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Derwent Valley Community Radio
New Norfolk, Tasmania
8 June 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 837
0600 ~ 0900 AEST
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1972, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music, most of which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – Sunrise, last Friday (June 6).
Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Black Sorrows – Harley And Rose | 1990 | 06:06 | 4 | 5/5/2023 | |
| Charting this day 1972 America – A Horse With No Name | 1972 | 06:12 | 7 | 8/11/2024 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Tom Jones – The Young New Mexican Puppeteer | 1972 | 06:17 | 3 | 17/5/2019 | |
| Foster & Allen – I Love You More And More Everyday | 06:22 | 0 | |||
| Jade Hurley – Bed Of Roses | 06:25 | 7 | 15/12/2023 | ||
| Bill Goodall – Come September | 2022 | 06:28 | 1 | 5/12/2023 | |
| Charles Gerhardt & His Orchestra – Love Changes Everything | 06:33 | 2 | 21/1/2024 | ||
| By Request Today: Anne Murray – You Needed Me | 06:38 | 4 | 16/11/2018 | ||
| Peter Stefanson – In Our Childhood Days | 2025 | 06:42 | 2 | 9/5/2025 | |
| Rick Gay – This Precious World | 2025 | 06:46 | 2 | 30/5/2025 | |
| By Request Today: Ray Malcolm – Is There Something On Your Mind | 2025 | 06:52 | 4 | 15/9/2024 | |
| Alan Copeland & Beverley Kelly – Swinging On A Star | 06:56 | 2 | 20/10/2023 | ||
| David Maguire – Galway to Nashville | 2025 | 07:05 | 1 | 4/5/2025 | IETZB 2500002 |
| Charting this day 1972 Isaac Hayes – Shaft | 1972 | 07:10 | 2 | 10/8/2018 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Faron Young – It’s Four In The Morning | 1972 | 07:15 | 16 | 8/7/2022 | |
| Abby Grace – Feel the Beat | 2025 | 07:20 | 1 | 23/3/2025 | CADXG 2025083 |
| Ian Pearce with Bob Barnard [Cornet] – Miss Annabelle Lee | 07:23 | 0 | |||
| By Request Today: Beatles – Yesterday | 1965 | 07:26 | 14 | 2/3/2025 | |
| Roger Miller – The Green Green Grass of Home | 07:29 | 3 | 8/3/2015 | ||
| Gordon Langford & His Orchestra – Can You Feel The Love Tonight | 07:34 | 1 | 14/1/2014 | ||
| Kathy Carver – Yellow Moon On The Swan | 2019 | 07:38 | 2 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Johnny Mathis – Misty | 1965 | 07:42 | 3 | 12/3/2021 | |
| Backtrack: Warren Kearney – Beer And Country Music | 07:47 | 1 | 25/2/2022 | ||
| Inge Augustina – Somethin’ Stupid | 2025 | 07:54 | 4 | 12/5/2024 | |
| Anne Murray – Please Smile | 07:58 | 1 | 30/5/2025 | ||
| Al Martino – What Now My Love | 1977 | 08:05 | 5 | 10/3/2023 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Amazing Grace | 1972 | 08:10 | 5 | 15/11/2024 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | 1972 | 08:14 | 3 | 9/10/2022 | |
| Bobby Darin – More | 1964 | 08:21 | 0 | ||
| Olympic Standard Orchestra – Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis | 08:23 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Greco – Something’s Gotta Give | 1960 | 08:28 | 0 | ||
| Roger Williams, His Piano & Orchestra – What A Wonderful World | 08:34 | 0 | |||
| Anna McRose – Leave A Light On | 2021 | 08:37 | 4 | 7/11/2021 | |
| Slim Dusty & His Bushlanders – Medley~Goodbye Melbourne Town~Botany Bay~Rover No More | 08:41 | 1 | 27/3/2020 | ||
| Bill & Boyd – Put Another Log On The Fire | 1975 | 08:41 | 1 | 29/6/2012 | |
| Rosalind Clare – Garden Of My Memories | 08:44 | 0 | |||
| Kaoma – Lambada | 1989 | 08:52 | 0 | ||
| Jim Reeves – Margie | 08:56 | 3 | 18/4/2025 |
6 June 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 472, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – The lift-span bridge crossing the Derwent between Granton and Bridgewater has been an important part of Tasmania’s transport infrastructure since World War 2, providing the main road and railway link between Hobart and the north.
As of last Monday, it was decommissioned, in favour of a newly completed road-only bridge, just downstream.
Photo – Taken Thursday 5 June by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon | 2025 | 09:05 | 6 | 30/5/2025 | QT3TB 2425080 |
| Highway 95 – She Believes | 2025 | 09:12 | 4 | 25/5/2025 | AUL0G 2400013 |
| James Lynas – Love Sunrise | 2025 | 09:14 | 4 | 16/5/2025 | |
| Andy Williams – Fire And Rain | 1971 | 09:19 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Kerrigan La-Brooy – Glorious Day | 2021 | 09:23 | 0 | ||
| Burl Ives – Shanghied | 1962 | 09:29 | 0 | ||
| 101 Strings Orchestra – Piano Sonata No 8 | 09:33 | 0 | |||
| Larissa Tormey – Coming Back To Life | 2025 | 09:36 | 2 | 11/5/2025 | IEJHJ 2500002 |
| Billy Joel – Uptown Girl | 1983 | 09:41 | 6 | 7/10/2022 | |
| Blue Echoes – Sherry | 1979 | 09:44 | 2 | 6/9/2020 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Hermans Hermits – Dream On | 1965 | 09:48 | 3 | 21/7/2024 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Seekers – Open Up Them Pearly Gates | 1965 | 09:50 | 1 | 8/7/2018 | |
| By Request: Glen Flynn – The Joker And The Queen | 2025 | 09:54 | 3 | 1/6/2025 | |
| J R Williams – Australia | 2025 | 10:05 | 3 | 25/5/2025 | QM6MZ 2524694 |
| Watling & Bates – Fires Within | 2025 | 10:11 | 0 | AHNE 2500001 | |
| Isla Grant – I Don’t Know Why | 10:14 | 1 | 30/9/2018 | ||
| Jens Dammann – So ein Dingsda | 2025 | 10:19 | 0 | ||
| Old Time Concert Hall: Joe Fingers Carr – The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady | 10:24 | 5 | 26/2/2021 | ||
| Backtrack: Mike Wilkinson – My Best Friend | 2018 | 10:26 | 5 | 25/1/2019 | |
| Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Someone To Watch Over Me | 10:32 | 0 | |||
| Tim Lane – Are You OK | 2025 | 10:35 | 1 | 11/5/2025 | QZES7 2501254 |
| Al Hirt – Stardust | 1959 | 10:42 | 2 | 5/9/2021 | |
| Sofia Gale – Playing The Game | 2025 | 10:45 | 0 | ||
| Gary Mangan – The Leaving of Liverpool | 2025 | 10:49 | 2 | 1/6/2025 | |
| Lloyd Back – Try A Little Kindness | 2024 | 10:53 | 5 | 5/7/2024 | |
| Ray Kernaghan – The Wreck Of The Old 97 | 10:57 | ||||
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name | 2025 | 11:05 | 2 | 1/6/2025 | |
| Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly | 1964 | 11:10 | 11 | 21/6/2024 | |
| Jack Jones – Wives And Lovers | 11:12 | 0 | |||
| Phil Blundell – Don’t Look Back | 2025 | 11:15 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Allan Sinclair – Please Come In | 2016 | 11:19 | 1 | 21/2/2020 | |
| Allison Durbin – It’s All In The Game | 11:26 | 0 | |||
| Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Wichita Lineman | 11:33 | 3 | 2/5/2021 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Beatles – Yes It Is | 1965 | 11:37 | 0 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Jody Miller – Queen Of The House | 1965 | 11:40 | 7 | 9/7/2023 | |
| Christa Fartek – Deep In My Heart | 2025 | 11:44 | 3 | 25/5/2025 | |
| Richard Porteous – Sometimes | 2025 | 11:47 | 2 | 30/3/2025 | QZDA8 2501574 |
| Rosalind Clare & Glenn Flynn – Heaven Only Knows | 2025 | 11:52 | 4 | 25/5/2025 | IENYT2 500010 |
1 June 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 836
0600 ~ 0900 AEST
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1970, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – Old Beach and Gunners Quoin, north of Hobart.
Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You | 2025 | 06:06 | 4 | 30/5/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1970 Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – Tennessee Birdwalk | 1970 | 06:12 | 7 | 23/5/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1970 George Baker Selection – Little Green Bag | 1970 | 06:14 | 10 | 21/5/2023 | |
| Alice Benfer – Saltbush Sally | 2025 | 06:20 | 1 | 23/5/2025 | AUHIB 2300007 |
| Peter Reeves – Old Hat | 2025 | 06:23 | 0 | ||
| Peggy Gilchrist – Southern Sky | 2025 | 06:28 | 1 | 23/5/2025 | |
| Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade | 06:33 | 0 | |||
| By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything | 06:36 | 5 | 25/5/2025 | ||
| Roland Shaw & His Orchestra & Rosemary Squires (Voc) – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue | 06:40 | 1 | 19/8/2022 | ||
| Charles Aznavour – She | 1974 | 06:43 | 3 | 30/10/2020 | |
| Brendan O’Dowda – Abdul Abulbul Ameer | 06:47 | 0 | |||
| Al Hibbler – Count Every Star | 1956 | 06:53 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Jodi Vaughan – Aussie Proud | 2021 | 06:56 | 10 | 12/1/2024 | |
| Kathy Carver – Eyre Highway Track | 2025 | 07:05 | 1 | 23/5/2025 | |
| By Request Today: Beatles – Fool On The Hill | 1967 | 07:10 | 6 | 13/10/2024 | |
| Charting this day 1970 Hans Poulsen – Boom Sha La La Lo | 1970 | 07:15 | 7 | 7/3/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1970 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water | 1970 | 07:18 | 12 | 17/5/2024 | |
| Garry Carson Jones – Forbidden Fruit | 2025 | 07:24 | 1 | 23/5/2025 | |
| Anne Fraser – Too Drunk To Drive | 2025 | 07:28 | 1 | 16/5/2025 | |
| James Last & Orchestra – Copacabana | 07:33 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Landsborough – I Know What It Is To Be Loved | 07:37 | 0 | |||
| Daniel & Margo O’Donnell – Five Thousand Miles From Sligo | 07:42 | 0 | |||
| Backtrack: John Lecner – She Still Thinks I Care | 2019 | 07:47 | 4 | 1/5/2020 | |
| By Request Today: Four Tops – It’s The Same Old Song | 1965 | 07:54 | 1 | 30/9/2022 | |
| Dreamers – Three Little Words | 07:57 | 1 | 8/9/2024 | ||
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix) | 2025 | 08:05 | 7 | 25/5/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1970 Liv Maessen – Knock Knock Who’s There | 1970 | 08:10 | 7 | 15/1/2021 | |
| Charting this day 1970 Heintje – I’m Your Little Boy | 1970 | 08:13 | 6 | 15/11/2024 | |
| Engelbert Humperdinck – I Want To Wake Up With You | 08:18 | 1 | 27/2/2022 | ||
| Anne Murray – Beginning To Feel Like Home | 08:22 | 0 | |||
| Andy Williams – Love Letters | 08:26 | 0 | |||
| 101 Strings Orchestra – The Way We Were | 08:32 | 3 | 14/11/2023 | ||
| Col Joye – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World | 1974 | 08:35 | 2 | 28/2/2014 | |
| Taylor Brothers – The Moonlight My Shadow And Me | 2021 | 08:38 | 3 | 17/9/2021 | |
| Sisters In Country – That’s What We Do | 2023 | 08:41 | 3 | 26/5/2023 | |
| Glen Flynn – The Joker And The Clown | 2023 | 08:46 | 3 | 17/3/2023 | |
| Gary Mangan – The Leaving of Liverpool | 2025 | 08:50 | 1 | 16/5/2025 | |
| Kings Singers – Linstead Market | 08:54 | 1 | 27/9/2024 |
30 May 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 471, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – A full rainbow in the Derwent Valley, north-west of New Norfolk. Taken last Monday (26 May 2025) by Listener Janine.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon | 2025 | 09:05 | 5 | 27/4/2025 | QT3TB 2425080 |
| Ray Malcolm – Moon Over Memphis | 2025 | 09:11 | 3 | 16/5/2025 | |
| Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You | 2025 | 09:14 | 3 | 25/5/2025 | AUCJD 2300025 |
| Glenn Jones – The Portrait’s Plain | 2025 | 09:19 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Carylann – No Goodbyes | 2022 | 09:21 | 13 | 16/5/2025 | |
| By Request: Emile Ford – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For | 1960 | 09:25 | 8 | 11/4/2025 | |
| Anne Murray – Please Smile | 09:30 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra – The Anniversary Waltz | 09:33 | 0 | |||
| Sandpipers – Misty Roses | 09:35 | 1 | 24/1/2016 | ||
| BORN 1909 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. – Benjamin David Goodman BKA Benny Goodman, jazz and swing musician, clarinetist, leader of one of the most popular musical bands of the 1930s; widely known as the “King of Swing”. Died 1986. | |||||
| Benny Goodman & His Orchestra – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again | 09:41 | 2 | 5/5/2023 | ||
| BORN 1908 San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – Melvin Jerome Blank alias Mel Blanc, voice actor and comedian best remembered for the voice of characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble and more. Died 1989. | |||||
| Mel Blanc – I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat | 1951 | 09:45 | 7 | 5/7/2024 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You | 1965 | 09:49 | 3 | 26/4/2015 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Beach Boys – Help Me Rhonda | 1965 | 09:52 | 10 | 3/9/2023 | |
