26 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 427

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

TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live

Today’s Photo – Taken recently in Bensheim, Germany. Courtesy listener Karin

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Lee Ann Kelly – Fall Before You Fly (2024) (Debut)
Hoons Fron Straylia – Just The Way (2024) (Debut)
Lindsay Waddington – Kakadu (2022)   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 15-9-2023)
BORN this day 1941 in Nashville Tennessee U.S.A. – Bobby Hebb, African-American singer-songwriter, best known for penning and recording of Sunny. (d. 2021)
Bobby Hebb – Sunny (1966) (Previous plays – 5. Last played  26-7-2020)
Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner – That’s What Made Me Love You (Debut)
Alice Benfer – If Teardrops Were Silver (2021)  (Previous plays – 4. Last played 15-9-2023)

London Symphony Orchestra – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Debut)
Andy Williams – Walk Hand In Hand  (Debut)
BORN this day 1941 in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A. – Alfred Jesse Smith, alias Brenton Wood, singer-songwriter, best known for his 1967 single Gimme A Little Sign. Turns 83.
Brenton Wood – Gimme A Little Sign (1967) (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 12-2-2023)
Terry Stafford – Follow The Rainbow (1964) (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 14-4-2023)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Four Seasons – Alone (1964)  (Previous plays – 2. Last played 4-11-2022)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Komm Gibb Mir Deine Hand (1964) (Previous plays – 7  Last played 17-6-2022)
Andy Martin – Corrine Corrina (2024)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 19-7-2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Walk Don’t Run – Old Georgia Train (2024)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 7-7-2024)
Sisters In Country – Down Under Girls (2024)  (Debut)
Terry Bennetts & Lee Foster – That’s The Kind Of Life I Live (2024)   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 21-7-2024)
By Request: Bobby Vinton – Roses Are Red (1962)   (Previous plays – 11.  Last played 7-7-2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Burl Ives – On Top Of Old Smokey (1951)  (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 21-6-2019)
DIED this day 1950 in London, England – Freddy Gardner, jazz and dance band musician of the 1930s and 40s, a virtuoso of clarinet and the entire saxophone family. Aged 39.
Freddy Gardner – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1940)     (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 23-12-2018)
Kingston Trio & Brothers Four – Whisky In The Jar   (Debut)

Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra with Myron Floren – It’s A Small World Polka   (Debut)
Aly Cook – Unknown Memories (2017)   (Previous plays – 6.  Last played 29-12-2017)
DIED this day 2023 in Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland – Sinead O’Connor, singer-songwriter, who rose to fame in the late 1980s, and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with Nothing Compares To You. Aged 56.
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares To You (1990)    (Previous plays – 8.  Last played 21-7-2024. Requested 6 x)
Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024)    (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 21-7-2024)
Shelley Jones Band – Love Is Like A River (2024)  (Debut)
Owen Smith – That Old Hills Hoist (2024)   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 21-7-2024)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Kevin Sullivan – Journey (2024)   (Previous plays – 8.  Last played 21-7-2024. Requested 6 x)
By Request:  Roy Orbison – California Blue   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 3-4-2022. Requested 4 x)
Stephen Stokes – The Love Bug (2024)   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 7-7-2024.)
Caoimhe Murney – Hillbilly Girl (2024) (Debut)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Remember Me (2024)  (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 21-7-2024)
Warren Kearney – Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair (2024)  Previous plays – 2.  Last played 19-7-2024. Requested 1 x)

E Power Biggs – Marche Militaire (Schubert)   (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 19-11-2017)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Animals – House Of The Rising Sun (1964)   Previous plays – 7.  Last played 18-9-2015. Requested 1 x)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kravats – Puppet Strings (1964)  (Previous plays – 6.  Last played 27-3-2015)
By Request:  Ray Malcolm – Is There Something On Your Mind (2024)    (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 5-7-2024)
Joe Allen Christi – Grandpa’s Fishing Hole (2024)    (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 12-7-2024)
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Snowbird    (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 13-8-2021)

* Diamond Classics were on Top 40 charts around Australia on this day, 60 years ago (1964).

