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We go back to the early 80's for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from Peoria, Illinois native Dan Fogelberg and his top ten hit "Leader of the Band". The song was a tribute to his father Lawrence, a musi...

I figured since Waters theme on Tunesday was break-up songs and this song was was starting a three week run at #1 on this date in 1976, today's Forgotten 45 is from Paul Simon "50 Ways To Leave Your L...

I'm a 100% die-hard Hawkeye fan, I bleed black and gold. It saddened me to hear of the passing of long-time TV & radio voice of the Hawkeyes Mac McCausland at the age of 75 at his home in Las Vega...

I thought since we are celebrating, Love this Monday, Valentine's Day we could go the other direction for TuNesDay and talk, Breakup Tunes. As always, you gave me some good ones.

Today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 was the #1 song on this date back in 1970. It's from the Dutch band Shocking Blue who hit the top of the charts with "Venus". The song was originally released in the Nethe...

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...