Author Archives: Jeff Winfield

It's finally Friday! Today's Forgotten 45 is from a long mental playlist I call "Gravel Road Music" back in the day when I was cruising the backroads of Washington & Johnson Counties as a Mid-Prai...

This Saturday's American Top 40 the 70's will be a 4 hour countdown from 8 to noon as Casey Kasem counts them down from this week in 1979. Today's Forgotten 45 will be on the show, the Talking Heads a...

A couple of KOKZ powerhouse bands are joining up for 40 concert dates in 2022. Journey & Toto have teamed up for the Freedom Tour, that starts on February 22nd in Pittsburgh and ends in May in Har...

Well Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning which means 6 more weeks of winter. But on this Groundhog Day, we remember the 1993 classic movie of the same name. Bill Murray starred as Phil Conno...

This years nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have a strong KOKZ flavor! Pat Benatar, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Lionel Richie, Devo, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick and Dolly Parton are among th...

The movie "Footloose" was released on this date in 1984. The movie starred Kevin Bacon. The movie had mixed reviews but was a box office hit grossing over $80 million dollars worldwide. The soundtrack...

Today's Forgotten 45 was the #1 song on this date in 1976 "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players. Now this was a time before the internet, but there's been an urban myth surrounding this song for de...

We go back to this week in 1987 for this track from Journey that was on their "Raised On Radio" album, their 9th. "I'll Be Alright Without You" peaked on the chart at #14 and became their 17th Top 40 ...

We go back to 1976 today for a song that will appear again on Classic American Top 40 this Saturday morning from 9 to noon. Today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 is "Squeeze Box" by The Who! The song was origi...

Yes we're Iowa's Classic Hits, but it's still cool when our favorite artists release new music! Bryan Adams has released "Never Gonna Rain" the third song off his forthcoming album, So Happy It Hurts....