https://freerepublic.com/tag/artlaboe/ en-us Thu, 13 Oct 2022 01:06:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4100184/posts Art Laboe—the pioneering Los Angeles DJ credited with coining the phrase “oldies but goodies”—has died, The Associated Press reports. A spokesperson for Laboe’s production company Dart Entertainment confirmed that Laboe died Friday (October 7) at his home in Palm Springs, California, following a brief bout of pneumonia. He was 97 years old. Laboe spent nearly 80 years as a DJ, first taking to the airwaves in 1943 at San Francisco’s KSAN while serving in the United States Navy. He played songs by Black, Latinx, and white artists without consideration for their racial differences, rejecting the quietly enforced segregation of the... Pitchfork https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4100184/posts#comment Thu, 13 Oct 2022 01:06:46 GMT