He spent 79 years on the radio, promoted shows and put popular songs together for compilation albums. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Art Laboe, the DJ and music promoter who spent 79 continuous years on ...

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Radio DJ Art Laboe, who interviewed Elvis for radio in the 1950s before he helped make Black music and Latino youths lifelong friends, has died. He was 97. Laboe, who hosted a show on Los Angeles ...

When Art Laboe was a child, his mother couldn’t pull him away from the radio. “I listened to soap operas. I listened to news. I listened to all the announcements,” he told The Times in 2009. “I was ...

With his cheery baritone and enthusiasm for old rock, R&B, doo-wop and soul, Art Laboe was a fixture of West Coast radio for 79 years. The gregarious Los Angeles disc jockey was considered as much a ...

The Ladies Music Club of Oklahoma City will host Jay Wilkinson and his combo, playing "oldies but goodies" on Feb. 16 for Valentine's week. The club's featured performances are open to anyone to ...

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Behind the tiers of audience seats, surrounded by mixing consoles, faders and audio cables, sat Vive Les Arts Theatre’s technical expert John Arceneaux. It was dress rehearsal for the Lieber and ...