GREATGOLD.FM (12/10/2015) – THIS MONTH we’re giving Extra Plays of Hit Favorites from the 1950s thru the 1990s and early 2000s by Bands with December Born Members and Solo Singers with December Birthdates. Our mix this month also includes Christmas Songs mixed in with our usual Classic Hit Oldies library, PLUS our Spotlight on 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees continues into December.

CURRENT ROCK HALL NOMINEES: Chicago, Yes, The Cars, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, Cheap Trick, The Spinners, N.W.A., Nine Inch Nails, The Smiths, Chic, Los Lobos, and The J.B.s (or JB’s). After votes are tabulated, five of these nominees will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located in Cleveland, Ohio in the Spring of 2016. Fan voting ends December 8, 2015. (See story about and photos of 2016 RockHall nominees at McStreamy.com.)

This year’s five inductees will be celebrated at the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on April 8 at New York City’s Barclays Center.  Tickets for the event go on sale in February, while a select number of pre-sale tickets will be available exclusively to hall of fame members.  A television broadcast of the ceremony will be aired on HBO in the spring of 2016.

Artists are eligible for consideration of this music industry honor 25 years after the release of their first record. 2016’s inductees were determined by a combination of the hall of fame’s foundation — which consists of international artists, historians and other industry players — and online fan voters.

BIRTHDAY SINGERS, MUSICIANS and BANDS getting Extra Plays this month, include: Britney Spears; Christina Aguilera; Bette Midler; Lou Rawls; Donna Summer; Andy Williams; Little Richard; Tom Waits; Harry Chapin; Jim Morrison of The Doors; Donny Osmond; Jermaine Jackson; Brenda Lee; Connie Francis; Frank Sinatra; Animals bassist Chas Chandler; Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations; Sheila E.; Grover Washington Jr; Dionne Warwick; Chris Hillman of The Byrds; and many more.

To read all singers and musicians in our playlist who were born in December, click/tap December Birthdays. You can always find the artists we give Extra Plays to, month by month, by selecting the month you’re interested in UNDER BIRTHDAYS IN OUR MENU.

GREATGOLD is GreatGold.fm, and ClassicHitOldies.com, and GreatGoldHits.com, and GreatGoldMusic.com. No matter which you choose, you'll always get GreatGold. We play Classic Hits from the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and the best of the 2000s, 2010s, and beyond. Sometimes you'll hear a song in the Rock category, or Pop, Blues, Motown, Disco, Soul, Country Crossover, Soft Rock, male and female singers, boy bands, girl bands, and once in awhile you may hear an outstanding independent or new artist with a Classic Hits Wannabee.

The GreatGold Classic Hits Mix consists of, generally, Top 40 hits from the past, and, occasionally, songs that should have been. We play the Best of More Than 60+ years of The Greatest Music from Life's Soundtrack. The finest of the last half of the 20th Century, mixed in with gems from the 21st Century. No matter which Genre the Songs first fell into, or, which type of radio station first played them, it's a tune we call GREATGOLD, and, part of the History of Rock and Roll.

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