21 July 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST
Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

You can contact Ian at [email protected]

Today’s pic – A recent sunrise over the Meehan Range in the Derwent Valley. Photo: Yours Truly

Valley Sunrise Edition 791
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Daniel O’Donnell – Never Ending Song of Love  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 5-3-2017)
Dave Caley – The Wild Ones  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-7-2024)
By Request: Colleen Hewett – The Wind Beneath My Wings  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 16-2-2024)
Terry Bennetts & Lee Forster – That’s The Kind of Life I Live (2024)    (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again (2024)   (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Shannonside Ceili Band – An Irish Lullaby (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 8-11-2019)

Percy Faith Strings – The Fool On The Hill (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 3-11-2013)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Remember Me (2024)   (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Owen Smith – That Old Hills Hoist (2024)  (Debut)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 6: Shelley Fabares – Johnny Angel  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 19-1-2018)
Hermans Hermits – Dream On (1965)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 14-5-2021 as a request) 
BORN this day 1937 in Dougherty, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Katherine Laverne Starks, alias Kay Starr, pop and jazz singer, very successful in the 1950s, who introduced two long-running Number 1 hits, Wheel of Fortune and the Rock and Roll Waltz.  Died 2016.
Kay Starr – Wheel of Fortune (1952)  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 21-7-2017)

Hour 2

Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-7-2024)
By Request: Bill Anderson – Quits (Debut)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine  (Previous plays – 9; Last Played 19-7-2024; Requested 8 x)
By Request: Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares To You  (Previous plays – 7; Last Played 8-12-2023; Requested 5 x)
By Request: Buddy Holly – True Love Ways (1960)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 19-6-2020)

Martin Charly – Honey On The Vine  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 21-6-2024)
101 Strings Orchestra – As Time Goes By  (Debut)
Shaza Leigh – Our Father’s Choice (2024)  (Debut) 
Chris “Boots” Lee – My Greatest Claim To Fame (2024)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Cat Stevens – Another Saturday Night (1974)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 11-6-2021)

ON THIS DAY:

Also born this day 1922 in Keighley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England – Isobel Mary Sugden, alias Mollie Sugden, actress known for her role as saleswoman Mrs Slocombe in the television sit-com Are You Being Served from 1972 till 1983. Died 2009.

Born this day 1948 in Marylebone, London, England – Steven Demetre Georgiou, alias Cat Stevens, aliasYusuf Islam, singer-songwriter, and musician.  Turns 76.

19 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 426

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

First Hour – including the latest Roadworks Update, and a Diamond Classic Twin-spin around 9.50;

Second Hour – including They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore, and Sky High (which planets can be seen, cloud permitting);

Third Hour – including a Tasmania Police update and another Diamond Classic Twin-spin around 11.35;

Half-hourly weather updates.

98.9 on the dial, or on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Williamson Branch with Carl Jackson – Southern Nights (2024) (Debut)
Andy Martin – Corrine Corrina (2024) (Debut)
Aaron Bozwell – Gonna Make A Memory (2022)  (Debut)
BORN this day 1925 in Nevada, Missouri U.S.A. – Eva Sue McKee, alias Sue Thompson, pop and country singer who had several million selling hits during the 1960s, particularly with Sad Movies Make Me Cry and Norman. (d. 2021)
Sue Thompson – James Hold The Ladder Steady (1962) (Previous play as request – 24-8-2014)
Tommy Edwards – It’s All In The Game (1958)  (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 16-5-2021)
Graeme Clarke – There’s Only The Two Of Us Here (2019)  (Previous plays – 2. Last played 6-9-2019)

