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Apple Podcasts · United States · Nov 11, 2026

Best Music History Podcasts

The top 100 Music History shows on the Apple Podcasts chart (US), plus the episodes trending right now.

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#1

KENNY HICKEY: The Life & Death of TYPE O NEGATIVE

HardLore · 3 h 27 min

#2

Song 187, “Space Oddity” by David Bowie, Part One, “Commencing Countdown Engines On”

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs ·

#3

Behringer Making $10 Guitar Pedals And Everyone Is Losing Their Mind

Know Your Gear Podcast · 2 h 15 min

#4

Sad Ass Songs

Dolly Parton's America · 57 min

#5

The Making of Paul Simon’s Graceland

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson · 35 min

#6

The Only One For Me, Jolene

Dolly Parton's America · 36 min

#7

I Will Always Leave You

Dolly Parton's America · 53 min

#8

Neon Moss

Dolly Parton's America · 41 min

#9

Ennio Morricone

Composers Datebook · 2 min

#10

Dolly Parton's America

Dolly Parton's America · 40 min

#11

Dollitics

Dolly Parton's America · 44 min

#12

Couldn’t Break America: Canadian Edition

History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff · 34 min

The chart

Top 100 · position changes vs. yesterday.

1

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Andrew Hickey

— 2

Dolly Parton's America

WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

— 3

HardLore

Colin Young, Bo Lueders, Knotfest

— 4

No Dogs in Space

The Last Podcast Network

▲ 1 5

Know Your Gear Podcast

Phillip Mcknight

▼ 1 6

GOOD OL' GRATEFUL DEADCAST

Grateful Dead

— 7

Monday Music Club with Will Anderson

Vox Media Podcast Network

— 8

Composers Datebook

American Public Media

▲ 2 9

Shawn Stockman's On That Note

Shawn Stockman

▲ 2 10

2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke

Nevermind Media

▼ 2 11

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

▼ 2 12

The Truth About Vintage Amps with Skip Simmons

The Fretboard Journal

— 13

Album | آلبوم

Bardia Barj

▲ 2 14

Something About the Beatles

Evergreen Podcasts

— 15

Behind The Song: Classic Rock Chronicles

Gamut Podcast Network

▲ 2 16

Tone-Talk.com

Tone-Talk

▼ 3 17

Jersey Made

Buzz Knight | Music History Podcast Host

▲ 23 18

Rock's Backpages

Barney Hoskyns, Jasper Murison-Bowie, William Pike

▲ 38 19

Xevi Had a Problem

Xevi

▼ 3 20

Stuck in the '80s Podcast

Steve Spears

▼ 2 21

The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers

Next Chapter Podcasts, Josh Adam Meyers

▼ 2 22

When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

Ed Chen and Jon Stone, Lonnie Pena, Martin Quibell

▼ 2 23

Rock N Roll Story Guys

Gamut Podcast Network

▼ 1 24

One On One: The Official Tom Petty Podcast

Cup & Nuzzle

▲ 26 25

Growin' Up Rock

Rock Star Copy LLC

▼ 4 26

Classics For Kids

Naomi Lewin

— 27

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

The Imbalanced History of Rock and Roll

▲ 18 28

Freedom Needs a Soundtrack

Rangzen Productions

▲ 27 29

Takin' A Walk - Music History with Buzz Knight

Buzz Knight Media Productions

▲ 33 30

Political Beats

National Review

▼ 3 31

History in Five Songs with Martin Popoff

Pantheon Media

▼ 7 32

Who Cares About the Rock Hall?

Joe Kwaczala & Kristen Studard

▼ 9 33

Drum History

Bart Vanderzee

▲ 19 34

Gimme Some Truth

Obadiah Jones

▲ 7 35

Keeping The Rave Alive!

Kutski

▼ 3 36

club 30's with mjfangirl- a Michael Jackson Fan Podcast

mjfangirl

▲ 7 37

Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York

Futuro Media

▼ 3 38

Rock & Metal Combat Podcast

Ian Wadley & Ralph Viera

▲ 30 39

Booked On Rock with Eric Senich

Eric Senich

▼ 14 40

TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

Justin Gausman

▼ 10 41

Under the Scales

Osiris Media

▼ 8 42

داستان های احسانو / daastaan ehsaanoo

داستان و اپیزودهای احسان عبدی پور

▼ 13 43

Harold's Old Time Radio No. 1

Harolds Old Time Radio

▼ 12 44

Transmissions: The Definitive Story of Joy Division & New Order

Joy Division / New Order

▲ 15 45

Classical For Everyone

Peter Cudlipp

▲ 73 46

The Mighty VH Podcast

Tommy London & Tor

▼ 18 47

The Hardest Podcast to Podcast

Ryan Schaap

▲ 20 48

Lost Notes: Groupies

KCRW

▼ 1 49

Tinsel Tunes - The Christmas Music Podcast

Tinsel Tunes

▼ 7 50

Drummer Seeks Musicians: The Making of U2

The Irish Times

▲ 14

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