"The Last DJ" marked the return of the band's original bass player, Ron Blair The album climbed to No. 9 on the Billboard 200 charts Jim Ladd helped inspire, and featured on, Roger Waters' "Radio ...

Tom Petty’s estate is remembering Jim Ladd after the DJ’s sudden passing on Saturday. Ladd was Petty’s friend and also the inspiration for the song “The Last DJ.” Videos by American ...

Veteran rocker Tom Petty has blasted as “a total falsehood” a claim that his 2002 song “The Last DJ” was ripped off a California songwriter. In a $4.5 million lawsuit recently filed ...

Jim Ladd, a longtime FM disc jockey in Los Angeles and host of SiriusXM’s “Deep Tracks” classic rock channel, died Saturday. He was 75.

“There goes the last DJ/ Who plays what he wants to play,” sang Tom Petty on the title track of his 11th studio album, The Last DJ.. Jim Ladd, the man who inspired that song and who has died ...

Jim Ladd, the Inspiration for Tom Petty’s ‘The Last DJ,’ Laid Off From Radio Gig. With the acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting by Cumulus Media, some 27 Los Angeles-based KABC and KLOS ...

Jim Ladd, disc jockey who was inspiration for Tom Petty’s ‘The Last DJ,’ dead at 75. By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk. December 18, 2023 at 10:02 pm EST. Expand.

Jim Ladd, the veteran radio DJ, died on Sunday, SiriusXM confirmed on Monday. He was 75. “I am so sorry for the shock that just hit you as you are listening right now,” Griffin, who guest ...