He spent 79 years on the radio, promoted shows and put popular songs together for compilation albums. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Art Laboe, the DJ and music promoter who spent 79 continuous years on ...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Art Laboe gets ready for his call-in dedication radio show in the KDAY studios in Palm Springs in 2015. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles ...
LOS ANGELES – On any given night of the week, the resonant and assuasive voice of syndicated radio personality Art Laboe can be heard graciously acknowledging the love, memories and heartbreak of his ...
Art Laboe, the pioneering DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said Joanna Morones, a spokesperson ...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Art Laboe, the pioneering DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97. Laboe died Friday night after catching pneumonia, said Joanna ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Art Laboe, the pioneering radio DJ who read heartfelt song dedications to generations of loyal listeners and was credited with helping end segregation in Southern California during ...
When Art Laboe was a child, his mother couldn’t pull him away from the radio. “I listened to soap operas. I listened to news. I listened to all the announcements,” he told The Times in 2009. “I was ...