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Art Laboe dies; his 'Oldies but Goodies' show ruled the L.A. airwaves. Art Laboe gets ready for his call-in dedication radio show in the KDAY studios in Palm Springs in 2015. (Mark Boster / Los ...
"Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)" is a song written by Nick Curinga and Paul Politi and performed by Little Caesar & the Romans. It reached #9 on the U.S. pop chart and #28 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961. [1] The song ranked #69 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961. [2]
Disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner. Years active. 1943–2022. Art Laboe (born Arthur Egnoian; August 7, 1925 – October 7, 2022) was an American radio host, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner. He was generally credited with coining the term "Oldies but Goodies". [1]
Radio DJ Art Laboe, who interviewed Elvis for radio in the 1950s before he helped make Black music and Latino youths lifelong friends, has died. He was 97.
The first few "Oldies But Goodies" LPs were hugely successful (Volume 1 reached #12 on the Billboard Album charts and stayed on the chart for 183 weeks). Their success influenced other labels to put out compilations of their hits and near-hits, as well as helped validate the standing of songs like The Five Satins ' "In the Still of the Night ...
The Stones' first album of originals in 18 years, and first since Charlie Watts died, is surprisingly spry, sparked by the deathless riffs of Keith and Ronnie.
The El Monte Legion Stadium —also known as Legion Stadium, [2] El Monte Union High School Auditorium, [3] El Monte Auditorium, [4] El Monte Gymnasium, [5] Old El Monte Gym, [6] and The Pink Elephant[7] —was a 3,500-seat multi-purpose indoor venue in El Monte, California. It had originally been a combined auditorium and gymnasium located on ...
David Johnson served a prison term beginning shortly after "Hully Gully Again", and when he was released, he formed a group using the name Little Caesar and the Romans. They worked briefly in the mid 1970s, performing at Art Laboe 's Club on the Sunset Strip in California. Singer Rickie Lee Jones was a backup singer for that show.