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
Also in this year's mix are Brenda Lee's golden oldie Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and the latest incarnation of Band Aid.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
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
So he can always fill in the blank with an oldie but goodie: “The state of Seattle is … not my fault.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
An oldie but goodie, first played more than 3,400 years ago.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
As more listeners get their kicks from oldies, vintage hits have infiltrated Spotify’s chart in greater numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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
As with his later books, “The Old Barrio Guide” made it clear that most of the oldies beloved in his community came from African American artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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
She turns the car radio up crazy loud to an oldies station, and we groove to that, singing all out all the way to the mall.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
