- Sam Moore of Sam and Dave, GonePosted by GreatGold on January 13, 2025 at 12:13 am
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 RemainsPosted by GreatGold on January 7, 2025 at 11:05 pm
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?Posted by GreatGold on December 20, 2024 at 11:05 pm
“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, DiesPosted by GreatGold on June 15, 2024 at 1:37 am
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.comPosted by GreatGold on June 8, 2024 at 7:06 pm
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 MayPosted by GreatGold on May 14, 2024 at 9:05 pm
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 DustPosted by GreatGold on May 4, 2024 at 12:31 am
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, MorePosted by GreatGold on April 22, 2024 at 5:13 pm
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 […]
- Matthews Leading RockNom FanVotePosted by GreatGold on April 7, 2024 at 4:56 am
A RECENT ROCKHALL NOMCHECK showed Dave Matthews Band gained substantial ground in the Fan Vote totals while voting continues for fans of Rock and Roll action as they make fan preferences known while the 2024 crop of Inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame remains underway. As of 11:24 PM (CDT), March 6, […]
- Hitmaker Eric Carmen, 74, GonePosted by GreatGold on March 15, 2024 at 8:52 pm
ERIC CARMEN, The Raspberries frontman and pop hitmaker behind songs like “Go All the Way,” “I Wanna Be With You,” “All By Myself,” and “Hungry Eyes,” died in his sleep last weekend at the age of 74. His music is in the mix at GreatGold.fm/player, and “greatgold” in the Android and Apple Live365 Mobile Apps. […]
GREATGOLD is GreatGold Internet Radio, and GreatGold.fm, as well as ClassicHitOldies.com, also known as GreatGoldHits.com, and by 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-Pop, Country-Rock, 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, the recent past, sometimes the distant past, and, occasionally, songs that should have been hits. 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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