Valley Sunrise Edition 827
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/ for great music you won’t hear locally on mainstream radio.
Included today, chartbuster hits from this month in 1972.

– Today’s photo: A creek, which borders part of my son’s property near New Norfolk. Under normal flows, most of the exposed rocks are under water.

Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Richard Porteous – Sometimes	2025	06:06	1	21/3/2025	QZDA8 2501574
Charting this day 1972 Apollo 100 – Joy	1972	06:12	10	15/11/2024
Charting this day 1972 Badfinger – Day After Day	1972	06:15	5	24/4/2016
By Request Today: Alan Jackson – Remember When		06:19	22	18/2/2024
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising	1969	06:24	12	2/4/2023
The Cumberland River Project – Small Town Loser	2025	06:27	0		DEZC6 2577046
Gordon Langford Orchestra – Till The End of Time		06:33	2	16/3/2025
Carol Markstrom – Spirit Buffalo	2025	06:36	0
Backtrack: Shane Warren – Old Draught Horse	2015	06:40	4	14/2/2025
Abby Grace – Back To The Boat	2024	06:45	1	9/3/2025
Aaron Partridge & Steve Apirana – You Can Call On Him	2025	06:49	0		AUE9B 2500001
Typically Tropical – Barbados	1975	06:54	0
Terry Lockley – Drinking With Blue	2025	07:05	0		AUQ5G 2400002
Charting this day 1972 Charley Pride – Kiss an Angel Good Morning	1972	07:11	7	20/8/2023
Charting this day 1972 Tony Christie – Is This The Way To Amarillo	1972	07:13	9	7/4/2024
Ged Wilson – Promised Land	2025	07:19	0		UK7X9 2400012
James Taylor – It’s Only A Paper Moon		07:23	4	23/2/2024
Willie Nelson – Always		07:28	0
Ferrante & Teicher – In The Chapel In The Moonlight		07:33	3	1/11/2019
Victoria Eman & Glenn van Haasen – In Another Time And Place	2025	07:37	1	9/3/2025	NLJ9A-2500001
Guy Surtees – Thirty Minute Star	2025	07:41	0
Backtrack: Rod Williams – It Keeps Right On A-Hurting	2020	07:47	2	7/3/2021
Clint Bradley – The Lightning Ride	2025	07:49	0
Cait Jamieson – Hit The Gravel	2025	07:57	0
Matrimony – Why Wait	2025	08:05	0
Charting this day 1972 Robin Jolley – Marshall’s Portable Music Machine	1972	08:12	10	24/10/2021
Charting this day 1972 Johnny Chester & Jigsaw – Shame And Scandal	1972	08:15	10	13/1/2023
By Request Today: Dean Martin – You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You		08:22	3	28/2/2025
Rick Nelson – I Rise I Fall	1963	08:26	5	23/2/2024
Reg Owen – Happy Guitar	1962	08:29	9	26/11/2023
James Last Orchestra – The Lonely Bull		08:34	2	11/10/2019
Backtrack: Aly Cook – Sunflowers	2019	08:38	1	12/1/2020
Bob Marshall – Wildorado	2025	08:43	0
ABBA – I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do	1975	08:49	20	13/12/2020
Engelbert Humperdinck – Two Different Worlds		08:52	1	6/4/2012
Jimmy Shand and His Band – The Northern Lights of Aberdeen		08:55	15	13/9/2024

30 MARCH IN HISTORY:

BORN

1945   Ripley, Surrey, England –  Eric Clapton blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person  to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times;  as a solo performer, and member of rock bands the Yardbirds, and Cream.  Turns 80.

1950  Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland – Anthony Robert McMillan BKA Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor, comedian and author. Died 2022.

1955   Indian Hills, Colorado, U.S.A. – Randall Van Warmer alias Randy Van Warmer, songwriter and guitarist whose biggest success was the hit Just When I Needed You Most. Died 2004.

1957  Melbourne, Victoria – Debra Anne Byrne, BKA Debbie Byrne, entertainer, singer, actress and writer.    Turns 68.

1967   Perth, West Australia – Alan Fletcher, actor and musician, best known for his role as Karl Kennedy in the television soapie Neighbours.  Turns 58.

1968  Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada – Celine Dion, pop singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur, who has sold over 200 million albums worldwide.  Turns 57.

DIED

2018  Leicestershire, England – Walter Frederick George Williams alias Bill Maynard, comedian and actor, famous for his role as the old rogue Claude Jeremiah Greengrass in the popular television series Heartbeat.   Aged 89.

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 462, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

The number 462 (or, pronounced 4-6-2) has a special significance to railway enthusiasts, so, for this edition I included a number of railway-related tracks.

Today’s photo, the Ross Bridge in the central north of Tasmania. It was built in the 1830s by convict labour and carried highway traffic between Hobart and northern Tasmania for over 140 years. Today, this bridge is as sturdy as when it was first opened in 1838 and it is the third-oldest bridge still in use in Australia.

The township of Ross was bypassed by the Midland Highway in the 1970s, but it remains a very attractive stop for visitors and locals alike.

