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TYGA-FM 98.9
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Derwent Valley Community Radio
New Norfolk, Tasmania
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO with Ray Hewitt 9 a.m. ~ Midday
VALLEY SUNRISE with Ray Hewitt 6 a.m. ~ 9 a.m. Sundays
TYGA-FM 98.9
Streaming at: www.tygafm.org.au
Derwent Valley Community Radio
New Norfolk, Tasmania
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 456
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: Retired diesel-electric locomotive, coupled to vintage carriages, awaits it’s turn of duty at the Don River Railway’s 50th Anniversary celebrations this week.
Don River Railway.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Foster & Allen – Ring of Fire | 1 | 2 | 28/7/2019 | ||
Toni West – Dismissed In A Heartbeat | 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2/2/2025 | UKBBL 2400012 |
Steve Cheers – Nobody’s Home | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 17/1/2025 | AUZV4 2200002 |
Dave Caley – Too Good To Be Forgot | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 31/1/2025 | US9BH 2400033 |
Ray Malcolm – Speak Softly Love | 2025 | 1 | 0 | ||
By Request Today: Shavonne Aliphon – No One Will Ever Know (By Request) | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 23/2/2024 | |
Backtrack: Sarah Kate Landy – When Will I Be Loved | 2016 | 1 | 5 | 28/8/2016 | |
Mario Ruiz Armengol & His Orchestra – Palabras de Mujer | 1 | 0 | |||
Anne Murray – Where Do You Go to When You Dream | 1 | 0 | |||
Warren Kearney – Don’t Close Your Eyes | 2025 | 1 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Shane Warren – Old Draught Horse | 2015 | 1 | 3 | 27/10/2024 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Beaumarks – Clap Your Hands | 1965 | 1 | 6 | 14/9/2018 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sue Thompson – Paper Tiger | 1965 | 1 | 1 | 26/2/2023 | |
John Gilheaney -The Photos On The Wall | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 31/1/2025 | TCAJD 2584152 |
Irish Rovers – Ireland Boys Hooray | 2 | 0 | |||
Louise Morrissey – Keeping Time | 2025 | 2 | 0 | ||
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers – Ain’t Misbehavin’ | 1960 | 2 | 0 | ||
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 24/1/2025 | |
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – Am I Losing You | 2019 | 2 | 3 | 4/8/2019 | |
Chucho Zarsoza & His Orchestra – Maria Elena | 2 | 0 | |||
Smokey Dawson – Cool Water | 2 | 1 | 19/3/2023 | ||
The Charlesys – Whenever You’re Around | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 9/2/2025 | CBEYJ 2458063 |
Dave Crimmen – For A Venture | 2023 | 2 | 1 | 21/7/2023 | |
Kent Gill – Get Rhythm | 2023 | 2 | 4 | 30/6/2023 | QZWM3 230001 |
Sean Delamus – The Dancing Years | 2020 | 2 | 13 | 11/6/2023 | |
Slim Dusty – Larrikin’s Landing | 3 | 0 | |||
Don Allen – Whiskey And Guitars | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 9/2/2025 | |
David Maguire – Inside Out | 2025 | 3 | 0 | ||
Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing | 1977 | 3 | 1 | 26/3/2017 | |
Shelley Minson – Riverbank Red | 2025 | 3 | 0 | AUUHB 2400023 | |
Backtrack: Graham Rodger – Ghosts of the Murranji | 2015 | 3 | 9 | 24/1/2025 | |
Mrs Mills – Candy Floss | 3 | 3 | 16/5/2021 | ||
Chamaco Dominguez Orchestra & Chorus – Desafinado | 3 | 2 | 2/7/2023 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Matt Monro – Softly As I Leave You | 1965 | 3 | 0 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gerry & Pacemakers – You’re The Reason | 1965 | 3 | 1 | 8/3/2019 | |
Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me | 3 | 0 | |||
Inge Augustina – Lambada | 3 | 5 | 23/2/2024 | ||
Horst Jankowski & His Orchestra – Jumping Jack | 3 | 1 | 14/4/2024 |
14 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:
1779 – Captain James Cook, British explorer, the navigator and cartographer, who made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to his three expeditions to the Pacific, was speared to death by natives in Kealakekua Bay, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) at the age of 50. He had achieved the first recorded European landings on eastern Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and made the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
1951 Europe – The Brenner Pass and the St. Gotthard railways linking Italy with Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and France, were blocked by snow up to 10 metres (35 feet) deep.
1955 Hobart, Tasmania – The Premier (Mr Robert Cosgrove) announced that a new bridge would be built across the Derwent. Geologic conditions caused a previous proposal for a tunnel to be ruled out as impossible.
