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. In 1993, my parents saved up enough money to buy a massive Kenwood home entertainment system complete with gigantic speakers and a ...

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 ...

Art Laboe, the infamous voice of the “Art Laboe Connection Show,” passed away on October 10. This long-time radio host who connected distanced loved ones through music and embodied the Chicano culture ...

At 88 years old, and after seven decades in the business, Los Angeles radio host Art Laboe is still at it. Six nights a week on The Art Laboe Connection, Laboe takes requests from his loyal listeners, ...

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 ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Art Laboe, the pioneering DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said Joanna ...

In 1993, my parents saved up enough money to buy a massive Kenwood home entertainment system complete with gigantic speakers and a five-CD player. I remember the exact year because the first CD I ever ...

Art Laboe, the pioneering Los Angeles DJ who championed the Oldies but Goodies format and was revered for sharing on-air dedications with listeners, died Oct. 7 in Palm Springs, Calif. Laboe was the ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ who read heartfelt song dedications to generations of loyal listeners and was credited with helping end segregation in Southern California ...