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For those who aren't aware, Mike Waters suffered a heart attack back in December and has been undergoing cardiac rehab while still entertaining the listeners of KOKZ. Well on Monday afternoon, he had ...

Is a song truly "forgotten" if Mike "Dr. of Music Knowledge" Waters doesn't remember it? I found one he doesn't remember, but lets see if you do. We all remember Jay Ferguson's "Thunder Island" a #9 h...

I've often mentioned certain songs bring up "gravel road music" memories. One of those bands is Night Ranger. Back in the carefree college days of the early to mid 80's, great times! Today's Forgotten...

Another Thursday, another Throwback. This morning, as we headed back to the 70s at 7am and then the 80s at 8am, we were discussing the one thing you would bring back from the 70s or 80s. I got some gr...

At 105.7 KOKZ we might be a little biased, but we think the music of the 70's and 80's is the best by far. And once again popular culture has proven our point. Thanks to the exposure on the new season...

Today would've been the 64th birthday of Prince Rogers Nelson born June 7th, 1958. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Prince became one of music's brightest stars selling 150 million records and releasin...

Back in the 80s, we seemed to get most of our music in the form of Mtv...remember when the M stood for Music? We consumed so much of it that, even to this day when we hear a song like, Billie Jean or ...

Lets get in the way back machine and go back to this week 35 years ago when this song was on the charts. Today's Forgotten 45 at 3:45 is from Bruce Hornsby & The Range "Every Little Kiss". The son...

Just last week we heard the news of the passing of Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode at the far too young age of 60. Fletch was inspired by bands like The Cure, Kraftwerk, early Human League, and OMD. The...

All this week on the Forgotten 45 at 3:45, we are paying tribute to music stars who have recently passed away. Today we pay tribute to ZZ Top's Dusty Hill who passed away last summer at the age of 72....