1966 Decimal currency was introduced throughout Australia. W
DIED 1988 Palm Springs, California, U.S.A. – Frederick Loewe, composer who collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on the Broadway musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot, both of which were made into films. (Aged 86)
DIED 1999 Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A. – Buddy Knox, singer, songwriter and recording star of the 50s and 60s. (Aged 65)
DIED 2008 Sydney, New South Wales – Herbert Henry Brown, alias Smokey Dawson, Australian country singer and radio serial star, whose career started with his first single in 1941. His final album was recorded in 1992, by which time, he was the world’s oldest recording artist. Smokey Dawson performed and marched in annual ANZAC Day commemorations until his death, a month before what would have been his 95th birthday
Valley Sunrise Edition 820
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/
Photo: Hyde Park, London, England, 1981. Photographer, Darrell Smith
Today’s Playlist
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Sara Storer – Under Darwin Stars | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2/2/2025 | |
Charting this day 1978 Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star | 1977-1978 | 1 | 2 | 3/12/2017 | |
Charting this day 1978 Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | 1977-1978 | 1 | 6 | 27/5/2022 | |
The Charlesys – Whenever You’re Around | 2025 | 1 | 0 | CBEYJ 2458063 | |
Val Doonican – A Little Bit Of You | 1 | 6 | 5/5/2023 | ||
By Request Today: Kenny Rogers – You Decorated My Life | 1 | 0 | |||
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Under The Bridges of Paris | 1 | 1 | 11/10/2024 | ||
Shadows – Heartbeat | 1 | 1 | 22/1/2023 | ||
BORN THIS DAY: 1940 BORN Palmers Green, North London, England – Brian Bennett, drummer, pianist, composer, arranger, record producer best known as the drummer of the British rock and roll group, the Shadows | |||||
Carole King – It Might As Well Rain Until September | 1962-1972 | 1 | 13 | 9/4/2023 | |
BORN THIS DAY: 1942 New York U.S.A. – Carol Klein alias Carole King, singer, songwriter, and pianist who, with her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two-dozen hits during the 1960s, many of which became standards. | |||||
By Request Today: Beatles – Yellow Submarine | 1968 | 1 | 12 | 2/6/2024 | |
Edward Nass – Memory Lane | 2017 | 1 | 3 | 17/1/2025 | |
By Request Today: Vanessa Bourne – Together But Alone | 2025 | 1 | 4 | 7/2/2025 | |
Don Allen – Whiskey And Guitars | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Charting this day 1978 ABBA – Gimme Gimme Gimme | 1977-1978 | 2 | 1 | 14/5/2017 | |
Eric Diamond – All Of Me | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 31/1/2025 | |
Eric Read – Bribie Island Breeze | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 11/2/2022 | |
Sarah Riches – We Need To Talk | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3/1/2025 | |
Jade Hurley – It’s Four In The Morning | 2 | 7 | 6/11/2022 | ||
Oscar Volk Orchestra – Excerpt From Faust | 1978 | 2 | 2 | 25/12/2016 | |
Charting this day 1978 Kermit the Frog – The Rainbow Connection | 1978 | 2 | 0 | ||
Kamahl – Guantanamera | 2 | 2 | 12/1/2025 | ||
Charting this day 1978 Colleen Hewett – Dreaming My Dreams With You | 1978 | 2 | 3 | 20/4/2018 | |
Destiny Band Oz – Missing You | 2019 | 2 | 6 | 15/12/2017 | |
Tomas Jackman – Only You | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 17/1/2025 | IEATQ 2400001 |
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon | 2025 | 3 | 0 | QT3TB 2425080 | |
Eric Bogle – Aussie Barbecue | 3 | 5 | 13/10/2023 | ||
Bill Haley & His Comets – You Hit The Wrong Note Billygoat | 1957 | 3 | 1 | 25/7/2014 | |
DIED THIS DAY: 1981 Harlingen, Texas, U.S.A. – William John Clifton Haley alias Bill Haley, one of the first American rock and roll musicians, credited with popularizing rock and roll in the early 50s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and their hit song Rock Around The Clock (Aged 55) | |||||
Lawson Vallery – Somebody Somewhere | 2025 | 3 | 0 | ||
Rein Vallinga – Delilah | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 12/1/2025 | |
Joanne & Gillian Vogel – Shut The Gate | 3 | 2 | 5/2/2021 | ||
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – All Alone Am I | 3 | 1 | 5/7/2019 | ||
DIED THIS DAY: 1976 Encino, California, U.S.A. – Percy Faith, Canadian-born bandleader, composer and orchestra conductor, known for his arrangements of pop standards. He has often been credited with creating the “easy listening” or “mood music” format, which was part of American popular music in the 50s and well into the 60s. Aged 67. | |||||
Mills Brothers – Cab Driver | 1968 | 3 | 2 | 22/11/2024 | |
Tony Cook – Little Things | 2022 | 3 | 2 | 27/5/2022 | |
Peter Allen – I Still Call Australia Home | 1980 | 3 | 13 | 26/1/2025 | |
Alex Hood – The Typical Australian Rag | 3 | 2 | 22/7/2016 | ||
Nina La Vida – Phantom Der Nacht | 2025 | 3 | 2 | 1/12/2024 |
9 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1945 Fedje Island, Norway – In a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat, HMS Venturer sank the German submarine U-864 two nautical miles off the coast. It was later discovered that U-864 was carrying 1,867 steel canisters containing mercury, destined for Japan.
In 2003, it was noticed that the canisters had seriously rusted and that mercury was already leaking from some, contaminating sea life and posing a severe environmental threat.
Although one of the canisters was recovered, removal of the remaining canisters or raising of the wreck is extremely dangerous, because of the unexploded torpedoes aboard.
In 2024 the Norwegian Government decided to retrieve as much of the mercury as possible in 2026, before capping the wreck with 100,000 cubic metres of sand and rock.
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 455
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: The Queenstown Railway Station, West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania
Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Phil Salter – Fields of Dreams | 2025 | 1 | 0 | AUD0K 2500001 | |
Highway 95 – She Believes | 2025 | 1 | 0 | AUL0G 2400013 | |
Dean Perrett – Slim’s Guitar | 2025 | 1 | 0 | AUZY4 2400030 | |
Change of Key – Digital Highway | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Daniel O’Donnell – Save The Last Dance For Me | 1 | 1 | 20/5/2018 | ||
Backtrack: Tyson Lucas – It’s O K To Be Me | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 15/11/2024 | |
101 Strings Orchestra – Perfidia | 1 | 0 | |||
Engelbert Humperdinck – South of the Border | 1 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: Platters – One In A Million | 1957 | 1 | 4 | 1/11/2024 | |
Tony Christie – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings | 1 | 0 | |||
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – Without Love | 2017 | 1 | 2 | 16/11/2018 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Georgie Fame – Yeh Yeh | 1965 | 1 | 6 | 26/2/2016 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Ray Brown & Whispers – Twenty Miles | 1965 | 1 | 8 | 5/11/2021 | |
Col Joye – There Goes My Everything | 1967 | 2 | 8 | 5/10/2018 | |
The Charlesys – I Can See The Dawn | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 6/12/2024 | CAGOO 2476787 |
Bohemian Rogue – Tide | 2025 | 2 | 0 | AUGBT 2488904 | |
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Michael Holliday – Hot Diggety | 1956 | 2 | 0 | ||
Anthony Snape & Ashleigh Dallas – Dearie Me | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 29/11/2024 | AUL9L 2400005 |
Backtrack: Smiley Martin – 8.03 to 8.30 | 2021 | 2 | 3 | 21/1/2022 | |
Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Leap Frog | 2 | 0 | |||
Alice Benfer – Everlasting Cactus | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3/1/2025 | AUHIB 2300005 |
Shaza Leigh – Behind Closed Doors | 2025 | 2 | 0 | ||
Jim Reeves – There’s A Heartache Following Me | 2 | 1 | 10/11/2019 | ||
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 2/2/2025 | USY3E 2400250 |
Julie Healy – My Lovely Glenamaddy | 2 | 7 | 31/1/2025 | ||
Eric Diamond – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 27/12/2024 | |
Christine Clifford – You Can’t Say | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 15/12/2024 | AUP6F 2400003 |
Ron Christopher – Letter to Ramona | 2024 | 3 | 0 | QZWKY 2400267 | |
Seekers – Come The Day | 1968 | 3 | 9 | 24/11/2023 | |
Backtrack: Vanessa Bourne – Together But Alone | 2021 | 3 | 3 | 10/12/2021 | |
Wayne Newton – Red Roses For A Blue Lady | 1966 | 3 | 8 | 9/4/2017 | |
Mantovani – The Skaters Waltz | 3 | 0 | |||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gerry & Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey | 1965 | 3 | 19 | 22/9/2024 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Peter Paul & Mary – For Loving Me | 1965 | 3 | 7 | 30/12/2022 | |
Bob Marshall – You Just Can’t See Him From The Road | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 13/12/2024 | |
Chloe Sweeney – Good Hearted Woman | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5/1/2025 | TCAIZ 2492155 |
7 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:
1938 Melbourne, Victoria – A propeller blade which fell from an aircraft flying overhead, crashed through the roof over a platform at the Flinders Street Railway Station. There were no injuries.
