Valley Sunrise Edition 826
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

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

– Today’s photo: Wineglass Bay, Eastern Tasmania

Yours Truly 1-2005

Today’s Playlist:

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

23 MARCH IN HISTORY:

BORN

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

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

DIED

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

EVENTS

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

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

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

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

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

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 461, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

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

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

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

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

21 MARCH IN HISTORY:

ON THIS DAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

Valley Sunrise Edition 825
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

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

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

Yours Truly 11-2004

Today’s Playlist:

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

16 MARCH IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

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

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

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

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

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

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 460, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

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

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

Photo :  Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist

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

14 MARCH IN HISTORY:

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

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

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

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

Valley Sunrise Edition 824
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

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

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

Photographer, Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist:

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

9 MARCH IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

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

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

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

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

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

FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 459, 9.00 ~ Midday AEDT

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

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

Today’s Playlist

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

7 MARCH IN HISTORY:

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

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

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

Valley Sunrise Edition 823
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

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

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

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

Today’s Playlist:

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

2 MARCH IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

This time, another of the stunning coastal rock formations.

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

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

Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist

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

28 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Valley Sunrise Edition 822
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

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

. – Today’s photo: Plunging 65 metres to turbulent waters, Tasman’s Arch is another awe inspiring feature at Eaglehawk Neck, in Tasmania’s rugged south-east.

Carved out by waves and weather over millennia, this was originally formed as a huge sea cave, until the roof collapsed, many thousands of years ago. Photographer, Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PLAY TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Phil Salter – Fields of Dreams	2025	06:06	1	7/2/2025	AUD0K 2500001
Charting this day 1973 Elton John – Crocodile Rock	1973	06:13	7	3/11/2024
Charting this day 1973 Loretta Lynn – One’s On The Way	1973	06:16	7	14/4/2023
MaBell & Bob McGilpin – Miss Procrastinator	2025	06:21	0
Dave Cox – Better With You	2024	06:23	1	29/12/2024	QMEU3 2415917
Larissa Tormey – Kilbeggan’s Heart	2025	06:28	1	16/2/2025	IEJHJ 2500001
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked on Haydn		06:34	0
Louise Morrissey – Keeping Time	2025	06:39	1	14/2/2025
Backtrack: Mike Wilkinson – Blue Collar Working Man	2018	06:42	8	9/8/2024
John Clarke – Fred Dagg Medley		06:46	8	26/1/2020
Michael Buble – The More I See You		06:50	4	28/8/2022
Charting this day 1973 Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy Old Dough	1972-1973	06:54	2	14/10/2022
Alan Gardiner Accordeon Band – Banjo Boy~Five Foot Two		06:58	1	31/5/2019
Justin Jones – This Beautiful State Tasmania	2025	07:06	1	21/2/2025
By Request Today: Engelbert Humperdinck – Release Me	1967	07:13	4	19/5/2017
Glenn Levi – Your Key Won’t Fit The Lock	2025	07:17	0		USCGH 2550787
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – Crazy	2017	07:20	2	1/9/2017
Garry Carson-Jones – Walk On By	2025	07:25	0		AUGGJ 1600055
Percy Faith Strings – Norwegian Wood	2025	07:32	1	25/10/2019
Charting this day 1973 Lobo – I’d Love You To Want Me		07:35	1	31/7/2016
Bohemian Rogue – Tide	2025	07:39	2	16/2/2025	AUGBT 2488904
DIED THIS DAY: 1995  DIED Thirlby, North Yorkshire, England – James Alfred Wight, otherwise known as James Herriot, veterinarian and author best known for his semi-autobiographical stories, which are often referred to by the title of All Creatures Great and Small.  Aged 78. This title was also used in associated film and television productions, set in the late 1930s/early 1940s.
George Formby – Leaning On A Lamp Post	1937	07:43	2	26/5/2017
Charting this day 1973 Carly Simon – You’re so Vain	1973	07:47	3	25/2/2022
Backtrack: John Lecner – There Goes My Everything	2019	07:52	2	6/10/2019
Nina La Vida – Phantom Der Nacht	2024	07:56	3	9/2/2025
Seekers – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore		08:06	11	19/2/2021
Backtrack: Lone Strangers – Rock And Roll Ruby	2015	08:12	0
Barry Owen – Stand Up In The Crowd	2025	08:14	0
By Request Today: Roy Orbison – California Blue		08:22	12	1/12/2024
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia	2025	08:26	2	14/2/2025
Gunter Noris – Kufsteiner Lied		08:33	0
Warren Kearney – Don’t Close Your Eyes	2025	08:39	2	21/2/2025
Charting this day 1973 Russell Morris – On The Wings Of An Eagle	1973	08:43	0
DIED THIS DAY: 2004 DIED Aventura, Florida, U.S.A. – Luigi Varlaro alias Don Cornell, 1940s and 50s singer, noted for his smooth baritone voice.  He sold over 50 million records including It Isn’t Fair, I’m Yours,I’ll Walk Alone, and Hold My Hand.  Aged 84
Don Cornell – Hold My Hand	1954	08:48	5	23/2/2024
Ames Brothers – Melodie D’Amour	1957	08:52	7	22/12/2023
The Twangtown Paramours – Old Friends	2025	08:54	1	21/2/2025	USB8N 2400009

23 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1945  Verona, Italy – The Verona Philharmonic Theatre was bombed by Anglo-American forces, after which the Academy Philharmonic announced it would try to rebuild the theatre exactly as it had been before.  It was not re-opened until 1975.

