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New Norfolk, Tasmania

13 October 2024


Photo: Arch which was salvaged from the A.M.P. building in Hobart when it was demolished in 1968 to make way for a new high-rise office block. It now stands in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart.

Valley Sunrise Edition 803
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Graham Oliver – Another Broken Heart2024HOUR 114/10/2024 
Mick Flavin – Oklahoma Morning2024HOUR 10 TCAIN 2460646
Carly Simon – More And More1980HOUR 1411/4/2014 
Watling & Bates – Closer2024HOUR 118/9/2024AUHNE 2200007
By Request: Kenny Rogers – Sweet Music Man HOUR 10  
Doc Holiday – Hold Me2024HOUR 114/10/2024 
Capitol Symphony Orchestra – Polka From The Bartered Bide HOUR 1127/9/2024 
Christine Leaves – My Forever Friend2022HOUR 154/10/2024AUEOX 2100009
Jade Hurley – Room Full Of Roses HOUR 1223/5/2021 
Pete King Orchestra & Chorus – Blue Moon HOUR 1126/4/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Terry Stafford – Follow The Rainbow1964HOUR 1611/10/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Peter & Gordon – I Don’t Want To See You Again1964HOUR 1111/10/2024 
Peter Salata – My Girl Back On The Land2024HOUR 114/10/2024 
Tony Olson Music Project – If You Want To Be Happy2024HOUR 214/10/2024 
Cilla Black – Do That To Me One More Time1980HOUR 2116/2/2014 
Col Elliott – Only A Moment In Time2024HOUR 2218/8/2024USHM 91111450
Petula Clark – Games People Play HOUR 2        129/9/2024 
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water2024HOUR 2        34/10/2024IEJHJ 2400002
Bob Young Orchestra & Chorus – I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm HOUR 2117/1/2020 
James Last Orchestra – Medley HOUR 2229/9/2024 
Clayton Saunders – Slim Dusty2024HOUR 224/10/2024QZTAX 2451832
Slim Dusty – Namatjira HOUR 2527/9/2024 
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962
No 18:  Johnny Tillotson – It Keeps Right On A’Hurting
1962HOUR 2529/5/2020 
Claudine Longet – L’Amour Est Bleu1968HOUR 2329/1/2017 
Dianne Coombes – Start Where You Are2024HOUR 2229/9/2024 
Ray Conniff Singers – Born Free HOUR 3229/9/2024 
By Request: Beatles – Fool On The Hill HOUR 3517/11/2019 
By Request: Buddy Williams & Ivy Somerfeld – Let’s Grow Old Together HOUR 3511/8/2024 
By Request: John Leyton – Johnny Remember Me1961HOUR 3921/5/2023 
Frankie Laine – Wheel of Fortune HOUR 3128/9/2018 
Russel Kitchin – State of Mind HOUR 3111/8/2024 
Frank Chacksfield Orchestra – Pepe HOUR 3129/9/2024 
By Request:  Vic Dana – Red Roses For A Blue Lady1965HOUR 3628/4/2024 
Abby Grace – The Grace of Shame HOUR 30  
Christa Fartek – Don’t Wait2024HOUR 314/10/2024 
Graeme Clarke – How Long2024HOUR 3111/10/2024 
Owen Smith – Market Time2024HOUR 30  

13 OCTOBER IN HISTORY:

1926  Launceston, Tasmania – The worst floods in the Tamar River for 20 years were recorded.
1943  Rome, Italy – A new Government deposed that of Benito Mussolini, sided with the Allies, and declared war on Germany.
1972  A Uruguayan Air Force plane crashed in the remote Andes mountains near the Argentina / Chile border.  Of the 45 who survived the crash, only 16 lived long enough to be rescued on December 23rd.

BORN:

1934 Chania, Crete – Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer confirmed to have sold between 200 and 300 million records worldwide in a 50-year career, making her one of the best-selling singers of all time.  Turns 90.
1941 Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. – Paul Simon, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned seven decades, partly as half of the 60s duo, Simon & Garfunkel.  Turns 83

DIED:

2001  Castlemaine, Victoria – Peter Doyle, pop singer who had several Top 40 hits in Australia during the 1960s before becoming a member of the New Seekers in the early ‘70s.  He resumed his solo career in 1973.   Aged 52.
2010 Springfield, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. –  Alfred Cini BKA Al Martino, singer and actor best known for his record releases during the 1950s 60s and 70s.  Aged 82

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11 October 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 438

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 Field National Park, Tasmania, 2 October 2024