1940 Throughout England – The country’s worst known blizzard blocked 2,400 km of railway, stranded scores of trains, brought down hundreds of kilometres of electrical cables, and paralysed the country from Land’s End to John O’Groats with snowdrifts up to 5 metres deep
1952 London, England – The former Princess Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom the day after the death of her father, King George VI.
1964 New York, U.S.A. – “Beatlemania” arrived in the United States with the Beatles receiving a tumultuous reception from throngs of screaming fans at JFK International Airport.
1967 Southern Tasmania – The Black Tuesday bushfires claimed 63 lives, left thousands homeless and caused millions of dollars of damage.
1969 Violet Town, Victoria – The Southern Aurora express train collided with a freight train after it’s driver suffered a heart attack, resulting in 9 deaths. Victorian locomotives were later fitted with a driver-vigilance safety system.
1979 The planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the first time since either planet was known to science. Pluto returned to its normal outer position in February 1999, and will not move inside Neptune’s orbit again until 2236.
1990 Moscow, U.S.S.R. – The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agreed to give up its monopoly on power, paving the way for the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
2009 Northern and Eastern Victoria – The disastrous Black Saturday bushfires left 173 dead, hundreds injured and thousands homeless. Property damage was estimated at $1,266 million.
Valley Sunrise Edition 819
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/
Photo: The Derwent River at New Norfolk.
Today’s Playlist
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 31/1/2025 | QMFME 2483340 |
By Request Today: Kenny Rogers – Through The Years | 1 | 9 | 11/2/2024 | ||
Charting this day 1978 Neil Diamond – Desiree | 1977 | 1 | 6 | 7/7/2023 | |
Charting this day 1978 Leif Garrett – Surfing U S A | 1977 | 1 | 6 | 17/7/2020 | |
By Request Today: Hot Chocolate – Everyone’s A Winner | 1 | 2 | 25/8/2019 | ||
Nick Berry – Heartbeat | 1 | 19 | 2/2/2024 | ||
BORN THIS DAY: 1944 Wallasey, Cheshire, England – Geoffrey Hughes, actor best known as Onslow in the television sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, and as Vernon Scripps in the drama series Heartbeat. Died 2012. 1956 London, England – Philip Franks, best known as Charlie in the original TV series The Darling Buds of May, and as Sergeant Raymond Craddock in the drama series Heartbeat. Turns 69. | |||||
Richard Clayderman – Woman In Love | 1 | 1 | 22/10/2021 | ||
Tracey Davis & Alan Percy – Help Me Make It Through The Night | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3/1/2025 | |
John Denver – Annie’s Song | 1974 | 1 | 3 | 2/11/2018 | |
Past Request: Foster & Allen – Maggie | 1 | 12 | 17/7/2020 | ||
Charting this day 1978 Paul McCartney & Wings – Mull of Kintyre | 1978 | 1 | 10 | 21/1/2024 | |
Charley Pride – Millers Cave | 1 | 5 | 17/1/2025 | ||
Anthony Newley – Strawberry Fair | 2 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl | 2 | 6 | 16/6/2024 | ||
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 31/1/2025 | USY3E 2400250 |
Xani – Dreaming of You | 2022 | 2 | 3 | 15/7/2022 | |
Patsy Cline – South of the Border | 1961 | 2 | 4 | 5/3/2023 | |
Highway 95 – Ain’t Giving Up On You | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AUL0G 2400008 | |
Charting this day 1978 Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache | 1978 | 2 | 5 | 14/2/2020 | |
Henry Arland – Around The World | 2 | 2 | 12/10/2018 | ||
The Lonesome Six – It’s Time I Started Walking | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Past Request: Jimmy Durante – The Bluebird of Happiness | 2 | 10 | 10/2/2023 | ||
Charting this day 1978 ABBA – The Name Of The Game | 1977 | 2 | 7 | 20/1/2023 | |
Toni West – Dismissed In A Heartbeat | 2025 | 2 | 0 | UKBBL 2400012 | |
Sara Storer – Under Darwin Stars | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 14/6/2024 | |
Geoff Taggart – A Dance For Fools | 2025 | 3 | 0 | ||
Past Request: Frank Sinatra – My Way | 1969 | 3 | 9 | 17/1/2025 | |
Warren Kearney – The Pearly Gates Bridge | 2020 | 3 | 2 | 26/2/2021 | |
Sarah Rose – Cinderella | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 3/1/2025 | |
Johnny Burnette – Dreamin’ | 1960 | 3 | 8 | 1/8/2021 | |
Dutch Mandolin Orchestra – Stephanie Gavotte | 3 | 1 | 18/8/2017 | ||
Past Request: Isla Grant – Sorry | 3 | 9 | 21/11/2021 | ||
Shadows – Walk Don’t Run | 3 | 2 | 11/6/2023 | ||
Audra Watt – The Good Of It | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 19/1/2025 | |
Edward Nass – I Don’t Need Google | 2017 | 3 | 2 | 2/2/2018 |
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 454
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: Moonrise over the Derwent Valley, 31 January 2018.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Caroline J Harte – If This Ain’t Love | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 19/1/2025 | TCAJB 2406935 |
Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 24/1/2025 | QMFME 2483340 |
