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All this week on the Forgotten 45 at 3:45 we're remembering music stars who have passed away in the past year. Today we remember Charlie Watts, the drummer of the Rolling Stones who passed away at the...

It is Memorial Day week and thanks to Leslie in Marion for the text suggestion to remember artists who have recently passed away this week on the Forgotten 45. Today's selection is from Meat Loaf who ...

There's something fun about one hit wonders, even though these poor artists struggled for years to make it, until burning out after one song. Oh well, let's go to the phones!

Last year was my first for the 4th Street Cruise, and I didn't think it could get better. I was wrong. Yesterday's 40th On 4th was a blast and a half. I met so many more listeners...of all ages! Rylin...

As we head into the holiday weekend, I've plucked a song from Nina Blackwood's Absolutely 80's show tomorrow night from 9 to midnight. It's from Sting and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". It was ...

This Sunday morning from 8 to noon, Casey Kasem counts down the top 40 songs from May 30th, 1987. The countdown features two songs by Crowded House back to back. Their biggest hit "Don't Dream It's Ov...

It's Paper Airplane Day! Remember the simple craft of making a paper airplane and the thrill you'd get if it actually flew? When we were growing up, it was so easy to find entertainment. We were creat...

Boz Scaggs is coming to Cedar Rapids August 26th to play a show at McGrath Amphitheatre with opening act The Robert Cray Band. It should be a great show on the banks of the Cedar River. For today's Fo...

Happy 78th Birthday to Patti LaBelle born Patricia Louise Holt on this date in 1944. She began her career in the early 60's as the lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells. In 1970 they shortene...

Today we remember Robert Moog who was born on this date in 1934. Who was Robert Moog? He was the pioneer of electronic music, an engineering physicist who invented the first commercial synthesizer kno...