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Welcome to the first Forgotten 45 of February! Today's choice was on the charts this week in 1985, 40 years ago from John Parr it's "Naughty Naughty". The English singer is best known for his second h...

Friday's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 is a song you can hear again on Absolutely 80's with Nina Blackwood Saturday night from 9 to midnight on 105.7 KOKZ. From Donnie Iris it's "Ah Leah". The former member of...

This Sunday from 8 to noon on American Top 40 the 80's, Casey Kasem counts down the top songs from February 1st, 1986 and a superstar who is coming to Eastern Iowa has today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45, it...

This Saturday morning on American Top 40 the 70's we have a four hour show for you from February 3rd, 1979. One of the songs you'll hear on the countdown is today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from Foreigner...

It was 40 years ago today that celebrities gathered in Hollywood to record what would become one of the best selling singles of all-time, "We Are the World" by USA for Africa. Inspired by Band Aid's "...

105.7 KOKZ welcomes Kansas and .38 Special to McGrath Amphitheatre in Cedar Rapids on Sunday, July 13th. So for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45, we go back to this week in 1984 for 38 Special and "If I'd...

This Sunday afternoon at 4 on Retro Pop Reunion, Joe Cortese features 4 hours of the greatest hits of the video music era and will feature Lost 90's tunes. One of those songs is today's Forgotten 45 a...

Every Saturday night from 9 to midnight, 105.7 KOKZ throws a party with Absolutely 80's with MTV's Nina Blackwood! This weekend her Total Recall Top 5 is from this week in 1986, and today's Forgotten ...

This Sunday on American Top 40 the 80's, Casey Kasem features the top songs from January 28th, 1984! One of the great songs you'll hear on the show is today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 from Kool & the ...

Today we wish Billy Ocean a very happy 75th birthday! In celebration for today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45, we go back to late 1984, early 1985 for his song "Loverboy". Leslie Sebastian Charles was born on...