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18 April 2025

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 465, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST

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

Photo:  Early fog over Mt Faulkner, in the Derwent Valley. Taken recently by Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist

TRACKRELEASE YEARPLAY TIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Phil Salter – Fields Of Dreams202509:04328/2/2025AUD0K 2500001
Elvis Aaron Presley Jr – Goldmine 202509:10128/3/2025 
Charlie Rich – Rolling With The Flow 197709:13423/2/2024 
By Request Today:
Jim Reeves – A Railroad Bum
 09:1685/4/2024 
George Strait – One Night At A Time  09:1914/4/2014 
Backtrack:
Montana Lipscombe – Walking After Midnight 
202109:2363/3/2023 
Barbara Blevins – Let’s Build A Love 202509:280  
Richard Clayderman – Chiquitita  09:33127/7/2018 
Sandy Scott – For The Good Times  09:370  
Ryan Bodine – Ghost Town Road 202509:410 QZW6A 2400237
Beach Boys – Break Away 196909:4419/9/2022 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Del Shannon – Stranger In Town 
196509:49312/7/2019 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Dave Clark Five – Reeling and A-Rocking 
196509:51210/5/2015 
Shelley Minson – Riverbank Red 202509:55114/2/2025AUUHB 2400023
Helena Mace & Tom Leary – Wash Away The Years 202509:5819/3/2025 
Ron Christopher – Angelyne 202510:05828/3/2025 
By Request Today:
Boney M – Hooray Hooray It’s A Holi-Holi-Day
 10:12115/9/2023 
By Request Today:
Jim Reeves – Yonder Comes A Sucker
195510:16125/8/2013 
Old Time Concert Hall:
Anita Kerr Singers – Medley~Two Little Girls In Blue~Let Bygones Be Bygones 
 10:200  
Ric Lucia – Sittin’ With Grandma On The Old Front Porch 202510:260  
Backtrack:
Andrew McMurdie – I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You 
202010:28211/10/2020 
Werner Tauber Orchestra – Tap Dancin’ Time  10:340  
Christa Fartek – Deep in my Heart 202510:360  
Dave Caley – Longer 202510:4219/3/2025US9BH 2400034
Debbie Laken – Believe Me Baby, I Lied 202510:47123/3/2025NZRI1 2403566
Hayley Mills – Johnny Jingo 196210:52418/4/2021 
Lionel Richie – Say You Say Me 10:5469/12/2022 
Ferlin Husky – Wings of a Dove196110:58        1517/3/2024 
David Maguire – Inside Out202511:05214/3/2025 
Dave Edwards – Swing Me Back To Oklahoma 202511:090 QZWKY 2500045
Backtrack:
Larissa Tormey – Yellow Roses 
202511:13611/12/2022 
Gus Backus – Tom Dooley 11:180  
Jim Reeves – Margie  11:21210/12/2023 
New World – I’ll Catch The Sun  11:270  
BBC Big Band – In The Mood  11:34513/3/2020 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965    
Peter & Gordon – True Love Ways 
196511:38512/3/2021 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965    
Twinkle – Terry 
196511:41310/3/2017 
Adrian Payne – My Old Town 202511:45123/3/2025AUL9L 2500001
John Michael Ferrari – How Far Apart Are We 202511:49128/3/2025 
Duran Duran – Ordinary World 11:520  

18 APRIL IN HISTORY:

EVENTS THIS DATE

1906  San Francisco, California,  U.S.A. – An earthquake and a subsequent fire destroyed much of the city.

1912  New York, U.S.A. – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived with 705 survivors from the sinking of the RMS Titanic

1930 London, England – BBC Radio announced there was no news on that day.

1958  Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales – More than 90 families fled when a cloud of ammonia gas, which had escaped from a burst pipe in an ice cream factory, descended upon their homes.

1966 The first Australian National Service conscripts left for Vietnam

1966 Australia’s 10th Holden model, the HR, was released for sale.  Hobart price for the Special sedan was $2,282, the station wagon $2,464 and the top of the range Premier X2 automatic, $3,007.

1970 England – British Leyland announced that production of the Morris Minor, then England’s longest-running car, would cease by the end of the year.

BORN THIS DATE

1946 London, England – Hayley Mills, former child star famed for her performances in Tiger Bay (1959), Pollyanna (1960) and several Disney movies, including The Parent Trap of 1961.