James Last & His Orchestra – Amapola (Previous plays – 5. Last played 22-9-2017)
Renee & Renato – Falling In Love (Debut)
BORN this day 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. – George Hamilton IV, country singer who started performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to pop-country and folk music. Some of his biggest hits were Abilene (1963), Fort Worth Dallas or Houston (1964) and Canadian Pacific (1969).  Died 2014)
George Hamilton IV – Abilene (1963) (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 4-8-2023)
Andrew Ryan – Beauty Of The Bush (2023) (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 30-6-2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Swinging Blue Jeans – You’re No Good (1964)  (Previous plays – 3. Last played 22-2-2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (1964) (Previous plays – 22  Last played 21-5-2023 Requested 11 x)
Norma O’Hara Murphy – Drifting Down The Darling  (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 15-9-2023)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Chloe Winters – Delta Dawn (2024)  (Debut)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine  (Previous plays – 8  Last played 24-11-2023 Requested 7 x)
Ami Leigh – You Give Me Such A Feeling (2024)   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 14-7-2024)
Gary Kennedy – Dance With Me Molly (2023)   (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 23-6-2023)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Barry Mann – Who Put The Bomp (1961)  (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 27-8-2017 when requested.)
Dianne Coombes – Start Where You Are (2024)     (Debut)
Ray Price – In The Misty Moonlight (1964)   (Debut)

Roberto Delgado & His Orchestra- Save Your Kisses For Me   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 24-1-2021)
Julie Healy – The End Of The Rainbow (2022)  (Debut)
Daniel O’Donnell & Mary Duff – Yes Mr Peters    (Debut)
Ray Conniff Singers – There’s A Kind of Hush   (Debut)
Ollie Austin – Ribbon of Darkness   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 20-11-2020)
Gayle O’Neil – Open Arms (2019)   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 1-12-2019)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Bill Anderson – I Love You Drops   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 29-3-2024)
By Request: Warren Kearney – Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair (2024)   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 12-7-2024)
One For The Road with Seamus Moore – The Transit Van (2024)   (Debut)
Anthony Baxter – Pride of New England (2024)   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 14-6-2024)
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon (1975)   (Debut)
Sonny James – You’re The Reason I’m Living (1971)  (Debut)
Emma Jene – Do You Remember   (Previous plays – 7.  Last played 21-9-2018)

Otto Bredl & Jiggs Whigham – C’Est Magnifique   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 22-5-2016)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dusty Springfield – Wishin’ and Hopin’ (1964)  (Previous plays – 11.  Last played 18-2-2022)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jack Jones – The First Night of the Full Moon (1964)  (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 7-1-2024)
Toni West – It’s Too Late (2024)  (Debut)
Town Criers – Everlasting Love (1968)  (Debut)
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Stein Song  (Debut)


FROM A LISTENER…….

Janine writes: Thank you for the request….that man (Warren Kearney – Ray) has the most calming voice….I love that song… I have had much enjoyment from your program today, great tunes…. Dance with me Molly by an Australian singer (Gary Kennedy – Ray) was just beautiful…also You’re The Reason by Sonny James…
I would vote you number one presenter every week….

ODD SPOTS

1968 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Two Syrian pilots who landed their Soviet-made Mig planes on the Betzet airfield in northern Israel told their interrogators that they were on a training flight, and mistook the Israeli airfield for one in Latakia, Syria.

1968 – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Eleven year old Pari Hera found an interesting, oval piece of metal on the edge of the school ground, so presented his find to the headmaster. The headmaster took one look, and immediately called Army explosive experts. It was a live hand grenade.

1968 – And a Claremont (Tasmania) woman received a letter from her globe-trotting son, saying he had spent a night in gaol, in a small Mexican town. The local police had heard that the assassin of Dr Martin Luther King was in the locality, so until they checked, all Europeans went to gaol.

