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A Year in Music

Season 4

2021 · 12 episodes

  1. 1. 1982

    2021-05-09

    It's the golden age of MTV and music videos and the masses get a British invasion, Michael Jackson's “Thriller” is released, and the name “Jenny” becomes synonymous with a specific phone number.

  2. 2. 2012

    2021-05-16

    “Gangnam Style” takes over, One Direction is the newest boy band phenom, Rihanna becomes “Unapologetic,” and the world says “I Will Always Love You” to Whitney Houston as her death shocks the industry.

  3. 3. 1967

    2021-05-23

    A musician is arrested on stage for the first time, a Beatle becomes a Walrus, and we witness the Summer of Love as the nation marches against the Vietnam War.

  4. 4. 2000

    2021-06-06

    Go back in time to the end of the second millennium as a new era begins with Y2K and trading print for digital. Also, the impact of JLo's infamous green dress and what about STAN.

  5. 5. 1995

    2021-06-13

    Goes back to 1995 as "Exhales," Horrorcore, and an Oklahoma Native take on the year, and music makes history as the nation watches the trial of the year.

  6. 6. 2017

    2021-06-20

  7. 7. 1987

    2021-06-27

  8. 8. 1992

    2021-07-11

  9. 9. 2006

    2021-07-18

  10. 10. 1970

    2021-07-25

  11. 11. 2015

    2021-08-08 · 30m

    Lzzy Hale talks Taylor Swift in the pop world, The Weeknd and an 1800's politician being a rap star.

  12. 12. 1990

    2021-08-09

    Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale explores the dawn of the 1990s, from shiny red stilettos and big hair to Doc Martens, West Philadelphia to Bel Air, and a bunch of Young Guns.

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