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Here's an amazing 40 year span! 1985: "The Lost 45s" First Top 100 headline in The Boston Globe! 2024: Our 40th/Final Top 100 -- Don't worry the show isn't going anywhere! *Listen to the Top 100 ad free 24/7 at lost45.com (*Right click to open/enlarge)
by Gary Trust | An era of tight playlists leaves little room for thousands of hit songs not regularly programmed on classic hits or oldies radio stations. Still, Barry Scott has fashioned an enviably fortuitous career as host of "The Lost 45s," airing "records you never thought you'd hear again," many top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits from the mid-'60s through the '80s that have failed to live on in […]
Barry Scott and his “Lost 45s” Set Standard for Dedication, Longevity and Historical Pop Fundamentalism By Mike Kinosian RadioInfo Managing Editor/West Coast Bureau Chief LOS ANGELES — Universally attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius, there is marvelous credence to the adage, “Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.” Highly engaging, tireless, self-described radio “geek” Barry Scott is among the fortunate attaining such […]
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Listen to the first two parts of my recent guest appearance on the Aircheck podcast now! "Barry also tells us how the "The Lost 45s' show is produced with his thousands of audio clips and train wreck segues. We hear some of his many interviews including Beach Boy Brian Wilson and Cher. Plus how his conversation with Smokey Robinson landed him a call from Aretha Franklin and almost […]
My Appointment (Listening) Book Through The Years This essay, My Appointment (Listening) Book Through The Years, was written by Sean Ross for Radio-Info.com An Instant Request from Ron Gerber. He asks about “favorite music specialty shows of all time. I’d like to hear your thoughts on ‘American Top 40’ and its mid-’80s imitators (Rick Dees, Scott Shannon, ‘Countdown America’), Barry Scott’s ‘Lost 45s,’ Dick Bartley and Cindy Barton’s shows, ‘Open […]
Terrestrial radio may be in a crisis. MP3 technology has saturated our lives, and Satellite radio has begun its quest to do to terrestrial stations what cable has threatened to network TV. Ironically, the future of terrestrial radio may lie in its past. What could save radio as a viable medium is for it to give to its audience what they can’t get anywhere else: #1 hit music that is […]