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Lloyd Back – The Voice2024HOUR 136/10/2024AUZY4 2300052
Ashley Gall – At 212024HOUR 10 AUZY4 2400013
Charlie Adams – Buy Me A Beer2024HOUR 10 AUJ3Z 2300010
Jim Reeves – Waltzing On Top Of The World1964HOUR 1818/8/2024 
Edward Woodward – A Taste Of Honey HOUR 1310/7/2015 
Backtrack:
Gina Jones – Into My Heart
2021HOUR 1211/2/2022 
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Under The Bridges of Paris HOUR 10  
Francoise Hardy – L’Amitie HOUR 133/10/2021 
Paddy Canavan – My Own Carrickmore2024HOUR 1117/5/2024 
May Mack – Monet Sky2024HOUR 1229/9/2024QMAAK 2417373
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Roger Miller – Chug A Lug1964HOUR 1330/4/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Steve Lawrence – Yet I Know1964HOUR 1315/11/2019 
Backtrack: Richard Mulligan – Good Luck Charm HOUR 1527/9/2024 
Tornados – Monte Carlo1964HOUR 1728/6/2024 
Alan Mason – Family And Friends2024HOUR 20  
Chris Guenther – Long And Bitter Chill2024HOUR 20 QMAAK 24 30346
Backtrack: Sabrina Fallon – Mississippi2022 815/9/2023 
Pee Wee Hunt Orchestra – Oh!1953HOUR 20  
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time2024HOUR 236/10/2024 
18th Century Corporation – Walk On By HOUR 2118/5/2012 
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – The Hustle HOUR 20  
By Request:  Charlie Landsborough – Part Of Me2022HOUR 2428/7/2024 
Backtrack: Ear Candy – I Believe In Love2020HOUR 241/1/2021 
Graeme Clarke – How Long2024HOUR 20  
Derek Buckham – Elvis The Kid With A Heart of Gold2024HOUR 2229/9/2024GXA5Y 2400007
Seekers – Morningtown Ride1989HOUR 2313/11/2020 
Roy Orbison – Blue Angel1961HOUR 3512/11/2023 
Dianne Lindsay – A Teardrop On A Rose2024HOUR 30  
Bob Marshall – Things Mommas Say2024HOUR 30  
Roger Whittaker – Die Bilder Der Kindheit HOUR 30  
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life2024HOUR 346/10/2024QZTB3 2498152
Bill Anderson – One Mile Over and Two Miles Back HOUR 30  
Royal Symphony Orchestra – Symphony Of The Seas HOUR 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Terry Stafford – Follow The Rainbow1964HOUR 3526/7/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Peter & Gordon – I Don’t Want To See You Again1964HOUR 30  
Backtrack: Warren Kearney – The Murray Cod Waltz2021HOUR 343/9/2021 
Jewels & The Heist – Where Do We Go From Here2024HOUR 3117/3/2024AUMEV 2401128
Eric Devries – Shadow Of A Man2024HOUR 30 NL5XB 2400001

11 OCTOBER IN HISTORY:

1906  San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – The public school board sparked a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools 

1940  Australia – Wartime civilian petrol rationing was introduced..  

1954  Hobart, Tasmania  –  A report on the construction of a tunnel beneath the Derwent River, calculated to cost £3 million was submitted to the Hobart City Council by its Works Committee.  The report was then forwarded to the State Government for its consideration.
At the same time, the first section of the Brooker Highway, from Risdon Rd to Derwent Park Rd,  was officially opened by Governor Sir Ronald Cross.

1958 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – NASA launched the lunar probe Pioneer 1, which failed to leave Earth and was destroyed when it re-entered the atmosphere.

1982 Near Portsmouth, England – A surviving portion of the Mary Rose, a Tudor gunship which sank in 1545, was raised from the sea bed in the Solent Channel.  It, and thousands of artifacts also recovered, are effectively a time capsule of the era.

BORN:

1943 – St Austell, Cornwall England – John Nettles, actor best known for his lead roles in the television dramas Bergerac and Midsomer Murders.  Turns 81.

1957 – Anglesey, Wales – Dawn French, comedian, actress and screenwriter well known for her lead role as Geraldine Granger in the TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.  Turns 67

DIED:

1935 – Brisbane, Queensland – Arthur Hoey Davis alias Steele Rudd, Australian author famed for writing Austrralian publications such as On Our Selection, which was serialised and broadcast by radio stations throughout Australia.  (Aged 66)

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

2008 – Buckley, North Wales – Ronald Hulme BKA Russ Hamilton, first Liverpool pop singer to hit the United States music scene with his song Rainbow. (Aged 76)

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6 October 2024

Photo: Russell Falls, Mt Field National Park, taken Wednesday 2 October.