| Ray Brown & Whispers – Twenty Miles | 1965 | 09:57 | 10 | 16/3/2025 | |
| Lindsay Waddington – Solid Ground | 2025 | 10:05 | 0 | ||
| Erin Noone – Dance The Night Away | 2025 | 10:09 | 1 | 18/5/2025 | TCAJM 2528822 |
| Richard Porteous – We Were There For Slim | 2025 | 10:12 | 0 | ||
| Slim Dusty – Song Of The West | 10:16 | 0 | |||
| Old Time Concert Hall: Paul Weston Orchestra & Chorus – Maggie | 10:20 | 0 | |||
| Backtrack: Warren Kearney – The River | 2020 | 10:26 | 1 | 1/11/2020 | |
| Richard Clayderman – Beyond the Sea | 10:31 | 0 | |||
| Susan Boyle – Return | 10:34 | 0 | |||
| DIED 2000 Costa Mesa, California, U.S.A. – Tex Benecke, saxophonist, singer, and bandleader and associate of bandleader Glenn Miller. He soloed on the Glenn Miller orchestra recording of In The Mood and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, Chattanooga Choo Choo. Aged 86. | |||||
| Glen Miller & Marion Hutton, Tex Benecke & Modernaires – Juke Box Saturday Night | 1942 | 10:38 | 0 | ||
| Toni West – No Time To Cry | 2025 | 10:43 | 2 | 18/5/2025 | |
| Perry Como – Caterina | 1962 | 10:47 | 6 | 12/5/2024 | |
| Nicki French – Pride And Passion | 10:50 | 2 | 11/9/2015 | ||
| Marmalade – Ob La Di Ob La Da | 1969 | 10:55 | 5 | 19/4/2024 | |
| New Zealand Maori Chorale – Tahi Nei Taru Kino | 10:59 | 4 | 20/3/2020 | ||
| Jonny Boston – Silver Moon | 2025 | 11:05 | 1 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Ann-Kristin Dørdal – Willow Dream | 2025 | 11:12 | 0 | ||
| Rick Gay – This Precious World | 2025 | 11:15 | 1 | 2/5/2025 | |
| Rob E G – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – Zero | 1962 | 11:20 | 7 | 22/10/2017 | |
| Jason Cole – Mr Lonesome | 2025 | 11:26 | 0 | ||
| Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – San Francisco | 11:33 | 2 | 24/1/2020 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Merv Benton – Cincinnati Fireball | 1965 | 11:36 | 3 | 23/7/2021 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Frank Sinatra – Pass Me By | 1965 | 11:39 | 6 | 21/1/2024 | |
| Backtrack: Lawson Vallery – Border Dog | 2021 | 11:44 | 6 | 10/12/2021 | |
| Ray Kernaghan – Heartaches By The Number | 11:47 | 3 | 17/1/2020 | ||
| Paul Ricketts – Barefoot On The Dirt | 2025 | 11:51 | 0 | AUZY4 2400032 | |
| Anne Biddie – Missing You | 2025 | 11:54 | 0 | ||
30 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS ON THIS DAY
1940 England – The first evacuated British troops arrived from Dunkirk, France.
1948 Near Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. – A 61 metre section of a dam on the Columbia River collapsed, inundating and destroying Vanport City, a public housing precinct. Fifteen lives were lost and tens of thousands were left homeless. It is currently the site of Delta Park, a sports and recreational area and the Portland International Raceway.
1959 Auckland, New Zealand – The Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing Waitemata Harbour, was officially opened by the-then Governor General of New Zealand, Lord Cobham. It is 1,020 metres in length, 43 metres above high tide, and had an overhead clearance of 4.8 metres.
1966 Surveyor 1, the first U.S. spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on an extraterrestrial body, was launched. It landed in the Mare Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms region of the Moon and transmitted 11,237 photographs to Earth.
1971 Cape Kennedy, Florida, U.S.A. – The space probe Mariner 9 was launched to map 70% of the surface of the planet Mars. It arrived on November 14th of the same year, and became the first Earthly spacecraft to orbit another planet. Mariner 9 remained in orbit after it’s mission ended in October 1972, and it is believed to have entered the Martian atmosphere and crashed onto the surface around 2020.
BORN
1928 Broken Hill, New South Wales – Kevin Charles Hart alias Pro Hart, artist whose works are admired for capturing the spirit of the outback. He received the nickname “Professor” (hence “Pro”) in his younger days, when he was known as an inventor. Died 2006.
1936 Bristol, England – Peter Ellis, director and actor of stage and television best known for his role as Chief Superintendent Brownlow in the long-running police drama The Bill. Turns 89.
DIED
1953 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Dooley Wilson, American singer who sang the tune As Time Goes By in the movie Casablanca . Aged 67.
2003 London, England – Michael Peter Hayes, alias Mickie Most, singer and record producer for numerous English artists such as Herman’s Hermits, the Animals, Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu, and the Jeff Beck Group. Aged 64.
25 May 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 835
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1979, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – Walls of Jerusalem National Park, northern Tasmania.
