Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - DJ Art Laboe sits in his studio and talks about his 75 years in the radio business on Oct. 9, 2018, in Palm Springs, Calif.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Baby boomers may not be into techno or hip hop but they still want to stream smooth jazz and The Beatles.

With his cheery baritone and enthusiasm for old rock, R&B, doo-wop and soul, Art Laboe was a fixture of West Coast radio for 79 years. The gregarious Los Angeles disc jockey was considered as much a ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said ...

He spent 79 years on the radio, promoted shows and put popular songs together for compilation albums. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Art Laboe, the DJ and music promoter who spent 79 continuous years on ...

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. By Neil Genzlinger and Annabelle Williams Art Laboe, ...

Old cassette tapes and CDs are out, but you can still jam to those oldies but goodies with a well-curated playlist. Road trips can get rather boring when your eyes are glued to the endless pavement ...

DEAR GABACHO: It ain't just cholos who are down with oldies but goodies. Mexican-Americans of all social classes have largely kept alive that particular music genre—the brown-eyed soul of Thee ...

Art Laboe, the pioneering Los Angeles DJ who championed the Oldies but Goodies format and was revered for sharing on-air dedications with listeners, died Oct. 7 in Palm Springs, Calif. Laboe was the ...