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville	1966	09:05	6	29/9/2024
Glen Levi – Your Key Won’t Fit The Lock	2025	09:10	1	23/2/2025	USCGH 2550787
Whiskey Cure – Four Wheels On A Dirt Road	2025	09:13	1	16/3/2025
Howie Brothers – We Love This Sunburnt Country	2025	09:17	2	16/3/2025
Backtrack: Jeff Brown – The Young Jillaroo	2020	09:19	2	13/3/2020
John Williamson – Railwayman		09:24	2	20/5/2022
Al Cherny & Bill Mankiss – Happy Hour Schottische		09:31	0
Marilyn King & Miller Sisters – Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree		09:34	1	17/1/2025
Slim Dusty – Indian Pacific	1977	09:39	12	23/2/2024
Backtrack: Sarah Kate Landy – When Will I Be Loved	2016	09:42	6	14/2/2025
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Hermans Hermits – Silhouettes	1965	09:48	9	14/5/2023
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gerry & Pacemakers – Pretend	1965	09:50	18	21/7/2023
By Request Today: Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town		09:53	5	9/3/2025
By Request Today: Randy Travis – On The Other Hand		09:57	0
Penny Davies and Roger Ilott – Riding On The Fruit Train		10:06	4	24/9/2023
Grand Prairie Band – This Ain’t Reno	2025	10:10	1	2/3/2025
Mountain Rio – Banjo Bill	2025	10:13	1	16/2/2025	USJ3V 1387541
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Harry Kaye & Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition	1942	10:18	0
Johnny Cash – Blue Train	1962	10:22	0
Backtrack: Warren Kearney – Try Walking In His Shoes	2020	10:25	2	20/11/2020
Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Parakeet		10:28	1	3/12/2023
Wayne & Geraldi – Back In Your Own Backyard		10:32	0
Roger Whittaker – All Of My Life		10:35	3	18/8/2023
Elvis Aaron Presley Jr – Goldmine	2025	10:40	0
George Hamilton IV – Canadian Pacific	1969	10:44	8	26/11/2023
Bill Walker Orchestra & Chorus – A World Without Love		10:49	0
Janey Kirk – Island of Dreams	2023	10:53	1	1/9/2023
Chris Boots Lee – Where Corn Don’t Grow	2025	10:57	0
Tony Miles & Ran Tan – Queensland Railway Line		11:05	4	6/10/2023
Ron Christopher – Angelyne		11:09	0
Backtrack: Tom Curtin & Sara Storer – Speak Up	2018	11:13	3	17/11-2024
Fred Bertelmann – Distant Drums		11:18	0
Patsy Cline – Life’s Railway To Heaven	1959	11:25	8	8/10/2023
John Michael Ferrari – How Far Apart Are We	2025	11:28	0
Miles Davis – Time After Time		11:35	2	19/5/2024
By Request Today: Lolita – Sailor	1960	11:38	21	17/1/2025
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Cilla Black – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling	1965	11:42	0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Petula Clark – I Know A Place	1965	11:45	11	27/8/2023
Mike Wilkinson – Locomotive 3801	2018	11:49	10	22/10/2023
David Hammerschlag – Troop Train	2025	11:52	2	21/3/2025	QZDA8 2572986

28 MARCH IN HISTORY:

BORN

1921 West Hampstead, London, England – Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde – Dirk Bogarde, actor and writer who appeared in movies such as Doctor In The House, A Tale of Two Cities, Night Flight From Moscow and A Bridge Too Far.   (d. 1999)

1935 Cudworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England – Michael Parkinson English broadcaster, journalist and author who presented an interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.  (d. 2023)

1940 Oldham, Lancashire, England – Anthony Ferraro Barber BKA Tony Barber, Australian game show host and television personality

1949 Derby, Derbyshire, England – Kevin Lloyd, actor who appeared in many British television productions, including Minder, Dempsey and Makepeace, Z Cars and Blakes 7, but is best known for his role as DC Tosh Lines in The Bill.
He was dismissed from the cast of The Bill in 1998, due to lack of punctuality and failure to learn his script.  Within a week, he choked on his vomit whilst asleep in an alcohol detoxification clinic. 

DIED

1980  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. –Dick Haymes, actor and one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1940s and early 1950s. Aged. 61.

2003  Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A. – Rusty Draper, country and pop singer who achieved his greatest success in the 1950s. Aged 80.

2004  Genolier, Switzerland – Peter Alexander Ustinov, actor, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio and television broadcaster.  Aged 82.

ON THIS DAY

1926   West Hobart, Tasmania – Hill Street residences were deluged when a 100,000 gallon water reservoir burst. 

1967  Huon Valley, Tasmania – Millions of apples, a substantial portion of the year’s crop, were being dumped in orchards to rot on the ground.  Contributing causes were a decrease in demand for apples for juice, tougher inspection rules resulting in rejection of apples with minor skin blemishes, and smaller apple sizes caused by drought conditions..

1977  Tenerife, Canary Islands – 583 lives were lost in a runway collision between two Boeing 747 aircraft, owned by KLM and Pan American Airlines.  This remains the worst aviation accident on record.

1979  Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. – Operators at the Three Mile Island’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor failed to recognize that a relief valve in the primary coolant system had stuck open.  This allowed coolant to drain from the system, resulting in a partial core melt down.

Valley Sunrise Edition 826
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/ for great music you won’t hear locally on mainstream radio.
Included today, chartbuster hits from this month in 1970.

– Today’s photo: Wineglass Bay, Eastern Tasmania

Yours Truly 1-2005

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Gary Anderson – That’s What I Love About Us	2025	06:06	0		QZFZ4 2575910
Charting this day 1970 Shocking Blue – Venus	1970	06:12	2	17/8/2018
Charting this day 1970 Blue Mink – Melting Pot	1970	06:15	1	4/12/2015
Vicky Leandros – When Bouzoukis Played	1973	06:20	1	6/4/2012
Tony Christie – Release Me		06:24	0
By Request Today: P J Proby – Somewhere		06:28	17	31/1/2025
Anthony Ventura & His Orchestra – La Paloma		06:33	0
Anne Murray – Flying On Your Own		06:38	0
Backtrack: Richard Mulligan – The Green Green Grass of Home		06:42	3	9/8/2020
Al Martino – Volare		06:50	0
Charting this day 1970 Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes	1970	06:54	4	15/5/2022
Tornados – Dragon Fly	1963	06:58	15	30/8/2024
Buckinghams – Kind Of A Drag	1967	07:06	6	2/2/2024
By Request Today: Lee Kernaghan – Janine		07:09	0
Debbie Laken – Believe Me Baby I Lied	2025	07:13	0		NZRI1 2403566
Graeme Clarke – Smokey	2019	07:18	3	3/11/2019
DIED 2006 Mexia, Texas, U.S.A.  –  Cindy Walker, prolific American songwriter, country singer and dancer, composer of hundreds of popular and enduring songs which have been recorded by many different artists. She tailored particular songs to specific recording artists, many of which have been described as “direct, honest and unpretentious”.  Her Top 10 hits were spread over five decades (Aged  87)
Jim Reeves – In The Misty Moonlight  [Penned by Cindy Walker]		07:22	4	31/7/2022
By Request Today: Pussycat – Mississippi	1976	07:25	37	24/1/2025
Frank Pourcell – Besame Mucho	1956	07:32	0
Adrian Payne – My Old Town	2025	07:36	0		AUL9L 2500001
Charting this day 1970 Beatles – Let It Be	1970	07:41	13	9/6/2024
Charting this day 1970 Cufflinks – When Julie Comes Around	1970	07:45	5	8/4/2022
Backtrack: Glen Dee – Living On Love	2018	07:50	1	19/5/2019
Ray Conniff Singers – If You Could Read My Mind		07:54	0
Burl Ives – Way Down Yonder In The Paw Paw Patch		07:58	0
Ron Callaghan – Poor Man	2025	08:05	0		AU3PV 2400007
HAZEL And The Thief – Sally Storm	2025	08:11	0
Shavonne Aliphon – I Keep Dreaming Of You	2017	08:15	2	18/3/2018
Charting this day 1970 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – All I Have To Do Is Dream	1970	08:22	8	23/12/2022
Shadows – Dance On	1963	08:24	9	3/3/2023
Seekers – Well Well Well		08:27	6	17/11/2023
Francis Goya Orchestra – Try A Little Tenderness		08:32	0
Nat King Cole – Non Dimenticar		08:37	0
Warwick & Young – Child’s Eyes	2025	08:41	1	14/3/2025
John McNally – If I Only Had Time		08:45	1	25/9/2016
Rebecca Richards – Aces Are High	2025	08:47	0
Abby Grace – Feel The Beat	2025	08:52	0		CADXG 2025083