14 July 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST
Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

You can contact Ian at [email protected]

Today’s pic – A frosty sunrise over the Faulkner range in the Derwent Valley. Photo: Yours Truly

Valley Sunrise Edition 790
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Mike McClellan – Song and Dance Man (Previous plays – 5; Last Played 2-1-2022)
Ami Leigh – You Give Me Such A Feeling (2024)  
Shaun Cuddy – Dance In Tubbercurry (2024)
Ray Conniff Singers – Seasons In The Sun (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 4-10-2015)
Jim Reeves – The Search Is Ended  
By Request: Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy (Previous plays – 18; Previous requests 8; Last Played 7-4-2024 as a request)

Max Harris Orchestra – Blues In The Night (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 7-4-2023)
Judith Durham – Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man Of Mine
Ricky May – That Cat Is High
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 5: David Rose Orchestra – The Stripper  (Previous plays – 5; Last Played 4-3-2018)
Frank Sinatra – Forget Domani (1965)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-4-2020 as a request) 
Peter Smokie Dawson – Daddy Had A Workshop (2024) ISRC AU-LAH-2300004


Hour 2

Seekers – Someday Oneday (with Julie Anthony lead) (1996)
By Request: Elvis Presley – Hound Dog (Previous plays – 7; Previous requests 5; Last Played 15-5-2022 as a request)
By Request: Charley Pride – I Can’t Believe That You’ve Stopped Loving Me
By Request: Mrs Mills – My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
Acoustic Bloom – She (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 7-7-2024) ISRC IEWLW2400002
Sandpipers – All My Loving  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 17-7-2016)

Otto Bredl & Jiggs Whigham – Lovely Lady  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 13-1-2017)
By Request: Daniel O’Donnell – I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen
Andrew Dean & Farm Machine – Soaking Up The Rays (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 11-8-2023) ISRC QZHNA2406138
Glenn Jones – Elva’s Eyes (2024)
Runaway Dixie – Territory Skies (2024) ISRC AUJLF2400086
Foster & Allen – Medley~A World Of Our Own~You Are My Sunshine~This Land Is Your Land  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 1-5-2020)

ON THIS DAY:

Born this day 1910 in Melrose, New Mexico, U.S.A. – William Hanna, animator, television director and producer, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of children worldwide for much of the 20th century. Died 2001.

Born this day 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Woodrow Wilson Guthrie alias Woody Guthrie, singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children’s songs and ballads.  Died 1967.

Born this day 1944 in Waverley, New South Wales – Margaret Anne Jones-Owen, alias Margaret Pomeranz, Australian film producer and critic, and television personality.

Born this day 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria – John Wood, Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actor, best known today for his recent role as businessman Patrick Tyneman in the ABC drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

EVENTS:

1902 Venice, Italy – The original Campanile, or bell tower, of St Mark’s Basilica, then one of the oldest towers in Italy, collapsed.  It dated to the year 902, and was 98 metres high. It was rebuilt to a similar design in 1912.

1945 Charlotte Pass, New South Wales – Recorded the lowest temperature in Australia at the time, of -22.2 C  (-8 F).  This record was broken in the same place on 29^th June 1994, when a new low of -23.0 (-9.4 F) was recorded.

1965 The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to return images from another planet as it approached and flew past Mars.  The photographs it transmitted, of an apparently dead world caused a change of thinking by scientists as to life on Mars.  Communications with Mariner 4 were terminated in December 1967 and the space craft is now derelict, in orbit around the Sun.    

12 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 425

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Dave Caley – The Wild Ones (2024)
Jo Allen Christi – Grandpa’s Fishing Hole (2024)  ISRC QZK6L2359942
Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again (2024)  ISRC IEXWD2400001
BORN this day 1895 in New York City U.S.A. – Oscar Hammerstein II, co-writer and lyricist of over 850 songs in collaboration with composers Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Sigmund Romberg and Richard Rodgers.  The final song he wrote was Edelweiss, for the musical The Sound of Music. (d. 1960)
Michael Junior – Edelweiss
Chris Boots Lee – My Greatest Claim To Fame (2024)  
Jim Reeves – I Won’t Come In While He’s There  (Previous plays – 2. Last played 29-1-2021)

