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26/05/2026

Today’s Big 8 Music Datebook May 26:
People born on this day were singer/actor Al Jolson (The Jazz Singer) in 1886
Peggy Lee (“Is That All There Is”) in 1920
Jazz great Miles Davis in 1926
The Band/The Hawks drummer Levon Helm (“The Weight”) in 1940
Guess Who drummer Garry Peterson in 1945
Spiders from Mars guitarist/producer/songwriter/arranger Mick Ronson in 1946
Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac (“Dreams”) in 1948
Hank Williams, Jr. in 1949
***People we lost on this day were country singer Jimmie Rodgers in 1933
Little Willie John (“Fever”) in 1968
William Powell, Jr. of the O'Jays in 1977
TV theme composer Earle Hagen (Dick Van D**e Show, I Spy) in 2008
Yes/Plastic Ono Band drummer Alan White and keyboardist Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode in 2022
Meco [Domenico Monardo], American musician and record producer (Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk) in 2023
Rick Derringer [Zehringer], guitarist, songwriter (The McCoys - "Hang On Sloopy"; solo - "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo"), and producer (Edgar Winter; Johnny Winter; Weird Al Yankovic) in 2025

26/05/2026

Paying tribute to the late Tom Shannon who passed away 5 years ago today. "The sun never sets on the Shannon Empire!"

25/05/2026

Today’s Big 8 Music Datebook May 25:
It's May 25th, and those born on this day were dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in 1878
Legendary lyricist Hal David, and singer Kitty Kallen (“Little Things Mean a Lot”) in 1921
Music producer Norman Petty (Buddy Holly) in 1927
Donnie Elbert - singer (“Where Did Our Love Go”), songwriter (“Open The Door To Your Heart” – “Shame, Shame, Shame”) and country singer Tom T. Hall (“I Love”) songwriter – (“Harper Valley PTA”) in 1936
Michigan-born rockabilly singer Johnny Powers in 1938
Jessi Colter (“I'm Not Lisa”) in 1943
Mitch Margo of the Tokens in 1947
5 Stairsteps lead singer Clarence Burke (“Ooh Child”) in 1949
***People we lost on this day were "Happy Birthday" songwriter Patty Hill in 1946
Blues harmonica man Sonny Boy Williamson in 1965
Roy Brown (“Good Rockin' Tonight”) in 1981
Italian-born guitarist/songwriter/producer Domenic Troiano (Mandala / Bush / Guess Who / James Gang) in 2005
Desmond Dekker (“Israelites”) in 2006
Bill Haley bassist Marshall Lytle in 2013
Rusty Warren in 2021
Richard Sherman, Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer and lyricist, with his brother Robert (Mary Poppins; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; "It's a Small World (After All)") in 2024

A quick reminder to EMAIL your song request in to big8radio@gmail.com before Thursday to get it played on the next Frida...

25/05/2026

A quick reminder to EMAIL your song request in to [email protected] before Thursday to get it played on the next Friday Request Show. 50's, 60's or 70's hit songs all qualify (Top 100 charted)
Catch you Friday at Noon & 7pm eastern time / again Sunday at Noon eastern streaming at www.big8radio.com

24/05/2026

This week's Top 10 at 10 Show is from May 7, 1968. It's the chart hits from CKLW Big 30 Chart issue #58! See you Tuesday at 10am/10pm for this encore presentation.
Streaming at www.big8radio.com

23/05/2026

The music datebook returns on Monday.
Meantime let's wish Happy Birthday to one of the stellar stars of the CKLW 20/20 Newsroom: Randall Carlisle.
Have a great one buddy!