Andrew Shipp – Still My Number One | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 31/1/2025 | AUM3N 2400001 |
Past Request: Merle Haggard – Silver Wings | 1 | 8 | 1/5/2020 | ||
Past Request: Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls | 1975 | 1 | 9 | 4/6/2021 | |
Backtrack: Warren Kearney & Peggie Nora – We Don’t Talk Anymore | 2021 | 1 | 11 | 22/3/2024 | |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Scotland The Bravo | 1 | 0 | |||
Doris Day – High Hopes | 1 | 0 | |||
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 24/1/2025 | USY3E 2400250 |
Backtrack: Sandy Rasmussen – Queen of Hearts | 2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965: Canadian Sweethearts – Blowing In The Wind | 1965 | 1 | 2 | 10/4/2020 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965: Val Doonican – Walk Tall | 1965 | 1 | 9 | 7/11/2021 | |
Eric Diamond – All Of Me | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 24/1/2025 | |
Paul Hudnott – On The Prowl | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 24/1/2025 | |
Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine | 2 | 10 | 21/7/2024 | ||
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Russ Conway – Side Saddle | 1959 | 2 | 8 | 16/9/2018 | |
Giants of Latin – Sometimes | 2 | 0 | |||
Backtrack: The English Rain – Need Your Love Tonight | 2022 | 2 | 4 | 17/4/2022 | |
Alfred Hause & His Orchestra – Popcorn | 2 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: Dean Martin – I Walk The Line | 2 | 4 | 2/8/2019 | ||
Caroline Loberto – Don’t Say Love | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 19/1/2025 | |
The Charlesys – She’s Away | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 24/1/2015 | CALVP 2454180 |
Clint Bradley – Soul of the West | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 12/1/2025 | |
Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 19/1/2025 | |
Annette & Kim – Try A Little Kindness | 2 | 2 | 7/6/2024 | ||
Chad Morgan – The Farmyard Yodel | 2 | 2 | 30/12/2018 | ||
Johnny Gregory Orchestra & Chorus – Happy Days Are Here Again | 3 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: Chad Morgan – The Tough Cane Cutter From The Isis | 3 | 0 | |||
Dave Caley – Too Good To Be Forgot | 2024 | 3 | 0 | US9BH 2400033 | |
John Michael Ferrari – Are You Ready For Love | 2024 | 3 | 0 | TCAAW1129204 | |
Horst Jankowski – A Walk In Bavaria | 3 | 0 | |||
Carmel Charlton – Heartwood | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 24/1/2025 | AUOUL 2400001 |
Waikikis – Hawaii Tattoo | 3 | 5 | 1/10/2021 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 P J Proby – Somewhere | 1965 | 3 | 16 | 6/10/2024 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gerry & Pacemakers – I’ll Be There | 1965 | 3 | 10 | 7/1/2024 | |
Julie Healy – My Lovely Glenamaddy | 2019 | 3 | 6 | 10/4/2020 | |
John Gilheaney – The Photos On The Wall | 2025 | 3 | 0 | TCAJD 2584152 | |
Teresa Brewer – Second Hand Rose | 1963 | 3 | 14 | 5/12/2023 | |
Orchestral Sounds – Fool On The Hill | 3 | 2 | 17/9/2021 |
31 JANUARY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS:
1918 A series of collisions amongst Royal Navy ships on a misty Scottish night, known as the Battle of May Island, led to the loss of over a hundred lives and two submarines, plus damage to another five warships, all of which were on their way to fleet exercises in the North Sea.
Details of the incident, the subsequent investigation and court martial were kept secret, with much of the information not released until the 1990s.
1942 Darwin, Northern Territory – W W 2 – A QANTAS flying boat was shot down by a Japanese aircraft, with the loss of 31 lives.
1953 A combination of a high spring tide, a severe storm and a tidal surge of the North Sea breached sea defences and caused extensive flooding in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and resulted in 1,835 deaths.
1957 Burnie, Tasmania – Hundreds of people in Burnie saw television for the first time during the evening, when a radio retailer placed a television receiver in his shop window. The receiver, which was tuned to a Melbourne channel, gave near perfect reception.
1958 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, was launched into orbit. It returned scientific data until May 23rd, 1958, when its batteries died. Explorer 1 orbited the Earth more than 58,000 times over the following 12 years and ultimately re-entered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean on March 31, 1970.
1961 Launceston, Tasmania – A fire tore through a timber yard in the eastern suburbs, destroying two sawmills and joinery, plumbing and tinsmithing workshops. Damage was estimated at £60,000.
1984 Sydney, New South Wales – After being cornered by police during a bank hold-up, a gunman took 10 hostages, and escaped by car. A car and helicopter chase ended when the gunman was trapped by the raising of the Spit Bridge. The gunman wounded two police officers before being fatally shot by police.
2003 Near Waterfall, New South Wales – A Tangara intercity electric train derailed whilst travelling at excessive speed, resulting in the deaths of 6 passengers. An inquiry determined that the driver had previously succumbed to a coronary.