Photo: Daniel Johansson, National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Highway 95 – She Believes | 2025 | 06:06 | 3 | 27/4/2025 | AUL0G 2400013 |
| Charting this day 1979 Blondie – Heart of Glass | 1979 | 06:12 | 2 | 16/3/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1979 Village People – In The Navy | 1979 | 06:15 | 3 | 20/4/2018 | |
| Two of a Kind – I Love You To The Moon And Back | 2025 | 06:20 | 3 | 2/5/2025 | |
| Steve Markwardt – The Great Divide | 2025 | 06:22 | 1 | 20/4/2025 | QZW6A 2300136 |
| Anthony Baxter – The Jumping Jackaroo | 2025 | 06:27 | 3 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Tangerine | 06:32 | 0 | |||
| Roger Whittaker – Sailing | 2025 | 06:37 | 1 | 2/9/2022 | |
| Sandpipers – Cast Your Fate to the Wind | 2021 | 06:41 | 3 | 28/5/2021 | |
| By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything | 06:44 | 4 | 18/5/2025 | ||
| Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva – Swinging On A Star | 1962 | 06:49 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Colin Paul – Dancing With A Stranger | 2022 | 06:51 | 1 | 16/5/2025 | |
| Garry Carson Jones – Walk On By | 2025 | 06:55 | 3 | 2/5/2025 | AUGGJ 1600055 |
| Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra with Jane Benson – Mountain Greenery | 07:04 | 1 | 29/10/2021 | ||
| By Request Today: Vic Dana – Red Roses For A Blue Lady | 1965 | 07:10 | 8 | 28/2/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1979 ABBA – Voulez Vous | 1997 | 07:12 | 0 | ||
| Charting this day 1979 Beeb Birtles & Graham Goble – I’m Coming Home | 1979 | 07:17 | 2 | 2/6/2017 | |
| Ramona Bruins – Today Is Your Day | 2025 | 07:23 | 0 | ||
| BORN 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A. – Katie Kallen, alias Kitty Kallen, popular singer with a number of big bands during the 1940s, who made a comeback in 1954 when she scored her biggest hit, Little Things Mean A Lot. Died 2016. | |||||
| Kitty Kallen – In The Chapel In The Moonlight | 1954 | 07:28 | 3 | 7/1/2024 | |
| Ian Hughes & His Orchestra – Lambada | 07:33 | 3 | 11/5/2025 | ||
| Christa Fartek – Deep in my Heart | 2025 | 07:37 | 2 | 27/4/2025 | |
| Backtrack: Reg McTaggart – Pop | 2019 | 07:41 | 1 | 13/12/2024 | |
| DIED 2023 Joy McKean, pioneering country music singer-songwriter, co-founder of the Tamworth Country Music Festival and the Country Music Association of Australia. She was also the recipient of the first Golden Guitar Award and wife of legendary country singer, Slim Dusty. Aged 93. | |||||
| Slim Dusty – The Angel Of Goulburn Hill | 1976 | 07:49 | 3 | 28/5/2023 | |
| DIED 2006 Thornton Heath, England – Desmond Dekker, reggae singer-songwriter and musician who, with his backing group, The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard) had one of the first international Jamaican hits with Israelites. Other hits included 007 (Shanty Town) (1967) and It Miek. Aged 64. | |||||
| Desmond Dekker – It Miek | 1968 | 07:54 | 2 | 23/5/2025 | |
| Chet Atkins – One Mint Julep | 07:56 | 1 | 19/1/2020 | ||
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix) | 2025 | 08:05 | 6 | 23/5/2025 | QM6MZ 2524694 |
| Charting this day 1979 Racey – Lay Your Love On Me | 1979 | 08:10 | 14 | 4/11/2022 | |
| Charting this day 1979 Lynne Hamilton – On The Inside | 1979 | 08:13 | 3 | 3/9/2023 | |
| J R Williams – Australia | 2025 | 08:17 | 2 | 4/5/2025 | |
| Helena Mace – If I’d Known You Back Then | 2025 | 08:21 | 1 | 4/5/2025 | |
| City Slickers – Red River Valley | 08:28 | 0 | |||
| Richard Clayderman – Feelings | 08:33 | 0 | |||
| Studeo – Pounding Pavements | 2025 | 08:37 | 1 | 23/5/2025 | |
| Howie Bros – Home I’ll Be | 2025 | 08:42 | 2 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You | 2025 | 08:46 | 2 | 16/5/2025 | AUCJD 2300025 |
| Glen Flynn – Heaven Only Knows | 2025 | 08:50 | 3 | 23/5/2025 | IENYT2 500010 |
| Leroy Van Dyke – Walk On By | 1961 | 08:54 | 16 | 4/10/2024 | |
BORN
1921 New York, U.S.A. – Harold Lane David alias Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach. Died 2012.
1922 Renmark, South Australia – Harold Charles Sydney Heylen, alias Sid Heylen, veteran actor, comedian and variety performer best known for his role as Vernon “Cookie”‘ Locke, chef and barman in the television series A Country Practice, a role which he played from 1982 until 1992. Died 1996.
DIED
1995 Bowral, New South Wales – Graham Kennedy, long-time radio, television and film performer, often called “Gra Gra” and “The King” of Australian television. Aged 71
23 May 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 470, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – The Lachlan River, near New Norfolk. Taken by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name | 2025 | 09:05 | 5 | 18/5/2025 | |
| Cara McGillion – Claim On My Heart | 2025 | 09:09 | 0 | IEWBL 2500001 | |
| Jimmy Bear – Silence And Dust | 2025 | 09:13 | 4 | 18/5/2025 | |
| Johnny Ashcroft – My Love Is A River | 1960 | 09:18 | 0 | ||
| Highway 95 – Message From Above | 2025 | 09:20 | 2 | 18/5/2025 | AUL0G 2400014 |
| Backtrack: Colin Kenny – Will You Dance With Me Annie | 2020 | 09:24 | 4 | 8/11/2020 | |
| Artie Shaw & His Orchestra with Helen Forrest – Between a Kiss and a Sigh | 1938 | 09:35 | 0 | ||
| Rosemary Clooney & Jose Ferrer – Mr And Mrs | 1955 | 09:39 | 1 | 18/10/2013 | |
| Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – Tennessee Birdwalk | 1970 | 09:43 | 6 | 21/1/2024 | |
| Daniel O’Donnell – Act Naturally | 09;46 | 1 | 7/6/2015 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Elvis Presley – Do The Clam | 1965 | 09:49 | 3 | 19/4/2015 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Cliff Richard – Just Another Guy | 1965 | 09:52 | 9 | 28/4/2024 | |
| Sandie Shaw – Make It Go | 1969 | 09:55 | 2 | 15/1/2017 | |
| Ron Christopher – That Rockabilly Thing | 2024 | 09:57 | 5 | 24/1/2025 | |
| Studeo – Pounding Pavements | 2025 | 10:10 | 0 | ||
| Garry Carson Jones – Forbidden Fruit | 2025 | 10:14 | 0 | ||
| Old Time Concert Hall: Jo Stafford & Paul Weston & His Orchestra – In My Merry Oldsmobile | 10:18 | 2 | 21/3/2021 | ||
| Lawrence Welk Orchestra with Myron Floren – Friendly Tavern Polka | 10:23 | 0 | |||
| Backtrack: Whiskey Business – For So Long | 2018 | 10:25 | 1 | 22/2/2019 | |
| Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold | 10:31 | 1 | 9/8/2015 | ||
| Kerri Perrett – White Crosses And The Rose | 2025 | 10:33 | 0 | AUZY4 2500009 | |
| Mike Perjanic – A Country Practice Theme | 10:40 | 11 | 15/9/2023 | ||