Valley Sunrise Edition 802
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

(A six month Daylight Saving period commenced in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory at 2 a.m. Clocks were put forward one hour.)

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Pamela Rooney – Love Me Out Of Leaving You Tonight2024HOUR 1127/9/2024QZW6A 2400218
Clayton Saunders – Black Sheep2024HOUR 1327/9/2024 
Cumberland River Project – Highway Blue2024HOUR 1127/9/2024 
By Request – P J Proby – Somewhere1964HOUR 11512/5/2024 
Briggs & Stark – Go Ahead2024HOUR 1127/9/2024 
Backtrack – Lance Birrell – Spinifex2022HOUR 1311/11/2022 
Fausto Papetti – La Mer HOUR 1127/11/2020 
Muriel O’Connor, Fran Curry & Brendan Grace – My Elusive Dreams2024HOUR 1327/9/2024IEPBV 1700015
Sonny James – Still Water Runs Deep HOUR 10  
Backtrack – Graeme Clarke – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend2017HOUR 1513/2/2022 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Gerry & Pacemakers – It’s Gonna Be Alright
1964HOUR 134/10/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Kinks – You Really Got Me
1964HOUR 144/10/2024 
Bill Shadler – There’s Only Been A Few2024HOUR 1127/9/2024 
Drummond – Daddy Cool HOUR 165/5/2023 
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time2024HOUR 2229/9/2024 
Lloyd Back – The Voice2024HOUR 2229/9/2024AUZY4 2300052
Cash Backman – Caroline1976HOUR 2        428/7/2023 
Albert Hammond – Esperame En El Cielo HOUR 2        0  
Ray Malcolm – Que Sera Sera2024HOUR 2129/9/2024 
Charley Pride – Don’t Fight Feelings of Love1974HOUR 2328/4/2017 
London Symphony Orchestra – I Don’t Know How To Love Him HOUR 20  
Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline – The Wayward Wind HOUR 245/3/2021 
Carpenters – On Top Of The World1972HOUR 21118/12/2022 
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962 – No 17:
Chubby Checker & Dee Dee sharp – Slow Twistin’
1962HOUR 20  
Michaela Harkin – I’m On My Way2024HOUR 2129/9/2024TCAIL 2453797
Nishida Hikaru – Sukiyaku HOUR 2426/4/2024 
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Penny Whistle Jig HOUR 2315/7/2018 
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town2024HOUR 3329/9/2024 
By Request – Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Morgen HOUR 355/7/2024 
By Request – Johnny Horton – Whispering Pines HOUR 3226/11/2023 
By Request – Beatles – Help1965HOUR 31328/8/2020 
By Request – Annie Lennox – No More I Love Yous HOUR 30  
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life2024HOUR 3329/9/2024QZTB3 2498152
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra – Alley Cat HOUR 30  
By Request – ABBA – The Winner Takes It All HOUR 3419/11/2023 
By Request – Demis Roussos – My Friend The Wind HOUR 31210/3/2024 
Andy Penkow – Ghostly Gums2022HOUR 3619/4/2024 
ABC Showband – Lost Patrol (Four Corners Theme) HOUR 383/5/2024 

6 October in History

BORN:
1846 – New York, U.S.A. – George Westinghouse, inventor of the railway air brake. Died 1914.
1908 – Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. – Jane Alice Peters alias Carole Lombard, actress known for her roles in comedy movies of the 1930s.  Died 1942.
1914 – Larvik, Norway – Thor Heyerdahl, adventurer notable for the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. Died 2002.
1947 – Clarendon Jamaica – Millicent Dolly May Small, alias Millie, the first international recording star from the Caribbean and  performer of the 1964 No 1 hit, My Boy Lollipop, which sold over 7 million copies worldwide.  Died 2020.