DIED THIS DATE

1955 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. – Albert Einstein, physicist, philospoher and author, widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. (Aged 76)

1992 Fulham, London, England – Frankie Howerd, comedian whose career spanned 60 years.  In an obituary for Howerd which was run by some newspapers, fellow comedian Benny Hill was quoted as regretting Howerd’s passing.  That quote was released by Hill’s agent, who was unaware that his client had also just died. (Aged 75)

2002 Colla Micheri, Italy –Thor Heyerdahl, adventurer notable for the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed in a raft 8,000 km from South America to the Tuamotu Islands, near Tahiti.  The aim of the expedition was to demonstrate that people could have made long voyages, thousands of years ago   (Aged 87)

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13 April 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 829
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 1976

🖼– Today’s photo: An April view in the Botanical Gardens, Hobart

Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Miss Lana – Finally202506:05211/4/2025 
Charting this day 1976
George Baker Selection – Una Paloma Blanca
1975~197606:131219/1/2025 
Charting this day 1976
Billie Jo Spears – Blanket On The Ground 
197606:16919/3/2023 
Johnny Chester and Grant Luhrs – Loud, Confident And Wrong 202506:22         14/4/2025QM4TX 2523251
By Request Today: Rod Stewart – Sailing197506:252517/1/2025 
Peggy Gilchrist – Under Burdekin Skies 202506:30211/4/2025 
Magic Trumpets – Petite Fleur  06:35320/1/2017 
By Request Today: Lulu – To Sir With Love196706:381119/1/2025 
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Rocky Mountain High 201906:4123/11/2019 
John Rowles – Domino  06:49120/3/2015 
Vernon Huskey – White Silver Sands 202506:54121/3/2025QZYSP 2500012
Jade Hurley – Around The World  06:57226/9/2025 
Michael Meeking – Time to Make Up Your Mind 202507:06121/3/2025AUKNA 2500001
By Request Today: Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs 07:1152/3/2025 
Charting this day 1976
Maxine Nightingale – Right Back Where We Started From 
197607:15228/5/2021 
Charting this day 1976
Max Merritt & Meteors – Slippin’ Away 
197607:191130/4/2021 
The Charlesys – Shining Star 202507:24111/4/2021CAHQJ 2490906
Ness Da Silva – Honesty 202507:28116/3/2025 
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra with Myron Floren – Chihuahua Polka  07:330  
Victoria Eman & Glenn van Haasen – In Another Time And Place 202507:3736/4/2025NLJ9A 2500001
Christine Clifford – Annie’s Song 202507:410 QZHNC 2552556
Clelia Adams – Looking Forward, Looking Back 202207:461126/1/2025 
By Request Today: Ted Mulry Gang – Darktown Strutters Ball197607:500  
By Request Today: Alan Jackson – Kiss An Angel Good Morning 07:5314/8/2024 
Mark Wynter – Dream Girl 196107:5736/10/2023 
Mahlissa – Boondockin’  08:050  
Charting this day 1976
Jim Capaldi – Love Hurts 
197608:10416/4/2021 
Charting this day 1976
ABBA – Fernando 
197608:142128/5/2023 
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Be A Little Bit Bolder 202508:2214/4/2025NZRI1 2500760
Chris Callaghan – Twenty Hours 202508:2614/4/2025AUZY4 2000059
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra – Tie A Yellow Ribbon 08:3321/11/2013 
Debbie Laken – Believe Me Baby, I Lied 202508:37123/3/2025NZRI1 2403566
Backtrack: Dean Perrett – Clifton Hills 202108:41628/11/2021 
Anita Ree – Australia’s Rainfall Army 202508:450 AUYNF 2500001
Gail Barnard – Storms 202508:48121/3/2025USCGJ 2534605
Graeme Connors – All The Little Things We Didn’t Say 202508:52119/6/2020 

6 APRIL IN HISTORY:

BORN

1945   Perth, West Australia – Judy Nunn, actress and author who first appeared as reporter Vicky Stafford in the  soap opera The Box.  In 1979 she played Joyce Martin in the popular Australian series Prisoner and then as Dr. Irene Fisher in Sons and Daughters. Her most famous role was as Ailsa Stewart in the soapie Home and Away, from 1988 until the character was killed off in 2000. In 2002, she re-appeared as a ghost which only her former on-screen husband, Alf Stewart, could see. 

1951  Streatham, London, England – Peter Moffett alias Peter Davison, actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television series of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great And Small and for the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, 1982 to 1984.

DIED

1922  Weybridge, England – Ross Macpherson Smith, pioneer aviator, plane crash soon after taking off from Brooklands airport, Surrey, England.  His body was transported to Australia where Smith was given a state funeral and buried in the North Road Cemetery, Adelaide.  Aged 29.

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11 April 2025

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 464, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

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

Photo:  An early “Bridgewater Jerry” which didn’t, on that day, make it beyond New Norfolk. Taken in the upper Derwent Valley by listener Janine.

