Send me a love song: How L.A. became hopelessly devoted to radio dedication shows
Even in the age of Spotify, when you dedicate a song on the radio, 'you’re letting the world know you love somebody.'
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Even in the age of Spotify, when you dedicate a song on the radio, 'you’re letting the world know you love somebody.'
In Los Angeles, compilations are windows into the Latinx music landscape, spanning rock, punk, disco and soul, genres and cultures that have often been marginalized or ignored in mainstream media.
Share This: (l. to r.): Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson February 3, 2021, marks the 62nd anniversary of the tragic airplane crash that subsequently became known as “The Day the Music Died,” sadly referenced in Don McLean’s 1971 song, “American Pie.” Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, aka The Big Bopper, died along with pilot Roger Peterson. After a February 2, 1959, “Winter Dance Party” show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly, Valens and Richardson took off from the Mason City, Iowa, airport, in a three-passenger plane that Holly chart...