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As her career matured, Flack’s oldies eclipsed her newer material, often described by critics as “turgid and bland.”

Nowadays, oldies culture has become an umbrella term for a certain kind of nostalgia.

Street preachers, boisterous hipsters and people blasting corridos and oldies are part of the neighborhood’s soundtrack, so we went back to our chat.

They would visit in his modest cluttered condo and she would listen as he reiterated the golden oldies such as, “Be quick but don’t hurry” and “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.”

Wood’s romantic oldies resonated with a new generation of lovebirds, becoming a soundtrack of Southern California life — literally, as Wood found a third career as a performer at weddings, quinceañeras and anniversary parties.