Art Laboe, R.I.P.

[mjzee]

Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97.

Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said Joanna Morones, a spokesperson for Laboe’s production company, Dart Entertainment.

His final show was produced last week and broadcast Sunday night.

Laboe is credited with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows at drive-in eateries that attracted white, Black and Latino listeners who danced to rock-n-roll — and shocked an older generation still listening to Frank Sinatra and Big Band music.

The DJ is also credited with coining the phrase “oldies, but goodies.” In 1957, he started Original Sound Record, Inc. and in 1958, released the compilation album “Oldies But Goodies: Vol. 1,” which stayed on the Billboard’s Top 100 chart for 183 weeks.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/10/oldies-but-goodies-legendary-radio-dj-art-laboe-dead-at-97/

[danasgoodstuff]

That's a long run. RIP

[felser]

RIP, I stumbled across some of his collections in my youth.