Today’s Playlist

TRACKRELEASE YEARPLAY TIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Two of a Kind – I Love You To The Moon And Back202509:050  
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon202509:11321/3/2025QT3TB 2425080
Kylie Adams-Collier – The Highland Life202509:150 AUHYD 2500051
Gary Carson-Jones – Walk On By202509:190 AUGGJ 1600055
Backtrack: Dale Duncan – Station Minderoo201709:2316/11/2020 
Four Knights – Oh Baby Mine195409:28620/1/2023 
Melbourne Pops Orchestra Cond by Tommy Tycho – We Do It 09:33220/10/2023 
By Request Today: Alan Jackson – Remember When 09:372330/3/2025 
By Request Today: Shavonne Aliphon – Touch My Heart 09:43213/9/2019 
Don Smythe – Sing Me Back Home201809:47311/1/2019 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Jewel Akens – The Birds And The Bees
196509:53611/5/2018 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – Whipped Cream
196509:55931/3/2023 
John Williamson – Old Sow 09:590  
Miss Lana – Finally202510:05114/3/2025 
DIED THIS DAY 2013 London, England – Michael Emile Telford Miller, BKA Emile Ford, musician and pop singer popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s as leader of the group Emile Ford and the Checkmates, known for their No 1 hit What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For.   Aged 78.
Emile Ford – What Do You Wanna Make Those Eyes At Me For196010:11716/10/2022 
Klaasje Menzen – We Hold Our Head Up High202510:13121/3/2025 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Tony Bennett – Rags to Riches
195310:201019/5/2024 
Carol Chaney – Everything’s A Waltz202510:25121/3/2025 
Daniel O’Donnell – A World Of Our Own 10:28311/2/2024 
Jerry Wilton & His Orchestra – A Walk In The Black Forest 10:32719/6/2020 
Lee Ann Kelly – Willow Tree202510:350  
Kane Vincent – Sarah202510:400 AUMZZ 2500001
Anne Murray – Anyone Can Do The Heartbreak 10:450  
Charlie Landsborough – Little Bit Of Heaven 10:490  
Backtrack: Graham Rodger – Kidman’s Boys201710:5444/5/2018 
The Charlesys – Shining Star202510:570 CAHQJ 2490906
Sabrina Fallon – Eileen Óg202511:05114/4/2024 
Peter Salata – Little Old Fergie Tractor202511:11321/3/2025AUGO4 1502501
Backtrack: Jonathan Mark Hayden – Our Land201811:1444/3/2018 
DIED THIS DAY 2001 Guildford, Surrey, England –  Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer, singer and comedian noted for his fine tenor singing voice. He is best known for playing Neddie Seagoon, the central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show (1951-60).  (Aged 79)
Harry Secombe – Edelweiss 11:2155/5/2017 
Jan Holland – De Vogeltjesdans 11:250  
Ferrante & Teicher – Georgy Girl 11:33410/2/2017 
Nana Mouskouri – Weisse Rosen Aus Athen 11:350  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
  Jim Reeves – There’s That Smile Again  
196511:38324/6/2022 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 
Cliff Richard – The Minute You’re Gone
196511:411011/6/2021 
Peggy Gilchrist – Under Burdekin Skies202511:46121/3/2025 
Jessica Loobey – Back To Her Roots202511:490 QZWKY 2500057
Al Caiola – On A Merry Go Round 11:530  
Living Brass – Mexican Shuffle 11:55118/12/2020 

11 APRIL IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1951  Arbroath, Scotland – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, was found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey after Scottish nationalist students had removed it from its place in Westminster Abbey

1960  Sales of television receivers commenced in Hobart, with crowds flocking to city electrical stores. 

1970 Cape Canavaral, Florida, U.S.A. – Apollo 13, crewed by Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert was launched toward the Moon.      An oxygen tank in the spacecraft subsequently exploded en route, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return to Earth in 4 days.

1979  Tanzanian troops took Kampala, the capital of Uganda; the brutal dictator Idi Amin, who had ruled for the previous 7 years, fled the country. 

1984 Canberra –  Advance Australia Fair was adopted as the official Australian national anthem.

DIED

1890 Whitechapel, London, England – Joseph Merrick, known as “The Elephant Man”  due to massive deformities which developed during the early years of his life.

As a teenager and adult, he was rejected by most people due to his grotesque appearance and disabilities, so being exhibited in a circus as a human novelty was one of the few ways he could make a living.   (Aged 27)

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6 April 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 828
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 1974

🖼– Today’s photo: Mt Direction and the Derwent River from Poimena Reserve, Austins Ferry.

Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Kevin Tuckfield – Why He Rides202506:06116/3/2025USX9P 1116060
Charting this day 1974 Alvin Stardust – My Coo Ca Choo197406:13523/2/2024 
Charting this day 1974 Bette Midler – Chapel of Love197406:15323/2/2024 
By Request Today: Nat King Cole – Autumn Leaves 06:190  
Young World Singers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing 06:240  
Shadows – A Place In The Sun 06:270  
Roland Shaw Orchestra & Chorus  – Copacabana 06:32116/7/2023 
Cait Jamieson – Hit The Gravel202506:37130/3/2025AUR2C 2400001
Backtrack: Brian Letton – The Digger And His Dog201306:41230/6/2023 
By Request Today: Beatles – Help196506:46146/10/2024 
By Request Today: John Farnham – The Voice198806:49726/1/2025 
Lee Kernaghan – Down Under 06:550  
Max Bygraves – Medley~Hey Look Me Over~Consider Yourself~Standing On The Corner 07:0516/10/2023 
Charting this day 1974 David Bowie – Sorrow197407:1148/1/2023 
Charting this day 1974 Charley Pride – Me And Bobby McGee197407:14923/2/2024 
By Request Today: Delltones – Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley196307:20123/10/2020 
By Request Today: Jim Reeves – Waltzing On Top Of The World196407:22911/10/2024 
Victoria Eman & Glenn van Haasen – In Another Time And Place202507:25230/3/2025NLJ9A-2500001
Pete Moore & His Orchestra – Una Paloma Blanca 07:32123/4/2021 
Dave Caley – Before The Next Teardrop Falls   202507:3621/3/2024 
Cecile Gardens – Called Country  202507:39116/3/2025 
Backtrack: Don Smythe – Coward of the County201807:4846/11/2020 
John Glenn – Forever Ain’t Long Enough202507:480 TCAJH 2587901
Sandie Shaw – Please Mr Postman 07:530  
Irish Rovers – The Scotsman 07:560  
Mrs Mills – Love Letters In The Sand 07:580  
Oliver – Good Morning Starshine196908:051213/10/2023 
Charting this day 1974 Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road197408:11723/2/2024 
Charting this day 1974 Perry Como – For The Good Times197408:15523/2/2024 
Moody Blues – A Winter’s Tale 08:19118/8/2024 
Cufflinks – Tracey196908:241023/8/2024 
Matt Monro – How Little We Know   08:27311/8/2024 
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Morgen 08:33236/10/2024 
Natalie Cole – That Sunday That Summer 08:36224/4/2022 
Backtrack: Chris Strohfeld – When You’re Down On Your Luck201808:39421/7/2019 
By Request Today: Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman 1964~196808:422017/11/2024 
Julian Lennon – Too Late For Goodbyes198408:4638/4/2016 
Laura Lee & Elton West & His Orchestra – Stand By Your Man 08:500  
Andrew Ryan – Like It’s Yesterday202508:530 AUG9Z 2200004

6 APRIL IN HISTORY:

BORN

1937   Bakersfield, California U.S.A. – Merle Haggard, country music singer, guitarist and songwriter.  Died 6 April 2016


DIED

1996  Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.  –Greer Garson, award-winning actress during World War 2.  As one of MGM’s’s major stars of the 40s, Garson received seven Academy-Award nominations, winning the Best Actress award for Mrs Minniver (1942).  Aged 91.

1998  Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Virginia Wynette Pugh alias Tammy Wynette, country singer-songwriter known as the First Lady of Country Music.  Her best-known song, Stand By Your Man, was one of the biggest selling hit singles by a woman in the history of the country genre.   Aged 55.

2005  Monaco – Rainier III, Prince of Monaco for almost 56 years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs in European history.  He was best known outside Europe for having married American actress Grace Kelly.  Aged  81.

2014  Studio City, California, U.S.A. – Joseph Yule Jr alias Mickey Rooney, film, television, and stage actor who performed since he was a small child.  His career spanned almost 90 years, one of the longest for any actor.  Aged 93.

EVENTS

1965  Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. Intelsat 1, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit was launched.  It was the first to provide direct contact by telephone, television and facsimile between Europe and North America, and was deactivated in 1969.  It remains in a geosynchronous orbit over the Atlantic Ocean

1966  Hobart, Tasmania – A brand new Morris 1100 sedan was wrecked when the brakes failed as it was being driven off the freighter Seaway King, prior to delivery to a car dealership.  The car dived nose-first into the Derwent and the driver made an exit through a window.


1973  Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – Pioneer 11 space probe was launched to study the asteroid belt, the planets Jupiter and Saturn, solar wind and cosmic rays.  It is now following an escape trajectory from the solar system and there is no longer any communication with the spacecraft, the last being in November 1995.

It is carrying a plaque with a message from humankind, so if it is ever found by extraterrestrial intelligences, it will provide information about its origin. The plaque includes nude figures of a man, a woman, and a diagram of the Sun and Earth in the galaxy.

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4 April 2025

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 463, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

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

Photo:  Sunrise in New Norfolk, last Friday 28th March. A brief diversion to the Esplanade, whilst en route to the TYGA-FM studio, provided the opportunity for several photos.