Australia Day Sunrise Edition 818
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
A special programme reflecting Australia Day 2025, on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/
The Playlist…
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Wirrinyga Band – Dreamtime Shadows | 1 | 8 | 26/1/2024 | ||
Denis Gibbons – Botany Bay | 1 | 2 | 23/6/2019 | ||
Ryans Fancy – Far Away In Australia | 1 | 8 | 20/2/2022 | ||
By Request Today: John Farnham – The Voice | 1 | 6 | 28/8/2022 | ||
The Bushranger – The Bushranger | 1 | 4 | 27/8/2021 | ||
Jimmy Little – My Country | 1 | 1 | 25/10/2019 | ||
By Request Today: Peter Allen – I Still Call Australia Home | 1 | 12 | 18/6/2023 | ||
Reg Poole – I Love This Land Australia | 1987 | 1 | 3 | 25/9/2015 | |
Norma O’Hara Murphy – This Van Diemens Land | 1 | 4 | 26/7/2020 | ||
Colin Buchanan – The Local District Show | 1 | 6 | 14/7/2023 | ||
John Williamson – You Come Back to Tassie | 1 | 4 | 16/7/2021 | ||
John Sidney – Near You | 1 | 2 | 26/1/2024 | ||
Lance Friend – My Home Australia | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 19/2/2023 | |
Alisha Smith – Darwin The Big Heart Of The North | 2016 | 2 | 3 | 21/7/2017 | |
Runaway Dixie – Territory Skies | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 2/8/2024 | |
Penny Davies & Roger Ilott – Beside A Railway Line | 2 | 3 | 25/8/2023 | ||
Col Millington – Jindabyne | 2 | 2 | 28/7/2023 | ||
Chad Morgan – The Party In The Local Hotel | 2 | 4 | 6/6/2021 | ||
Bill Eckelschott – The Dutchman’s Lament | 2 | 3 | 16/6/2024 | ||
By Request Today: Peter Allen – The Tenterfield Saddler | 1972 | 2 | 4 | 4/2/2024 | |
Desert Mulga Band – Karnta Nyuntu | 2 | 7 | 19/5/2024 | ||
Bushlark – Tasmania | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 13/8/2021 | |
Rod Williams – A Big Wide Country | 2020 | 2 | 4 | 28/8/2022 | |
Lee Kernaghan – The Boys From The Bush | 2 | 3 | 24/12/2021 | ||
James Blundell – Kimberley Moon | 2 | 4 | 2/2/2024 | ||
Graeme Clarke – Wrong Road Again | 2 | 9 | 13/9/2024 | ||
Slim Dusty – G’day G’day | 1988 | 3 | 6 | 1/3/2024 | |
19 0 1 – Along The Road To Gundagai | 3 | 11 | 8/12/2023 | ||
Ali Mills – Waltjim Bat Matilda | 3 | 7 | 8/3/2024 | ||
Clelia Adams – Looking Forward Looking Back | 2022 | 3 | 10 | 29/9/2024 | |
Two Man Band – Hobart Just A Day Away | 1983 | 3 | 4 | 24/11/2023 | |
Oodgeroo Noonuccle – Civilisation | 3 | 7 | 26/1/2024 | ||
Bill Goodall – The White Rabbit | 3 | 3 | 1/9/2024 | ||
Lindsay Butler & Barry Thornton – Home Among The Gum Trees | 3 | 0 | |||
Jazz Kings – Maria Elena | 3 | 3 | 4/10/2024 | ||
John Williamson – The Boomerang Cafe | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 5/6/2022 | |
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil | 2024 | 3 | 4 | 14/6/2024 | |
Slim Dusty – The Band Played Waltzing Matilda | 3 | 4 | 28/4/2024 | ||
Seekers – I Am Australian | 3 | 8 | 26/1/2024 |
26 JANUARY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS THIS DAY
1788 Port Jackson, New South Wales – A British fleet of 11 convict ships, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the Australian continent.
1808 The New South Wales Corps deposed the Governor of New South Wales, Captain William Bligh, during the Rum Rebellion. Bligh, known for his authoritarian rule, was found hiding beneath his bed.
1924 Melbourne’s first radio station, 3AR, commenced transmission, as an “A” Class station, sponsored by public licence fees. In 1928, the Federal Government-owned National Broadcasting Service took over all “A” Class radio stations in the country. In 1932, the National Broadcasting Service and the Australian Broadcasting Company, which had been supplying programmes, were merged to form the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
1925 Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales – Radio station 2EU became the first “B”class radio station in Australia upon its launch. The “B” Class were predecessors to commercial stations. This station’s call-sign related to the station’s owner, Electrical Utilities, but it was later directed to change to 2UE because, over the air the callsign “2EU” sounded like “who are you?”
1988 Sydney, New South Wales – Over 1½ million people crowded Sydney Harbour to watch a re-enactment of the arrival of the First Fleet, 200 years previously. Meanwhile beneath the white cliffs of Dover in Britain, Burnum Burnum, Aboriginal actor and activist, raised the Aboriginal flag claimed Britain for the Australian Aboriginal people.
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 453
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: The TYGA-FM studio, New Norfolk.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Paul Hudnott – On The Prowl | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 3/1/2025 | |
Gary Jay & The Fire – Riverview Tavern | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 19/1/2025 | QT368 2400014 |
Eric Diamond – All Of Me | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Carmel Charlton – Heartwood | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 12/1/2025 | AUOUL 2400001 |
Past Request: John Rowles – Massachusetts | 1 | 11 | 28/7/2024 | ||
Backtrack: Lynchburg – La Chica Bella | 2022 | 1 | 8 | 10/11/2023 | |
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Sunrise Sunset | 1 | 2 | 16/8/2024 | ||
Andy Williams – Seasons In The Sun | 1 | 1 | 12/1/2025 | ||
By Request Today: Tony Clarke – Not That Kind Of Fool | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 22/9/2023 | QZ825 1857501 |
Ray Stevens – Everything Is Beautiful | 1970 | 1 | 1 | 30/7/2021 | |
BORN 1939 Clarkdale, Georgia, U.S.A. – Harold Ray Ragsdale, alias Ray Stevens, country and pop singer-songwriter, known for his novelty songs. Turns 86. | |||||
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Annie’s Song | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 27/11/2020 | |
By Request Today: Ray Charles – Crying Time | 1 | 0 | |||
Glen Dee – While You’re Not There | 2024 | 1 | 4 | 3/11/2019 | |
Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You | 2024 | 2 | 0 | QMFME 2483340 | |
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl | 2024 | 2 | 0 | USY3E 2400250 | |
The Charlesys – She’s Away | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3/1/2025 | CALVP 2454180 |
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: McGuire Sisters – Tiptoe Through the Tulips | 1956 | 2 | 0 | ||
Robert Goulet – What A Wonderful World | 2 | 2 | 7/1/2022 | ||
Backtrack: Larry Mattson – Candlelight And Wine | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 20/8/2023 | |
Roberto Delgado – Sirtaki In Athens | 2 | 5 | 16/12/2022 | ||
Neil Diamond – Beautiful Noise | 1977 | 2 | 9 | 6/8/2021 | |
1941 BORN New York U.S.A. – Neil Diamond, singer-songwriter who scored many hits worldwide during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Turns 84. | |||||
Craig Woodward – Be Brave | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 12/1/2025 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Tommy Roe – Party Girl | 1965 | 2 | 3 | 18/1/2015 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Rob E G – Hawaii Tattoo | 1965 | 2 | 10 | 3/3/2023 | |
Dean Martin – Down Home | 1965 | 2 | 1 | 10/8/2018 | |
Camillus Egerton – Adalida | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 9/1/2022 | |
Ron Christopher – That Rockabilly Thing | 2024 | 3 | 4 | 8/1/2023 | |
By Request Today: Pussycat – Mississippi | 1976 | 3 | 37 | 22/12/2024 | |
Al Martino – This Is My Song | 3 | 0 | |||
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia | 2025 | 3 | 0 | ||
Graham Rodger – Ghosts of the Murranji | 2015 | 3 | 8 | 30/12/2022 | |
Manuel & The Music of the Mountains – The Carioca | 3 | 0 | |||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Lucille Starr – Sukiyaki | 1964-1965 | 3 | 0 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Marvin Gaye – How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You | 1964-1965 | 3 | 7 | 2/4/2023 | |
By Request Today: Glen Dee – Especially For You | 2017 | 3 | 5 | 24/11/2023 | |
By Request Today: Neil Young – Harvest Moon | 1992 | 3 | 9 | 22/12/2024 | |
Roger Whittaker & Stephanie Taylor – Take Me To the Stars | 3 | 0 |
24 JANUARY IN HISTORY:
BORN:
1884 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales – Sir Thomas Alfred Blamey, Australian Army General of the First and Second World Wars. In 1945, he signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Australia and, a few days later, accepted the Japanese surrender in Morotai. Died 1951.
