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Golden Gems

A review of the life and career of great entertainers from the Golden Days of Radio.

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    Michael Buble

    Michael Buble is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

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    Miles Davis

    Miles Dewey III was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer.

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    Annie Get Your Gun

    "Annie Get Your Gun" is a 1946 musical fictional version of the life of Annie Oakley.

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    Andre Rieu

    Andre Leon Marie Nicolas Rieu is a Dutch violinist and conductor.

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    Lovin' Spoonful

    The Lovin' Spoonful is an American folk-rock band formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1964. It became one of the most popular groups in the USin the mid-1960's.

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    Jo Stafford

    Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American traditional pop singer popular from the late 1930's to the early 1980's.

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    Dinah Washington

    Dinah Washington was a popular Black singer and pianist on the 1950's.

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    Aretha Franklin

    Aretha Louise Franklin, born on March 25,1942, was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

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    Billie Holiday

    Billie Holiday was an American Jazz and Swing music singer.

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    Regina Belle

    Regina Belle is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980's.

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    Tommy Edwards

    Thomas Jefferson Edwards was an American singer and songwriter whose most successful record was "It's All in the Game".

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    Billy Joel

    William Martin Joel, born on May 9,1949, is an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

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    Patti LaBelle

    Patricia Louise Holte, professionally known as Patti LaBelle, is an American singer and actress. She has often been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul."

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    St. Patrick's Day

    A special episode honoring the history and celebration of the Irish holiday of St. Patrick's Day.

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    Al Jolson

    Al Jolson, born Asa Yoelson, was an American singer, comedian, actor and vaudevillian.

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    Taylor Dayne

    Taylor Dayne was born Leslie Wunderman on March 7, 1962. She is an American singer who rose to fame when her first two albums were both certified 2xPlatinum by the RIAA.

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    Richard Clayderman

    Richard Clayderman, born on December 28, 1953 in Paris, France, is a French easy-listening pianist.

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    Don McLean

    Donald McLean III is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born on October 2, 1945. He is known as "The American Troubadour".

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    Rita Coolidge

    Rita Coolidge is an American recording artist with songs on multiple Billboard charts during the 1970's and 1980's.

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    Hank Williams Jr.

    Randall Hank Williams, known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician whose style is a blend of rock, blues, and country.

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    Bye Bye Birdie

    Bye Bye Birdie is a 1963 American musical romantic comedy film from a screenplay by Irving Brecher, based on a 1960 book of the same name.

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    Ray Charles

    Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, regarded as one of the most influential musicians in history.

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    Dan Fogelberg

    Daniel Grayling Fogelberg was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist widely known for his 1970's and 1980's soft Rock hits.

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    Elton John

    Sir Elton Hercules John is a British singer, songwriter and pianist who has sold over 300 Million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

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    "Annie"

    Annie is a musical based on the 1924 comic strip "Little Orphan Annie", which in turn was inspired by the poem "Little Orphan Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley.

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    2025 Christmas #4

    This is the fourth and last episode of Christmas for this year. We wish a Merry Christmas to all.

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    2025 Christmas #3

    Episode #3 of 2025 favorite Christmas hymns and carols .

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    Christmas #2 2025

    The second episode of Christmas favorites of 2025

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    2025 Christmas #1

    The first episode of the history of this year's Christmas hymns and carols played on GoldenGems.net.

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    Jim Reeves

    Jim Reeves was an American singer, songwriter and musician and one of the pioneers of the Nashville sound.

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    Bonnie Raitt

    Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.

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    The Supremes

    The Supremes were an American girl group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1959 and were the most commercially successful of the Motown groups.

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    Kiss Me Kate

    Kiss Me Kate is a musical with lyrics and music by Cole Porter.

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    Halloween

    A departure from our regular format for a celebration of all the ghosts, goblins, ghouls and spooks that make up a celebration of Halloween.

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    Brenda Lee

    Brenda Mae Tarpley, known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer primarily performing rockabilly, pop, country and Christmas music.

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    Kitty Kallen

    Kitty Kallen was an American singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1930s.

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    Kool and the Gang

    Kool and the Gang is an American R&B, Soul, and funk band popular in the 1960s.

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    Gloria Estefan

    Gloria Maria Milagrosa Estefan is an American singer, actress, and businesswoman, and an eight-time Grammy Award winner.

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    The Ray Charles Singers

    Ray Charles Singers were an easy-listening vocal group popular diring the 1950's and 60s's.

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    Dottie West

    Dottie West, born Dorothy Marie Marsh, was an American country singer and songwriter.

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    Antonio Carlos Jobim

    Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger and singer, and considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music.

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    Harry Connick Jr

    Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host.

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    Matt Monro

    Matt Monro was an English singer , and known as "The Man with the Golden Voice".

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    Paul Desmond

    Paul Desmond was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and a proponent of cool jazz.

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    The Beach Boys

    The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in the 1960's. Their unique sound made them one of the most influential acts of the rock era.

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    Amy Grant

    Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is often referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop".

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    The Coasters

    The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group popular in the late 1950's.

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    The Sandpipers

    The Sandpipers were an American easy-listening trio who carved a niche in 1960's folk rock with their vocals and innovative arrangements of international ballads and pop standards.

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    Whitney Houston

    Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress and film producer and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

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    The Manhattan Transfer

    The Manhattan Transfer was an American vocal group popular in the 1970's who performed music in a variety of genres.

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