23 MARCH IN HISTORY:

BORN

1933   Elsternwick, Victoria – Norman Yemm, actor, known for his appearances in The Sullivans, Homicide, Number 96, and Prisoner  He was also an opera singer, theatre performer and sportsman.  Died 2015.

1937  Los Angeles, California,  U.S.A. – Craig Breedlove, five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first to reach 400 mph (640 km/h), 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using turbojet-powered vehicles.  Died 2023.

DIED

1964  Near Bellingen, New South Wales – Frank Partridge, Australia’s youngest World War 2 Victoria Cross winner, but more famous as a major winner in the popular television quiz programme Pick-A-Box.    (Car crash, Aged 39)  

EVENTS

1936  Sydney, New South Wales – The first Australian-owned oil company was established.  The Australian Motorists Petrol Company Limited also had exclusive rights for American made electric petrol pumps, the first to dispense petrol in the country.

1948 New Norfolk, Tasmania – The local peg factory, a major local industry, was destroyed by fire.

1954 Tasmania – The daily Tasman Limited express railmotor was introduced, running between Hobart, Western Junction and Burnie.  The railmotors were soon replaced by a diesel locomotive hauled consist, which continued the service until July 1978.

1965 America launched the first 2-person crew (Gus Grissom and John Young) into Earth Orbit in Gemini 3.

2001 The Russian Mir space station re-entered the atmosphere and broke into pieces which fell into the Pacific Ocean near Fiji.

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 461, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

 The Massey-Ferguson tractor was a frequently-seen workhorse on farms around Tasmania, and interstate, from the early 1950s.  I had relatives on rural properties in the Huon Valley, and all had “Fergie” tractors.

Today’s photograph is of a train-load of brand-new “Fergies” heading to the north of the State around 1953, presumably after being offloaded from a ship in Hobart.

The train is being hauled by two X Class diesel-electric locomotives, themselves near-new.  The photo was taken in Claremont, then an outer suburb of Hobart, and the  identity of the photographer is unknown

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Graham Toole – Hold On To What You’ve Got	2025	09:05	1	7/3/2025
Matilda Gracie & Sarah Rose – Health Hazard	2025	09:10	1	21/3/2025
Barry Owen – Stand Up In The Crowd	2025	09:13	1	23/2/2025
Charlie Landsborough – A Million Ways to Fall		09:18	0
Change of Key – Beyond That Smile	2025	09:22	0
Backtrack: Ann-Kristin Dørdal – Shape Up	2018	09:27	3	14/8/2020
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – And I Love You So		09:32	0
Wayne Douglas – Hey Dad	2025	09:36	1	16/2/2025
By Request Today: Lee Kernaghan – Three Chain Road		09:40	0
Ben Walker – In The Sunshine	2025	09:47	2	14/3/2025	AUE1Q 2100014
Backtrack: Josh Turner – Folsom Prison Blues	2018	09:51	1	9/11/2018
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Four Seasons – Bye Bye Baby	1965	09:55	0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Beatles – Rock And Roll Music	1965	09:58	10	25/11/2022
Richard Porteous – Sometimes	2025	10:05	0		QZDA8 2501574
By Request Today: Don Williams – You’re My Best Friend		10:11	12	27/12/2024
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon	2025	10:14	2	16/3/2025	QT3TB-2425080
Jamcase – Flipped Outta Bed	2025	10:19	1	7/3/2025
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Frankie Lane & Jimmy Boyd – Tell Me A Story	1953	10:24	6	24/11/2023
Backtrack: David Hammerschlag – Troop Train	2025	10:29	1	9/3/2025	QZDA8 2572986
Eric Jupp – Do You Know The Way To San Jose		10:33	0
Carol Chaney – Everything’s A Waltz	2025	10:36	0
Michael Farrell – Streets of Laredo	2025	10:41	0
Peggy Gilchrist – Under Burdekin Skies	2025	10:45	0
Klaasje Menzen – We Hold Our Head Up High	2025	10:50	0
Backtrack: Lene Lie – Boots and Faded Jeans	2021	10:54	4	21/3/2021
Michael Meeking – Time to Make Up Your Mind	2025	11:05	0		AUKNA 2500001
August Lane – Constantly Raining	2025	11:10	0		QZWFN 2449588
Backtrack: Trevor Loughrey – Another Broken Heart	2018	11:13	2	9/11/2018
Lonneke & Michl – Schmetterlinge	2025	11:18	0
Johnny Gibbs & His Orchestra with Ken Barrie – Thanks For The Memory		11:24	2	16/10/2016
Robin Wilson – A House Is Not A Home		11:27	0
Peter Salata – Little Old Fergie Tractor	2025	11:31	2	16/3/2025
Trinidad Steel Drum Band – One Love		11:37	0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sounds Orchestral – Cast Your Fate To The Wind	1965	11:42	9	18/4/2021
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Al Martino – Jealous Heart	1965	11:45	5	19/3/2021
Gail Barnard – Storms	2025	11:50	0		USCGJ 2534605
Vernon Huskey – White Silver Sands	2025	11:53	0		QZYSP 2500012

21 MARCH IN HISTORY:

ON THIS DAY

1931   Australia’s first civil airline disaster occurred, when the Southern Cloud, one of 5 triple-engine Avro 618 aircraft which flew daily services for Australian National Airways, vanished after departing Sydney for Melbourne with six passengers and two crew. Despite an 18-day search involving over 20 aircraft,  no trace of the missing plane or it’s occupants was found.