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Brazilia Carnaval
Francoise Hardy – La Maison Ou J’ai Grandi (The House Where I Grew Up) (Previous plays – 1. Last played 7-6-2015)
BORN this day 1907 in Major Plains, Victoria – Ernest Edward Dunlop, alias Sir Ernest “Weary” Dunlop, surgeon renowned for his leadership whilst a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese army during World War 2.  Died 1993)
BORN this day 1952 in Clarendon, Jamaica – Elizabeth Mitchell, original lead singer of the 1970s disco band Boney M. Turns 72 today.
Boney M – Jimmy (1981) (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 11-9-2015)
Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024) 
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jimmie Rodgers – The World I Used To Know (1964)  (Previous plays – 10. Last played 21-8-2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Little Patti – He’s My Boy (1964) (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 11-7-2014)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024)  ISRC AUZY4-23-00048
Al Grant – Rosa Rio   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 20-11-2022)
Lena Martell – Hasta Manana
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Kenneth McKellar – Roamin’ In The Gloamin’ (1959)  (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 8-8-2021 when requested.)
DIED this day 1982 London, England – Kenneth More, actor and star of numerous movies, including Genevieve (1953);  Reach For The Sky in which he portrayed the legless fighter ace Douglas Bader in 1956;  Sink The Bismarck (1960);  and the television series The Forsyte Saga in 1967  (Aged 68)
DIED this day 1998 Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A. – James Corbitt Morris, alias Jimmie Driftwood, folk songwriter and musician.  He wrote over 6,000 songs, including the Johnny Horton hit, The Battle of New Orleans.  Aged 91.
DIED this day 2004 Gold Coast, Queensland – George Mallaby, Australian actor best known for his role as Detective Peter Barnes in the Crawford Productions series Homicide.  (Age 64)
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Victory (“Homicide” TV Theme)    (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 4-11-2022)
Daniel O’Donnell – A Fool Such As I

Francis Goya – Natacha
Westlake & Tom Savage – Shine Down On Me (2024)  ISRC AU-N4Q-24-00002
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Remember Me (2024)  ISRC  USJ3V2393595
Andy Williams – Domino
Bridget Pross – Husky Eyes (2024)  USCGH2034455
Terry Bennetts & Lee Forster – That’s The Kind Of Life I Live (2024)
Shadows – Dakota

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Kevin Sullivan – Journey (2024) (Previous plays – 3. Last played 21-6-2024) ISRC AUVW12400004
Foster & Allen – Devil Woman
Engelbert Humperdinck – The Way It Used To Be   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 25-3-2022)
Roger Whittaker – Nur Ein Tag Im Paradies (Just One Day In Paradise)  
Warren Kearney – Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair (2024) 
Hank Snow – Ghost Trains

Shahin & Sepehr – One Thousand And One Nights 
60 Year Diamond Classic: Patsy Cline – Love Letters In The Sand (1964)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 6-8-2021)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dixiecups – Chapel Of Love (1964)  (Previous plays – 11.  Last played 18-2-2022)
Petula Clark – Who Am I
Four Lads – Put A Light In The Window (1958)  (Previous plays – 6.  Last played 10-2-2019)
Tony Christie – I Can’t Stop Loving You

Today’s pic – Sunrise over northern Tasmania at 35,000 feet (give or take a few). Yours Truly

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST
Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Valley Sunrise Edition 789
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Bob Marshall – Cowboy Blessing  ISRC QZWKY 2400191
Anne Murray – Sittin’ Back Lovin’ You  
Stephen Stokes – The Love Bug (2024) ISRC TCAHD 2326810
Cass Williams – Walking Old Floors (2024) ISRC QZDA 82419935
Les Paul & Mary Ford – Johnny Is The Boy For Me  (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 1-3-2019)
(Iris Colleen Summers, alias Mary Ford, was born this day 1924 in El Monte, California, USA. She was a guitarist and singer who, with her husband Les Paul, had 16 Top Ten hits during the first half of the 1950s. In 1951 alone, the sold six million records – a major achievement for those days. Died 1977)
The Jazz Kings – Sing A Little Song  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 15-9-2023)
Anne Fraser – Uncle John’s Guitar (2024) (Previous plays – 2)