Photo :  Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist

TRACKRELEASE YEARPLAY TIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Sailor – Girls, Girls, Girls197609:05524/3/2023 
By Request Today:
Val Doonican – If I Knew Then What I Know Now
 09:11425/6/2021 
Buadee – Count Your Blessings 202509:140  
Deejay Rufus & Marc Wilson – Africa202509:190  
Chris Callaghan – Twenty Hours202509:230 AUZY4 2000059
Backtrack: Jim Williams – Train Track 201809:261313/12/2024 
Al Capps & His Orchestra – Rose Garden 09:320  
By Request Today: Don Williams – You’re My Best Friend 09:361321/3/2025 
Clayton Saunders – Locked Behind The Bathroom Door202509:4012/3/2025 
Briggs & Stark – I L Y202509:420  
Doris Day – The Sound of Music 09:460  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Beach Boys – Do You Wanna Dance
196509:50410/4/2015 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Supremes – Stop In The Name Of Love196509:52108/3/2024 
DIED last Tuesday (April 1) in Los Angeles, California, Johnny Tillotson, who had many hit 45s during the early-mid 1960s.  He was aged 86.
Johnny Tillotson – Talk Back Tremblin’ Lips196309:56916/2/2024 
Johnny Chester and Grant Luhrs – Loud, Confident And Wrong202510:050 QM4TX 2523251
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – The Magnificent Seven 10:11318/8/2023 
Judith Durham – I Wanna Dance To Your Music  (3m 09s) 10:13         0  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Judy Garland – Meet Me In St Louis
194410:1852/6/2019 
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Be A Little Bit Bolder202510:230 NZRI1 2500760
Pepe Jaramillo & His Latin American Rhythm – Sucu Sucu 10:26423/9/2018 
David Firman & His Orchestra – Take My Breath Away 10:3217/5/2021 
Shaza Leigh – Behind Closed Doors (DV Song)202510:3617/2/2025 
Garrett Newton – One Way Train202510:400  
Steve Lawrence – Portrait Of My Love196110:4539/9/2022 
On this day in 1964 –  In an unprecedented achievement, the Beatles held the top 5 positions in the American Billboard Top 40, with Can’t Buy Me Love, Twist And Shout, She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and Please Please Me.
Beatles – Please Please Me1963-196410:491423/2/2024 
Bill Goodall – Bonanza 10:5225/1/2025 
Colleen Hewett – I Still Call Australia Home 10:54         0  
Lawrence Welk – Calcutta196110:57114/4/2024 
Guy Surtees – Jessie202511:0518/11/2024 
Chris Boots Lee – Where Corn Don’t Grow202511:12128/3/2025QZES9 2504340
Backtrack: Jeff Brown – After January Rains201911:1628/3/2020 
Roger Whittaker – Both Sides Now 11:21411/11/2022 
Roger Miller – Engine Engine Number Nine196511:28911/6/2023 
Hank Levine & His Orchestra – Downtown 11:34215/2/2019 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965     Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger196511:371121/1/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965    
Pete Fountain – Whipped Cream
196511:4036/8/2021 
Damien J Johnson – One Hill Town202511:4319/3/2025 
Eric Diamond – Bring Me Sunshine202511:470 QZHN4 2556675
Irish Rovers – Donald Where’s Your Trousers 11:5413/1/2016 

4 APRIL IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1929   Derby, Tasmania – Following unprecedented rainfall of 450 millimetres during the previous two days, a flood caused by an additional deluge of 125 millimetres over one and a half hours, broke the Briseis Dam.
A wall of water then surged down the Cascade River, engulfing buildings and flooding the Briseis tin Mine. Fourteen lives were lost, including a family who were sitting down to a meal when their home was carried away.

1955  Derwent Park, Tasmania – Two early-morning gelignite explosions demolished a bicycle shop on the corner of Main and Derwent Park Roads.

1959  The first major power station in the Snowy Mountains scheme, Tumut 1, began operation. .

1962  Hobart, Tasmania – A report tabled in the Tasmanian Parliament by a joint select committee recommended that breathalyser and blood alcohol tests be introduced on a voluntary basis +

1975  Near Saigon, South Vietnam – 172 died when a United States Air Force Galaxy plane, transporting orphans crashed shortly after takeoff.

1983  Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – The Space Shuttle Challenger made its maiden voyage into space.

DIED

1980 Ladenburg, Germany – Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant BKA Karl Benz, engine designer and automotive engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile and founder of the automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz.

Karl was born to Josephine Vaillant and Johann George Benz, a train driver.  When he was two years old, his father died in a railway accident, and his name was changed to Karl Friedrich Benz in remembrance of his father.  (Aged 84)

1968 Memphis Tennessee, U.S.A.. – Martin Luther King, Jr. the African-American clergyman who advocated social change through non-violent means was assassinated. He was a powerful speaker who shaped the American civil rights movement through the 1950s and 1960s and his death  sparked riots in major American cities for several days.

