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This Sunday morning at 8 105.7 KOKZ brings you another classic American Top 40 show from the 80's! Casey Kasem takes us back to June 15th, 1985 it's where I found today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from Pau...

Can you believe it's been 37 years since the debut of Tom Hanks movie "Big"? It hit theaters on June 3rd, 1988 so for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 we go back to '88 for Michael Jackson and "Dirty Dian...

To kick off the first week of June and today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45, we go back to the charts on June 2nd, 1984 for Shalamar with "Dancing in the Sheets". The band with it's various members was starte...

Welcome to the Friday Forgotten 45 at 3:45! Once again Iowa is being impacted by wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, leading to large amounts of smoke entering the lower levels of the atmosphere a...

It was on this date May 29th, 1984 that Tina Turner's big comeback album "Private Dancer" was released, so for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from that album it's "Better Be Good to Me". "Private Dancer...

On Monday, Rick Derringer passed away in Florida at the age of 77. For today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 we play a song that earned him his only Grammy Award, from Weird Al Yankovic it's "Eat It". Rick Der...

For today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 we celebrate the 67th birthday of Neil Finn, the lead singer of Crowded House with their 1987 hit "Something So Strong". The band out of Australia and New Zealand was ...

Since Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of Summer, today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 was named at the #1 Summer song by Rolling Stone magazine a couple of years ago. From Chic it's "Good Times"!...

This Sunday morning at 8 on American Top 40 the 80's, Casey Kasem features the top songs from May 29th, 1982. It's where I found today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from Loverboy with "When It's Over". The C...

Yesterday I mentioned there was a new poll in England asking what were the greatest sing-a-long songs of all-time? So for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 it's a group that had two of the top 5 songs in t...