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THE LATEST GREATGOLD NEWS features news and information about the GreatGold website, GreatGold Internet Radio, and news about singers, songwriters, musicians, and others involved in the performance, production and/or presentation of music to listen to and enjoy.

Hear and Vote for Rock Hall of Fame 2020 Nominees

GREATGOLD – The GreatGold Internet Radio Music Mix includes nearly all of the singers and rock bands nominated to be among five 2020 Inductees added to the Rock and Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio USA. Again this year, rock fans can vote online for their favorite nominees. We have the nominees and voting details.

2020 Rockhall Nominees: Pat Benatar, Dave Mathews Band, Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, Motorhead, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Todd Rundgren, Soundgarden, T. Rex, and Thin Lizzy.

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GreatGold Music Fans can support favorite Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Nominees and help them reach the top 5 of the official Fan’s Ballot. You can select up to 5 Nominees daily and submit your vote. This year, by RockHall arrangement, the fan voting is being done on the Google website: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVS.

DURING OCTOBER we are playing songs by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees, often,  throughout the day and night of our Classic Rock and Pop Oldies Mix at GreatGold.fm Internet Radio.

ALSO IN OCTOBER: Singers and Bands with musician members born in October are receiving Extra Plays of songs from our large library of the greatest music from the 1950s through 2019, and beyond.

SEE THE COMPLETE LIST OF MUSIC STARS BORN IN OCTOBER, or select the October Birthday List under BIRTHDAYS in our main menu at the top of any page.

  • Billboard Publisher, Co-Owner Dead at 72

    GREATGOLD NEWS – SAM HOLDSWORTH, former editor-in-chief and publisher of media, music, radio, and entertainment industry news and information publisher, Billboard, died May 18 at 72 of a heart attack. Holdsworth, who was also co-founder of Musician magazine, was part of a consortium that bought Billboard Publications Inc. (BPI) in 1984 from the Littleford family […]

  • GreatGold.fm Is Now GreatGoldMusic.com

      GREATGOLD NEWS – There is one thing in life that you can always count on and that is “change”. Our GreatGold.fm domain name has changed due to registration expiration at the end of May, 2024 because of an unintended paperwork snafu. As a result of the confusion that developed, we lost the right to […]

  • The Who’s Townshend Was Born in May

    GREATGOLD – THE WHO’S Pete Townshend, born May 19, 1945, (Picture-right) is one of the many GreatGold Music Stars born during the month of May getting Extra Plays this month as part of The Who, along with the other music stars with May birthdays. See the list of May Birthdays on our GreatGoldMusic.com website, formerly […]

  • Twangin’ Duane Eddy Bites the Dust

    GREATGOLD NEWS – The GreatGold Music Star behind the Deep Twanging guitar sound heard on many hit songs from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond, Duane Eddy, has passed on to rock and roll heaven. The guitar magic of Duane Eddy can be heard on such hit favs as “Rebel-Rouser” in 1958, “Ramrod” (1958), “Cannonball&rdquo […]

  • RockNod: Cher, Kool, Foreigner, More

    GREATGOLD NEWS – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame final list of new 2024 inductees to be celebrated at the induction ceremony has been revealed at rockhall.com. The list of inductees includes the following Performers: Cher, Mary J. Blige, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & The Gang, Ozzy Osbourne, and A Trib […]

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