 17th in Music History looks like this

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1967, The Beatles started recording a new John Lennon song 'Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite'

1969, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash recorded 'Girl From The North Country' together in Nashville.


1976, AC/DC released their debut album 'High Voltage'

1979, Blondie scored their first UK No.1 album, 'Parallel lines'. It stayed top of the charts for four weeks.

2000 John Lennon's Steinway piano, on which he composed 'Imagine', went on display at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool, England.

2025, Rick Buckler, drummer with The Jam died.

From '77 to 1982, the band were consistantly in the top 40

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Written by Marty Miller

Talker on radio. Writer on line. Drummer on ...eh drums.
Pink Floyd Fan. ABBA non fan.

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