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1942: The Day the Music Stopped

One Year by Slate Podcasts

Nov 3, 202252:19Society & Culture

On Aug. 1, 1942, the nation’s recording studios went silent. Musicians were fed up with the new technologies threatening their livelihoods, so they refused to record until they got their fair share. This week, Evan Chung...

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1942: The Day the Music Stopped is an episode from One Year by Slate Podcasts. On Aug. 1, 1942, the nation’s recording studios went silent. Musicians were fed up with the new technologies threatening their livelihoods, so they refused to re...

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Published Nov 3, 2022, 52:19 long, audio available.

1942: The Day the Music Stopped

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