Author Archives: Jeff Winfield

At 105.7 KOKZ we might be a little biased, but we think the music of the 70's and 80's is the best by far. And once again popular culture has proven our point. Thanks to the exposure on the new season...

Today would've been the 64th birthday of Prince Rogers Nelson born June 7th, 1958. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Prince became one of music's brightest stars selling 150 million records and releasin...

Lets get in the way back machine and go back to this week 35 years ago when this song was on the charts. Today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 is from Bruce Hornsby & The Range "Every Little Kiss". The son...

Just last week we heard the news of the passing of Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode at the far too young age of 60. Fletch was inspired by bands like The Cure, Kraftwerk, early Human League, and OMD. The...

All this week on the Forgotten 45 at 3:45, we are paying tribute to music stars who have recently passed away. Today we pay tribute to ZZ Top's Dusty Hill who passed away last summer at the age of 72....

All this week on the Forgotten 45 at 3:45 we're remembering music stars who have passed away in the past year. Today we remember Charlie Watts, the drummer of the Rolling Stones who passed away at the...

It is Memorial Day week and thanks to Leslie in Marion for the text suggestion to remember artists who have recently passed away this week on the Forgotten 45. Today's selection is from Meat Loaf who ...

As we head into the holiday weekend, I've plucked a song from Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's show tomorrow night from 9 to midnight. It's from Sting and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". It was ...

This Sunday morning from 8 to noon, Casey Kasem counts down the top 40 songs from May 30th, 1987. The countdown features two songs by Crowded House back to back. Their biggest hit "Don't Dream It's Ov...

Boz Scaggs is coming to Cedar Rapids August 26th to play a show at McGrath Amphitheatre with opening act The Robert Cray Band. It should be a great show on the banks of the Cedar River. For today's Fo...