1954 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A. – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began.

1970 The inaugural Indian Pacific express train left Sydney for Perth.  Still running today, the Indian Pacific is one of the few transcontinental trains left in the world, with a one-way trip taking around 70 hours.

2010 Villasanta, Northern Italy – Unknown criminals discharged more than 2.5 million litres of oil and other hydrocarbons into the River Lambro. The pollution travelled the entire length of the river and caused an environmental disaster, with considerable damage to wildlife and vegetation.
This was one of the worst environmental disasters in Italy’s history, with it’s effects being evident for many years.

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 457

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.

Today’s Photo: Eaglehawk Neck, in south-eastern Tasmania, has a brutal past in the early colonial days. The locality also has some impressive rock formations, with sheer cliffs rising from an often-turbulent Tasman Sea.

One, is The Blowhole, which is a tunnel worn through the rock by waves whipped up by strong on-shore winds over millennia. A portion of waves striking the seaward cliff face thunder through this tunnel and emerge out the other end – which we see here, on a recent calm day.
Eaglehawk Neck gains it’s name from the narrow isthmus which links the Tasman Peninsula to mainland Tasmania.

Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	HOUR	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Pamela Rooney – Guess Who’s Back In Town	2024	1	0		QZW6A 2400242
Andy Martin – Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying	2025	1	1	16/2/2025
Jade Hurley – Country Is		1	3	23/10/2020
Victoria Eman – Beautiful	2024	1	2	20/12/2024	NLJ9A 2400002
Ron Christopher – The Whole World Cried	2024	1	0		QZWKY 2400270
Backtrack: The Void – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away	2019	1	2	16/2/2025
By Request Today: Hank Thompson – Who Left The Door to Heaven Open		1	1	20/10/2024
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Somewhere My Love		1	2	19/10/2018
Judy Stone – I’m Confessing		1	0
BORN 1933  Tryon, North Carolina U.S.A. – Eunice Kathleen Waymon alias Nina Simone, singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist. Died 2003
Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares for Me	1958	1	0
By Request Today: Warren Kearney – Don’t Close Your Eyes	2024	1	1	14/2/2025
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gary Lewis & Playboys – This Diamond Ring	1965	1	12	7/7/2023
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Moody Blues – Go Now	1965	1	4	29/12/2023
Backtrack: Greg Bain – The Mulberry Tree	2021	1	4	11/2/2022
The Heartland Roots Band – Running Out Of Places To Go	2024	2	1	15/12/2024
Dean Perrett – Slim’s Guitar	2025	2	1	7/2/2025	AUZY4 2400030
Slim Dusty – Little Old One Horse Pub	1968	2	3	26/6/2020
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Ruby Murray – Softly Softly	1955	2	0
The Charlesys – Whenever You’re Around	2025	2	2	14/2/2025	CBEYJ 2458063
Backtrack: Graham Rodger – A Little Town West Of The Great Divide	2017	2	7	13/11/2020
James Last & His Orchestra – Flute Tango		2	1	30/12/2018
The Celia Bryce Band – Hours	2025	2	0		UKYPC 2000003
DIED 2019  Mansfield, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Peter Tork, musician and actor best known as a member of the pop group The Monkees, who have sold 75 million records worldwide.  Their international hits include Last Train To Clarksville, Pleasant Valley Sunday, and Daydream Believer.  Aged 77.
Monkees – Daydream Believer	1967	2	9	5/11/2021
Justin Jones – This Beautiful State Tasmania	2025	2	0
Mary Rose – Me And Bobby McGee	2025	2	1	5/1/2025	TCAIY 2492173
Elton John – Can You Feel The Love Tonight		2	3	15/1/2021
Fleetwood Mac – Skies The Limit	1990	3	0
By Request Today: Johnny Horton – When It’s Springtime In Alaska	1961	3	8	15/12/2024
Backtrack: Adam Brand – Grandpa’s Piano	2004	3	4	3/11/2024
The Twangtown Paramours – Old Friends	2025	3	0		USB8N 2400009
John Williamson – Old Man Emu	1970	3	9	18/3/2022
Backtrack: Lloyd Back – Strong Love	2021	3	3	20/8/2021
Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra – Anna		3	3	4/3/2022
Jay Justin – Reminiscing	1965	3	3	13/12/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Julie Rogers – Like A Child	1965	3	2	15/2/2015
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Righteous Brothers – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling	1965	3	4	18/10/2020
Big Cheese Band – I Grew It While I Could	2023	3	1	17/2/2023
Mrs Mills – Five Foot Two		3	1	10/4/2016