| Georgie Fame – Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde | 1968 | 10:43 | 4 | 24/6/2022 | |
| Desmond Dekker & Aces – It Miek | 1968 | 10:47 | 1 | 16/7/2021 | |
| The Reels – According To My Heart | 10:50 | 4 | 15/9/2023 | ||
| Rosalind Clare & Glen Flynn – Heaven Only Knows | 2025 | 10:54 | 2 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Henry Arland – The Tiger Rag | 10:58 | 5 | 29/11/2019 | ||
| Kathy Carver – Eyre Highway Track | 2025 | 11:05 | 0 | ||
| Shelley Minson – Everybody’s Baby | 2025 | 11:09 | 1 | 2/5/2025 | AUUHB 2400029 |
| Tallowood Bush Band – Number 97 | 11:12 | 5 | 25/11/2022 | ||
| Cliff Edwards – When You Wish Upon A Star | 11:17 | 3 | 15/12/2023 | ||
| Change of Key – She Sneaked Into My Bathroom Mirror | 2025 | 11:20 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Aishling Rafferty – Love Me When I’m Old | 2021 | 11:26 | 17 | 3/11/2024 | |
| Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Greek Wine | 11:34 | 12 | 23/12/2022 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Al Martino – Somebody Else Is Taking My Place | 1965 | 11:37 | 0 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Marianne Faithfull – Come and Stay With Me | 1965 | 11:40 | 5 | 29/12/2023 | |
| Peggy Gilchrist – Southern Sky | 2025 | 11:44 | 0 | ||
| Alice Benfer – Saltbush Sally | 2025 | 11:47 | 0 | AUHIB 2300007 | |
| Peter Pentland – Me Beaut Little Fergy Tractor | 11:50 | 2 | 30/8/2015 | ||
| Ivo Robic – Morgen | 1959 | 11:54 | 1 | 29/1/2016 |
23 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS ON THIS DAY
1934 New Zealander Jean Batten set a new womens’ flight record of 14 days 22 hours for a flight from England to Australia.
1939 Off the coast of New Hampshire, U.S.A. – The U.S. Navy submarine U.S.S. Squalus sank during a test dive, causing the death of 24 crew and two civilian technicians. 32 crewmen and a civilian naval architect were rescued the following day.
1958 Suffolk, England – A new kind of vehicle which travelled on a cushion of air was demonstrated by its inventor, boatbuilder Christopher Cockerell. The Government-backed National Research and Development Corporation was taking an interest in the hovercraft.
1968 Hobart, Tasmania – The Hobart City Council was forced to remove the heads from 283 parking meters throughout the city, after a Magistrate ruled that their operation along the right side of one-way streets was illegal.
1981 London, England – Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, was convicted of 13 murders committed since 1975 and sentenced to imprisonment for the remainder of his life. He died in gaol from COVID-19 in 2020.
BORN
1910 New York, U.S.A. – Arthur Jacob Arshawsky alias Artie Shaw, jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader and author of both fiction and non-fiction books. Died 2004.
1920 Lima, Ohio, U.S.A. – Helen O’Connell, singer, actress, and dancer whose best selling records were released in the early 1940s, such as Green Eyes, Amapola, Tangerine and Yours. Died 1993.
1928 Maysville, Kentucky, U.S.A. – Rosemary Clooney, singer and actress who came to prominence in the early 50s with Come On A My House, which was followed by other hits such as Botch-a-Me, Mambo Italiano, Tenderly, Half As Much, and This Ole House. Died 2002.
1945 Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. – Misty Morgan, keyboardist/vocalist who, with her husband Jack Blanchard released fourteen singles between 1969 and 1976, including the 1970 hit Tennessee Bird Walk. Turns 80.
DIED
1934 Black Lake, Louisiana, U.S.A. – Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow, who had teamed up to form the outlaw duo Bonnie And Clyde. After a crime spree of robberies and murders, they were ambushed in a hail of bullets, by a posse of four police officers on a country road. Aged 23 and 25 respectively.
2017 Crans-Montana, Switzerland – Roger Moore, actor and film producer, best known for his role as secret agent James Bond between 1973 and 1985. Aged 89.
2021 Gold Coast, Queensland – Beryl Hunt, BKA Lorrae Desmond, Gold Logie Award winning singer and actress, who remains best known for her role as Shirley Gilroy in the long running television series A Country Practice between 1981 and 1992. Aged 91.
18 May 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 834
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1977, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – Sunrise in New Norfolk.
Photo: Yours Truly
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| The Cumberland River Project – Small Town Loser | 2025 | 06:06 | 1 | 30/3/2025 | DEZC6 2577046 |
| Charting this day 1977 Elvis Presley – Moody Blue | 1977 | 06:13 | 4 | 9/3/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1977 10cc – The Things We Do For Love | 1977 | 06:16 | 6 | 17/2/2023 | |
| By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything | 06:20 | 3 | 19/1/2025 | ||
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix) | 2025 | 06:24 | 4 | 16/5/2025 | |
| Petula Clark – Close To You | 06:27 | 3 | 27/1/2023 | ||
| David Firman & His Orchestra – Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You | 06:33 | 0 | |||
| Victoria Eman & Glenn van Haasen – In Another Time And Place | 2025 | 06:38 | 4 | 13/4/2025 | NLJ9A 2500001 |
| Backtrack: Two Of A Kind – A Mother’s Love | 2021 | 06:43 | 3 | 28/5/2021 | |
| John Rowles – Dock Of The Bay | 06:47 | 2 | 5/1/2025 | ||
| Mark Wynter – Venus In Blue Jeans | 1962 | 06:51 | 4 | 27/12/2020 | |
| David Hammerschlag – Country Calypso | 2025 | 06:54 | 1 | 16/5/2025 | |
| DIED 1975 Woodbury, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Leroy Anderson, composer of light concert pieces which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. Aged 66. | |||||
| Leroy Anderson Orchestra – The Typewriter | 1953 | 06:58 | 13 | 764/2024 | |
| Toni West – No Time To Cry | 2025 | 07:05 | 1 | 9/5/2025 | UKBBL 2400002 |
| Charting this day 1977 Boney M – Daddy Cool | 1977 | 07:11 | 6 | 23/4/2021 | |
| Charting this day 1977 Smokie – Living Next Door To Alice | 1977 | 07:15 | 8 | 9/3/2025 | |
| By Request Today: Max Bygraves – Tiny Bubbles | 07:19 | 6 | 28/6/2024 | ||
| Erin Noone – Dance The Night Away | 2025 | 07:23 | 0 | TCAJM 2528822 | |
| BORN 1912 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. – Pierino Roland Como alias Perry Como, singer, recording artist and television personality who recorded exclusively for RCA Victor after signing up in 1943. He sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly variety television show, one of the most successful in American television history. Died 2001. | |||||
