WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Jim Croce’s son, A.J. Croce, who honors his father with “Croce Plays Croce” this Sunday at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. He discusses his father’s biggest hits, including “Time in a Bottle,” which was written for A.J. when he was still in the womb.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold, who brings the band’s 20th anniversary tour to Baltimore’s MECU Pavilion on Aug. 20. They discuss the band’s biggest hits from “Kryptonite” to “Here Without You.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Air Supply co-founder Graham Russell as the band plays The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia this Friday. They discuss the Australian duo’s biggest hits from “All Out of Love” to “Making Love Out of Nothing At All.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with blues-rocker George Thorogood, who brings his Delaware Destroyers to Wolf Trap on Aug. 12.
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Dan Shelley, Executive Director and COO at the RTDNA, joins JJ as guest-host. They talk to Professor Robert Papper, from Syracuse University, about the overall trends, why television is making progress, but radio lags behind in diversity among staff and management. Follow us on Twitter @podcastcolors.
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with legendary crooner Paul Anka, who celebrates his 80th birthday today! They talk about his biggest hits from “Puppy Love” to “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” as well as writing “My Way” for Frank Sinatra and being a father-in-law to Jason Bateman.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with comedy icon Dave Chappelle, who reopens The Anthem tomorrow with a surprise show in his hometown of Washington D.C. Jason spoke with Dave on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center’s 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, along with special guests Kenan Thompson (“SNL”) and Chris Tucker (“Rush Hour”).
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with stage and screen star Norm Lewis, who performs a pair of shows at Wolf Trap this weekend. They discuss him becoming Broadway’s first Black star of “Phantom of the Opera” and transitioning to Hollywood on films like Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with legendary dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, who is featured in the new documentary “Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters.” Jason spoke to him in 2017 about receiving the Portrait of a Nation prize by the National Portrait Gallery.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love, who celebrates her 80th birthday today! It’s Christmas in July as they discuss her timeless holiday hit “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” as well as her role in the “Lethal Weapon” movies and her overdue spotlight in the Oscar-winning documentary “20 Feet from Stardom.”
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