On Saturday, the Mansfield Senior Center Association transported partygoers back to the 50s with their “Oldies But Goodies Dance.” The vintage 50s theme of the dance had people dancing all night long ...

Art Laboe, DJ Known for Playing “Oldies but Goodies,” Dies at 97. He spent 79 years on the radio, promoted shows and put popular songs together for compilation albums.

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.

Art Laboe, a revered Los Angeles radio mainstay for more than half a century who delighted local fans and a syndicated audience by playing those "oldies but goodies," has died. He was 97.