On this week's show, the man who defined punk rock, Sid Vicious, burned out but never faded away, Karen Carpenter passed away & brought a disease to the forefront of a nation's attention, famous producer Phil Spector murdered actress Lana Clarkson, & we'll talk about the day the music died and the deaths of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens.

On the January 28 edition of the Music History Today podcast, we have Elvis, Def Jam, & We Are the World

On the January 27 edition of the Music History Today podcast, we have Mozart, Elvis, Michael Jackson, AC/DC, Black Flag, & Usher

On the January 26 edition of the Music History Today podcast, we have John Lennon, the Apollo Theater, & Jamie Foxx blames it on the alcohol

On the January 25 edition of the Music History Today podcast, we have McCartney, D'Angelo, & Prince

On the January 24 edition of the Music History Today podcast, we have Aretha, Adele, the minimoog & it's Michael DesBarres birthday

This week on Who Deserves to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, we look at the case for putting The Buzzcocks into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist.

On the January 23 edition of the Music History Today podcast, there's the Spice Girls, Led Zeppelin terrorists, & Tony Bennett

On the January 22 edition of the Music History Today podcast, there's the Bottom Line, Bowie, Bad Religion, & John Lennon

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On this week's show, A Led Zeppelin song starts a crisis at a radio station, Adele drops 21 in the UK, we celebrate the life of the Prince of his generation, & Hollywood caters a recording session for a charity song about famine relief.