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Love SongsA Better Love Songs Radio Station plays the music that brings back those magical moments. Whether falling in or out of love, we hope these songs might help you to find words for the experience.
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Awesome 80sA Better 80s Radio Station plays your all time favorite Pop, New Wave and Rock Songs.
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OldiesA Better Oldies Radio Station playing your favorite Malt Shop Jukebox Memories from the 50s and 60s.
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Old School RapA Better Old School Classic Rap Radio Station. We dig DEEP in the crates to deliver a REAL Old School Rap Station. No Autotune allowed. Just Dope Beats, Rhyme and Flava.
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Alternative X-RockA Better Alternative X-Rock Radio Station playing cutting-edge 90s Alternative and Today's Modern Rock.
Toni Fisher (born 1931 - February 12, 1999, in Los Angeles, California) was an American pop singer. Fisher is best remembered for her 1959 song, "The Big Hurt" written by her husband Wayne Shanklin. The song went to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart in the U.S. "The Big Hurt" is notable because it featured phasing effects; indeed, it is claimed to be the first song to do so. DJ Dick Biondi on WKBW would introduce the record as "Toni Fisher's weird one." According to an unconfirmed source the recording session was conducted in an airplane hangar, which is suggested by the sounds of aircraft in the background. Actually the song was recorded in the famous Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles and engineered by Stan Ross and Dave Gold. Disc jockey Wink Martindale commented that the record label bills the singer as "Miss Toni Fisher" because of her powerful voice, which is consistently audible over the phasing, the instruments, and the background noise; to confirm to the listener that this is indeed a woman singing. In 1962 she had another Top 40 hit with "West Of The Wall" (#37), a song about the sadness of lovers separated by the 1961 erection of the Berlin Wall. "The Big Hurt" was later covered by Del Shannon, Susan Rafey, Susan Farrar, Scott Walker, Nick Cave, BearEssence, and Nessie & Her Beard. She died of a heart attack on February 12th, 1999. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.