| Perry Como – Seattle | 1969 | 07:28 | 6 | 11/1/2019 | |
| Dean Martin – Second Hand Rose | 07:32 | 5 | 22/2/2019 | ||
| Gordon Langford & His Orchestra – Beg Steal Or Borrow | 07:36 | 0 | |||
| Highway 95 – Message From Above | 2025 | 07:39 | 1 | 9/5/2025 | AUL0G 2400014 |
| Backtrack: Allan Caswell – Powerful Thing | 2018 | 07:42 | 1 | 8/5/2020 | |
| DIED 2014 Palm Desert, California, U.S.A. – Gennaro Luigi Vitaliano alias Jerry Vale, singer and actor known for his romantic ballads, often sung in Italian. (Aged 83 | |||||
| Jerry Vale – Camelot | 1963 | 07:48 | 13 | 22/12/2023 | |
| Doris Day – Que Sera Sera | 1956 | 07:51 | 13 | 6/9/2024 | |
| Lolita – Wenn Am Sonntagabend Die Dirfmusikspielt | 07:55 | 2 | 11/10/2020 | ||
| Faron Young – Backtrack | 1961 | 07:57 | 3 | 25/2/2018 | |
| Matrimony – Why Wait | 2025 | 08:06 | 1 | 30/3/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1977 David Soul – Don’t Give Up On Us | 1977 | 08:13 | 5 | 9/12/2022 | |
| Charting this day 1977 Mary MacGregor – Torn Between Two Lovers | 1977 | 08:16 | 8 | 9/3/2025 | |
| Fleetwood Mac – Never Going Back Again | 08:25 | 0 | |||
| Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All | 08:28 | 2 | 20/10/2024 | ||
| Johnny Gregory & His Orchestra – Fame | 08:36 | 0 | |||
| Lucinda Wilson – Caledonia | 2025 | 08:40 | 0 | ||
| David Connor – The Day I Left Castlebar | 2025 | 08:45 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Trevor Loughrey – Little Irish Town | 2025 | 08:50 | 1 | 18/1/2019 | |
| Jimmy Bear – Silence And Dust | 2025 | 08:54 | 3 | 26/2/2023 | |
18 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1974 Warsaw, Poland – Construction of a radio transmission tower, at 646.38 metres then the tallest structure ever built, was completed. It collapsed on August 8, 1991, due to a maintenance error.
1980 Washington State, U.S.A. – Mt St Helens exploded, causing the loss of 57 lives and $3 billion in damage.
1990 France – A modified TGV train achieved a new world rail speed record of 515.3 km/h.
BORN
1928 Waycross, Georgia, U.S.A. – Pernell Roberts, stage, movie and television actor and singer. In addition to guest starring in over 60 television series, he was well known for his roles as Ben Cartwright’s eldest son, Adam Cartwright, in the television western series Bonanza, from 1959 to 1965 — and as chief surgeon Dr. John McIntyre, the title character on Trapper John M D (1979–1986) Died 2010.
1962 London, England – Nathaniel Parker, actor who has appeared I numerous movies, known for his role as Det Insp Thomas Lynley in the TV drama series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
DIED
1995 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery, film and television actress whose career covered 50 years. She is best remembered for her role as Samantha Stephens in the 1960s TV sitcom Bewitched. Aged 62.
16 May 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 469, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – A mural, recently painted on a carriage shed of the Tasmanian Transport Museum Society in Glenorchy, by Joel Gadja. Taken by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Ray Malcolm – Moon Over Memphis | 2025 | 09:05 | 2 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Gary Mangan – The Leaving of Liverpool | 2025 | 09:11 | 0 | ||
| Ricky May – Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street | 09:14 | 0 | |||
| Rae Leigh – Country Pride | 2025 | 09:19 | 1 | 25/4/2025 | |
| Backtrack: Brian Bouchie – Beautiful You Are | 2018 | 09:23 | 2 | 21/9/2018 | |
| By Request Today: Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache | 09:28 | 6 | 2/2/2025 | ||
| Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Tiny Bubbles | 09:34 | 1 | 27/7/2018 | ||
| Barry O’Dowd & Shamrock Singers – The Unicorn | 09:38 | 0 | |||
| Liberace – The Beer Barrel Polka | 09:43 | 3 | 16/10/2020 | ||
| Judith Durham – Alexander’s Ragtime Band | 09:46 | 0 | |||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Ray Brown – Pride | 1965 | 09:51 | 4 | 15/5/2015 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Freddie & Dreamers – Do The Freddie | 1965 | 09:53 | 2 | 15/1/2021 | |
| Chet Atkins – Come Softly To Me | 09:57 | 5 | 8/4/2016 | ||
| Ruben Gomez – Siempre Manana | 10:05 | 0 | |||
| Marian Burns – Beautiful Soldier | 2025 | 10:11 | 1 | 25/4/2025 | |
| Chris Callaghan – Twenty Hours | 2025 | 10:14 | 2 | 13/4/2025 | AUZY4 2000059 |
| Old Time Concert Hall: Heinie Beau Orchestra with Muzzy Marcellino (Siffleur) – Whistling Rufus | 10:19 | 0 | |||
| Hein Simons – Ave Maria [Die kleine Bergkirche] | 10:23 | 0 | |||
| Backtrack: Carylann – No Goodbyes | 2022 | 10:27 | 12 | 6/9/2024 | |
| Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Unchained Melody | 10:32 | 0 | |||
| Donna Fisk – Only Girl In Town | 2025 | 10:36 | AUGBT 2207106 | ||
| Sammy Davis Jr – I’ve Gotta Be Me | 10:41 | 5 | 8/12/2023 | ||
| Billy Fury – A Thousand Stars | 1960 | 10:46 | 2 | 27/10/2023 | |
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix) | 2025 | 10:49 | 3 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Rodney Vincent – Some Sunday Morning | 10:54 | 4 | 26/1/2024 | ||
| Lissa Retro – Calling All Angels | 10:56 | 3 | 15/11/2024 | ||
| Andy Williams – House of Bamboo | 1959 | 11:05 | 0 | ||
| Rebecca Richards – Woman That I Am | 2025 | 11:09 | 0 | ||
| James Lynas – Love Sunrise | 2025 | 11:14 | 3 | 20/8/2023 | |
| David Hammerschlag – Country Calypso | 2025 | 11:22 | 0 | ||
| Chordettes – Wooden Heart | 1961 | 11:26 | 2 | 9/7/2023 | |
| Anne Fraser – Too Drunk To Drive | 2025 | 11:29 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – Those Were The Days | 11:36 | 2 | 6/3/2020 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Al Martino – Dear Heart | 1965 | 11:40 | 1 | 18/11/2018 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Ann Sidney – The Boy In The Woolly Sweater | 1965 | 11:43 | 2 | 26/4/2015 | |
| Conor Owens – Texas Tornado | 2025 | 11:46 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Bernie Grass – First 100 Years | 2020 | 11:49 | 1 | 6/9/2020 | |
| Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You | 2025 | 11:53 | 1 | 25/4/2025 |
16 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS ON THIS DAY
1952 The Tasmanian Midlands and East Coast recorded the worst floods for many years, with over 130 people marooned on the Freycinet Peninsula.
