GREATGOLD.FM (05/01/2017) – MAY BORN MUSIC STARS include GLADYS KNIGHT of Gladys Knight and The Pips; CHER; DANNY RAPP of Danny and The Juniors; STEVIE WONDER; BOB DYLAN; MARY WELLS; BOB SEGER of Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band; RITCHIE VALENS; JENNY BERGGREN of Ace of Base; DONOVAN; PETER YARROW of Peter, Paul and Mary; FRANKIE VALLI 0f The Four Seasons and solo; STEVIE NICKS of Fleetwood Mac and solo;
MAY BRINGS A SHOWER OF ADDITIONAL MAY BORN STARS: DICK DALE; JIM LOWE; TERESA BREWER; JOHN ILLSLEY of Dire Straits; PATTI LaBELLE; DEREK QUINN and ROY CREWSDON of Freddie and the Dreamers; JIMMY RUFFIN; LARRY DAVIDSON of Dave Clark 5; MARIE FREDRIKSSON of Roxette; and SYLVIA ROBINSON of Mickey and Sylvia; JOHN COWSILL and SUSAN COWSILL of The Cowsills; ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK;
ALSO: TONI TENNILLE of Captain and Tennille; BILLY JOEL; JACKIE JACKSON OF Jackson 5; BILLY VERA; T-BONE WALKER; PAPA JOHN CREACH ( Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship); DAVE MASON; JOHN FOGERTY of Creedence Clearwater Revival; LINK WRAY; PETER STAPLES and RONNIE BOND of The Troggs; PETE TOWNSHEND of The Who; RICK NELSON; RITA COOLIDGE; JANE WIEDLIN of THE Go-Gos; LESLEY GORE;
FIND THE COMPLETE LIST of GreatGold Classic Hits music singers and musicians who were born during the month of MAY HERE..
- 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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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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