NOVEMBER finds us Spotlighting 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for induction into the RockHall and Museum at Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to including the new crop of nominees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in our mix this month, we’re giving Extra Plays to GreatGold music artists born in November during years gone by.
SOME OF THE NOVEMBER BORN singers and musicians who are getting Extra Plays of their big hits during this, their Birthday Month, include: BONNIE RAITT; TINA TURNER; BILLY IDOL; PERCY SLEDGE; LULU; ADAM ANT; ART GARFUNKEL of Simon and Garfunkel; PETER NOONE of Herman’s Hermits; BRYAN ADAMS; NICK SIMPER of Deep Purple; DON McDOUGALL of Guess Who; TERRY JOHNSON of The Flamingos; RUBY NASH CURTIS of Ruby and The Romantics; BRIAN HYLAND;
AND: RICKY MARTIN; GLENN FREY of The Eagles and solo; DEE CLARK; JOHNNY RIVERS; TOM FOGERTY of Creedence Clearwater Revival; MARY TRAVERS and PAUL STOOKEY of Peter, Paul and Mary; DAVE LOGGINS; DONNA FARGO; BOOKER T JONES of Booker-T and The MGs; JAY BLACK of Jay and The Americans; RICH GOOCH of Quarterflash; BRUCE HORNSBY; CLYDE McPHATTER; PLUS, Many More November Born Music Stars.
- 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 […]
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.
THE GREATGOLD STREAM is the place to be for 24 hours of blissful listening everyday. We have a healthy serving of delicious songs from the Soundtrack of Your Life. Only the finest survive the wars of GreatGold Hits, and We Always Play The Greats at GreatGold.fm Internet Radio.
