THIS MONTH WE’RE SPOTLIGHTING MUSIC ARTISTS who were born during August, such as Bobby Hatfield (born Aug. 10, 1940, died 2003) of the Righteous Brothers (seen on the left above with Bill Medley, the other half of the Righteous Bros). We’re doing that by playing August Born Birthday Stars’ hit songs from the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1990s, and the 2000s, more often than we normally do. If the singers and musicians were born in August, we honor them and celebrate their contributions to the music we all enjoy by playing their best hits more often throughout this entire month.
STARS BORN IN AUGUST INCLUDE: WHITNEY HOUSTON; RONNIE SPECTOR of The Ronettes; ISAAC HAYES; DINAH WASHINGTON; CONNIE STEVENS; TOMMY SANDS; VALARIE SIMPSON of Ashford and Simpson; SHANIA TWAIN; LEANN RIMES; RICK SPRINGFIELD; JUNIOR WALKER of Junior Walker and the AllStars; JOE JACKSON; DON HO; DAVID CROSBY of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; STEVE MARTIN; EYDIE GORME; MADONNA; BELINDA CARLISLE of The Go-Gos and solo artist; JACKIE de SHANNON; REGIS PHILBIN; BILLY RAY CYRUS; DARYL DRAGON of Captain and Tennille; MICHAEL JACKSON; VAN MORRISON; ROBERT CRAY; TIM BACHMAN of Bachman-Turner Overdrive; RICK COONCE of The Grass Roots;
FIND THE COMPLETE LIST of GreatGold Classic Hits music singers and musicians who were born during the month of AUGUST HERE..
- Sam Moore of Sam and Dave, Gone
GREATGOLD NEWS – 1960s Rock and R & B star Sam Moore, 89, has left this earthly world after complications following surgery. Sam Moore is best known in GreatGold music circles as the original half of the Sam and Dave duo who recorded the often heard “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Coming” and other […]
- Only Peter, Paul and Mary’s Paul Remains
GREATGOLD NEWS – ANOTHER MEMBER of one of the greatest trios of the 1960s and 1970s, Peter Yarrow, has passed away at 86, after a four-year battle with bladder cancer. Peter Yarrow was one of the talented people from the iconic trio known as Peter, Paul and Mary, and the writer of songs sung by […]
- The Talk Gives Way to New Soap?
“The Talk” is scheduled to be replaced by a new soap opera type program. CBS says the new soap series will follow the lives of a Black family living in a wealthy gated neighborhood, scheduled to debut in January 2025. CBS has taken The Talk tv show off the air. December 20, 2024, was t […]
- Billboard Publisher, Co-Owner, 72, Dies
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 […]
