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 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
His grin while performing another oldie, That Sound, is as wide as the river Tyne before a third stoppage threatens to really derail the momentum of the gig.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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
"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
But in L.A., none is so iconic as the giant looming penguin that signifies milkshakes, burgers, oldies playlists and sheer Americana at the end of the road.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 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
Shadow tuned the radio to an oldies station, and listened to songs that were current before he was born.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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