With great sadness, Ottawa lost its only AM Oldies station today. Oldies 1310 fell victim to a format change that sees this city's radios take another hit where it hurts most - right in the oldies. Farwell Brother Bob in the mornings, goodbye Dick Maloney's Sentimental Journey on Sundays, thanks for the music trivia and giveaways Oldies Loyalty Club.
True, the station had broke from its once strict oldies only mandate, ditching much of the music from the 50s in favour of 60s, 70s and even early 80s in the last couple of years. Even so, the hits of yesterday still rang out loud and as clear as AM radio allowed them to be heard. Sadly, the hole in our city's music has gotten a little bigger. Although in some ways this hole can be filled with the 45 adaptors we have near our records, in other ways it kind of feels like things just won't spin as fast anymore when it comes to golden oldies.
| Don't You Worry Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - 45 - Fire |
| Little Egypt The Coasters - 45 - ATCO |
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't Buster Brown - 45 - GRT |
| I'm Blue The Ikettes - V/A - History of Rythm and Blues Volume 5 - 1961 - 62 - Atlantic |
| Mind In A Wirl Ike and Tina Turner - Hits - Unart |
| Hey Now Lesley Gore - Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows - Polygram |
| Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do To Me) Mary Wells - Hits - Motown |
| Pantomime Roy Orbison - Historia De La Musica Rock - London |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) Billy Preston - Organ Transplant - Pickwick / Capitol |
| Deep Purple Nino Tempo and April Stevens - 45 - ATCO |
| Game of Love Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - 45 - Fontana |
| The Rapper The Jaggerz - 45 - Kama Sutra |
| Ahhh! Soul! The Fireballs - 45 - Quality |
| Honey Machine Three's A Crowd - 45 - Epic 
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| Are You A Boy or Are You A Girl? The Barbarians - 45 - Laurie |
| Hot Sand Shocking Blue - 45 - Colossus |
| Uh Uh Uh Associated Soul Group - Top Hits Of Today - Contessa |
| Noir ces noir Jenny Rock - V/A - Graffiti Kebec - MCA
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| Treat Her Like A Lady Cornelius Bros & Sister Rose - 45 - United Artists |
| Green Onions Paraffin Jack Flash Limited - Movers 'N' Groovers - PYE |
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