1917 Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Ernest Borgnine, actor of television and the big screen, whose career spanned nearly six decades. On television, he is best remembered for his role as Quinton McHale in the 1962-66 sitcom McHales Navy. Died 2012.
EVENTS:
1898 The North-East Dundas Railway, in western Tasmania, opened between Zeehan and Montezuma
1903 Kalgoorlie, WA received its first water supply from the Mundaring Weir with the completion of the 566 km pipeline.
1978 The Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, burned up as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris from its nuclear reactor over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% of the wreckage was recovered.
1986 The Voyager 2 spacecraft, which was launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the outer planets, made its closest approach, within 81,500 km, of Uranus. It transmitted thousands of photographs, and an immense amount of scientific data on the planet, its moons and the rings surrounding it.
Voyager 2 is still operating and communicating with the Deep Space Network on Earth from interstellar space, over 18 billion km away. It is expected to continue transmitting for another few years, and is destined to wander the stars for eternity.
Valley Sunrise Edition 817
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 Playlist
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Kevin Sullivan – The Piano Player | 2024 | 1 | 4 | 12/1/2025 | AUVW1 2400006 |
Charting this day 1976 ABBA – S O S | 1975-1976 | 1 | 11 | 8/11/2024 | |
Charting this day 1976 George Baker Selection – Una Paloma Blanca | 1975-1976 | 1 | 11 | 22/12/2024 | |
Ray Conniff Singers – Sweet Caroline | 1 | 0 | |||
Frank DeVol Orchestra & Chorus – Mister Sandman | 1 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything | 1 | 2 | 16/8/2024 | ||
Johnny O’Keefe – I’m Counting On You | 1961 | 1 | 11 | 18/4/2021 | |
BORN 1935 Bondi Junction, New South Wales – Johnny O’Keefe, often referred to by his initials, “J.O.K.” or by his nickname, “The Wild One,” rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s hits such as Wild One, Shout and She’s My Baby. In his twenty-year career, O’Keefe released over 50 singles, 50 EPs and 100 albums. Died 1978. | |||||
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Stein Song | 1 | 1 | 19/7/2024 | ||
By Request Today: Lulu – To Sir With Love | 1968 | 1 | 10 | 8/8/2021 | |
Everly Brothers – Till I Kissed Ya | 1959 | 1 | 3 | 10/3/2023 | |
BORN 1939 Shenandoah, Iowa, U.S.A. – Phil Everly, one of the duo the Everly Brothers, rock and roll performers known for steel string guitars and close harmony singing. The Everly Brothers were a highly successful rock and roll duo whose greatest period was between 1957 and 1965. Died 2014. | |||||
Backtrack: Jack Viljoen – Banjolina | 2020 | 1 | 6 | 18/12/2020 | |
By Request Today: Merle Haggard – Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star | 1 | 2 | 20/12/2024 | ||
Charting this day 1976 Glen Campbell – Country Boy | 1975-1976 | 1 | 5 | 7/10/2022 | |
Caroline J Harte – If This Ain’t Love | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | TCAJB 2406935 |
Michael Crawford – Any Dream Will Do | 2 | 3 | 15/9/2023 | ||
BORN 1942 Salisbury, Wiltshire, England – Michael Crawford, acclaimed actor and singer who has won numerous awards, covering radio, television, film, and stagework on London’s West End and on Broadway. He is famed for originating the title role in The Phantom Of The Opera, as well as playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 70s British sitcom, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em | |||||
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Calypso | 2017 | 2 | 4 | 5/1/2025 | |
Audra Watt – The Good Of It | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 12/1/2025 | |
Past Request 6 Times: Jim Reeves – Dear Hearts And Gentle People | 2 | 6 | 7/11/2021 | ||
Charting this day 1976 Dr Hook – Only Sixteen | 1975-1976 | 2 | 2 | 16/6/2019 | |
101 Strings Orchestra – The Blue Danube | 2 | 0 | |||
Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 12/1/2025 | |
Past Request 17 Times: Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville | 1977 | 2 | 21 | 29/9/2024 | |
BORN 1931 St Polten, Austria – Edith Zuser alias Lolita, pop singer, who began singing in local clubs while working as a kindergarten teacher. She began her recording career in 1957, and in December, 1959, she recorded her only gold record, Seeman, Deine Heimat ist das Meer. This was one of only a handful of records sung in a language other than English, to be successful in Ausralian Top 40s. Lolita died June 30, 2010 in Salzburg, Austria. | |||||
Charting this day 1976 John Denver – I’m Sorry | 1975-1976 | 2 | 2 | 22/11/2019 | |
Gary Jay & The Fire – Riverview Tavern | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 5/1/2025 | QT3682 400014 |
Eric Jupp Orchestra – Power Drive | 1969 | 2 | 9 | 26/3/2021 | |
Backtrack: Jeff Brown – Pretty Bush Sheila | 2019 | 3 | 2 | 7/4/2019 | |
Andrew Shipp – Still My Number One | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 29/12/2024 | AUM3N 2400001 |
Engelbert Humperdinck – Too Beautiful To Last | 3 | 0 | |||
Judy Stone – Ladybird | 3 | 1 | 29/9/2023 | ||
Graeme Connors – Tropicali | 3 | 2 | 15/9/2023 | ||
Caroline Loberto – Don’t Say Love | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 18/10/2024 | |
Lawrence Welk Orchestra – Apples And Bananas | 3 | 0 | |||
Past Request 9 Times: Heintje – When The Summer Comes | 3 | 13 | 25/7/2021 | ||
Clint Bradley – Soul Of The West | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
By Request Today: Lonnie Donegan – My Old Man’s A Dustman | 1960 | 3 | 11 | 15/3/2024 | |
Seekers – Circle Of Love | 1997 | 3 | 3 | 2/8/2024 | |
Bill Goodall – Johnny Guitar | 2023 | 3 | 1 | 26/3/2023 |
EVENTS on this day:
1977 Miami, Florida, U.S.A. – Despite the ordinarily tropical climate, snow fell for the only time in the city’s recorded history. In the United States, snow has fallen further south only on the high mountains in Hawaii
1978 Emden, Germany – The last German-made Volkswagen Beetle left the VW plant, but production continued in Latin America, until 2003.
