Richardcyoung.com

The Online Home of Author and Investor, Dick Young

  • Home
  • How We Are Different
  • About Us
    • Foundation Principles
    • Contributors
  • Investing
    • You’ve Read The Last Issue of Intelligence Report, Now What?
  • Your Survival Guy
  • The Great Reset
  • COVID-19
  • My Rifles
  • Dividends and Compounding
  • Your Security
  • The Swiss Way
  • Dick Young
  • Debbie Young
  • Key West
  • Paris
  • Dick’s R&B Top 100
  • Liberty & Freedom Map
  • Bank Credit & Money
  • Your Survival Guy’s Super States
  • NNT & Cholesterol
  • Work to Make Money/Invest to Save Money
  • Your Health
  • Ron Paul
  • US Treasury Yield Curve: My Favorite Investor Tool

Art Laboe Mr. Rock & Roll Radio Going Strong at 88!

February 10, 2014 By Richard C. Young

Decades ago, I bought Art Laboe’s Oldies but Goodies series of records and then re-bought them when they appeared in CD format. If you are a 50s Rock & Roll aficionado, the set is worth having. It’s still the gold standard. It is great to read here that a gentleman as important to the early Rock & Roll scene as Mr. Laboe was and continues to hum along. I think you will be as surprised as I was at whom Art’s biggest fans are today.

Over the decades, Laboe has worked as concert promoter, helped produce new artists, and was one of the first people to sell compilation albums with his “Oldies But Goodies” series.

But on one station or another, Laboe has remained on the radio — and stayed with his listeners.

Among LA Latinos, Laboe An ‘Icon’

Somewhat surprisingly, this 88-year-old Armenian-American has his most ardent following among Latinos.

A group called the South El Monte Arts Posse has been gathering oral histories and photos of the city’s early rock ‘n’ roll scene and its connections in Mexican-American life. Laboe is part of that tradition.

Rubén Guevara, a 71-year-old musician, attended a recent event held by the Arts Posse. And he says Laboe has provided the soundtrack to a lot of life in Southern California.

Laboe played “music we fell in love to, got married to, raised kids with,” Guevara says. “And he became, you know, a really constant family member.”

Luie Delgado, 36, says that Laboe has listened, without judgment, to people of all backgrounds, “taking messages and names and names that were familiar, names that were even in Spanish.”

He says what makes Laboe’s show powerful, is “just knowing that you were being heard.”

 

Read more about Art Laboe here:
ArtLaboe.com
Oldies Country

The Hollywood Reporter
Forever Oldies

Related video:

If you’re willing to fight for Main Street America, click here to sign up for my free weekly email.

Related Posts

  • VIDEO: Rock n' Roll The Early Days
  • The Greatest Old-time Rock and Roll Musician
  • Dave Hammer’s Top 50 Rock and Roll Classics
  • Author
  • Recent Posts
Richard C. Young
Richard C. Young is the editor of Young's World Money Forecast, and a contributing editor to both Richardcyoung.com and Youngresearch.com.
Latest posts by Richard C. Young (see all)
  • Will Western Tanks Be a Game Changer in Ukraine? - January 26, 2023
  • Is Putin’s Meat Grinder Working? - January 26, 2023
  • Pat Buchanan Retires - January 25, 2023

Dick Young’s Must Reads

  • Sen. Hawley Makes the Case Against U.S.-China Relationship
  • Your Life on Main Street will Never be the Same
  • Joel Salatin and Alfie Oakes, America’s Food Kings
  • Boom—Your Life Changes
  • Why Black Lives Matter Needs to Be Shut Down
  • Who Is Alex Jones?
  • Can Curcumin Help in Fighting Cancer?
  • Globalism Has Made America Dependent on Foreign Countries
  • Your Cash Swept into Your Broker’s Bank Account!
  • Is Rutin Useful in Preventing Blood Clots?

Disclosure

RSS Youngresearch.com

  • 4 Life Changing Words for Your Survival Guy: “You Should Try This”
  • Suddenly, Holding Cash Looks Good Again to Many
  • Anti-Carbon Crusaders in Davos Talk ESG and OPM
  • Is Passive Investing Already Passé?
  • Welcome to Hotel California, Where You Can Never Leave
  • What You’re Telling Me Matters
  • Can Banks Compete with Apple Pay and PayPal?
  • America’s Super States and Stocks that Respect YOU
  • Markets Are Calling the Fed’s Bluff
  • Don’t Let Your Lazy Cash Eat all Your Food

RSS Yoursurvivalguy.com

  • 4 Life Changing Words for Your Survival Guy: “You Should Try This”
  • Anti-Carbon Crusaders in Davos Talk ESG and OPM
  • Welcome to Hotel California, Where You Can Never Leave
  • What You’re Telling Me Matters
  • The Rich Seek More from Bank Accounts
  • California’s Wealth Tax Will Drive Out Remaining Rich Residents
  • Political Establishment Irate over Conservative Challenges to ESG
  • Congratulations Mikaela Shiffrin on 83rd Win
  • America’s Super States and Stocks that Respect YOU
  • NYC Bleeding Revenue as Wealthiest Flee the City

Will Western Tanks Be a Game Changer in Ukraine?

The Power of Words

4 Life Changing Words for Your Survival Guy: “You Should Try This”

Is Putin’s Meat Grinder Working?

California Unions Could Spike the Slowly Recovering Supply Chain

Ukraine Filled with Russian Sympathizers and Collaborators

Copyright © 2023 | Terms & Conditions | About Us | Dick Young | Archives