The Most Bizarre Murder in Music History
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Thanks to Keith Sharon for coming on! You can check out his Murder on Music Row podcast below.
Season 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-there-aint-no-justice-in-it/id1747547593?i=1000656285883
Season 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-1-life-is-a-cabaret/id1747547593?i=1000730595319
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:31 Kevin Hughes
01:07 Cashbox
02:30 How Music Charts Worked
03:27 Chuck Dixon & Payola
06:41 The Night Kevin Died
07:42 The Investigation
09:29 The Aftermath
ROYALTY FREE ASSETS USED
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@MicTheSnare
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I wanna quickly thank Keith Sharon from the Tennessean for coming on and talking about his work related to the case. The podcast he did is truly a defining document of this story, and I cannot recommend it enough. If you wanna check if out for yourself, I left links in the description.
And thank you as always for watching!!!
@CosmicRatt420
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
"Tony D. Antonio" definitely wouldnt have thought he was gonna be in with the music mob guy.
@homelessperson5455
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Tony D. Antonio. The walking caricature of greasy gabagool mafioso goonery was named "TONY D. ANTONIO?"
@andresciahooten9598
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I think that I had seen this on Unsolved Mysteries
@joshkaid
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Why did I suddenly shrivel into dust when you said "middle to late 1900s"?
@weedreptilianoffcial
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I called it with a name tony D antiono will kill peole cuz they want to be a gangster
@formerlyfromthefuton8171
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Sally Struthers was a country musician? 🤔
@PticicarosaRosa-y1i
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Algorithm is another word for scam😊
@daudimwenyewe7372
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Hey March 9th is my bday !!!
@SoberSyd
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Got too much snare in my head phones
@daintycaked
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
can you not say mid to late 1900s it makes me feel old
@Bigsamoa20
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Welcome to Snare Scare
@DanNAstros
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
This video never did explained why the guy who survived was shot?
@waynetardiff9328
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
So this isn't exclusive to dancehall???? Rip tenor saw
@nonagrey3422
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I'm a new subscriber so I don't know if you've covered this one yet but another interesting music death was Bobby Fuller who was found burned to death in the front seat of his car. Some think it was murder while others think it was suicide. If you haven't covered this case yet I hope you do soon.
@lisamarieligreci-newton7804
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I knew this would be about the Cashbox murder the second I saw the thumbnail. Thanks Unsolved Mysteries! ETA: I knew the case had eventually been solved (in fact if I recall the guy was actually on the episode eulogizing Kevin) but I didn't realize it was because an informant actually watched the episode. Loved that show!
@teenxtcy
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
imagine dying then some guy uses your death to promote a streaming service
@BrunesKitten
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
The mid to late 1900s! Really?
@andyferno9274
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
ALL businesses are rigged. The world is totally corrupt!
@rayascott
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
At 1m10s you claim Cashbox & Record World existed in “the late nineteen hundreds”. You have your centuries confused. You meant late twentieth, otherwise you’re talking 189x.
@seanhealey6611
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
It’s the mid to late 20th century. The mid to late 1900”s were 1905 to 1910.
@reniemasi5683
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
@ChristinaS-u3d
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
Well, John Lennon was in fact murdered.
@mj.l
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
chuck dicks in
@BROJANGSTER
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
i’m having a chill high rn and just imagining an edgar wright-esque western film adaptation of this. like everyone’s a cowboy/girl with their instruments and the video’s background music’s the soundtrack
@HannahSmith95
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
March 9, 1989 is roughly 9 months before December 13, 1989. Confirmed: Taylor Swift reincarnated with payola insider knowledge to top the charts decades later. 😂
@luizhenriquemoreira3980
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
this is awesome! I mean not the murder, but the content
@Human_Statue
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I wonder if my biological father has ever rubbed shoulders with these types being he's a musician/producer in Nashville
@Human_Statue
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I think i saw that episode
@diegoandrade8109
May 27, 2026 at 7:25 pm
I’ve been binge watching Unsolved Mysteries and Kevin Hughes came up R.I.P Kevin Hughes