DIED:
1978 – Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales – Johnny O’Keefe, often referred to by his initials, “J.O.K.”, rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s.  In his 20-year career, O’Keefe released over 50 singles, 50 EPs and 100 albums. Aged 43.
1980 – London, England – Josephine Edwina Jaques alias Hattie Jacques, comedy actress. Aged 58.
1985 – Los Angeles, California U.S.A.  – Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. alias Nelson Riddle, arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator. Aged 64.
2011 – Cairns, Queensland – Diane Cilento, Australian theatre and film actress and author.  (Aged 78)
2015 – Morehead City, North Carolina, U.S.A.  – Billy Joe Royal, Best known for his 1965 Top 10 hit Down In The Boondocks. Aged 73.
2015 – Burbank, California, U.S.A. – Kevin Corcoran former child actor, director and producer.  Aged 66.
2020 – Houston, Texas, U.S.A. – John Lester Nash, Jr. alias Johnny Nash, singer-songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now.  He was the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.  Aged 80.
2022 – Blanchard, Oklahoma U.S.A. – Myrna Joy Miller, alias Jody Miller, cross-over country/pop singer, whose best known hits were, He Walks Like A Man in 1964, and Queen Of The House, released 1965.  Aged 80.

EVENT:
1972 –
Faraday, Victoria – Six young girls and their teacher were kidnapped from a small country school near Castlemaine.  Whilst they were imprisoned in the back of a van, the 19-year-old teacher effected an escape and led the children to safety.   Two men were later charged, convicted and sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment. 

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4 October 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 437

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: Horseshoe Falls, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania, 2 October 2024

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Tony Olson Music Project – If You Wanna Be Happy2024HOUR 10  
Clayton Saunders – Slim Dusty2024HOUR 1113/9/2024QZTAX 2451832
Slim Dusty – Duncan HOUR 1178/9/2023 
Leroy Van Dyke – Walk On By
Leroy Van Dyke born this day 1929 in Mora, Missouri, USA, turns 94 today.
1961HOUR 11527/10/2023 
Kevin Sullivan – Against The Tide2020HOUR 1516/8/2024AUVW1 2000002
Backtrack –
Aly Cook – Kimberley
2017HOUR 1814/2/2020 
James Last Orchestra – Medley HOUR 1213/9/2024 
Charley Pride – Just Between You And Me HOUR 152/6/2024 
Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin, died this day 1970 in Hollywood, California, USA, aged 27.
1971HOUR 136/5/2018 
Doc Holiday – Hold Me2024HOUR 10  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Gerry & Pacemakers – It’s Gonna Be Alright
1964HOUR 1228/9/2014 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Kinks – You Really Got Me
1964HOUR 136/9/2019 
Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero2024HOUR 10  
Gerard Gormley – Streets of Promise2024HOUR 213/5/2024 
Christine Leaves – My Forever Friend2022HOUR 2413/1/2023AUEOX 2100009
Peter Salata – My Girl Back On The Land2024HOUR 20  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore
Russ Morgan Orchestra – The Laughing Trombone Polka
 HOUR 20  
Loretta Lynn – Let Your Love Flow
Loretta Lynn, died this day 2022 in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee USA, aged 90.
 HOUR 20  
Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go1960HOUR 21319/5/2024 
Jazz Kings – Maria Elena HOUR 2223/6/2024 
Backtrack –
S M 2 & Melissa Pilkington – Scottish Highlands
2022HOUR 2729/1/2023 
By Request – Slim Dusty – Dogs Dust and Diesel HOUR 20  
By Request – George Strait – The Cowboy Rides Away HOUR 20  
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water2024HOUR 2222/9/2024IEJHJ 2400002
Graham Oliver – Another Broken Heart2024HOUR 20  
Christa Fartek – Don’t Wait2024HOUR 30  
Norma Murphy – I’d Say I Love You HOUR 398/4/2022 
Silver Studs – Happy Days1975HOUR 3718/4/2024 
Margot Eskens – Denn Du Musst Fort
(Then You Must Go – Danny Boy)
 HOUR 3114/3/2021 
Kylie Adams Collier – Hervey Bay2024HOUR 3230/8/2024AUHYD 2300050
Backtrack –
Rod Williams – Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
2020HOUR 323/1/2021 
Band of the Grenadier Guards – 76 Trombones HOUR 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Nat King Cole – L O V E
1964HOUR 324/5/2018 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Bobby Vinton – Clinging Vine
1964HOUR 31027/6/2021 
John Broomhall – Wild and Free HOUR 359/7/2021 
John Williamson – Papa Whiskey November HOUR 348/4/2022 
Backtrack –
Larissa Tormey – Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
2018HOUR 3512/12/2021 
Alisha Smith – The Bouldy Bash HOUR 312/10/2016 


4 October in History

1883  The first run of the Orient Express express train took place, between Paris and Istanbul, as an ordinary international railway service, but it become renowned for romance and luxury travel.  The Orient Express name was applied to many trains running a variety of European routes, but it eventually evolved into a Strasbourg-Vienna overnight train, which last ran in December 2009.

