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The Day the Music Stopped
99% Invisible
Recorded Music - A New Era
On August 1, 1942, every recording studio in America went silent. The music didn't start up again the following week or next year. This wasn't because of wartime austerity; it was because musicians collectively walked off the job. New technology was threatening their livelihoods so they launched one of the most consequential union actions in nation's history.
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