22/05/2026

Today’s Big 8 Music Datebook May 22
Folks born on this day were: French singer Charles Aznavour in 1924
Roscoe Robinson (“That's Enough”) in 1928
Kenny Ball (“Midnight In Moscow”) in 1930
Composer Peter Nero (“Summer of '42”) in 1934
Calvin Simon of the Parliaments/Funkadelic in 1942
Lyricist Bernie Taupin (“Your Song”) in 1950
***People we lost on this day were Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger in 2005.
Jack Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, fiddler (The Beatles - "Don't Pass Me By"), and concert promoter in 2006
(Granville) "Mickey" Roker, jazz drummer (Art Farmer; Milt Jackson; Dizzy Gillespie) in 2017
James Lowe, psychedelic rock guitarist, singer (The Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"), record producer, and industrial filmmaker in 2025

21/05/2026

Today’s Big 8 Music Datebook May 21:
Folks born on this day were jazz piano man Fats Waller (“Ain't Misbehavin'”) in 1904
Singer Dennis Day in 1916
British singer Tony Sheridan (“My Bonnie” with The Beatles) in 1940
Isley Brothers lead singer Ronald Isley in 1941
Original Animals guitarist Hilton Valentine in 1943
Marcie Blane (“Bobby's Girl”) and singer Blinky in 1944
Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin / Chicago 1981-2009) in 1947
Leo Sayer in 1948
Terry Knight & Pack lead guitarist Curt Johnson in 1949
Roger Hodgson of Supertramp in 1950
Detroiter Carl Carlton (“Competition Ain't Nothin’”) in 1952
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch in 1955.
***People we lost on this day were big band-era singer Vaughn Monroe (“Ballerina”, “Ghost Riders In the Sky”) in 1973
Country singer Billy Walker in 2006
Bassist Trevor Bolder of Uriah Heep / David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars in 2013
Brothers Johnson bassist Louis Johnson in 2015
The inventor of the guitar 'fuzz tone', Glenn Snoody in 2018
Ed Ames [Edmund Dantes Urick], American popular singer (Ames Brothers - "My Cup Runneth Over"), and actor (Daniel Boone - "Mingo") in 2023

20/05/2026

Today’s Big Music Datebook May 20:
Folks born on this day were Emile Berliner, inventor of the Gramophone, today's modern phonograph in 1841
Shorty Long (“Function at the Junction”) in 1940
Jill Jackson of Paul & Paula (“Hey Paula”) in 1942
Joe Cocker (“Delta lady”) in 1944
Cher in 1946
Detroit-born jazz percussionist Bill Summers in 1948
Saginaw-born singer Roy Tyson (“Oh What a Night for Love”) in 1950
Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills in 1959
***People we lost on this day were Drifters co-lead singer Rudy Lewis (“Up On the Roof”, ”On Broadway”) in 1964
Los Bravos keyboardist Manuel Fernandez (“Black Is Black”) in 1967
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees in 2012
Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek in 2013
Muscle Shoals/Swampers session drummer Roger Hawkins in 2021.

20/05/2026

A hearty congratulations to former Big 8 DJ Charlie Van D**e. A career filled with stops at the biggest stations coast to coast and heard on hundred of stations doing imaging. We are happy Charlie's voice is heard here on big8radio!

19/05/2026

Today’s Big 8 Music Datebook May 19
Folks born on this day were singer/songwriter Mickey Newberry in 1940
Pete Townshend of The Who in 1945
T. Rex bassist Steve Currie in 1947
Jazz sax player and Blues Brothers member Tom Scott, and singer/actress Grace Jones in 1948
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill in 1949
Joey Ramone in 1951
Barbara Lomas of B.T. Express in 1952
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd in 1954
Human League synth player, Martyn Ware in 1956
***People we lost on this day were jazz sax great Coleman Hawkins in 1969
Odia Coates (“Having My Baby”) in 1991
Freddie & Dreamers front man Freddie Garrity (“Do The Freddie”; “I'm Telling You Now”) in 2006
Songwriter/producer and the man who discovered Gary U.S. Bonds, Frank Guida in 2007
Madonna producer Reggie Lucas in 2018
Joey Cathcart, American rock guitarist (Nelson) in 2021
Pete Brown, British musician and lyricist (Cream/Jack Bruce - "I Feel Free"; "White Room"; "Sunshine of Your Love") and Andy Rourke British rock bassist (The Smiths) in 2023

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