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Oldies. Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music, broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock, from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2000, 1970s music has been increasingly ...
A Collection of Beatles Oldies (subtitled But Goldies!) is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released in the United Kingdom in December 1966, it features hit singles and other songs issued by the group between 1963 and 1966. The compilation served as a stopgap release to satisfy EMI 's demand for product during the ...
Released: 23 October 1970. Alternate UK cover art (1972) Album re-issue on Music For Pleasure. The Dave Clark Five Play Good Old Rock & Roll (subtitled " 18 Golden Oldies ") is the album by the Dave Clark Five released in 1971, after the band's breakup. It was released by EMI/Starline label and sometimes is classified as a compilation, as most ...
Original release. February 14, 1982. (February 14, 1982) –. 2004. (2004) Dick Clark's Rock, Roll and Remember (sometimes shortened to Rock, Roll and Remember) was a weekly American rock and roll radio documentary show hosted by Dick Clark featuring oldies music. [1] It was broadcast on United Stations Radio Networks and its predecessors ...
Elvis' Golden Records is a compilation album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley, issued by RCA Victor in March 1958. It compiled his hit singles released in 1956 and 1957, and is widely believed to be the first greatest hits album in rock and roll history. It is the first of five RCA Victor Elvis' Golden/Gold Records compilations ...
Classic Hits/Pop. Classic Hits (known as Kool Gold until June 17, 2012) is a 24-hour music format produced by Westwood One. Its playlist is composed of oldies music from the mid-1960s to mid-1980s, from artists such as Billy Joel, The Beatles, The Temptations, Fleetwood Mac, Hall and Oates and dozens more artists mainly targeted at listeners 45 ...
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) " Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) " is a 1972 song by American pop rock band Looking Glass from their debut album, Looking Glass. It was written by Looking Glass lead guitarist and co-vocalist Elliot Lurie. The single reached No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts.
The formula was a winner as Johnson and Wilson also led three of the 12 songs selected for their first album Flamingo Serenade – George Gershwin's "Love Walked In", "But Not for Me" and "Time Was". The Flamingos had their biggest seller in 1959 with another old standard from that LP, on which Nate Nelson handled lead vocals.