1980 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Woodrow Wilson Sovine alias Red Sovine, country singer associated with truck driving songs, often recited, but set to music. The most famous example was his 1976 hit Teddy Bear. Aged 62.

1995 London, England – Maurice James Christopher Cole, alias Kenny Everett, comedian, radio DJ and television entertainer. Aged 50.

2013 Randwick, Sydney –Tommy Tycho, Australian pianist, orchestra conductor, composer and arranger who was associated with many musical television productions.  Aged 84.

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30 March 2025

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:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Richard Porteous – Sometimes202506:06121/3/2025QZDA8 2501574
Charting this day 1972
Apollo 100 – Joy
197206:121015/11/2024 
Charting this day 1972
Badfinger – Day After Day
197206:15524/4/2016 
By Request Today:
Alan Jackson – Remember When
 06:192218/2/2024 
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising 196906:24122/4/2023 
The Cumberland River Project – Small Town Loser202506:270 DEZC6 2577046
Gordon Langford Orchestra – Till The End of Time 06:33216/3/2025 
Carol Markstrom – Spirit Buffalo202506:360  
Backtrack: Shane Warren – Old Draught Horse201506:40414/2/2025 
Abby Grace – Back To The Boat202406:4519/3/2025 
Aaron Partridge & Steve Apirana – You Can Call On Him202506:490 AUE9B 2500001
Typically Tropical – Barbados197506:540  
Terry Lockley – Drinking With Blue202507:050 AUQ5G 2400002
Charting this day 1972
Charley Pride – Kiss an Angel Good Morning
197207:11720/8/2023 
Charting this day 1972
Tony Christie – Is This The Way To Amarillo
197207:1397/4/2024 
Ged Wilson – Promised Land202507:190 UK7X9 2400012
James Taylor – It’s Only A Paper Moon 07:23423/2/2024 
Willie Nelson – Always   07:280  
Ferrante & Teicher – In The Chapel In The Moonlight 07:3331/11/2019 
Victoria Eman & Glenn van Haasen – In Another Time And Place   202507:3719/3/2025NLJ9A-2500001
Guy Surtees – Thirty Minute Star  202507:410  
Backtrack:
Rod Williams – It Keeps Right On A-Hurting
202007:4727/3/2021 
Clint Bradley – The Lightning Ride202507:490  
Cait Jamieson – Hit The Gravel202507:570  
Matrimony – Why Wait202508:050  
Charting this day 1972
Robin Jolley – Marshall’s Portable Music Machine
197208:121024/10/2021 
Charting this day 1972
Johnny Chester & Jigsaw – Shame And Scandal
197208:151013/1/2023 
By Request Today:
Dean Martin – You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
 08:22328/2/2025 
Rick Nelson – I Rise I Fall196308:26523/2/2024 
Reg Owen – Happy Guitar  196208:29926/11/2023 
James Last Orchestra – The Lonely Bull 08:34211/10/2019 
Backtrack:
Aly Cook – Sunflowers
201908:38112/1/2020 
Bob Marshall – Wildorado202508:430  
ABBA – I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do 197508:492013/12/2020 
Engelbert Humperdinck – Two Different Worlds  08:5216/4/2012 
Jimmy Shand and His Band – The Northern Lights of Aberdeen  08:551513/9/2024 

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.

