Author Archives: Jeff Winfield

Of course George Michael was the "voice" of the duo of Wham, but lets not forget Andrew Ridgely who celebrates his 59th birthday tomorrow. Today's Forgotten 45 is "Freedom" by Wham, a song that reache...

There have been many tributes to Meat Loaf who passed away last week at the age of 74, but this one is really unique. The Queens Guard Marching Band at Buckingham Palace in England performed "I Would ...

It still saddens me when I think of what might have been with John Belushi who died of a drug overdose 40 years ago. In his 33 years, he certainly left a mark on the entertainment world, starting with...

Best known for their monster hit Don't You (Forget About Me), the Scottish band Simple Minds followed up with today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 "Alive and Kicking". The song reached number 3 on the Billboa...

Today's Forgotten 45 is from Billy Ocean. Billy was born in Trinidad and raised in England. He had 12 Top 40 hits during his career, including today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45, "Loverboy" which hit #2 bac...

It's National Disc Jockey Day and 105.7 KOKZ has been blessed with many great talents over the years and this morning in my check-in with Mike Waters, he tells the story of the time he was a human pia...

Today's Forgotten 45 is a song that will appear on American Top 40 the 70's this Saturday. It's Randy Newman's "Short People". The verses and chorus are lyrically constructed as a prejudiced attack on...

We are looking forward to Hairball in concert this Saturday night at 7 as they rock the Hippodrome on the National Cattle Congress Fairgrounds in Waterloo! It's an evening of bombastic rock paying hom...

Today is the 6th anniversary of the death of Glenn Frey, who sadly passed away on this date in 2016. Glenn of course is best known for his work with a little band called The Eagles where Glenn sang cl...

It's safe to say that 20 year old me had a huge crush on Terri Nunn, the lead singer of Berlin. Today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 is from the band, that like most in the 80's reached higher levels of fame ...