1918  Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S.A. – A series of fires and explosions destroyed an ammunition plant over three days, killed more than 100, forced massive evacuations and spread ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which are still being found.

1952 Britain’s first nuclear bomb was exploded on the Monte Bello Islands, off the West Australian coast.

1957  Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched by the Soviet Union.

1967 Hobart, Tasmania – The Hydro-Electric Commission purchased a former vehicular ferry from New Zealand, Hinemoa, for use as a temporary floating power station to alleviate a power shortage caused by a drought in the central highlands.

1976 England – The Intercity 125 High Speed Train  was introduced.  With a regular service speed of 201 km/h, it is the fastest diesel-powered train in regular service in the world

1985 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – The Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on its maiden flight.  During it’s 25 year life, Atlantis was launched on 33 missions, orbited Earth 4,848 times, and travelled 202,673,974 kilometres.  It is now displayed in Florida’s Kennedy Space Visitor Centre.

1990 Germany was re-unified when the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory became part of the Federal Republic of Germany

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29 September 2024

Photo: When two old-timers come to town. Taken 27 September 2024, outside Arthur Square, New Norfolk.

Valley Sunrise Edition 801
0700 ~ 0900 AEST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Graeme Connors – The Great Australian Dream2024HOUR 1226/1/2024 
Jimmy Bufett – Margaritaville1977HOUR 12029/6/2018 
Derek Buckham – Elvis The Kid With A Heart of Gold2024HOUR 1116/8/2024GXA5Y 2400007
Hay Mack – Monet Sky2024HOUR 115/7/2024QMAAK 2417373
Jane Saunders – Ballad of the Easy Rider HOUR 159/7/2021 
Liv Maessen & Jimmy Hannan – Love Is For The Two Of Us1971HOUR 1314/2/2020 
Acker Bilk – Cielito Lindo HOUR 1128/2/2020 
Susan Boyle – Daydream Believer HOUR 122/7/2023 
(By Request)  Foster & Allan – After All These Years HOUR 1631/5/2020 
Glen Dee – You’ll Always Be My Little Girl2017HOUR 11822/10/2023 
Shadows – Rhythm And Greens1964HOUR 1127/9/2024 
Eydie Gorme – I Want You To Meet My Baby1964HOUR 1616/8/2015 
Mantovani – The Carousel Waltz HOUR 1143/12/2023 
Blue Echoes – Personality HOUR 1317/3/2024 
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time2024HOUR 2127/9/2024 
Lloyd Back – The Voice2024HOUR 2120/9/2024AUZY4 2300052
Petula Clark – The Games People Play HOUR 20  
Ray Conniff Singers – Born Free HOUR 216/5/2016 
Ray Malcolm – Que Sera Sera2024HOUR 20  
Margie Singleton – Old Records2024HOUR 20  
James Last Orchestra – Medley HOUR 214/9/2022 
Jerry Lee Lewis – Cold Cold Heart1961HOUR 20  
Colene Walters – Momma’s Wall of Fame2024HOUR 20  
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962
No 16:  Claude King – Wolverton Mountain
1962HOUR 2105/2/2023 
Michaela Harkin – I’m On My Way2024HOUR 20 TCAIL 2453797
Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville1966HOUR 255/5/2023 
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town2024HOUR 3227/9/2024IEXWD 2400001
(By Request)  Johnny Chester – She’s My Kind Of Woman HOUR 3925/6/2021 
(By Request)  Paul McCartney & Wings – Silly Love Songs HOUR 30  
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life2024HOUR 3227/9/2024QZTB3 2498152
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra – Pepe HOUR 30  
(By Request)  George Jones – Take These Chains From My Heart HOUR 3111/8/2021 
Mary Gently – Goodbye My Eire2024HOUR 3120/8/2024TCAI1 2469682
Clelia Adams – Looking Forward Looking Back HOUR 3926/11/2023 
Tommy Fleming – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head HOUR 3117/7/2015 
Dianne Coombes – Start Where You Are HOUR 3119/7/2021 

29 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:


1957  Tasmania plunged into a late winter with heavy snowfalls and well-below average temperatures, Hobart recording a top of 8 C.  Meanwhile, in New South Wales, bushfires, fanned by high winds, threatened properties.

1959  Devonport , Tasmania – The Bass Strait ferry Taroona made its final departure from Devonport to Melbourne, following the arrival of the new roll-on, roll-off Princess of Tasmania. She was subsequently sold to a Greek shipping line, renamed ss Hellas, and used as a Mediterranean cruise ship.  It was laid up in 1966 and never used again. In 1989 she was towed to Turkey, where she was scrapped.

