Oldies
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Oldies is a generic term commonly used in the United States and Canada to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on popular Top 40 music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres. Country music, jazz, classical music, and other formats are generally not considered Oldies music. Occasionally the term is used to describe the rare station that includes '40s music as well.
This format is sometimes called Golden Oldies, though this term usually refers to music exclusively from the 1950s and early 1960s. Oldies radio typically features artists such as Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, and Sam Cooke; as well as such musical movements and genres as doo-wop, soul music, Motown, the British Invasion, early girl groups, surf music, and bubblegum pop.
Oldies has some overlap with the classic rock format, which concentrates on the rock music of the late-1960s and 1970s and also plays newer material made in the same style. As the population ages, the Golden Oldies format is steadily being replaced by stations that play more classic rock and other music from the 1970s and even 1980s.
Classic Hits format
A variation on the classic rock theme is classic hits, which provides most of the playlist of classic rock with an addition of contemporaneous R&B and pop hits as well, striking a balance between the mostly '70s-focused classic rock genre and the more broad-based oldies format.Influential Artists of Oldies Music
10ccABBA
Al Green
Amazing Rhythm Aces
America
Aretha Franklin
Argent
Arlo Guthrie
Art Bell and his Bellboys
Arthur Lyman
B.B. King
Barry Manilow
Barry McGuire
Bay City Rollers
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Billy Joel
Bing Crosby
Black Oak Arkansas
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blue Cheer
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Dylan
Bob Seger
Bobby Darin
Booker T. & the MG's
Boston
Bread
Bryan Adams
Buck Owens
Buffalo Springfield
Burl Ives
Canned Heat
Cat Stevens
Chad and Jeremy
Chaka Khan
Chicago
Chubby Checker
Chuck Berry
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Dave Clark Five
Dave Davies
David Bowie
Dean Martin
Deep Purple
Diana Ross
Dire Straits
Dobie Gray
Donna Summer
Donovan
Doobie Brothers
Duprees
Earth, Wind, & Fire
Eddie Cochran
Edison Lighthouse
Edwin Starr
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Eric Burdon/The Animals
Eric Clapton
Etta James
Fats Domino
Fifth Dimension
Fleetwood Mac
Floyd Cramer
Foghat
Fontella Bass
Frank Sinatra
Frank Zappa
Frankie Avalon
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Frankie Valli
Freddy Fender
Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Gerry & the Pacemakers
Glen Campbell
Golden Earring
Gordon Lightfoot
Grand Funk Railroad
Grateful Dead
Hall and Oates
Harry Belafonte
Herman's Hermits
Ike & Tina Turner
Isaac Hayes
Jackson 5
Jackson Browne
James Brown
James Taylor
Janis Joplin
Jay & The Techniques
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
Jo Jo Gunne
Joan Baez
John Denver
John Lennon
Johnny Ace
Johnny Horton
Johnny Mathis
Journey
KC & the Sunshine Band
Kenny Rogers
Kingston Trio
Kool & The Gang
Led Zeppelin
Little Richard
Lobo
Lou Reed
Louis Armstrong
Love
Marianne Faithfull
Martha & The Vandellas
Marty Robbins
Meat Loaf
Mick Jagger
Nancy Sinatra
Neil Diamond
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Otis Redding
Pat Boone
Patti Labelle
Paul Anka
Paul McCartney
Paul Revere & The Raiders
Paul Simon
Percy Sledge
Perry Como
Pete Best
Peter Frampton
Peter, Paul, & Mary
Petula Clark
Pink Floyd
Procol Harum
Queen
Quincy Jones
REO Speedwagon
Richie Havens
Rick Nelson
Rod Stewart
Roger Daltrey
Roger McGuinn
Roy Orbison
Rush
Sam & Dave
Sam Cooke
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Simon & Garfunkel
Sir Douglas Quintet
Sly & The Family Stone
Small Faces
Smokey Robinson
Sonny & Cher
Spencer Davis Group
Status Quo
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Stevie Wonder
Styx
Supertramp
Ted Nugent
The Archies
The Association
The Band
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees
The Big Bopper
The Byrds
The Carpenters
The Coasters
The Doors
The Drifters
The Eagles
The Everly Brothers
The Four Aces
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
The Grass Roots
The Guess Who
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Kinks
The Knack
The Left Banke
The Lovin' Spoonful
The Mamas & The Papas
The Marvelettes
The McCoys
The Monkees
The Moody Blues
The Osmonds
The Partridge Family
The Platters
The Police
The Rascals
The Righteous Brothers
The Rolling Stones
The Supremes
The Surfaris
The Temptations
The Turtles
The Velvet Underground
The Who
The Yardbirds
The Zombies
Three Dog Night
Tom Jones
Traffic
Uriah Heep
War
Wayne Newton
Wilson Pickett
External links
- [Super Oldies] - 24/7 oldies (1955-1959) free internet station
- [Oldies Music] - Definitions And History
- [Party Radio] - Internet radio station which streams Oldies.
- [Radio Bop] - Internet radio station which streams Oldies from 1954 though 1965.
- [MajikRadio.com] Adult Contemporary/Oldies internet radio featuring popular soft rock, mellow pop and R&B hits from the past four decades, as well as today.
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