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28 March 2025

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

TRACKRELEASE YEARPLAY TIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville196609:05629/9/2024 
Glen Levi – Your Key Won’t Fit The Lock202509:10123/2/2025USCGH 2550787
Whiskey Cure – Four Wheels On A Dirt Road202509:13116/3/2025 
Howie Brothers – We Love This Sunburnt Country202509:17216/3/2025 
Backtrack: Jeff Brown – The Young Jillaroo202009:19213/3/2020 
John Williamson – Railwayman 09:24220/5/2022 
Al Cherny & Bill Mankiss – Happy Hour Schottische 09:310  
Marilyn King & Miller Sisters – Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree 09:34117/1/2025 
Slim Dusty – Indian Pacific197709:391223/2/2024 
Backtrack: Sarah Kate Landy – When Will I Be Loved201609:42614/2/2025 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Hermans Hermits – Silhouettes
196509:48914/5/2023 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Gerry & Pacemakers – Pretend
196509:501821/7/2023 
By Request Today:
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town
 09:5359/3/2025 
By Request Today: Randy Travis – On The Other Hand 09:570  
Penny Davies and Roger Ilott – Riding On The Fruit Train 10:06424/9/2023 
Grand Prairie Band – This Ain’t Reno202510:1012/3/2025 
Mountain Rio – Banjo Bill202510:13116/2/2025USJ3V 1387541
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Harry Kaye & Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
194210:18         0  
Johnny Cash – Blue Train196210:220  
Backtrack: Warren Kearney – Try Walking In His Shoes202010:25220/11/2020 
Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Parakeet 10:2813/12/2023 
Wayne & Geraldi – Back In Your Own Backyard 10:320  
Roger Whittaker – All Of My Life 10:35318/8/2023 
Elvis Aaron Presley Jr – Goldmine202510:400  
George Hamilton IV – Canadian Pacific196910:44826/11/2023 
Bill Walker Orchestra & Chorus – A World Without Love 10:490  
Janey Kirk – Island of Dreams202310:5311/9/2023 
Chris Boots Lee – Where Corn Don’t Grow202510:57        0  
Tony Miles & Ran Tan – Queensland Railway Line 11:0546/10/2023 
Ron Christopher – Angelyne 11:090  
Backtrack: Tom Curtin & Sara Storer – Speak Up201811:13317/11-2024 
Fred Bertelmann – Distant Drums 11:180  
Patsy Cline – Life’s Railway To Heaven195911:2588/10/2023 
John Michael Ferrari – How Far Apart Are We202511:280  
Miles Davis – Time After Time 11:35219/5/2024 
By Request Today: Lolita – Sailor196011:382117/1/2025 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Cilla Black – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling  
196511:420  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Petula Clark – I Know A Place
196511:451127/8/2023 
Mike Wilkinson – Locomotive 3801201811:491022/10/2023 
David Hammerschlag – Troop Train202511:52221/3/2025QZDA8 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.

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23 March 2025

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:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Gary Anderson – That’s What I Love About Us202506:060 QZFZ4 2575910
Charting this day 1970
Shocking Blue – Venus
197006:12217/8/2018 
Charting this day 1970
Blue Mink – Melting Pot
197006:1514/12/2015 
Vicky Leandros – When Bouzoukis Played197306:2016/4/2012 
Tony Christie – Release Me 06:240  
By Request Today:
P J Proby – Somewhere
 06:281731/1/2025 
Anthony Ventura & His Orchestra – La Paloma 06:330  
Anne Murray – Flying On Your Own 06:380  
Backtrack:
Richard Mulligan – The Green Green Grass of Home
 06:4239/8/2020 
Al Martino – Volare 06:500  
Charting this day 1970
Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
197006:54415/5/2022 
Tornados – Dragon Fly196306:581530/8/2024 
Buckinghams – Kind Of A Drag196707:0662/2/2024 
By Request Today:
Lee Kernaghan – Janine
 07:090  
Debbie Laken – Believe Me Baby I Lied202507:130 NZRI1 2403566
Graeme Clarke – Smokey201907:1833/11/2019 
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] 07:22431/7/2022 
By Request Today: Pussycat – Mississippi197607:253724/1/2025 
Frank Pourcell – Besame Mucho195607:320  
Adrian Payne – My Old Town202507:360 AUL9L 2500001
Charting this day 1970
Beatles – Let It Be
197007:41139/6/2024 
Charting this day 1970
Cufflinks – When Julie Comes Around
197007:4558/4/2022 
Backtrack: Glen Dee – Living On Love201807:50119/5/2019 
Ray Conniff Singers – If You Could Read My Mind 07:540  
Burl Ives – Way Down Yonder In The Paw Paw Patch 07:580  
Ron Callaghan – Poor Man202508:050 AU3PV 2400007
HAZEL And The Thief – Sally Storm202508:110  
Shavonne Aliphon – I Keep Dreaming Of You201708:15218/3/2018 
Charting this day 1970
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – All I Have To Do Is Dream
197008:22823/12/2022 
Shadows – Dance On196308:2493/3/2023 
Seekers – Well Well Well 08:27617/11/2023 
Francis Goya Orchestra – Try A Little Tenderness 08:320  
Nat King Cole – Non Dimenticar 08:370  
Warwick & Young – Child’s Eyes202508:41114/3/2025 
John McNally – If I Only Had Time 08:45125/9/2016 
Rebecca Richards – Aces Are High202508:470  
Abby Grace – Feel The Beat202508:520 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.