1963  Bellerive, Tasmania – Only a few millimetres of planking saved a 58 year old ferry, the Derwent, from sinking at its moorings after a hole was bored through its hull from inside, with a brace and bit.  A strong jet of water, which shot into the vessel when the tip of the drill pierced its side, forced the culprit away and prevented the full width of the 2 inch drill from passing through the hull.  

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27 September 2024


Friday Morning Radio Edition 436

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 Wellington from the northern outskirts of greater Hobart, 20 September 2024

Today’s Playlist:

HOUR 1  9.00 ~ 10.00:

TRACKRELEASE YEARPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Pamela Rooney – Love Me Out Of Leaving You Tonight20240 QZW6A 2400218
Clayton Saunders – Black Sheep2024212/4/2024 
The Cumberland River Project – Highway Blue20240  
Briggs & Stark – Go Ahead20240  
Craig & Charlotte Lloyd – Burn So Bright20240 AU2HX-2200004
Back Track:  Gayle O’Neil – Risks2015418/5/2018 
Capitol Symphony Orchestra – Polka From The Bartered Bride 0  
Muriel O’Connor, Fran Curry & Brendan Grace – My Elusive Dreams2024218/8/2024IEPBV 1700015
Seekers (Julie Anthony) – When Will The Good Apples Fall1989227/8/2023 
Back Track:  Richard Mulligan – Good Luck Charm2021423/10/2020 
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
# Shadows – Rhythm And Greens19640  
# Honeycombs – Have I The Right1964915/1/2023 
Bill Shadler – There’s Only Been A Few20240  
     
  HOUR 2  10.00 ~ 11.00:  
TRACKYEAR OF RELEASEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYED
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time20240  
Tim Lane – Now That You’re Gone2024113/9/1924QZNWU 2217497
Maggie Caskie – You’re Going Out Of My Mind20240 QZTAZ 2444931
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Alma Cogan – Twenty Tiny Fingers
1955119/7/2019 
Kings Singers – Linstead Market 0  
Al Martino – Love Theme From The Godfather1972113/9/2024 
Romantic Strings Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade 19/8/2024 
Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus – Colours 326/12/2014 
Sammie Soravia – I’ll See You Soon Then20240  
Back Track:  Ian Burns – Why2015114/4/2017 
Ray Kernaghan – The Wreck Of The Old 97
{ * SEE 27 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY BELOW}
 73/5/2019 
James Last Orchestra – Medley 0  
Brandon McPhee – The Six Twenty Two-Step 46/3/2022 
  HOUR 3  11.00 ~ 12.00:  
TRACKYEAR OF RELEASEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYED
Rodeo Nights – Brighter Side20240  
Slim Dusty – Namatjira         424/4/2020 
Rob Breese – Thargomindah Sunset2024213/9/2024AUC8U-2400002
Freddie Quinn – Oh Susanna 0  
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life2024213/92024QZTB3 2498152
Back Track:  Alan Dingo Byram – Proud Mary2020418/9/2020 
101 Strings Orchestra – Stop In The Name Of Love 41/6/2018 
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
# Newbeats – Bread And Butter196437/12/2018 
# Lesley Gore – Maybe I Know1964102/9/2022 
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town 125/8/2024TCAAW 1129204
Sherbet – Summer Love1975321/5/2021 
Sandie Shaw – Monsieur Dupont196947/6/2019 

27 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:


1825  County Durham, England – The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened, principally to carry coal to ports at Stockton-on-Tees, and at Darlington.  Passengers were carried in horse-drawn carriages until locomotives were used for this purpose in 1833, initiating the world’s first steam hauled passenger trains.

1854  Off Cape Race, Newfoundland – In the first great maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean, nearly 400 lives were lost when the steamship SS Arctic sank after colliding with a French steamer, SS Vesta, in foggy conditions.