2006 The New Horizons probe was launched by NASA at 58,536 km/h, the fastest launch speed ever recorded for a man-made object. It passed Jupiter on February 28, 2007, and Saturn’s orbit on June 8, 2008. It arrived at Pluto on July 14, 2015, and became the first spacecraft to study the planet Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, Hydra. It has since continued into the Kuiper Belt, to study various bodies there.
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 452
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: Primeval mosses and fungus, western Tasmania.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Jason McCahill – Bonaparte’s Retreat | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 5/1/2025 | |
Ray Conniff Singers – Mame | 1 | 0 | |||
Marilyn King & Miller Sisters – Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree | 1 | 0 | |||
Charlie’s Attic – Sleepy Old Town | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
Past Request: Foster & Allen – After All These Years | 1 | 7 | 29/9/2024 | ||
Backtrack: Vanessa Delaine – One Girl Band | 2020 | 1 | 4 | 31/7/2020 | |
Rod Stewart – Sailing | 1975 | 1 | 24 | 25/8/2024 | |
Luiz Gonzalez Perez & His Tropical Orchestra – Marta | 1 | 0 | |||
Lee Ann Kelly – Remember Me Beautiful | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Eartha Kitt – Just An Old Fashioned Girl | 1958 | 1 | 7 | 18/9/2022 | |
BORN 1927 North, South Carolina, U.S.A. – Eartha Kitt, actress, singer and cabaret star noted for her highly distinctive singing style. Her hits include Let’s Do It, C’Est Si Bon, Just an Old Fashioned Girl and Under The Bridges of Paris. Died 2008. | |||||
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – In My Mind | 2021 | 1 | 3 | 2/4/2021 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Canadian Sweethearts – We’re Gonna Stand Upon The Mountain | 1964-1965 | 1 | 1 | 8/3/2019 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Barron Knights – The House of Johann Strauss | 1964-1965 | 1 | 11 | 16/4/2023 | |
Steve Cheers – Nobody’s Home | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 5/1/2025 | AUZV4 2200002 |
By Request Today: Stone Poneys – Different Drum | 1967 | 2 | 1 | 23/3/2018 | |
Steve Cal – Find Me A Rainbow | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AUQ8U 2400001 | |
Michael Golding – Bringing Mary Home | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 6/12/2024 | |
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Dinah Shore – Three Little Sisters | 1942 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tomas Jackson – Only You | 2024 | 2 | 0 | IEATQ 2400001 | |
Backtrack: Rachael McDonald – Some | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 25/1/2019 | |
Max Harris Orchestra – Blues In The Night | 2 | 0 | |||
Lolita – Sailor | 1960 | 2 | 20 | 30/6/2024 | |
BORN 1931 St Polten, Austria – Edith Zuser BKA Lolita, pop singer, who began singing in local clubs while working as a kindergarten teacher. She began her recording career in 1957, and in December, 1959, she recorded her only gold record, Seeman, Deine Heimat ist das Meer. This was one of only a handful of records sung in a language other than English, to be successful in Ausralian Top 40s. Lolita died June 30, 2010 in Salzburg, Austria. | |||||
Seekers (Live) – I’ll Never Find Another You~With My Swag On My Shoulder | 1968 | 2 | 1 | 5/1/2020 | |
Past Request: Elvis Presley – Easy Come Easy Go | 1967 | 2 | 8 | 9/6/2023 | |
Past Request: Frank Sinatra – My Way | 1969 | 2 | 8 | 7/8/2022 | |
Ron Christopher – Los Diablos Tejanos | 3 | 0 | QZWKY 2400268 | ||
Col Elliott – See How Things Have Changed | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 29/12/2024 | USCGJ 1244287 |
Slim Dusty – Sitting On The Old Front Verandah | 3 | 7 | 19/9/2021 | ||
Horst Wende’s Accordeon Band – Those Were The Days | 3 | 2 | 5/8/2018 | ||
Renee Geyer – I Got Rhythm | 3 | 2 | 6/12/2019 | ||
Backtrack: Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Stardust | 3 | 0 | |||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Searchers – What Have They Done To the Rain | 1964-1965 | 3 | 3 | 12/1/2020 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Jimmie Rodgers – English Country Garden | 1964-1965 | 3 | 7 | 25/12/2020 | |
Victoria Eman – Tiny Christmas Tree | 2024 | 3 | 0 | NLJ9A 2400004 | |
Edward Nass – Memory Lane | 3 | 2 | 25/12/2018 | ||
Charley Pride – Millers Cave | 3 | 4 | 21/2/2021 |
17 JANUARY IN HISTORY:
BORN:
1820 Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England – Anne Bronte, novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Bronte literary family. Died 1849.
1899 Ealing, London, England – Nevil Shute Norway alias Nevil Shute, novelist and aeronautical engineer. Died 1960.
1923 London, England – Kathleen Mary Corkery alias Carol Raye, Australian-based theatre and television actress and comedienne. Died 2024.
1933 New York, U.S.A. – Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz alias Shari Lewis, ventriloquist, puppeteer and childrens’ television show hostess, of the 1960s and 1990s. . Died 1998.
1942 Mittagong, New South Wales – Ita Buttrose, journalist, businesswoman and founding editor of Cleo, a magazine aimed at young single women, and later, editor of the Australian Womens’ Weekly. Former chairperson of the ABC.
DIED:
1997 Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A. – Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, and many asteroids. Some of his ashes are aboard the New Horizons spacecraft, which was launched in 2006 to flyby Pluto. Aged 90.
