Art Laboe, the pioneering DJ credited with helping end segregation in Southern California, has died. He was 97.
DJ Art Laboe sits in his studio and talks about his 75 years in the radio business in 2018, in Palm Springs, Calif. Laboe, a pioneering disc jockey who hosted a syndicated oldies show for decades, died on Friday.
Laboe is also credited with coining the"oldies, but goodies" phrase. In 1957, he started Original Sound Record, Inc. and in 1958, released the compilation album"Oldies But Goodies: Vol. 1," which stayed on the Billboard's Top 100 chart for 183 weeks. He often told a story about a woman who came by the studio so her toddler could tell her father, who was serving time for a violent crime,"Daddy, I love you."
Born Arthur Egnoian in Salt Lake City to an Armenian-American family, Laboe grew up during the Great Depression in a Mormon household run by a single mom. His sister sent him his first radio when he was 8 years old. The voices and stories that came from it enveloped him.He moved to California, attended Stanford University and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
The scene that Laboe helped cultivate in California became of the nation's most diverse. Places such as the El Monte's American Legion Stadium played much of the music Laboe aired on his radio show, giving birth to a new youth subculture. Lalo Alcaraz, a syndicated cartoonist and television writer who grew up listening to Art Laboe in San Diego, said the DJ maintained a strong following among Mexican Americans for generations because he always played Latino, white and Black artists together on his shows. Laboe also didn't appear to judge his listeners who asked for dedications for loved ones in prison, Alcaraz said.
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