AT GREATGOLD WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE the many contributions to, and influences on, all popular music that Black Music Artists have made throughout history. We especially recognize those contributions during Black Music Month, as we do everyday in our playlist, which always includes the Best of Black Music Artists. That recognition continues 24/7/365. The music artists pictured are just some of the many black singers and musicians on our regular playlist.
JUNE ALSO BRINGS THE SUMMER MONTHS and our tradition of playing Summer Songs at least once every hour throughout the Summer Time begins anew this month at GREATGOLD, the Home of GreatGoldHits and ClassicHitOldies. In addition, we’re spotlighting singers who were born in the month of June, and bands with members who were born in June, by giving their songs Extra Plays.
SOME OF THE JUNE BORN STARS GETTING EXTRA PLAYS: TOM JONES; PAUL McCARTNEY; JACKIE WILSON; BRIAN WILLIS of Quarterflash; CARLY SIMON; PAT BOONE; CHARLIE WATTS and RON WOOD of the Rolling Stones; GRAHAM RUSSELL and RUSSELL HITCHCOCK of Air Supply; MICHELLE PHILLIPS of the Mamas and Papas; GARY U.S. BONDS; CHUCK NEGRON and JACK RYLAND of Three Dog Night; BOZ SCAGGS; LEN BARRY of the Dovells/solo; REG PRESLEY and CHRIS BRITTON of the Troggs; BRAD CARLSON/BEN E CARLOS of Cheap Trick;
See the complete list of June Born Musicians and Singers HERE.
Our brand of Classic Hits are pulled from the golden years of popular music: The 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1990s, and the finest favs from the 2000s. Six Decades-Plus, of the Greatest Songs are heard 24 hours a day in the GreatGold Music Stream. Our special Classic Hits mix of Classic Rock and Pop Oldies consists of the best of rock, pop, blues, Motown and Soul Oldies. It all comes to you from The Heart of the USA.
- 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 […]
- 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 […]