2019 England – Windsor Davies, actor, well known for his role as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the 70s television sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. Aged 88.
2020 Bath, England – Derek Fowlds, actor best known for his roles as civil servant Bernard Woolley in the popular British television comedies Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, but more recently as Oscar Blaketon in the long-running police drama Heartbeat. Aged 82.
2023 Geelong, Victoria – Renee Geyer, soul, pop and rhythm and blues singer. Aged 69.
EVENTS:
1889 Cloncurry, Queensland – Recorded Australia’s highest temperature to that date; 52.7 C.
1912 Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
1940 London, England – The Thames River froze for the first time since 1888.
1952 Hobart, Tasmania – Elephants from a visiting circus were used to remove a building, to enable a start to be made on construction of the new Hobart railway station.
1966 Near Palomares, Spain – An American B-52 bomber aircraft collided with a Stratotanker, dropping four unarmed 70-kiloton nuclear bombs.
1968 Melbourne, Victoria – The Seekers were named Australians of the Year.
1980 Aviation history was made when Australia’s first female commercial pilot commenced duty. Debbie Wardley, aged 26, co-piloted a Fokker Friendship owned by Ansett Airlines on a return flight from Alice Springs to Darwin. This marked the conclusion of a 15-month legal battle which had previously prevented her from taking the controls.
2004 Darwin, Northern Territory – The first freight train arrived from Adelaide, after the extension of the Central Australian Railway from Alice Springs opened.
Valley Sunrise Edition 816
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 pic: Rugged Western Tasmania. Frenchman’s Cap, the peak at the centre-right of the horizon, is a long-distance landmark. Photo: Yours Truly
Today’s Playlist
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Neil Diamond – I’m A Believer | 1967 | 1 | 7 | 10/1/2025 | |
Charting this day 1972 Benny Hill – Ernie | 1971-2 | 1 | 7 | 21/1/2024 | |
Charting this day 1972 Sherbet – Free The People | 1971-2 | 1 | 1 | 15/9/2023 | |
By Request Today: Cilla Black – You’re My World | 1964 | 1 | 11 | 7/6/2024 | |
Clint Bradley – Soul Of The West | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra – One | 1 | 3 | 21/1/2018 | ||
By Request Today: Easybeats – Friday On My Mind | 1966 | 1 | 15 | 29/12/2024 | |
Sandy Rasmussen – Take These Chains From My Heart | 2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
Past Request 2014 ~ 2015 Rein Vallinga – Delilah | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
By Request Today: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Telstar | 1 | 1 | 4/9/2016 | ||
Past Request 2015 ~ 2018 Crystal Gayle – River Road | 1 | 9 | 16/3/2018 | ||
Charting this day 1972 Mom & Dads – The Ranger’s Waltz | 1971-2 | 1 | 8 | 29/12/2023 | |
Craig Woodward – Be Brave | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
Glenn Yarborough – Love Came A’Tricklin’ Down | 1965 | 2 | 2 | 11/8/2023 | |
BORN 1930 Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S.A. – Glenn Yarborough, folk singer and the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963. He has also had a successful solo career. Died 2016. | |||||
Backtrack: Emma Jene – Higher Than The Clouds | 2016 | 2 | 7 | 19/1/2018 | |
Terry Bennetts – Backing In The Van | 2024 | 2 | 5 | 10/1/2025 | |
Past Request 2017 ~ 2019 Daniel O’Donnell – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore | 2 | 19 | 17/3/2023 | ||
Charting this day 1974 Charley Pride – Wings Of A Dove | 1971-2 | 2 | 15 | 11/2/2022 | |
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – The Peanut Vendor | 2 | 1 | 28/12/2012 | ||
Des O’Connor – Red Roses For A Blue Lady | 2 | 8 | 27/1/2023 | ||
BORN 1932 Stepney, East London, England – Desmond Bernard O’Connor BKA Des O’Connor, broadcaster and singer, who has recorded thirty six albums and has had four top ten singles. Died 2020. | |||||
Past Request 2015 ~ 2020 Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat Song | 1957 | 2 | 12 | 1/3/2024 | |
Audra Watt – The Good Of It | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
Anthony Baxter – Christmas Day At Hanging Rock | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | |
Gloria Estefan – I’m Not Giving You Up | 2 | 0 | |||
ABC Showband – Weekend Magazine | 2 | 2 | 5/1/2025 | ||
Kevin Sullivan – The Piano Player | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | AUVW1 2400006 |
Past Request 2013 ~ 2016 Elvis Presley – The Green Green Grass of Home | 1975 | 3 | 8 | 15/9/2019 | |
Marty Robbins – Melba From Melbourne | 3 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | ||
By Request Today: Tony Christie – Train To Yesterday | 3 | 3 | 10/1/2025 | ||
Carmel Charlton – Heartwood | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | AUOUL 2400001 |
Long John Baldry – Let The Heartaches Begin | 1968 | 3 | 5 | 12/1/2024 | |
BORN 1941 East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England – John William Baldry alias Long John Baldry on account of his height of 2.01m, blues singer and actor who sang with many British musicians, including Rod Stewart and Elton John. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where Let The Heartaches Begin which reached No. 1 in 1967. Died 2005. | |||||
Simon May Orchestra – Holiday Suite | 3 | 5 | 9/7/2021 | ||
Andy Williams – Seasons In The Sun | 3 | 0 | |||
Kamahl – Guantanamera | 3 | 1 | 4/10/2019 | ||
Backtrack: Geoff Williams – Across The Ditch | 2024 | 3 | 6 | 20/10/2024 | |
Shaun Connery & The Sounds – Walking Talking Dolly | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 10/1/2025 |
12 JANUARY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1934 Perth West Australia – The temperature rose to 43.4 C during the hottest January day for 37 years. Exactly 44 years later, in 1978, the city had it’s hottest day then on record, at 44.7 C. That, in turn was exceeded on 23 February 1991, when a maximum of 46.7 C was recorded.
1950 London, England – 64 crewmen perished when the submarine Truculent collided with a Swedish oil tanker in the Thames Estuary and sank
1955 South Australia – Many homes were destroyed by major bushfires near Adelaide, including the vice-regal summer house in Marble Hill.
1965 Wanda Beach, Sydney, New South Wales – A double homicide occurred in which two 15-year-old girls, Christine Sharrock and Marriane Schmidt, were murdered. This case has never been solved despite an unprecedented £10,000 reward.