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1969 The Shaggs: How a Palm Reader’s Prophecy Created the “World’s Worst” (and Maybe Best) Band
The Paul is Dead Hoax in 1969: How a College Prank Became Rock’s Biggest Conspiracy
John Cage’s 4’33”: The World’s First Silent Song
The KLF burned a million pounds in 1994 (And Didn’t Know Why)
How a Famous Conductor Died from Conducting Too Hard in 1687
The Day the Music Died (For a Dictator): How Van Halen Caught Manuel Noriega
The Florence Foster Jenkins Story: The Worst Singer to Sell Out Carnegie Hall in 1944
The Rite of Spring riot 1913: How Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” Started a Fistfight
10 Bizarre Musical Moments You Won’t Believe Are Real