Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art Laboe, a revered Los Angeles radio mainstay for more than half a century who delighted local fans and a syndicated audience by ...

Generations of Californians have never known a time without Art Laboe — spinning records on air, dedicating songs to dedicated listeners and turning younger audiophiles onto “oldies but goodies.” But ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art Laboe gets ready for his call-in dedication radio show in the KDAY studios in Palm Springs in 2015. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles ...

Art Laboe, a revered Los Angeles radio mainstay for more than half a century who delighted local fans and a syndicated audience by playing those “oldies but goodies,” has died. He was 97. A post on ...

Generations of Californians have never known a time without Art Laboe -- spinning records on air, dedicating songs to dedicated listeners and turning younger audiophiles onto "oldies but goodies." But ...