oldie
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Yet the 76-year-old singer and songwriter remains a much-talked-about pop-culture fixture, not least on TikTok, where his oldie “Zanzibar” never seems far from cropping up on one’s scroll.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
The Beatles are another oldie but goldie band nominated.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
The PA played an oldie: “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” while the ice crew picked up the hats.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
It's an oldie but a goodie, I guess.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023
For surprise No. 2, Swift pulled out the oldest oldie of the night, dipping into her self-titled 2006 debut for the only time this weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
"It wasn't just the oldies who knew it the first time around. It's a classic song - it was really lovely hearing kids singing along with it."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
"We're a bunch of oldies, but everyone gets stressed, everyone suffers loss and gets sad, everyone's happy, everyone has people in their life they love and people who annoy them," Forte said.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The band got to work at Brother recording “15 Big Ones,” which featured a mix of Wilson originals and covers of oldies like “Chapel of Love” and “Blueberry Hill.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
His longtime current set list features mostly newish songs and only a handful of oldies, none of which are the very greatest hits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
He had turned the radio to an oldies station, and he sang along with a song I’d never heard.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