* 1903  Danville, Virginia, U.S.A. – A Southern Railway train known as the Fast Mail, which was en route from Monroe, Virginia to Spencer, North Carolina was wrecked when it derailed on a high bridge. The wreck inspired the famous railroad ballad, The Wreck Of The Old 97

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21 September 2024

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Frank Sinatra – The Song Is Ended But The Melody Lingers On HOUR 10  
Gheorghe Zamfir – The Wind of Change HOUR 1110/1/2016 
Daniel O’Donnell – Everything Is Beautiful HOUR 1211/4/2021 
Jazz Kings – Still Got The Blues2023HOUR 10  
Terry Bennetts & Lee Forster – That’s The Kind Of Life I Live2024HOUR 1326/7/2024 
Ferrante & Teicher – Little Green Apples HOUR 10  
Jason Carruthers – Coming Home Today2020HOUR 10  
Foster & Allen – Jim Reeves Medley HOUR 1130/4/2023 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Tornados – Exodus1964HOUR 1826/2/2021 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Eydie Gorme – I Want You To Meet My Baby1964HOUR 1616/8/2015 
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water2024HOUR 1120/9/2024 
Tony Clarke – Not That Kind Of Fool2024HOUR 2213/9/2024QZ825 1857501
David Paul Nowlin – Life Dealt Me This Hand2024HOUR 20 QZWKY 2400220
Lon – Ride On2024HOUR 2113/9/2024 
By Request – Ella Fitzgerald – Someone To Watch Over Me HOUR 20  
Francoise Hardy – Le Temps De L’Amour HOUR 2226/7/2015 
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Medley~Hello Young Lovers~Getting To Know You~I Whistle A Happy Tune HOUR 2        12/8/2015 
Andrea Bocelli – Moon River HOUR 2        118/7/2021 
Della Reese – Don’t You Know HOUR 224/1/2019 
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962
No 15:  Neil Sedaka – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
1962HOUR 2210/9/2021 
Jimmy Clanton – Venus In Blue Jeans1962HOUR 20  
Justin Jones – Country Roads2024HOUR 212/9/2018 
Jade Hurley – Shake Rattle And Roll HOUR 221/9/2023 
Billy McFarland – You’re So My Kind Of Perfect2024HOUR 316/9/2024 
By Request – Paul Mauriat – Love Is Blue1968HOUR 3123/11/2023 
By Request – Belinda Carlisle – Summer Rain HOUR 30  
By Request – Gerry & Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey HOUR 31815/9/2024 
By Request – Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs HOUR 318/9/2024 
Alan Caswell – A Friend To Me HOUR 30 AUGBT 2416828
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Theme From Love Story HOUR 3114/3/2021 
By Request – Shavonne Aliphon – Always HOUR 3329/4/2022 
Matt Monro – I Love You Because HOUR 30  
Johnnie Ray – Alexanders Ragtime Band1954HOUR 3211/5/2018 
Eddie Fisher – Lady of Spain1952HOUR 3210/8/2018 

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20 September 2024

TRACKRELEASE YEARPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Lloyd Back – The Voice20240 AUZY4 23 00052
Dianne Coombes – Hearts Drawn In The Sand202426/9/2024 
Kerr Donnelly Band – My Poor Heart202415/7/2024 
>Gogi Grant – The Wayward Wind19561110/3/2024 
Don McLean – Every Day 124/5/2024 
Back Track:  Chris Strohfeld – When You’re Down On Your Luck2018421/7/2019 
101 Strings Orchestra – Are You Lonesome Tonight 213/9/2024 
Demis Roussos – So Dreamy 0  
>>Sophia Loren – Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo 120/9/2019 
Bill & Boyd – Chulu Chulu Lu197519/12/2022 
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
* Tornados – Exodus1964826/2/2021 
* Eydie Gorme – I Want You To Meet My Baby1964616/8/2015 
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water20240  
Warren Kearney – There Will Never Be Anyone Else202445/7/2024 
  > Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, alias Gogi Grant, born this day in 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  She was a 1950s pop singer who had many hits, including The Wayward Wind.  Died 2016.

>> Sofia Villani Scicolone, alias Sophia Loren, born this day in 1934 in Naples, Italy.  She was an award-winning actress and one of the most popu;lar stars of the 1960s and 70s.  Turns 90.

HOUR 2  10.00 ~ 11.00:  
TRACKYEAR OF RELEASEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYED
Kevin Sullivan – Three Ways2024231/3/2024AUVW1 2400001
Charlie Adams – Fire Glow202426/9/1924AUJ3Z 2300004
Girls Next Door – Love Will Get You Through Times Of No Money2024211/8/2024QZWLW 2400008
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Paul Evans & Curls – Sitting In The Back Seat
1959811/10/2019 
>>>Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle197322/10/2015 
Hazel & The Thief – The Olden Days20240 QZNWZ 2414805
Max Harris & His Orchestra – Blues In The Night 0  
By Request:  Tracy Byrd – Keeper Of The Stars 0  
Dusty Springfield – Just A Little Loving 0  
By Request:  Gallery – It’s so Nice To Be with You 125/12/2022 
Back Track:  Victoria Eman – Captain Of The Ship2017628/10/2018 
Michelle Murphy – Moon In The Water20240 TCAIM 2477545
>>> Jim Croce, singer-songwriter, died this day in 1973 in a plane crash, aged 30.  

