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Mr.
Laboe worked in radio for almost 80 years.
In 1973, The San Francisco Examiner was already calling him the “dean of Los Angeles rock 'n' roll broadcasting,” and he would be on the air for almost a half-century more after that.Oct 13, 2022.
Even though people request it, they often are looking for very different things. “Oldies music” can actually refer to many different styles of music.
The term is often used as a catch-all term to refer to pop, rock, and R\&B songs released and played on the radio between 1950 and about 10 years ago..
Art Laboe is an American pioneering disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner who is generally credited with coining the term “Oldies But Goodies.”.
Laboe soon became one of the first DJs to play R\&B and rock-n-roll in California.
Teen listeners soon identified Laboe's voice with the fledgling rock-n-roll scene.
By 1956, Laboe had an afternoon show and became the city's top radio program..
Laboe soon became one of the first DJs to play R\&B and rock-n-roll in California.
Teen listeners soon identified Laboe's voice with the fledgling rock-n-roll scene.
By 1956, Laboe had an afternoon show and became the city's top radio program.Oct 10, 2022.
Laboe, born to an Armenian-American family, was a favorite in her house because of his connection to the Mexican American community.
Laboe is credited with helping end segregation in Southern California in part by organizing live events with different racial and ethnic groups, and he promoted Latino artists..
One of the first DJs to play Black music in California, Laboe helped introduce Latinos to R\&B, rock 'n' roll and soul oldies.
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..
Laboe started his radio career in San Francisco, where he changed his name to sound more American.
But it was in Los Angeles where he found a formula that worked: playing Black and white R\&B music and rock together for the city.Oct 10, 2022.
Art Laboe is an American pioneering disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner who is generally credited with coining the term “Oldies But Goodies.”.
The term "oldies" in the early days of the rock era and before referred to the traditional pop music songs of previous decades; a 1953 record review in Billboard describes 1925's "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" as an "oldie." Oldies is known for the near-total and sometimes arbitrary exclusion of some acts that were very .
Laboe remained an L.A. institution, and his final show was produced during the week and broadcast October 9.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland maintains a permanent Laboe display.Oct 10, 2022.
Career.
Laboe made his professional radio debut in 1943 on KSAN in San Francisco, while stationed at Treasure Island.
He obtained the job because he had a first-class radiotelephone license and the station had been depleted of staff in order to meet wartime demands..
Art Laboe, a radio pioneer credited for a number of firsts including coining the phrase "oldies but goodies," has died.
He was 97..
Laboe, born Arthur Egnoian, started DJing in 1943 as a teenager, he said in an interview with the Orange County Register. (The way he told it to the National Association of Music Merchants, he waltzed into the station manager’s office and sheepishly asked for the job. Since most of the station’s engineers were serving in World War II, he got the job.)
Generations of Californians have never known a time without Art Laboe – spinning records on air, dedicating songs to dedicated listeners and turning younger audiophiles onto “oldies but goodies.”
The phrase became Laboe’s signature, and, beginning in 1959, he released a series of compilation records called “Oldies But Goodies” under his own record label. Beginning in 1972, he hosted a show dedicated to playing nothing but oldies, the first station of its kind, according to the Radio Hall of Fame, into which Laboe was inducted in 2012.
Art Laboe, D.J. Who Popularized ‘Oldies but Goodies,’ Dies at 97 - The New York Times Art Laboe, D.J. Who Popularized ‘Oldies but Goodies,’ Dies at 97 A familiar voice on the California airwaves for almost 80 years, he saw the appeal of old rock ’n’ roll records practically before they were old.
Art Laboe Collection Art Laboe, the disc jockey who as a mainstay of the West Coast airwaves for decades bridged racial divides through his music selections and live shows, reached listeners in a new way by allowing on-air dedications and helped make the phrase “oldies but goodies” ubiquitous, died on Friday at his home in Palm Springs, Calif.
Radio format
\nRhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic
Or dance genres of music.Playlists can span from the 1960s through the 2000s and
Depending on market conditions
May be designed for African-American or Hispanic audiences.It is also referred to as Jammin' Oldies or Music From Back in the Day by various radio stations.Since the late 2000s
Much of the library in the rhythmic oldies format has been adopted by the classic hits format.A variation on the format is urban oldies.