1957 Ralphs Bay, Tasmania – The State’s tallest structure of the time, a steel radio mast 198 metres high, was being constructed for ABC radio stations 7ZL and 7ZR, at a cost of £27,000.
1958 Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S.A. – Air Force Captain Walter Irwin, flying an F-104 Starfighter jet, set a new world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1969 Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, jettisoned a capsule designed to analyse the atmosphere of the planet Venus as it descended to the surface. It returned data to Earth for 53 minutes, before it was crushed by the planet’s extreme atmospheric pressure.
BORN
1913 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – Woodrow Charles Herman alias Woody Herman, jazz clarinettist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader, one of the most popular of the 30s and 40s bandleaders. Died 1987.
1919 West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – Wladziu Valentino Liberace alias Liberace, flamboyant pianist and vocalist, and the world’s highest paid entertainer from the 50s to the 70s. Died 1987.
1953 Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland – Pierce Brosnan, actor, film producer and environmentalist who held dual Irish and American citizenship. Following a stage career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982–87). In 1995, he became the fifth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official series, starring in four movies between 1995 and 2002. Turns 72.
DIED
1990 Beverley Hills, California, U.S.A. –Sammy Davis Jr, formerly a childhood vaudevillian, then a dancer and singer, who became known for his Broadway performances, and in Las Vegas as a recording artist, television and film star, and a member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack”. Aged 64.
1990 New York, U.S.A. –Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. Aged 53.
2002 Hobart, Tasmania – Alec Campbell, the last surviving Australian ANZAC. Aged 103.
11 May 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 833
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
In this Mothers’ Day edition, selections from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1973; easy listening from indie artists; and easy-listening requests.
Today’s photo – Sunrise over the Derwent Valley, taken 9 May 2025.
Photo: Yours Truly
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Barry Owen – Over and Done | 2025 | 06:06 | 0 | TCAJL 2538548 | |
| Charting this day 1975 Gene Pitney – Blue Angel | 1975 | 06:12 | 9 | 11/10/2024 | |
| Charting this day 1975 Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again | 1975 | 06:16 | 6 | 6/10/2023 | |
| By Request Today: P J Proby – Somewhere | 1965 | 06:19 | 18 | 23/3/2025 | |
| The Howie Bros – Home I’ll Be | 2025 | 06:23 | 1 | 27/4/2025 | |
| Sherrie Shines – I Still Miss Someone | 2005 | 06:28 | 0 | ||
| Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Begin The Beguine | 06:33 | 3 | 10/12/2021 | ||
| Christine Clifford – Annie’s Song | 2025 | 06:37 | 1 | 13/4/2025 | QZHNC 2552556 |
| Backtrack: Gary Ellis – A Love That Should Have Been | 2021 | 06:40 | 4 | 25/2/2022 | |
| Tommy Vlaeminck – Bridge of Hope | 2025 | 06:45 | 2 | 9/5/2025 | |
| Jerry Reed – King Of The Road | 06:51 | 0 | |||
| By Request Today: Shavonne Aliphon – Always | 2025 | 06:53 | 5 | 9/3/2025 | |
| Rosalind Clare & Glen Flynn – Heaven Only Knows | 06:56 | 1 | 27/4/2025 | ||
| Ray Malcolm – Moon Over Memphis | 07:06 | 1 | 2/5/2025 | ||
| Charting this day 1975 Curly Rivers & Dusty Trail Ramblers – The Ferryboat Shuffle | 2025 | 07:12 | 4 | 5/1/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1975 Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls | 1973 | 07:15 | 11 | 4/5/2025 | |
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix) | 1973 | 07:19 | 2 | 9/5/2025 | |
| Jonny Boston – Silver Moon | 1975 | 07:22 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Baxter – The Jumping Jackaroo | 2025 | 07:28 | 2 | 9/5/2025 | |
| Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Anyone Who Had A Heart | 2025 | 07:33 | 2 | 23/6/2023 | |
| Larissa Tormey – Coming Back To Life | 2025 | 07:38 | 1 | 27/4/2025 | IEJHJ 2500002 |
| Andy Martin – River In The Rain | 1965 | 07:41 | 1 | 2/5/2025 | |
| Backtrack: Ginny Peters – If It Wasn’t For The Mirror | 2025 | 07:47 | 1 | 26/8/2018 | |
| The Charlesys – I Can See The Dawn | 2025 | 07:50 | 2 | 7/2/2025 | |
| Pearce Pickering Ragtime Five – Should I | 1970 | 07:56 | 4 | 24/2/2023 | |
| Elvis Aaron Presley Jr – Goldmine | 2020 | 08:05 | 2 | 18/4/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1975 Pilot – January | 1975 | 08:10 | 7 | 18/6/2021 | |
| Charting this day 1975 Sherbet – Summer Love | 1975 | 08:14 | 4 | 27/9/2024 | |
| Tom Mullally – You Gave Me A Mountain | 2025 | 08:21 | 0 | ||
| By Request Today: Eddie Fisher – Ciindy Oh Cindy | 1957 | 08:25 | 6 | 9/4/2021 | |
| Ian Hughes & His Orchestra – Lambada | 08:34 | 2 | 28/7/2023 | ||
| Tim Lane – Are You OK | 2025 | 08:38 | 0 | QZES7 2501254 | |
| Backtrack: Jason Owen – Everybody’s Talking | 2020 | 08:44 | 3 | 20/11/2020 | |
| Kathy Carver – Yellow Moon On The Swan | 2025 | 08:49 | 1 | 25/4/2025 | |
| John McCarthy Men’s Chorus with Banjo Rhythm Kings and Orchestra – Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines | 08:52 | 1 | 5/2/2016 | ||
| Seekers – Love Is Me Love Is You | 1988 | 08:55 | 2 | 4/8/2024 |
11 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1964 Hobart, Tasmania – A young carpenter from Moonah, and his 15 year old girlfriend escaped through a window of their car, after it plunged off Princes Wharf and sank.
1969 Hobart, Tasmania – The Liberal Party won office in Tasmania for the first time in 35 years. There was no Labor Government in office, State or Federally throughout Australia
BORN
1959 Arcadia, Michigan, U.S.A. – Harriet Quimby, early American aviatrix, movie screenwriter and the first woman to gain a pilot’s licence in the United States.
Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel after taking off from Dover and landing near Calais, France. News of her accomplishment was overshadowed in the media by that of the sinking of the Titanic so she received little attention.
She died later the same year in Massachusetts, U.S.A., when she and a passenger fell from a plane at 1,000 feet altitude. The plane glided to the ground and made a soft landing in mud.
1888 Tyumen, Russian Empire – Irving Berlin, American composer and lyricist, one of the greatest songwriters in history, with over 1,500 songs to his credit. His first hit, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, became world famous in 1911 and sparked an international dance craze in places as far away as Russia (d. 1989)
1941 Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England – Eric Burdon, founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band The Animals, and also the fink rock band War
1943 Liverpool, England – John Leslie Chadwick, bass guitarist from the 1960s pop group Gerry & the Pacemakers
1948 Hanover, Germany – Pam Ferris, television actress known for her roles as Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, also as Aunt Marge in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. She had the role of Sister Evangelina in 36 episodes of the BBC drama series Call The Midwife.
9 May 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 468, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – Autumn reflections in the River Derwent near New Norfolk, taken Wednesday 7 May 2025 by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Klaasje Menzen – We Hold Our Head Up High | 2025 | 09:05 | 2 | 11/4/2025 | |
| Mike Hughes – Bad News | 2025 | 09:10 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Landsborough – You Stand All Alone | 09:13 | 8 | 30/8/2024 | ||
| August Lane – Constantly Raining | 2025 | 09:18 | 2 | 4/5/2025 | QZWFN 2449588 |
| Backtrack: Charlie’s Attic – Nanna’s House | 2021 | 09:21 | 3 | 14/3/2021 | |
| Sandpipers – Rain Rain Go Away | 09:29 | 1 | 19/3/2014 | ||
| Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Love Letters | 09:33 | 0 | |||
| Change of Key – Beyond That Smile | 2025 | 09:36 | 1 | 21/3/2025 | |
| By Request Today: Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again | 2024 | 09:40 | 5 | 4/5/2025 | |
| Andrew Ryan – Like It’s Yesterday | 2025 | 09:44 | 1 | 6/4/2025 | AUG9Z 2200004 |
| Tommy Vlaeminck – Bridge of Hope | 2025 | 09:48 | 1 | 20/4/2025 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Wayne Fontana & Mindbenders – Game Of Love | 1965 | 09:52 | 1 | 17/7/2015 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 George Jones & Gene Pitney – I’ve Got Five Dollars And It’s Saturday Night | 1965 | 09:54 | 4 | 13/3/2016 | |
| Brenda Lee – Your Used To Be | 1963 | 09:57 | 8 | 17/3/2023 | |
| Nick Ingman Orchestra & Singers – Y M C A | 10:05 | 0 | |||
| Toni West – No Time To Cry | 2025 | 10:09 | 0 | UKBBL 2400002 | |
| John Denver – Claudette | 10:13 | 2 | 30/12/2022 | ||
| Old Time Concert Hall: Hank Levine Orchestra – And The Band Played On | 10:17 | 3 | 21/3/2021 | ||
| Scott Rathman Jnr – Angel on the Hill | 10:21 | 2 | 20/4/2025 | ||
| Backtrack: Dale Duncan – The ‘Slim Dusty’ Rose | 2015 | 10:25 | 3 | 20/4/2025 | |
| Richard Clayderman – The Music Box Dancer | 10:30 | 2 | 24/11/2023 | ||
| Carol Chaney – Everything’s A Waltz | 10:33 | 2 | 11/4/2025 | ||
| Highway 95 – Message From Above | 10:37 | 0 | AUL0G 2400014 | ||
| Horst Wende’s Accordeon Band – Die Fischerin Vom Bodensee | 10:43 | 10 | 5/11/2023 | ||
| Mahlissa – Boondockin’ | 2025 | 10:47 | 1 | 13/4/2025 | |
| Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire | 1963 | 10:49 | 14 | 14/7/2023 | |
| Anne Fraser – Coorong Sands | 10:52 | 3 | 6/10/2023 | ||
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix) | 2025 | 11:05 | 1 | 27/4/2025 | |
| Tommy Roe – Dizzy | 1969 | 11:10 | 5 | 30/4/2021 | |
| The Charlesys – Will It Be You | 2025 | 11:13 | 1 | 15/9/2024 | CACWV 2459223 |
| Hank Snow – Nuevo Laredo | 11:18 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Chester & Blue Denim Country Band – Before The Next Teardrop Falls | 11:23 | 2 | 13/3/2022 | ||
| Anthony Baxter – The Jumping Jackaroo | 2025 | 11:25 | 1 | 25/4/2025 | |
| Gunter Noris Orchestra – Good Old Vienna | 11:33 | 0 | |||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Hermans Hermits – Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter | 1965 | 11:36 | 13 | 19/2/2023 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Seekers – A World Of Our Own | 1965 | 11:39 | 19 | 28/4/2024 | |
| Peter Stefanson – In Our Childhood Days | 2025 | 11:43 | 1 | 27/4/2025 | |
| Backtrack: Colin Paul – Dancing With A Stranger | 2022 | 11:47 | 4 | 15/12/2023 | |
| Anne Kirkpatrick – Peppimentarti Cradle | 11:51 | 1 | 5/5/2019 |
9 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS ON THIS DAY
1953 Hobart, Tasmania – The city’s two commercial radio stations 7HO and 7HT commenced transmission simultaneously on new 2,000 watt transmitters. 7HT’s transmitter was relocated from Rosny Hill to Droughty Point.
1958 Tasmania experienced its coldest May morning for 12 years, with temperatures in Hobart down to 0 C, while Shannon in the central highlands recorded -8.3 C, the lowest ever recorded there to that date. +
1970 Washington DC, U.S.A. – Up to 100,000 protesters demonstrated against the Vietnam War in front of the White House
1980 Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S.A. – The Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, causing a 420 metre. section of the southbound span to collapse. 35 people in six cars and a Greyhound bus perished after plunging 45 metres into the water.
BORN
1914 BORN Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada – Clarence Eugene Snow alias Hank Snow, country singer who during a 50 year career charted over 70 singles on the Billboard charts and recorded 140 albums between 1950 and 1980. Died 1999.
1942 BORN Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. – Thomas David Roe BKA Tommy Roe, pop singer-songwriter, best-remembered for his hits Sheila (1962) and Dizzy (1969)