HOUR 3  11.00 ~ 12.00:  
TRACKYEAR OF RELEASEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYED
Justin Jones – Country Roads2024113/9/2024 
Gene Pitney – That Girl Belongs To Yesterday1964212/4/2024 
Sandie Shaw – Those Were The Days1968226/2/2021 
Lawrence Welk – The Clarinet Polka 0  
Steve Bonham & Long Road – I Could Write A Book202419/8/2024GX7CU 2400001
Back Track:  Shavonne Aliphon – Always2021429/4/2022 
Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra – What A Difference A Day Made Cha Cha 0  
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
* Ray Conniff Singers – Invisible Tears196413/9/2021 
* Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go196467/1/2022 
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Rolling On20240 TCAAW 1129204
Foster & Allen – Tie A Yellow Ribbon20240  
By Request:  Slim Dusty – Duncan2024178/9/2023 
Slim Dusty – Sitting On The Old Front Verandah 79/9/2021 

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15 September 2024

Today’s Photo – Snow capped Mt Wellington, behind Hobart, during wintry conditions, taken from Bilton Bay, Claremont. September 2021

TRACKRELEASE YEARPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Kevin Sullivan – That’s What It Means202411/9/2024AUVW1 2400002
Sarah Riches – Alibi2024311/8/2024 
The Charlesys – Will It Be You20240 CACWV 2459223
(By Request)  Willie Nelson – Just Breathe 19/6/2024 
Eric Jupp Orchestra – Adios Mariquita Linda 517/12/2017 
Olivia Newton-John – If We Try1973123/7/2017 
Ray Malcolm – Is There Something On Your Mind202431/9/2024 
Top 20 Billboard Tracks 1962
No. 14:  Freddy Cannon – Palisades Park
19620  
Frank Sinatra Jr – Who Cares 0  
Chris Guenther – Forty Two New Orleans20240 QMAAK 2430351
Seekers – All I Can Remember196841/4/2016 
HOUR 2  8.00 ~ 9.00:  
TRACKYEAR OF RELEASEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again202432/8/2024IEXWD 2400001
(By Request)  Pussycat – Mississippi19763423/8/2024 
(By Request)  Gerry & Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey19651718/6/2023 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 221/9/2018 
Leigh Warren – I’d Do It All Over Again20240 USHM9 2418591
(By Request)  Graeme Clarke – Old Dogs Children and Watermelon Wine2019514/11/2021 
Beverley Hills Orchestra – Peyton Place Theme 18/9/2017 
Johnny Chester – Send Me Some Lovin’2024330/8/2024AUMEV 2498189
Ray Conniff Singers- Making Our Dreams Come True 116/2/2014 
Slim Dusty – Gum Trees By The Roadway 46/1/2019 
Redgum – Spirit Of The Land 424/4/2020 

15 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:

1830  Lancashire, England – The Liverpool to Manchester railway opened.  This was the world’s first inter-city passenger railway, in which all trains were timetabled and hauled for most of the distance by steam locomotives.
William Huskisson, English Member of Parliament and financier, became the first recorded railway passenger fatality when he was struck by the Stephenson locomotive Rocket, after he disobeyed instructions to remain aboard the train he was travelling in. 

1907  Murwillumbah, New South Wales – A massive fire destroyed over 60 of the mainly-wooden buildings in the town, which housed most of the town’s businesses.  The town had no water supply and no fire brigade.

1916  France – World War 1 –  Tanks were used for the first time in combat, by the British Army, at the Battle of the Somme.

1957  Interlaken, Tasmania – Fifty people were stranded by heavy snow drifts, which trapped 14  vehicles for two days.  A further 30 people were similarly stranded in the Arthurs Lake area.

1964 Melbourne, Victoria – 15,000 turned out in a demonstration to protest against Premier Bolte’s plan to introduce a State Income Tax.

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13 September 2024

From The Friends of 105.9 FM, Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada

In Loving Memory of Paul Meagher (alias ” Paul Marr”).

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Paul Meagher, an integral part of our radio station family.

Paul was more than just a colleague — he was a friend, mentor, and a driving force behind our station’s success and history.

Paul brought passion, dedication, and a unique spirit that touched the lives of everyone he worked with and every listener who tuned in.

During this difficult time, our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to Paul’s family, friends, and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.
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