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21 March 2025

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

TRACKRELEASE YEARPLAY TIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Graham Toole – Hold On To What You’ve Got 202509:0517/3/2025 
Matilda Gracie & Sarah Rose – Health Hazard202509:10121/3/2025 
Barry Owen – Stand Up In The Crowd202509:13123/2/2025 
Charlie Landsborough – A Million Ways to Fall 09:180  
Change of Key – Beyond That Smile202509:220  
Backtrack: Ann-Kristin Dørdal – Shape Up201809:27314/8/2020 
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – And I Love You So 09:320  
Wayne Douglas – Hey Dad202509:36116/2/2025 
 By Request Today:
Lee Kernaghan – Three Chain Road
 09:400  
Ben Walker – In The Sunshine202509:47214/3/2025AUE1Q 2100014
Backtrack: Josh Turner – Folsom Prison Blues201809:5119/11/2018 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Four Seasons – Bye Bye Baby
196509:550  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Beatles – Rock And Roll Music
196509:581025/11/2022 
Richard Porteous – Sometimes202510:050 QZDA8 2501574
By Request Today:
Don Williams – You’re My Best Friend
 10:111227/12/2024 
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon202510:14216/3/2025QT3TB-2425080
Jamcase – Flipped Outta Bed202510:1917/3/2025 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Frankie Lane & Jimmy Boyd – Tell Me A Story
195310:24         624/11/2023 
Backtrack: David Hammerschlag – Troop Train202510:2919/3/2025QZDA8 2572986
Eric Jupp – Do You Know The Way To San Jose 10:330  
Carol Chaney – Everything’s A Waltz202510:360  
Michael Farrell – Streets of Laredo202510:410  
Peggy Gilchrist – Under Burdekin Skies202510:450  
Klaasje Menzen – We Hold Our Head Up High202510:500  
Backtrack: Lene Lie – Boots and Faded Jeans202110:54421/3/2021 
Michael Meeking – Time to Make Up Your Mind202511:050 AUKNA 2500001
August Lane – Constantly Raining202511:100 QZWFN 2449588
Backtrack:
Trevor Loughrey – Another Broken Heart
201811:1329/11/2018 
Lonneke & Michl – Schmetterlinge202511:180  
Johnny Gibbs & His Orchestra with Ken Barrie – Thanks For The Memory 11:24216/10/2016 
Robin Wilson – A House Is Not A Home 11:270  
Peter Salata – Little Old Fergie Tractor202511:31216/3/2025 
Trinidad Steel Drum Band – One Love 11:370  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Sounds Orchestral – Cast Your Fate To The Wind  
196511:42918/4/2021 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Al Martino – Jealous Heart
196511:45519/3/2021 
Gail Barnard – Storms202511:500 USCGJ 2534605
Vernon Huskey – White Silver Sands202511:530 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.

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16 March 2025

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:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Whiskey Cure – Four Wheels On A Dirt Road202506:060  
Charting this day 1979 ABBA – Lovelight197906:110  
Charting this day 1979 Village People – Y M C A197906:15912/9/2021 
Dean Martin – That’s Amore195306:1984/8/2024 
Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two – Ballad of a Teenage Queen195806:23726/6/2020 
By Request Today: Bette Midler – From A Distance 06:250  
Gordon Langford Orchestra – Till The End of Time 06:3214/6/2021 
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 Man196306:35821/4/2023 
Backtrack: Desi Egan – Young Hearts Run Free201806:38625/3/2022 
Ness Da Silva – Honesty202506:430  
Charting this day 1979 Blondie – Heart of Glass197906:47116/2/2025 
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon202506:5019/2/2025QT3TB 2425080
Dave Caley – Promised Land202506:560 US9BH 2500004
Peter Salata – Little Old Fergie Tractor202507:0517/3/2025AUGO4 1502501
Scott Rathman Jr – Angel On The Hill202507:100  
Bruce Woodley – With My Swag On My Shoulder191907:14324/12/2023 
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 07:2034/9/2016 
By Request Today: Foster & Allen – Old Flames 07:22528/7/2023 
Nat King Cole – It’s Only A Paper Moon195607:27130/6/2019 
101 Strings Orchestra – California Dreaming 07:320  
Charting this day 1979
Jon English – Six Ribbons
197907:34826/3/2023 
Cecile Gardens – Called Country202507:380  
Backtrack:
Graeme Clarke – Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine
201907:42615/9/2024 
Frankie Miller – Darlin’197907:47320/4/2018 
Dave Lawlor – Calling Me Home202507:500  
Anthony Baxter – When You Say Nothing At All202507:55128/2/2025 
Shelly Jones Band – Shop Till I Drop202508:06116/2/2025AU3FS 2100017
By Request Today: Dean Martin – Not Enough Indians 08:12511/2/2022 
Dale Hooper – Thank God For Radio201908:18324/11/2024 
Louise Morrissey – Keeping Time202508:2232/3/2025 
Charting this day 1979
Frank Mills Orchestra – The Music Box Dancer
197908:27133/4/2022 
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley~Skokiaan~Stars In Your Eyes~It’s A Wonderful Life 08:34120/4/2012 
Denise Miller & Son – Richard202508:400  
Platters – The Magic Touch195608:43320/8/2021 
Howie Brothers – We Love This Sunburnt Country202508:4737/3/2025 
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia202508:5047/3/2025 
Kevin Tuckfield – Why He Rides202508:530 USX9P 1116060
Ray Brown & Whispers – Twenty Miles196508:5797/2/2025 

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. 

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