Although the Southern Cloud’s fate remained a mystery, a Committee of Inquiry recommended that all passenger carrying aircraft should be fitted with two-way radios, and that ground stations should be established to monitor the progress of aircraft to their destinations.

Twenty seven years later, on 26 October 1958, a worker on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Project  accidentally discovered the aircraft’s wreckage in mountainous terrain, 25 kilometres east of the direct Sydney-Melbourne route.

1957  The first Holden station wagon, based on the FE series sedans, went on sale 

1962  Sandy Bay, Hobart – A swarm of European wasps held up work on a new road for two days, after a nest was disturbed by a bulldozer driver.

1968  Derwent Valley, Tasmania – A car narrowly escaped being buried in one of five landslides which occurred on the Lyell Highway between Granton and New Norfolk.
Other cars were trapped between landslides and the occupants had to wait until the road had been cleared.  Meanwhile, Dromedary Road was also temporarily cut by flood waters.

Valley Sunrise Edition 825
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/ for great music you won’t hear locally on mainstream radio.
Included today, chartbuster hits from this month in 1979.

– Today’s photo: Clarendon House, Nile, Northern Tasmania
https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/things-to-do/heritage-and-history/clarendon/

Yours Truly 11-2004

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Whiskey Cure – Four Wheels On A Dirt Road	2025	06:06	0
Charting this day 1979 ABBA – Lovelight	1979	06:11	0
Charting this day 1979 Village People – Y M C A	1979	06:15	9	12/9/2021
Dean Martin – That’s Amore	1953	06:19	8	4/8/2024
Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two – Ballad of a Teenage Queen	1958	06:23	7	26/6/2020
By Request Today: Bette Midler – From A Distance		06:25	0
Gordon Langford Orchestra – Till The End of Time		06:32	1	4/6/2021
DIED 1993 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – John Hendry Blair, alias Johnny Cymbal, songwriter, singer, and record producer who had numerous hits, including his signature song, Mr. Bass Man.  Aged 48.
Johnny Cymbal – Mr Bass Man	1963	06:35	8	21/4/2023
Backtrack: Desi Egan – Young Hearts Run Free	2018	06:38	6	25/3/2022
Ness Da Silva – Honesty	2025	06:43	0
Charting this day 1979 Blondie – Heart of Glass	1979	06:47	1	16/2/2025
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon	2025	06:50	1	9/2/2025	QT3TB 2425080
Dave Caley – Promised Land	2025	06:56	0		US9BH 2500004
Peter Salata – Little Old Fergie Tractor	2025	07:05	1	7/3/2025	AUGO4 1502501
Scott Rathman Jr – Angel On The Hill	2025	07:10	0
Bruce Woodley – With My Swag On My Shoulder	1919	07:14	3	24/12/2023
DIED 2016 Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.A. – Franklin Wayne Emmanuel Sinatra BKA Frank Sinatra Jr, singer, songwriter and orchestra conductor and the son of famed singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy.  Also, the younger brother of singer and actress Nancy Sinatra, and older brother of television producer Tina Sinatra.  Aged 72
Frank Sinatra Jr – S’Wonderful		07:20	3	4/9/2016
By Request Today: Foster & Allen – Old Flames		07:22	5	28/7/2023
Nat King Cole – It’s Only A Paper Moon	1956	07:27	1	30/6/2019
101 Strings Orchestra – California Dreaming		07:32	0
Charting this day 1979 Jon English – Six Ribbons	1979	07:34	8	26/3/2023
Cecile Gardens – Called Country	2025	07:38	0
Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine	2019	07:42	6	15/9/2024
Frankie Miller – Darlin’	1979	07:47	3	20/4/2018
Dave Lawlor – Calling Me Home	2025	07:50	0
Anthony Baxter – When You Say Nothing At All	2025	07:55	1	28/2/2025
Shelly Jones Band – Shop Till I Drop	2025	08:06	1	16/2/2025	AU3FS 2100017
By Request Today: Dean Martin – Not Enough Indians		08:12	5	11/2/2022
Dale Hooper – Thank God For Radio	2019	08:18	3	24/11/2024
Louise Morrissey – Keeping Time	2025	08:22	3	2/3/2025
Charting this day 1979 Frank Mills Orchestra – The Music Box Dancer	1979	08:27	13	3/4/2022
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley~Skokiaan~Stars In Your Eyes~It’s A Wonderful Life		08:34	1	20/4/2012
Denise Miller & Son – Richard	2025	08:40	0
Platters – The Magic Touch	1956	08:43	3	20/8/2021
Howie Brothers – We Love This Sunburnt Country	2025	08:47	3	7/3/2025
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia	2025	08:50	4	7/3/2025
Kevin Tuckfield – Why He Rides	2025	08:53	0		USX9P 1116060
Ray Brown & Whispers – Twenty Miles	1965	08:57	9	7/2/2025

16 MARCH IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1946  North-East Tasmania – An embankment weakened by flooding collapsed beneath a goods train hauling 20 trucks of coal and timber, 16 kms east of Avoca.  Train driver Eric Britton died instantly.

1964 Flooding caused rail and road traffic in Northern New South Wales to stop and hundreds of people to be isolated 

1958 Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.A. – The Ford Motor Company produced its 50 millionth car, a Thunderbird

1961 Bell Bay, Tasmania – The original jetty quietly gave way and collapsed into the Tamar River without warning, barely a week before it was scheduled to have been demolished.

1978 Brittany, France –  The supertanker Amoco Cadiz split into three sections after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, two kilometres from the coast.  It’s entire cargo of over 220,000 tonnes of crude oil was spilt into the sea.  Millions of fish, seabirds, and other species of marine life perished. 

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 460, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.

Photo: An approaching summer storm, Glenora, Tasmania, taken from the Derwent Valley Railway’s excursion train as it was returning to New Norfolk, in 2004.

Photo :  Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Sharon Marie White – Lucky In Love	2025	09:05	1	28/2/2025	USCGH 2518609
David Maguire – Inside Out	2025	09:12	1	14/2/2025
Roger Whittaker – Good Morning Starshine	2025	09:15	7	12/5/2023
BORN 1863 Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.A. – John Luther Jones alias Casey Jones, legendary train driver for the Illinois Central Railroad, who was the only person killed when his passenger train, the “Cannonball Express,” collided with a freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi, on a foggy and rainy night in 1900. His dramatic death, which occurred while he was trying to stop his train and save lives, made him a folk hero and he was immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African-American engine cleaner.
Johnny Cash – Casey Jones	1962	09:19	7	15/5/2022
Ron Callaghan – Poor Man	2025	09:21	0		AU3PV 2400007
Backtrack: Fran McCoy – Try A Little Kindness	2021	09:27	9	1/1/2023
BORN 1912 Reinerton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. – Les Brown, bandleader, who recorded under the title Les Brown and his Band of Renown for nearly 50 years, as from the late 1930s.  Died 2001.
Les Brown & His Band of Renown – The Woodchoppers Ball		09:32	3	5/7/2020
Warwick & Young – Child’s Eyes	2025	09:35	0
By Request Today: Roy Orbison – A Love So Beautiful		09:40	2	23/12/2022
Jade Hurley – Change of Heart		09:44	1	6/11/2020
Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Bring A Little Country To The City	2019	09:48	3	20/12/2019
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Animals – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood	1965	09:52	4	19/4/2015
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Tom Jones – It’s Not Unusual	1965	09:54	8	14/5/2013
Foster & Allen – the Scots Polka		09:58	5	7/3/2025
Gary Anderson – That’s What I Love About Us	2025	10:05	0		QZFZ4 2575910
By Request Today: Ricky Van Shelton – Just As I Am		10:11	1	4/8/2024
Brendan McMahon – Chasing The Girls	2025	10:15	0		AUZFL 2500001
The Lonesome Six – Regina	2024	10:19	1	28/2/2025
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Ann Miller – Too Darn Hot	1952	10:25	2	9/2/2024
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Take Me Home Country Roads	2019	10:29	3	2/8/2020
BORN 1922 Mexia, Texas, U.S.A. – Leslie Thompson Baxter, BKA Les Baxter, musician, composer and orchestra leader who released numerous singles and albums from the 1940s through to the 1990s.  He also wrote scores for many movies between 1956 and 1982.  Died 1996.
Les Baxter Orchestra – Blue Tango		10:33	0
Kamahl – After The Lovin’		10:37	1	3/11/2019
Justin Jones – This Beautiful State Tasmania	2025	10:43	2	23/2/2025
DIED 2013 Basildon, England – Kenneth Daniel Ball BKA Kenny Ball, the lead trumpet player and vocalist with Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.  Aged 82.
Charlie Landsborough – Heaven Knows		10:50	11	27/2/2022
DIED 2020 U.S.A. – Diane Ray, American pop singer of the early 1960s, best known for her one-hit-wonder of 1963, Please Don’t Talk To The Lifeguard.  Aged 74.
Diane Ray – Please Don’t Talk To The Lifeguard	1963	10:56	15	27/10/2024
Eric Diamond – All Of Me	2024	11:05	3	9/2/2025
Ben Walker – In The Sunshine	2025	11:10	1	9/3/2025	AUE1Q 2100014
Backtrack: Grazy’s Country – It’s A Great Time In Tamworth	2014	11:14	2	17/4/2020
Horst Wende’s Accordeon Band – The Cuckoo Waltz		11:18	1	6/9/2024
Liz Clarke – Ray of Light	2025	11:24	1	28/2/2025
By Request Today: Johnny Horton – Whispering Pines		11:28	3	6/10/2024
BORN 1939 Athens, Greece – Stavros Xarhakos, Greek conductor and composer of film and theatre music.  Turns 86.
Stavros Xarhakos Orchestra – Hasserposser Viko		11:35	1	16/10/2015
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Hermans Hermits – Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat	1965	11:37	11	7/5/2021
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Bobby Goldsboro – Little Things	1965	11:39	8	4/7/2021
Miss Lana – Finally	2025	11:44	0
Dominic Kirwan & Marian Waldron – The Last Thing On My Mind	2023	11:47	3	30/7/2023
Michael Farrell – Ghost Riders In The Sky	2024	11:52	1	25/10/2024

14 MARCH IN HISTORY:

BORN 1928  Gary, Indiana U.S.A. – Frank Borman, retired astronaut and engineer, and Commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, making him, along with crew mates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, amongst the first of only 24 humans to do so, to date.   Died 2023.

BORN 1934  Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. – Eugene Cernan, retired United States Navy officer and former astronaut and engineer who has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972.  In that final lunar landing mission, Cernan became the last man on the moon, to date, as he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Module.

1948   Hobart, Tasmania – Ocean Pier, which at 350 metres in length was one of the world’s finest deep water structures, was destroyed by fire.

1963  Sandy Bay, Tasmania – Five workmen escaped serious injury when an eight tonne ceiling collapsed at the University of Tasmania’s new physics block. 

Valley Sunrise Edition 824
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/ for great music you won’t hear locally on mainstream radio.
Included today, chartbuster hits from this month in 1977.

.– Today’s photo: Bellerive Beach, only 10 minutes from the centre of Hobart..

Photographer, Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town		06:06	4	6/10/2024
Charting this day 1977 Elvis Presley – Moody Blue	1977	06:12	3	9/11/2018
Charting this day 1977 Pussyfoot – The Way You Do It	1977	06:15	4	2/3/2018
Shaun Connery & The Sounds – You Angel You	2025	06:19	0
Helena Mace – Wash Away The Years	2025	06:22	0
BORN 1933 Kenner, Louisiana, U.S.A. – Lloyd Price, R&B vocalist known as “Mr. Personality”, after one of his million-selling hits.  Died 2021.
Lloyd Price – Personality	1959	06:27	13	10/6/2022
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Mostly For Lovers		06:32	4	12/1/2014
BORN 1942 Eugene, Oregon U.S.A. – Mark Lindsay, best known as the lead singer for the pop group Paul Revere and The Raiders.  He is also known for his 70s hits, Arizona and Silver Bird  (Turns 83)
Mark Lindsay – Silver Bird	1970	06:36	3	9/8/2019
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Islands In The Stream	2013	06:39	10	4/2/2022
Anita Kerr Singers – The Girl From Ipanema		06:44	0
Charting this day 1977 Smokie – Living Next Door To Alice	1977	06:49	7	29/9/2019
Victoria Eman & Glenn van Haasen – In Another Time And Place	2025	06:54	0
David Hammerschlag – Troop Train	2025	07:05	0		QZDA8 2572986
DIED 1993 La Jolla, California, U.S.A. – Bob Crosby, Dixieland bandleader and vocalist, best known for his group Bob Crosby and the Bob-Cats.  Aged 79
Bob Crosby & His Bob Cats – Ja Da		07:10	1	15/6/2012
Backtrack: Marcella Tornabene – Summer Days	2022	07:13	8	24/11/2024
By Request Today: Axiom – A Little Ray of Sunshine	1970	07:18	9	17/11/2024
By Request Today: Foster & Allen – Old Loves Never Die		07:22	9	1/9/2024
By Request Today: Shavonne Aliphon – Always		07:26	4	22/9/2024
Charting this day 1977 Mike Oldfield – Portsmouth	1977	07:29	10	15/5/2020
Alan Roper & His Orchestra – On A Clear Day		07:33	0
DIED 2016 Newcastle, New South Wales – Jon English, rock singer, musician, actor and writer  (Aged 66)
Jon English – Stand By Me		07:37	2	3/6/2022
Charting this day 1977 Mary McGregor – Torn Between Two Lovers	1976-1977	07:41	7	2/3/2018
Backtrack: Larissa Tormey – Thank God I’m A Country Girl	2018	07:46	9	8/12/2024
Andy Williams – The Song From Moulin Rouge		07:49	1	12/4/2024
Ben Walker – In The Sunshine	2025	07:53	0		AUE1Q 2100014
Slim Dusty – Gum Trees By The Roadway		07:57	5	15/9/2024
Damien J Johnson – One Hill Town	2025	08:05	0
Backtrack: Damian McCarthy – Silver Lady	2019	08:12	6	4/8/2023
Charting this day 1975 Abby Grace – Back To The Boat	2024	08:16	0		CADXG 1700007
Charting this day 1977 Pussycat – Georgie	1976	08:22	25	15/1/2021
Matt Monro – The Impossible Dream		08:24	0
Shadows – Peace Pipe		08:28	5	16/7/2023
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley~ Cavaquinho~Cumana~Sambarita		08:33	0
Roger Whittaker – Imagine		08:39	3	24/5/2024
Dave Caley – Longer	2025	08:43	0		US9BH 2400034
Lena Martell – Someday Somewhere		08:47	0
Val Doonican – Here There And Everywhere		08:51	1	7/9/2012
John Gary & Marty Gold Orchestra – This Is All I Ask		0853	0

9 MARCH IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1957  A magnitude 8.3 earthquake in the Andreanof Islands off Alaska, triggered a 16 metre tsunami which caused around $5,000,000 in damage in the Hawaiian Islands. No lives were lost in either the earthquake or the tsunami. It remains one of the largest-magnitude quakes recorded in the United States.

1964 Flooding caused rail and road traffic in Northern New South Wales to stop and hundreds of people to be isolated 
AND
Melbourne, Victoria – Forty guests collapsed at a garden party being held in the grounds of Government House on a day with a maximum temperature of 102.9 degrees F (39.4 C)

1966 Canberra – Prime Minister Harold Holt announced a trebling of Australian forces in Vietnam to 4,500, including 1,500 national servicemen.

1974 Philippines – World War 2 Japanese soldier Lieut. Hiroo Onoda surrendered, unaware that the war had ended nearly 30 years before.1976 Cavalese, Italy – Forty-two people died when the steel supporting cable of a cable car broke as a car was descending from Mt Cermis.  The cable car fell 200 metres and was crushed by the three ton assembly on top of it.  This remains the world’s worst ever cable car accident.

1976 Cavalese, Italy – Forty-two people died when the steel supporting cable of a cable car broke as a car was descending from Mt Cermis.
The cable car fell 200 metres and was crushed by the three ton assembly on top of it.  This remains the world’s worst ever cable car accident.

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 459, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.

Photo: Kings Bridge, spanning the South Esk River, Launceston, northern Tasmania.
Courtesy Bonnie Fraser

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Graham Toole – Hold On To What You’ve Got	2025	09:05	0
Shelley Minson – Riverbank Red	2025	09:11	1	14/2/2025	AUUHB 2400023
Andy Martin – Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying	2025	09:13	2	21/2/2025
The Gordon Farleigh-Dill Association – The Passing Of Time	2025	09:17	1	16/2/2025	QT3EX 2444367
Johnny Mathis – Make The World Go Away		09:21	0
By Request Today: Warren Kearney – Isle of Innisfree	2025	09:26	2	28/2/2025
The Corrs – The Minstrel Boy		09:32	1	30/5/2021
Armik – Dancing Shadows		09:34	0
Julie London – A Taste of Honey		09:40	6	18/10/2020
BORN 1945  Melbourne, Victoria –  Bruce Gordon Poulsen, alias Hans Poulsen, Australian musician and songwriter known for his 1970 hits, Boom Sha La La Lo and There’s A Light Across The Valley.  Died 2023.
Hans Poulsen – Boom Sha La La Lo	1970	09:46	6	15/1/2023
Backtrack: Stephen R Cheney – I’m Just Lucky I Guess	2018	09:49	9	6/12/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Lesley Gore – The Look Of Love	1965	09:54	12	16/2/2025
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Adam Faith – It’s Alright	1965	09:56	1	10/4/2015
Bob Marshall – Cowboy Blessing	2024	10:05	4	2/8/2024	QZWKY 2400191
Paul Ricketts – Charlie Crow	2025	10:10	1	16/2/2025	AUZY4 2400031
Noel Briody – The Next Time I’m In Town	2024	10:13	2	6/12/2024
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Marion Marlowe – The Man In The Raincoat	1955	10:18	0
Howie Brothers – I Love This Sunburnt Country	2025	10:23	0
Backtrack: Becci Nethery – Walk Away	2016	10:25	6	12/11/2017
Horst Jankowski – Soon Luck Will also Knock On Your Door		10:32	1	1/1/2021
Eddie Rabbitt – The Wanderer		10:34	1	10/11/2024
DIED 2013 Shreveport, Lousiana, U.S.A. – Claude King, country singer and songwriter best known for his million selling 1962 hit, Wolverton Mountain.  Aged 90.
Claude King – Wolverton Mountain	1962	10:39	11	29/9/2024
By Request Today: Shadows – Apache	1960	10:42	27	13/12/2024
DIED 2013 Basildon, England – Kenny Ball, the lead trumpet player and vocalist with Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen.  Aged 82.
Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen – Sukiyaki	1963	10:47	5	18/8/2017
Peter Salata – Little Old Fergie Tractor	2025	10:52	0		AUGO4 1502501
Rob Breese – It’s Me		10:55	3	27/12/2024	AUC8U 2400001
Terry Lockley – Drinkin’ With Blue	2025	11:04	0		AUQ5G 2400002
Ron Christopher – Los Diablos Tejanos	2024	11:09	1	17/1/2025
Backtrack: Doug Allen Nash – Let The Train Blow The Whistle	2016	11:13	3	29/12/2023
Seekers (Julie Anthony) – Keep A Dream In Your Pocket	1989	11:17	1	25/10/2020
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky	2024	11:24	4	24/112024
Foster & Allen – The Scots Polka		11:29	4	13/8/2023
Pablo Beltran Ruiz & His Orchestra – El Baile Del Pinguino		11:34	0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Roger Miller – King Of The Road	1965	11:37	5	23/3/2018
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Leonard Teale & Andy Sundstrom – Bound For Hobart Town	1965	11:39	13	14/5/2023
John Williamson – Why They Call Him Sundown		11:44	2	1/3/2019
Jamcase – Flipped Outta Bed	2025	11:48	0
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia	2025	11:53	3	23/2/2025

7 MARCH IN HISTORY:

1937   An Airlines of Australia aircraft which was on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney with a crew of two and 5 passengers when it went missing on February 19, was found in the McPherson Ranges near the Queensland border.
Three of the passengers had survived the crash, but one later perished when he tried to walk for help.  The remaining two passengers, who were seriously injured, were carried to safety

1965  A Qantas Boeing jet City of Townsville completed the first non-stop flight across the Pacific, covering the distance from San Francisco to Sydney in 14 hours 32 minutes.

1979  The rings around the planet Jupiter were photographed for the first time by the U.S. space probe Voyager 1

Valley Sunrise Edition 823
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

. – Today’s photo: Another from Eaglehawk Neck, in Tasmania’s rugged south-east – the Tessellated Pavement, which is a rare geological formation resembling man-made tiles.

As with other attractions in the locality, this was eroded by wave action and weather over millennia. Unfortunately, the tide was a little high at the time of my visit. Photographer, Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	HOUR	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Clayton Saunders – Behind The Bathroom Door	2025	06:06	0
Charting this day 1975 Slim Whitman – Happy Anniversary	1975	06:11	5	29/12/2024
Charting this day 1975 Bill & Boyd – Santa Never Made It To Darwin	1975	06:14	5	24/12/2023
By Request Today: Bette Midler – Wind Beneath My Wings	1988	06:19	3	30/6/2023
By Request Today: Beatles – Yesterday	1965	06:25	13	20/10/2024
Sammie Soravia – OK To Be Alone	2024	06:27	2	17/11/2024
Eric Jupp – Cherish		06:33	1	16/2/2025
Ray Malcolm – Speak Softly Love	2025	06:37	1	14/2/2025
Backtrack: Aly Cook – No Phone No Mail No Internet	2020	06:40	4	8/5/2020
Berlin – Take My Breath Away	1986	06:46	5	24/6/2022
Charting this day 1975 Skyhooks – Living In The Seventies	1974-1975	06:52	4	29/8/2021
Billy Walker – Cross The Brazos At Waco		06:55	3	13/3/2015
John Gilheaney – The Photos On The Wall	2025	07:05	2	14/2/2025	TCAJD 2584152
Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You	2024	07:10	3	2/2/2025	QMFME 2483340
Backtrack: Studeo – Tomorrow Is A Brand New Day	2018	07:14	8	28/2/2020
Louise Morrissey – Keeping Time	2025	07:20	2	23/2/2025
By Request Today: Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs		07:24	4	29/12/2024
BORN 1950 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Karen Carpenter, singer and drummer who, with her brother, Richard, formed the 1970s duo Carpenters.  Although a skilful drummer, she is best remembered for her vocal performances.  Died 1983.
Charting this day 1975 Carpenters – Please Mr Postman	1975	07:29	9	18/9/2022
Frank Mills Orchestra – From A Sidewalk Cafe		07:34	0
1999  DIED Henley-on-Thames, England – Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien BKA Dusty Springfield, singer whose  career covered the late 1950s to the 1990s, perhaps best known for her 1960s singles such as I Only Want To Be With You, You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me and Son Of A Preacher Man  Aged 59.
Dusty Springfield – You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me	1966	07:39	3	21/7/2017
Charting this day 1975 Billy Swan – I Can Help	21975	07:42	7	12/5/2024
By Request Today: George Baker Selection – Baby Blue		07:46	0
Angela Easson – Always Be Waiting for You	2018	07:52	0
Bob Katz – The Man In The Picture	2006	07:55	2	30/3/2014
Grand Prairie Band – This Ain’t Reno	2025	08:05	0
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – Try A Little Kindness	2017	08:10	4	28/8/2022
Ron Christopher – On A Fast Horse	2024	08:13	1	22/12/2024	QZWKY 2400265
Sandy Summers – Angel Of The Morning	2024	08:21	2	29/12/2024	AUK2B 2300009
Charting this day 1975 Tony Christie – Happy Birthday Baby	1975	08:25	3	28/7/2019
Toni West – Dismissed In A Heartbeat	2025	08:29	2	14/2/2025	UKBBL 2400012
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – I Write The Songs		08:35	1	2/8/2019
Shadows – Gonzales		08:38	0
Gail Barnard – Mindaree Time	2024	08:42	1	25/10/2024	USl4Q 2444717
Sven Tydeman – What I Love Most	2025	08:47	5	23/2/2024	AUNZ4 2300013
Tomas Jackman – Only You	2024	08:50	2	9/2/2025	IEATQ 2400001
Janey & Carla Kirk – A World Of Our Own	2023	08:53	2	22/9/2023
Lindsay Butler – Wheels		08:56	4	29/10/2023

2 MARCH IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1962  Longford, Tasmania – Top Australian racing driver Lex Davison crashed his Cooper car at 130 mph and walked uninjured from the shattered wreck.  A strong crosswind on the “flying mile” was blamed for the crash, which occurred outside the Longford Hotel.

1965 Hobart recorded its hottest March day for 25 years, with a maximum of 94 degrees F  (34.5 C).
AND
Melbourne, Victoria – Forty guests collapsed at a garden party being held in the grounds of Government House on a day with a maximum temperature of 102.9 degrees F (39.4 C)

1970 Cape Kennedy, Florida, U.S.A. – The Pioneer 10 spacecraft was launched and ultimately became the first man-made object to leave the solar system.  

1983 Compact Disc players and discs were released for the first time outside Japan

1998 The Galileo space probe returned data which indicated that Jupiter’s moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

Eaglehawk Neck is a scenic part of Tasmania, albeit with a brutal, colonial history.

This time, another of the stunning coastal rock formations.

Wave action over millennia, on a crevice which formed in the cliff face, resulted in a huge sea cave, similar to that which formed the neighbouring Tasman’s Arch (see the previous edition post) in which the roof caved in.

At the Devil’s Kitchen, the rock bridge at the seaward end also went, to create a 65-metre high chasm in the coastline.

Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Fleetwood Mac – Say You Love Me	1976	09:05	0
Smokie – Rock And Roll Rodeo	1995	09:12	0
Sherbet – Rock Me Gently	1976	09:16	3	9/3/2018
Lawson Vallery – Somebody Somewhere	2025	09:21	1	9/2/2025
Crystal Gayle – Crying In The Rain		09:24	0
Backtrack: Steve Cheers – Ten Thousand Ways	2022	09:28	3	25/11/2022
Stavros Xarhakos Orchestra – Life Is Callous		09:35	1	5/7/2020
Larissa Tormey – Kilbeggan’s Heart	2025	09:38	2	23/2/2025	IEJHJ 2500001
By Request Today: Vanessa Bourne – Together But Alone		09:43	5	9/2/2025
BORN 1940  Atlanta, Georgia U.S.A. – Joseph Alfred Souter alias Joe South, singer-songwriter and guitarist, who won a Grammy Award for Song Of The Year in 1970 with his song Games People Play.  He was nominated again in 1972 for his composition Rose Garden.  Died 2012.
Joe South – Games People Play	1969	09:49	5	12/3/2021
By Request Today: Kenny Rogers – Buy Me A Rose		09:52	10	25/10/2020
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Dean Martin – You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You	1965	09:56	2	22/2/2015
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Millie – See You Later Alligator	1965	09:58	1	6/3/2015
Alan Caswell – He Loves His Radio	2024	10:06	2	22/2/2024	AUGBT 2444959
The Lonesome Six – Regina	2025	10:11	0
Bohemian Rogue – Tide	2025	10:15	3	23/2/2025	AUGBT 2488904
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Rock A Teens – Woo Hoo	1959	10:20	0
Peter Salata – My Girl Back On The Land	2024	10:24	3	25/10/2024
Backtrack: Warren Kearney – The Isle of Innisfree	2020	10:27	1	4/4/2021
Percy Faith Orchestra – I Will Follow Him		10:35	5	16/2/2025
Backtrack: Aly Cook – Red Dirt Road Trip	2019	10:37	4	22/11/2019
DIED 2007  Sydney, New South Wales – William Richard Thorpe alias Billy Thorpe, renowned pop singer, songwriter and musician.  As lead singer of Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, he had success in the mid 1960s with Blue Day, Poison Ivy, Over The Rainbow, Sick and Tired, and Mashed Potato.   These were followed in the 70s with Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy   Aged 60
Billy Thorpe & Aztecs – Poison Ivy	1964	10:43	11	7/6/2024
Engelbert Humperdinck – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings		10:49	0
Phil Salter – Fields of Dreams	2025	10:56	2	23/2/2025	AUD0K 2500001
Griffin County – Why Don’t You Let Me Go First	2025	11:05	1	16/2/2025	AUMEV 2501403
Backtrack: Gayle O’Neil – Free As A Bird	2015	11:11	6	29/11/2019
Craig Lloyd – The Final Call	2025	11:13	0
Horst Wende’s Accordeon Band – Schabernack		11:19	0
Liz Clarke – Ray Of Light	2025	11:25	0
Anthony Baxter – When You Say Nothing At All	2025	11:29	0
Yannis Markopoulos – Who Pays The Ferryman		11:35	6	3/1/2020
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Vic Dana – Red Roses For A Blue Lady	1965	11:42	7	13/10/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Seekers – I’ll Never Find Another You	1965	11:45	19	23/10/2022
Victoria Eman – Beautiful	2024	11:49	3	21/2/2025	NLJ9A 2400002
Sharon Marie White – Lucky In Love	2025	11:52	0		USCGH 2518609

28 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:

1824   BORN St Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France – Jean François Gravelet-Blondin, alias Blondin, tightrope walker and acrobat.  He especially owed his celebrity and fortune to his crossing the gorge near Niagara Falls on a tightrope, 335 metres long, and 50 metres above the water, which he accomplished in 1859.
He followed this feat a number of times, with different variations:  blindfolded, in a sack, pushing a wheelbarrow, on stilts, carrying a man on his back, and even sitting down midway while he cooked and ate an omelet. Died 1897.

1931  Western Junction, Tasmania – 20,000 people crowded Evandale Road to see the new Government aerodrome (now Launceston Airport) officially opened.
The aerodrome was opened by the then Controller of Civil Aviation, Colonel Brinsmead, who prophetically said “I can envisage the time when aeroplanes will leave twice or three times a day from mainland capitals for Launceston“.

1942  Sunda Strait, Java – W W 2 – The light cruiser HMAS Perth was sunk during the Battle of Sunda Strait with the loss of  375 men.  Also sunk was the heavy cruiser  USS Houston which was lost with 693 crew.

1949  Throughout Australia – The radio serial, Blue Hills, written by Gwen Meredith, began its 27 year run on ABC radio.  Centred on the lives of people living in a fictitious country town named Tanimbla, Blue Hills ran for 5,795 episodes, each of 15 minutes’ duration.
The final went to air on 30 September 1976 and the last words, “Good bye” were spoken by veteran Australian actress Queenie Ashton.

1957 Melbourne, Victoria – General Motors Holdens announced the first Holden station sedan, together with a new panel van and utility, all of which were based on the FE series sedans already in production. 

1959  Queenstown Tasmania – The first fixed wing aircraft landed at the town’s new airstrip at 7.30 a.m.  The plane, a single engine Cessna, delivered copies of The Mercury to Queenstown newsagents. 

1964 Longford, Tasmania – An American racing car driver died in a 190 kph crash on the Longford street circuit.