Scott chronicles significant anniversaries in the history of popular music on The Musical Milestones.
Based on his popular CBC Radio feature, The Musical Almanac, The Musical Milestones can be heard on MixCloud.
We’re changing things up as of this edition: more stories and less of the actual music [based on your listening habits.]
The latest edition is November 2026 – Part 1. Stories include:
- A musician does some incognito research to come up with his first hit
- A last-minute understudy becomes a star
- The television event that totally blew it
- A shot in the dark gives a diva her only American #1 hit, but it probably would never have happened in the digital age
- The record that inspired a popular sitcom
- How Elvis returned to relevance and the British artist who inspired the return
- A surprising achievement by an ex-Beatle
- And the record that dethroned the Beatles in Britain.
Listen to the Musical Milestones – November 2026 – Part 1 here: