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17 November 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 808
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Palana Bay, Flinders Island.

[For the geographically unaware, Flinders Island is the largest of the Furneaux group, at the eastern end of Bass Strait.

These islands were originally a mountain range on the low “land bridge” which connected Tasmania to mainland Australia, until 10,000 years ago.

This photo was taken by a relative, in 1978. I assume the locality has changed little since then.]

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

Due to a technical hitch, today’s programme started off on last Sunday’s playlist; hence, the first two tracks were repeated from that day. I had to make the necessary corrections “on the run,” as the programme went to air.

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Irish Rovers – The Orange And The Green196811010/11/2024 
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite20241215/11/2024 
Lou T Josie – Just A Heartbeat Away202410  
Graham Oliver – I Don’t Know How I’ll Ever Get Over You20241228/6/2024 
Past Request 2019: Bachelors – I Believe19641712/4/2024 
Carpenters – For All We Know1971164/3/2022 
By Request Today:
Michael Crawford – Music Of The Night
 1513/8/2023 
Horst Jankowski & His Orchestra – Canadian Sunset 10  
Backtrack: Don Smythe – Long Way Till Tomorrow20201511/9/2020NZRI1 1903411
Sammie Soravia – OK To Be Alone20241115/11/2024 
Past Request 2013:
Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction
 11315/10/2023 
Andy Williams – Blue Hawaii 10  
Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman196412213/9/2024 
Petula Clark – Love Me With All Your Heart19652319/11/2021 
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real Estate20242215/11/2024AU2KV 2400022
Liselotte van Dooren – Time To Lend A Hand202420  
John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do20242        120/10/2024TCAHE 2397001
Backtrack: Allan Caswell – Sucking My Darling Dry20182        227/9/2019 
Peter Foldy – Bondi Junction 2423/6/2023 
Box Tree Orchestra – A Groovy Kind Of Love 20  
BORN THIS DAY 1944, Tipton, Missouri, U.S.A. – Harold Eugene Clark, alias Gene Clark, singer-songwriter and a founding member of the folk-rock group, The Byrds.  Died 1991.
Byrds – Ballad of the Easy Rider19692217/11/2023 
Frank Ifield – Days of Wine And Roses 20  
Past Request 2019:
Ashley Cook – Keeping The Past Alive
20192527/3/2020 
Brenda Lynn Allen – Live Your Dreams202420 QZS7J 2404200
DIED THIS DAY 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Donald Eugene Gibson, singer-songwriter and Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee, who had a string of hits from the late 1950s into the early 1970s.  Aged 75.
Don Gibson – I Love You Because 215/5/2019 
Rooftop Singers – Walk Right in19632133/9/2023 
Jerry Wallace – In The Misty Moonlight19643313/9/2024 
By Request Today: Slim Whitman – China Doll19673116/2/2022 
By Request Today: Olivia Newton John – Physical 3116/9/2018 
By Request Today: Judy Stone – 4,003,221 Tears From Now196431529/3/2024 
BORN THIS DAY 1938, Orillia, Ontario, Canada – Gordon Lightfoot, singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock and country music of the 1960s and 1970s.  Died 2023.
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain 3117/11/2017 
Phoebe Hutchison – I Won’t Say I Miss You202430 AUK5B 2400001
Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Happy Song 30  
Past Request 2022: Axiom – A Little Ray of Sunshine19703830/10/2022 
Backtrack: Tom Curtin & Sara Storer – Speak Up2018323/8/2018 
Gary Kennedy – Dance With Me Molly20233519/7/2024 
Don Costa & His Orchestra – Never on Sunday 3519/9/2021 
Daniel O’Donnell – Beautiful Sunday 361/4/2018 

17 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

ALSO BORN THIS DAY:


1925  Winnetka, Illinoir, U.S.A. – Roy Harold Scherer Jr, alias Rock Hudson, film and television actor.  Died 1985.

1940 Swansea, Wales – Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, alias William Simons, actor who had the role of P C Alf Ventress in the TV drama series, Heartbeat, for over a decade.  Died 2019.

DIED THIS DAY:

1970, Surbiton, London, Englamd – Naunton Wayne, actor who has appeared in numerous feature films.  Aged 69.

EVENTS:

1970  The Soviet Union landed Lunokhod 1 on the Moon’s Mare Imbrium, from the orbiting Luna 17 craft.  Lunokhod 1 was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world.  It resembled a toilet pan on eight independently operated wheels.

It travelled over 10½ kilometres on the Moon, at a top speed on 100 metres an hour, and it’s four cameras returned over 20,000 images.  It operated for 11 months, instead of the planned 3 months.

Contact with Lunokhod 1 was lost on 14 September 1971.

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15 November 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 443

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: Tromso, Norway.
📷Bonnie Fraser

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite2024HOUR 1110/11/2024 
By Request: Slim Dusty – Duncan HOUR 1184/10/2024 
By Request: Judy Garland – Somewhere Over The Rainbow1938HOUR 115/6/2022 
Bobby Goldsboro – Killing Me Softly With Her song HOUR 1224/7/2020 
Sammie Soravia – OK To Be Alone2024HOUR 10  
Garrett Gregory – She Don’t Need To Drink To Dance2024HOUR 113/11/2024 
Backtrack: Alan Dingo Byram – Green Door2020HOUR 1528/1/2022 
BORN this day 1905, Venice, Italy. – Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, Anglo-Italian orchestra conductor and entertainer, known for his cascading strings musical signature.  Died 1980.
Mantovani – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang HOUR 131/8/2014 
Ray Conniff Singers – Sundown HOUR 1315/5/2016 
BORN this day 1932, Epsom, Surrey, England – Petula Clark, singer, actress and composer whose 70+ year career began at age 9 on BBC Radio during World War 2.  She became famous during the 1960s for many hit 45s, including Downtown, I Know A Place, My Love, Colour My World and many more.  She has sold over 68 million records.  Turns 92.
Petula Clark – Sailor1961 530/1/2022 
Graham Oliver – Feelin’ Lonely2024 0  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Dean Martin – The Door Is Still Open To My Heart
1964HOUR 1624/11/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Sam Cooke – Cousin of Mine1964HOUR 1422/1/2021 
Bohemian Rogue – The Speakeasy2024HOUR 211/11/2024AUGBT 2442171
Weird Al Jankovic – Happy Birthday HOUR 20  
Manon – Je Ne Vois Que Toi2024HOUR 218/11/2024 
Col Thomson – Where Banjo Wrote Mailda2024HOUR 20  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Jill Day – Happiness Street
1956HOUR 20  
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real Estate2024HOUR 211/11/2024AU2KV 2400022
Backtrack: Tyson Lucas – It’s OK To Be Me2019HOUR 2227/9/2019 
Tonio Rivera & His Orchestra – Cachita HOUR 20  
Past Request 2020:
Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Amazing Grace
1972HOUR 244/6/2021 
BORN this day 1932, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. – Clyde McPhatter, one of the most widley imitated Rhythm-and-Blues singers of the 50s and 60s.  (Died 1972).
Clyde McPhatter – A Lover’s Question1958HOUR 2913/6/2021 
Emmie Lee – Perfectly Imperfect2024HOUR 20  
Paul Ricketts – Sapper Smith2024HOUR 218/11/2024AUZY4 2400022
Past Request 2023: Apollo 100 – Joy1972HOUR 3929/10/2023 
Foster & Allen – Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes HOUR 30  
Roger Nicholas Chorale – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart HOUR 30  
Hein Simons – Wenn Der Sudwind Weht HOUR 30  
Heintje – I’m Your Little Boy HOUR 3514/5/2021 
Lisa Retrot – Calling All Angels2024HOUR 323/11/2024 
Pepe Jaramillo & His Latin American Rhythm – For Once In My Life HOUR 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Lucky Starr – The Three Trees
1964HOUR 342/11/2014 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Matt Monro – Walk Away
1964HOUR 31115/1/2023 
BORN this day 1945, Ballangen, Norway –  Anni-Fri Synni Princess Reuss of Plauen, widely known as Frida Lyngstad, Swedish pop and jazz singer, and former member of the group ABBA.  Turns 79.
ABBA – Hasta Manana1976HOUR 3716/12/2022 
Janie Fricke – Easy To Please HOUR 30  
Andy Stewart – By The Lochside HOUR 3413/9/2020 

15 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

EVENTS:

1901  Throughout Australia, farmers were combating a plague of furry animals, with the zoological name of Oryctolagus Cuniculus, which had spread throughout the country since being released on the property of Thomas Austin at Barwon Park, near Geelong, Victoria.  (Oryctolagus Cuniculus = the rabbit)

1959  Perth, West Australia – A century-old dream became a reality when the State’s Governor, Sir Charles Gairdner, opened a bridge across the Swan River at The Narrows.  It was then the longest pre-stressed concrete bridge in Australia.

1978  Melbourne, Victoria – The Westgate Bridge opened for traffic.

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10 November 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 807
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s photo: Tromso, Norway. Courtesy Bonnie Fraser.

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Irish Rovers – The Orange And The Green1968HOUR 1913/8/2021 
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite2024HOUR 10  
By Request Today: Atlantics – Bombora1963HOUR 1128/11/2024 
Past Request 2022: Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett – It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere HOUR 1524/7/2022 
Don Allen – How Great Thou Art2024HOUR 10 USL4R 2404356
Backtrack: Alisha Smith – Wheels2019HOUR 1171/11/2024 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Wives And Lovers HOUR 1111/3/2022 
April Parkinson – Sounds Of The Fallen2023HOUR 147/5/2023 
Col Elliott – Only A Moment In Time2024HOUR 1313/10/2024USHM 91111450
Past Request 2018: Ali Mills – Dream Serenade2018HOUR 119/9/2018 
Connie Francis – Al Di La HOUR 10  
Frank Ifield – I’m A Fool To Care1962HOUR 10  
Daniel O’Donnell – I Believe HOUR 1110/11/2019 
Don Smythe – Daddy’s In Kandaha2020HOUR 2810/11/2023 
Eddie Rabbitt – The Wanderer HOUR 20  
Past Request 2014: Amen Corner – If Paradise Was Half As Nice HOUR 2116/11/2014 
Allison Durbin – Blue On Blue HOUR 2        58/11/2019 
Backtrack: Malcolm Doyle – A Thousand Fathoms Below2012HOUR 2        311/11/2022 
Kylie Adams-Collier – Montevideo Maru 19422018HOUR 2810/11/2023 
Henry Arland – Clarinets Waltz HOUR 2322/4/2022 
Jimmy Little – Yorta Yorta Man HOUR 20  
Emma Jene – The Beat Of A Drum2016HOUR 21611/11/2022 
Past Request 2018: Andy Stewart – A Scottish Soldier1961HOUR 21514/5/2021 
Toni West – It’s Not The Same2024HOUR 218/11/2024UKBBL 2400009
Past Request 2023: John Denver – Rocky Mountain High HOUR 22416/9/2023 
Craig Giles – Picture On The Mantle2017HOUR 31810/11/2023 
By Request Today: Foster & Allen – Rose Of My Heart HOUR 32912/5/2024 
By Request Today: Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never HOUR 31622/10/2023 
By Request Today: Geraldo & His Orchestra with Sally Douglas – Lili Marlene1942HOUR 3215/11/2019 
Past Request 2018: Andy Williams – Autumn Leaves HOUR 3231/5/2019 
Richard Clayderman – We Are The World HOUR 3225/12/2020 
By Request Today: Josh Turner – Your Man2005HOUR 335/5/2024 
Past Request 2019: Anne Murray – Could I Have This Dance HOUR 31121/6/2024 
Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero2024HOUR 341/11/2024AUZY4 2400016
Dale Duncan – My Dog Nui Dat2016HOUR 3211/11/2022 

3 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

EVENTS:

1958  Lake Coniston, England – Speed ace Donald Campbell increased his water speed record from 384 kmh to 400 kmh in his hydroplane Bluebird.

1975  The freighter ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank suddenly during a storm on Lake Superior, one of the lakes bordering the U.S.A. and Canada, with the loss of all 29 crew on board.

1979  Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – A 106-waggon Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosives and poisonous chemicals, derailed, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history.

1980  The NASA space probe Voyager 1 started it’s closest approach to Saturn, and flew within 77,000 miles of the planet’s cloudtops, returning the first high resolution images of the planet.

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8 November 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 442

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: Tromso, Norway.
📷Bonnie Fraser

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem HOUR 10  
Past Request 2023: ABBA – S O S1975HOUR 11028/5/2023 
Past Request 2023: America – A Horse With No Name1972HOUR 1625/10/2024 
Paul Ricketts – Sapper Smith2024HOUR 10 AUZY4 2400022
Chris Guenther – Changing Of The Guard2024HOUR 10 QMAAK 2430348
Backtrack: Jack Viljoen – Good Morning Song2017HOUR 1316/3/2018 
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes HOUR 10  
Guy Surtees – Jessie2024HOUR 10  
Patti Page – Try To Remember HOUR 124/12/2016 
BORN this day 1927, Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Clare Ann Fowler, alias Patti Page, the best-selling female artist of the 1950s.  Died 2013.
Moe Bandy – Only If There Is Another You2024HOUR 10  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Dinah Lee – Don’t You Know Yockomo
1964HOUR 1124/11/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Beach Boys – When I Grow Up
1964HOUR 10  
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky2024HOUR 123/11/2024 
Paul O’Connor – Stay Young2024HOUR 20 TCAIT 2449499
Russell Kitchin – Gettin’ On Gettin’ By With you Gone2024HOUR 20  
Phil Salter – Can’t See For Looking2024HOUR 20  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Stan Freberg – Sh-Boom1954HOUR 20  
Gone With The West – Colorado Cowboy2024HOUR 20 TCAIM 2424 21066
Backtrack: Jason Carruthers – Don’t Sell Australia Out2022HOUR 286/1/2023 
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra – Memories of You HOUR 20  
Past Request 2015: Anita Bryant – Paper Roses1960HOUR 2510/6/2016 
By Request: Joy Adams – Stubborn Pride2023HOUR 227/7/2023 
Leif Garrett – California Girls1977HOUR 2326/7/2015 
BORN this day 1961, Hollywood, California, U.S.A. –  Leif Per Nervik, alias Leif Garrett, singer, actor and 1970s teen idol.  Turns 63.
Toni West – It’s Not The Same2024HOUR 20 UKBBL 2400009
Lindsay Waddington & Brendan Radford – The Red Centre2024HOUR 213/11/2024AUZY4 2400020
Past Request 2023: Atlantics – Bombora1963HOUR 3113/9/2023 
Manon – Je Ne Vois Que Toi HOUR 30  
Briggs & Stark – Three Kisses2024HOUR 30  
Backtrack: Jim Reeves – From A Jack To A King HOUR 316/10/2023 
John Blades – Love Will Have To Wait2024HOUR 30 AU2KJ 2400001
Backtrack: Aly Cook – Not Pretty Enough2020HOUR 3329/11/2020 
Orchester Werner Tauber – Dolores HOUR 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Supremes – Baby Love
1964HOUR 31417/7/2022 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me
1964HOUR 3524/11/2017 
Ivory Joe Hunter – Corrine Corrina1956HOUR 328/11/2019 
DIED this day 1974, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. –  Ivory Joe Hunter, rhythm and blues singer, pianist and songwriter.  Aged 60.
Brian Letton – In The Arms Of A Memory2024HOUR 30  
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3 November 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 806
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s photo: 20th of October, and at the Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy, locomotive M 5 makes it’s first movements under it’s own steam after a massive overhaul.

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
David Hammerschlag – Take Me To A Country Town2024HOUR 10  
Past Request 2020: ABBA – Dance While The Music Still Goes On1973HOUR 1626/6/2022 
Past Request 2017: Albert Hammond – Give A Little Love1987HOUR 1316/7/2021 
By Request Today: John Williamson – True Blue HOUR 1825/9/2022 
The Songsmiths – The Lucky One2024HOUR 10 TCAIP2488887
Damien Johnson – Nobody Else But You2024HOUR 1120/10/2024 
Past Request 2020: Andre Rieu – Amazing Grace HOUR 128/3/2020 
Krzystof Groen – Dixon2024HOUR 10  
Garrett Gregory – She Don’t Need To Drink To Dance2024HOUR 10  
Past Request 2013: 19 0 1 – Fifteen Years Ago HOUR 1710/7/2022 
Neil Diamond – I’m A Believer HOUR 1514/10/2022 
Dean Martin – Gentle On My Mind1969HOUR 1223/3/2018 
Mike Hughes – If Ever I Need A Lady I’ll Call You2024HOUR 20  
Past Request 2013: Adam Brand – Grandpa’s Piano HOUR 232/2/2024 
Past Request 2017: Troy Cassar-Daly & Adam Harvey – Good Hearted Woman HOUR 2119/3/2017 
Spinners – Drunken Sailor HOUR 2        35/11/2023 
Andy Penkow – The Lone Drover2024HOUR 2        0 AUGBT2435285
Lindsay Waddington & Brendan Radford – The Red Centre2024HOUR 20 AUZY42400020
BBC Big Band – On The Sunny Side Of The Street HOUR 229/8/2013 
Patsy & Dave with Russell Morris – The Willow2024HOUR 2127/10/2024 
Brendan Radford – E J2024HOUR 20 AUGBT2447646
Village Stompers – Washington Square1963HOUR 2923/2/2024 
Jimmy Little – Royal Telephone1963HOUR 21722/9/2023 
Past Request 2020: Alan Jackson – Pop A Top HOUR 236/9/2020 
Allan Caswell – He Loves His Radio2024HOUR 30 AUGBT2444959
By Request Today: Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs HOUR 3222/9/2024 
By Request Today: Elton John – Crocodile Rock HOUR 3630/4/2021 
Past Request 2024: Al Martino – Spanish Eyes1966HOUR 31112/5/2024 
Seekers – The Leaving of Liverpool HOUR 3611/6/2023 
Ronnie Kennedy – The Bluebell Polka HOUR 3516/9/2022 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Hello Dolly HOUR 3110/3/2019 
Lissa Retrot – Calling All Angels2024HOUR 3125/10/2024 
Past Request 2021: Aishling Rafferty – Love Me When I’m Old2021HOUR 3166/10/2023 
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky2024HOUR 301/11/2024 

3 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

BORN:

1948  Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, England – Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie BKA Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress, successful since the early 1960s.  She is famous for her hits To Sir With Love, Shout, and for her Eurovision Song Contest winning entry Boom Bang a Bang.  

DIED:

2002  Market Deeping, England – Anthony James Donegan alias Lonnie Donegan, or The King of Skiffle, musician listed as England’s most influential recording artist prior to the Beatles. (Aged 71)

2006  Perpignan, France, Paul Mauriat, French musician and orchestra leader, who has sold over 40 million albums.  He is particularly known for his million selling No 1 hit of 1968,  Love Is Blue. (Aged 81)

2016  Beverley Hills, California, U.S.A.  – Katherine Laverne Starks alias Kay Starr, pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 50s, best remembered for introducing two long running # 1 hits, Wheel of Fortune and The Rock and Roll Waltz.  (Aged 94)

EVENTS:

1927  Sydney, New South Wales – Forty lives were lost when the harbour ferry Greycliffe, which had 120 passengers aboard, sank three minutes after being cut in two during a collision with the Union Steamship Company steamer Tahiti.

1957  The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, with the first animal in space (a dog named Laika) on board.  Laika did not survive.

1973  Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – The spaceprobe Mariner 10 was launched towards the planet Mercury.  On March 29 1974, it became the first Earthly spacecraft to reach that planet.

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1 November 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 441

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: The convict-era township of Oatlands, in the Tasmanian midlands.
📷 Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Lee & Christine Conway – Believe It Or Not1971HOUR 123/1/2020 
Bohemian Rogue – The Speakeasy2024HOUR 10 AUGBT 2442171
Alan Mason – Family And Friends2024HOUR 1220/10/2024 
By Request: Elvis Presley – Little Egypt1967HOUR 1819/5/2024 
Al Martino – Lili Marlene1968HOUR 1710/10/2021 
Donna Cunningham – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue2024HOUR 10  
Backtrack: Marie Haslemore – A Nei Ra Te Kura2016HOUR 122/12/2016 
Burt Bacharach Orchestra – Alfie HOUR 124/9/2015 
Billie McFarland – Wonderland By Night2024HOUR 1120/10/2024 
Bill Anderson – Every Time I Turn The Radio On HOUR 10  
BORN this day 1937, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A. – James William Anderson III, alias Bill Anderson, singer-songwriter.  Turns 87.
Eric Devries – Shadow Of A Man2024HOUR 1220/10/2024NL5XB 2400001
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – El Presidente1964HOUR 1411/8/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Jimmie Rodgers – Someplace Green1964HOUR 1415/11/2019 
Owen Smith – Market Day2024HOUR 2527/10/2024 
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real estate2024HOUR 20 AU2KV 2400022
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky2024HOUR 20  
By Request: Platters – One In A Million1957HOUR 235/4/2024 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Eddie Cochran – Sittin’ In The Balcony
1957HOUR 2122/12/2023 
Dianne Lindsay – A Teardrop On A Rose2024HOUR 2220/10/2024 
Paddy Canavan – My Own Carrickmore2024HOUR 2320/10/2024 
Henry Mancini  & His Orchestra – Days Of Wine And Roses HOUR 20  
Tina Arena – I Only Want To Be with You HOUR 233/10/2021 
BORN this day 1967, Melbourne, Victoria – Filippina Lydia Arena, alias Tina Arena, singer-songwriter and actress, winnder of 6 ARIA Awards and two World Music Awards.  Turns 57.
Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero2024HOUR 2325/10/2024AUZY4 2400016
Norman Borland – Take Another Run2024HOUR 2120/10/2024GBMA2 2361010
Jamie Lindsay – 19772024HOUR 30  
John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do2024HOUR 3120/10/2024TCAHE 2397001
Lance Birrell – Ghosts Of The Pioneers2024HOUR 30  
John Gary – Danny Boy HOUR 30  
Christine Leaves – So Far2024HOUR 30  
Backtrack: Wolfe Milestone – Ole Mexico2022HOUR 336/1/2023 
Carlo Savina & His Orchestra – Comme Prima HOUR 3114/8/2020 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Barbra Streisand – People
1964HOUR 3226/10/2014 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – The Summer Song
1964HOUR 31431/5/2024 
Damian Johnson – Nobody Else But You2024HOUR 3120/10/2024 
Alisha Smith – Wheels2016HOUR 3166/9/2020 

1 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

DIED:

1990  Cully, Switzerland – Jacques Piccard, oceanographer and engineer, who developed underwater exploration vehicles.  For many years, he was onle of only two people (the other being Lieut. Don Walsh of the U.S. Navy) to have explored the deepest part of any ocean, the Challenger Deep, which is part of the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific. Aged 86.

EVENTS:

1755  Lisbon, Portugal – The city and surrounding areas were destroyed and over 50,000 lives were lost during a massive earthquake, followed by a tsunami and firestorm.  The earthquake was felt throughout Europe and North West Africa, and tsunamis also struck the Azores, Spain, Caribbean, southern England and Ireland.

1926  Melbourne, Victoria – General Motors opened a car assembly plant, which used bodies built by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd of Adelaide.

1951  Nevada, U.S.A. – 6,500 American soldiers were deliberately exposed to radiation from the “Desert Rock” atomic explosion, ostensibly for “training purposes.”  Exactly a year later, the U.S. successfully detonated the first large hydrogen bomb on the Eniwetok Atoll, in the Marshall Islands.

1954  Mangalore, Victoria – The first Vickers Viscount turbo-prop airliner purchased by Trans Australia Airlines was destroyed when it crashed during an attempt to take off, using only 3 of it’s four engines.  Three senior captains perished, but there were five survivors, including a 7 year old boy.

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27 October 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 805
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s photo: A sunny Saturday morning, overlooking the Derwent River at Austins Ferry.

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Mike McClellan – Hold Tight HOUR 10  
Bobby Goldsboro – California Wine HOUR 1229/10/2017 
Keith Urban – Your Everything HOUR 10  
Dreamers – They Can’t Take That Away From Me HOUR 10  
Sammie Soravia – The One Who Deserves Me2024HOUR 10  
Bob Dylan – Knocking On Heaven’s Door1974HOUR 1223/2/2024 
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – The Old Fashioned Way HOUR 1211/4/2021 
Backtrack: Shane Warren – Old Draught Horse2015HOUR 1216/6/2017 
19 0 1 – Silver Threads Among The Gold HOUR 145/7/2015 
Donny & Marie Osmond – We Will Find A Way HOUR 10  
Christa Fartek – Don’t Wait2024HOUR 1425/10/2024 
Owen Smith – Market Day2024HOUR 1425/10/2024 
Julie London – Hot Toddy HOUR 118/11/2020 
Ashley Gall – At 212024HOUR 2320/10/2024AUZY4 2400013
Briggs & Stark – Go Ahead2024HOUR 2318/10/2024 
Roger Whittaker – New World In The Morning (Live Recording) HOUR 228/9/2024 
George Jones – She Thinks I Still Care HOUR 2        0  
The Dollys – Weathering The Storm2024HOUR 2        0 AUGBT 2410975
Stringalongs – Wheels1961HOUR 21124/3/2024 
101 Strings Orchestra – The Music Box Dancer HOUR 2417/3/2023 
Graeme Clarke – How Long2024HOUR 2318/10/2024 
Brent Duncan – Dust Me Off2024HOUR 2118/10/2024QZTB3 2469296
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962
No 20:  Elvis Presley – Good Luck Charm
1962HOUR 2618/4/2021 
Cumberland River Project – Highway Blue2024HOUR 2318/10/2024 
Andy Stewart – Heather Bells Will Bloom Again HOUR 20  
Grantley Dee – Let The Little Girl Dance1966HOUR 265/6/2022 
Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free1976HOUR 329/12/2022 
By Request: Frank Ifield – I Remember You1962HOUR 373/10/2021 
By Request: Beatles – The Ballad of John and Yoko HOUR 323/8/2018 
Mary Gantley – Goodbye My Eire2024HOUR 3318/10/2024TCAI12 469682
Patsy Cline – Back In Baby’s Arms HOUR 3220/6/2014 
John Denver – When I’m 64 HOUR 3222/5/2020 
By Request: Diane Renay – Blue Navy Blue1964HOUR 31122/3/2024 
By Request: John Denver – Sunshine On My Shoulders2024HOUR 3116/2/2018 
Horst Jankowski – Soulful Strut HOUR 30  
Patsy & Dave with Russell Morris – The Willow2024HOUR 30  
Noelle Shevlin – The Other Side Of The Hill2024HOUR 30 QZTB9 2424297
Seekers – California Dreaming1967HOUR 333/7/2020 

27 OCTOBER IN HISTORY:

BORN:

1811  Pittsdown, New York, U.S.A. – Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor, actor and entrepreneur who made major improvements to the sewing machine – and faounder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.  Died 1875.

1933  Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A. – Floyd Cramer, pianist who popularised the “slip note” style.  Died 1997.

1939  Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England – John Cleese, actor, comedian, writer and film producer, famed for the Fawlty Towers sitcom.  Turns 85

DIED:

1990  Barcelona, Spain – Xavier Cugat, Catalan-American bandleader, violinist, arranger and cartoonist.  (Aged 90)

2019  Bendigo, Victoria – Anne Phelan, award winning television actress who appeared in many Australian productions, comedian, writer and film producer, famed for the Fawlty Towers sitcom.  Aged 75.

EVENTS:

1953  Woomera, South Australia – Britain exploded a second nuclear bomb, west of the rocket range.

1956  Sydney, New South Wales – Australia’s first television station, TCN channel 9, officially opened with daily programme transmission between the hours of 7 p.m. till 10 p.m.

1964  Hunters Hill, Sydney, New South Wales – Hundreds of residents were evacuated as a fire raged at an oil storage depot.  Workers were ordered to “get out for their lives” after the fire, which was believed to have been started by static electricity, broke out.

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25 October 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 440

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: The Sentinels, in Tasmania’s wild and rugged south-west.
📷Bonnie Fraser

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Michael Farrell – Ghost Riders In The Sky2024HOUR 10  
Tony Olson Music Project – If You Want To Be Happy2024HOUR 1320/10/2024 
Peter Salata – My Girl Back On The Land2024HOUR 1213/10/2024 
Doc Holiday – Hold Me2024HOUR 1213/10/2024 
Owen Smith – Market Day2024HOUR 1320/10/2024 
Backtrack: Ginny Peters – Hey Diddle Diddle HOUR 112/9/2018 
Lucky Starr – Blueberry Hill HOUR 10  
James Last Orchestra – My Heart Will Go On HOUR 10  
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water2024HOUR 1413/10/2024IEJHJ 2400002
Engelbert Humperdinck – After The Loving HOUR 10  
John Gary – Young At Heart HOUR 10  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Beatles – If I Fell
1964HOUR 1528/9/2018 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Tony Sheveton – A Million Drums
1964HOUR 116/9/2019 
Caoimhe Murney – Hillbilly Girl1964HOUR 1216/8/2024 
Christine Clifford – Born In The Country2024HOUR 20 AUP6F 2400001
Watling & Bates – Closer2024HOUR 2213/10/2024AUHNE 2200007
Donny & Marie Osmond – A Beautiful Life HOUR 20  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Cathy Carr – First Anniversary
1959HOUR 20  
Russel Kitchin – State Of Mind2024HOUR 2213/10/2024 
Christa Fartek – Don’t Wait2024HOUR 2318/10/2024 
Max Greger & His Orchestra – Around The World HOUR 238/1/2016 
Backtrack: Emma Jene – I Will Always Love You2017HOUR 2827/4/2018 
Lissa Retrot – Calling All Angels2024HOUR 20  
Connie Francis – Who’s Sorry Now1958HOUR 20  
Frank Ifield – You Came Along1967HOUR 20  
America – A Horse With No Name1972HOUR 2524/11/2023 
Joy Adams – Teach Your Children HOUR 268/9/2023 
Ami Leigh – You’ll Find The One2024HOUR 30 QZTB2 2422434
Ray Malcolm – Que Sera Sera2024HOUR 3318/10/2024 
Patsy Cline – Any Time HOUR 30  
Will Glahe & His Orchestra – Hoop De Doo Polka HOUR 30  
Will Glahe & His Orchestra – Horn Polka HOUR 30  
Jim Reeves – A Stranger’s Just A Friend HOUR 30  
Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend2017HOUR 366/10/2024 
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – De Nina A Mujer HOUR 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Cliff Richard – The Twelfth Of Never
1964HOUR 3810/7/2016 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Jay & Americans – Come A Little Bit Closer
1964HOUR 3923/4/2023 
Gail Barnard – Mindaree Time2024HOUR 30 USl4Q 2444717
Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero2024HOUR 3220/10/2024AUZY4 2400016

BORN:

1825 St Ulrich, Austria – Johann Strauss II, composer of light music, in particular, over 500 waltzes, polkas, and other types of dance music.  Died 1899.

1886 Weedon, Northamptonshire, England – Leo Gratten Carroll, alias Leo G Carroll, actor, known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock movies and several television series.  Died 1972.

1941 Melbourne, Victoria – Helen Reddy, singer best known for her signature hit, I Am Woman.  Died 2020.

DIED:

1990  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Roger Miller, singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his novelty songs such as King Of The Road, Dang Me and England Swings. Aged 56.

2002  London, England – Richard Harris, actor, singer-songwriter and writer.  Aged 72.

EVENTS:

1925  Hobart, Tasmania – Eric Waterworth unveiled a mechanism which allowed several records to be played automatically.

1938  Dandenong Ranges, Victoria – Australia’s worst air disaster to that dateoccurred when an Australian National airways DC 2 aircraft, which was 40 kilometres off course, struck a mountainside, with the loss of 4 crew and 14 passengers.

1959  Sydney, New South Wales – The heaviest deluge in the city’s history to that date combined to cause death and destruction in the western suburbs.

1937  Darwin, Northern Territory – Jean Batten arrived in Darwin to set a new England to Australia flight record of 5 days, 18 hours and 15 minutes.

1962  Dandenong, Victoria – The one millionth Holden car, an EJ Premier model, rolled off the company’s production line.

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20 October 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 804
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s photo: Retired diesel-electric locomotives Y 2 and Y 4 head a joint Derwent Valley Railway/Tasmanian Transport Museum excursion on the Tasmanian Main Line, March 2003. The train is accelerating off the Bridgewater Bridge, on the upgrade through the old Bridgewater railway yard.

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Ashley Gall – At 212024HOUR 1218/10/2024AUZY4 2400013
Eric DeVries – Shadow Of A Man2024HOUR 1111/10/2024NL5XB 2400001
Charlie Landsborough – Passing Through HOUR 1319/11/2021 
John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do2024HOUR 10 TCAHE 2397001
Johnny Chester – Send Me Some Loving2024HOUR 1415/9/2024AUMEV 498189
By Request: Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were HOUR 1411/6/2023 
Pete King Orchestra – Al Di La HOUR 1122/1/2021 
Barry O’Dowd & Shamrock Singers – Galway Bay HOUR 1324/3/2019 
Backtrack: Geoff Williams – Across The Ditch2021HOUR 1523/7/2021 
Daniel O’Donnell – Then I Kissed Her HOUR 1223/6/2024 
Dianne Lindsay – A Teardrop On A Rose2024HOUR 1111/10/2024 
Brian Hyland – A Million To One1969HOUR 10  
Chris Guenther – Arrango2024HOUR 1118/10/2024QMAAK 2430353
Alan Mason – Family And Friends2024HOUR 2111/10/2024 
Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline – The Wayward Wind HOUR 256/10/2024 
Daniel Boone – Beautiful Sunday1972HOUR 22217/9/2023 
Paddy Canavan – My Own Carrickmore2024HOUR 2        211/10/2024 
Lennon Sisters – She’ll Have To Go1962HOUR 2        0  
Nat King Cole – That’s You HOUR 20  
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – Touch Me In The Morning HOUR 229/11/2018 
Carpenters – Only Yesterday1975HOUR 2519/12/2021 
Damian Johnson – Nobody Else But You2024HOUR 20  
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962
No 19:  Mary Wells – The One Who Really Loves You
1962HOUR 20  
Norman Borland – Take Another Run2024HOUR 20 GBMA2 2361010
Billy McFarland – Wonderland By Night2024HOUR 20  
Francisco Cavez & His Orchestra – High Life In Brazil HOUR 2123/7/2021 
Tony Olson Music Project – If You Want To Be Happy2024HOUR 3213/10/2024 
By Request: Roy Orbison – California Blue HOUR 31026/7/2024 
By Request: Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All HOUR 3128/5/2017 
By Request: Hank Thompson – Who Left The Doors To Heaven Open HOUR 30  
By Request:  Beatles – Yesterday HOUR 31223/1/2022 
Engelbert Humperdinck – I’m A Better Man HOUR 30  
Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Sucu Sucu HOUR 30  
Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero2024HOUR 314/10/2024AUZY4 2400016
Owen Smith – Market Day2024HOUR 3218/10/2024 
Backtrack: Destiny Band Oz – Ray of Hope2020HOUR 364/12/2020 
Willie Nelson – On The Road Again1980HOUR 31329/10/2023 

20 October in History

BORN:

1938 Ilford, Essex, England – Kathleen O’Rourke alias Kathy Kirby, popular singer, best known for her cover of Doris Day’s Secret Love.  Died 2011

1959 Dublin, Ireland – Niamh Cusack, actress famed for her role as Doctor Kate Rowan in the TV drama series Heartbeat. Turns 65

DIED:

1994  Century City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Burt Lancaster, actor named by the American Film Institute as 19th Greatest Male Star of All Time.  Aged 80.

2006 Bel Air, Los Angeles, California U.S.A. – Jane Wyatt, actress best known for her role as the mother on the early 60s television series Father Knows Best, and as Amanda Grayson, the human mother of Spock in the science fiction television series, Star Trek.  Aged 96.

EVENTS:

1944  World War 2: During the allied invasion of the Phillippines, the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia was severely damaged by aircraft piloted by three kamikaze pilots.  Twenty crew were lost, 54 were wounded.

1944  Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A. – Liquid natural gas leaking from storage tanks exploded, levelling 30 city blocks and killing 130.

1957  Hobart, Tasmania – Hobart had its hottest October day since 1944, with a maximum temperature of 82 F (28 C) and winds gusting to 50 mph (80 km/h).

1960  Hobart, Tasmania – The final regular electric tram in the city, No 128, ran on the 6.03 p.m. service from the city to the Moonah depot.  To mark the official changeover from electric trams to petrol buses, a final tram ran from the city to the Springfield terminus in Springfield Avenue, several days later.  

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18 October 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 439

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: Mt Owen, Queenstown, Tasmania, 2 November 2015

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Christa Fartek – Don’t Wait2024HOUR 1213/10/2024 
Graeme Connors – The Great Australian Dream2024HOUR 1329/9/2024 
Owen Smith – Market Day2024HOUR 1113/10/2024 
By Request:  Kenny Rogers – Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town1969HOUR 197/10/2022 
Ray Malcolm – Que Sera Sera2024HOUR 126/10/2024 
Chris Guenther – Arrango2024HOUR 10 QMAAK 2430353
Bill Quinn – I Won’t Forget You HOUR 1417/3/2019 
Magic Trumpets – Island In The Sun HOUR 1431/10/2014 
Past Request: Nana Mouskouri – I Have A Dream HOUR 11015/1/2021 
Backtrack: Aly Cook – Kimberley2017HOUR 1814/2/2020 
John Williamson – Island of Oceans HOUR 1420/3/2022 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Herman’s Hermits- I’m Into Something Good1964HOUR 11330/5/2021 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Searchers – When You Walk In The Room1964HOUR 11328/2/2021 
Hondells – Little Honda1964HOUR 1224/9/2017 
Cumberland River Project – Highway Blue2024HOUR 226/10/2024 
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time2024HOUR 2411/10/2024 
Ashley Gall – At 212024HOUR 2111/10/2024AUZY4-2400013
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Peggy Lee – Manana1948HOUR 2221/1/2024 
Brent Duncan – Dust Me Off2024HOUR 20 QZTB3 2469296
Spinners – Black And White HOUR 2327/6/2014 
RCA Symphony Orchestra – La Tourbillon HOUR 293/8/2018 
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – The Bittersweet Samba1965HOUR 20  
Backtrack: Destiny Band Oz – Tell Him2017HOUR 2629/11/2019 
Sammie Soravia – The One Who Deserves Me2024HOUR 20  
Andy Williams – It’s So Easy HOUR 20  
Aaron Bozwell – I Want To Hear Your Voice2024HOUR 20  
Past Request: Peter Allen – The More I See You1976HOUR 281/9/2024 
Caroline Loberto – Don’t Say Love2024HOUR 20  
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Moonlight Bay HOUR 2313/12/2019 
Clayton Saunders – Black Sheep HOUR 346/10/2024 
Briggs & Stark – Go Ahead2024HOUR 326/10/2024 
Craig & Charlotte Lloyd – Burn So Bright2024HOUR 3127/9/2024AU2HX 2200004
Freddy Quinn – Heimatlos HOUR 30  
Graeme Clarke – How Long2024HOUR 3213/10/2024 
Backtrack: Alisha Smith – The Man From Never Never2022HOUR 3823/12/2022 
Werner Muller & His Orchestra – Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes HOUR 3629/1/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Gail Garnett – We’ll Sing In The Sunshine1964HOUR 31017/7/2020 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Frank Ifield – The Summer Is Over1964HOUR 31122/5/2022 
Mary Gantley – Goodbye My Eire2024HOUR 3229/9/2024TCAI1 2469682
Chris Boots Lee – Where No One Stands Alone2024HOUR 30 QZNWQ 2436748
Past Request: Olivia Newton-John – If You Love Me Let Me Know2024HOUR 373/3/2024 

18 OCTOBER IN HISTORY:

1867  The United States took possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. The event is celebrated annually in that State as Alaska Day.

1869  Lithgow, New South Wales – The ZigZag Railway, on the western side of the Blue Mountains, was opened to provide rail access between Sydney and inland districts.  It was a major engineering achievement at the time, but operating difficulties influenced a decision to construct a bypass line in 1908.  The Zig Zag railway closed upon completion of the bypass in 1910.
In 1972 a volunteer group was established to re-lay the track on the Zig Zag railway, but difficulties in obtaining locomotives and rolling stock from the New South Wales railways led to a decision to use a gauge of 3ft 6ins, as used in Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia, to allow use of stock from those States.

1922  London, England – The British Broadcasting Company (now a Corporation) was founded by a consortium with the aim of establishing a network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.

1937  Darwin, Northern Territory – Jean Batten arrived in Darwin to set a new England to Australia flight record of 5 days, 18 hours and 15 minutes.

1967  The Soviet space probe Venera 4 entered the atmosphere of the planet Venus and became the first spacecraft to analyse the atmosphere of another planet.  It returned a reading of mostly carbon dioxide, with a few percent nitrogen and less than one percent oxygen and water vapour.

BORN:

1926 St Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. – Charles Edward Anderson Berry BKA Chuck Berry, pioneer of rock and roll music with songs such as Maybelline (1955), Roll Over Beethoven (1956), Rock and Roll Music (1957) and Johnny B Goode (1958)  Died 2017.

1963 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Marina Prior, soprano and theatre actress.  Turns 61

DIED:

1966  Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. – Florence Nightingale Graham alias Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire in the United States and at one time, one of the world’s wealthiest women. Aged 87.

1963  Plascassier, France – Édith Giovanna Gassion alias Edith Piaf, singer, actress and cultural icon regarded as France’s greatest popular singer   (Aged 47)

2000  Encino, California, U.S.A. – Gayle Peck alias Julie London, American jazz and pop singer and actress renowned for her sensual voice.  She released 32 albums during the 1950s and 60s, with her signature song being Cry Me A River.  Aged 74.

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