Joel Herron & His Orchestra – The Last Time I Saw Paris
Norman Luboff Choir – Breezing Along (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 2-8-2013)
Rachael Leahcar – Smile (2012)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 22-2-2019)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 4: Bobby Vinton – Roses Are Red (Previous plays – 10; Last Played 7-10-2022)
Acoustic Bloom – She (2024)  ISRC IEWLW2400002
Ringo Starr – After All These Years   
(Richard Starkey, alias Ringo Starr, was born this day 1940 in Liverpool, England. He was a musician, song-writer, actor, and famed as the drummer for The Beatles. Turns 84.)


Hour 2

Walk Don’t Run – Old Georgia Train (2024)
By Request: Kingston Trio – Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley (1961)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 16-4-2021)
By Request: Lighthouse Family – High
By Request: Julie Covington – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina  (Previous plays – 10; Previously requested – 5 Last Played 31-12-2023)
By Request: U 2 – Beautiful Day (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 14-1-2024)

Ebba Forsberg – Hold Me (2024)
Australian National Concert Orchestra – Love’s Theme (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 6-3-2015)
Sandy Scott – A Man Without Love
Mike McClellan – All I’ve Got Is Love  (Previous plays – 4; Last Played 30-3-2014)


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1952 The liner SS United States passed Bishop’s Rock, at the westernmost tip of the Scilly Isles, during her maiden voyage from New York, breaking the trans-Atlantic speed record with a time of 3 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes, to take the record as the fastest passenger ship in the world. SS United States has bene laid up in Philadelphia, in a stripped condition, for many years, her future remains uncertain.

1960 Sydney, New South Wales – In one of Australia’s most infamous crimes, 8-year-old Graeme Thorne was kidnapped and held for ransom after his father won £100,000 in a lottery. Graeme’s body was found, hidden on vacant ground in the suburb of Seaforth, six weeks later.
A massive police investigation, which used pioneering forensic techniques, culminated three months later in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) of a Hungarian immigrant to Australia, Istvan Baranjay, alias Stephen Bradley.
Baranjay was aboard a ship bound for England with his own wife and three children. He was extradited to Sydney and sentenced to life imprisonment in Goulburn gaol, where he died in 1968.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – A New Norfolk man called at the local police station to pay the registration on his car. He glanced through the police station window, in time to see his car moving off – driverless. He ran out and chased it, but the car came first – through a police officer’s front fence!

1968 – Toronto, Canada – A young woman, who was fleeing on a bicycle after making an unsuccessful attempt to rob a bank, was also unsuccessful with her escape bid. She was arrested after her bicycle skidded on a piece of watermelon rind..

1968 – Vareza Dal Parma, Brazil – Vincente Pinto, who claimed to be 113 years of age, had a remarkably eventful life. The latest occurred in a power station when he received a 13,000 volt shock, which knocked him out.
He had allegedly survived four rattle snake bites; numerous falls from horses; several bull gorings; and a number of severe burns.

5 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 424

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Lloyd Back – Try A Little Kindness (2023) (Played 4 times previously. Last played 19-1-2024)
Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024) (Played 2 times previously. Last played 14-6-2024)
Merri Winter – Dirt For Sale (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
By Request: Ollie Austin – Walking The Floor Over You
Huey Lewis & The News – Whole Lotta Lovin’ (1986) USA (Last played 5-7-2020)
[Hugh Anthony Cregg III, alias Huey Lewis, actor and musician, born this day 1950 in New York, U.S.A. Turns 74 today.]
Cassandra – Your Blue Eyes (2024) (Last played 14-6-2024)
Gary R Farmer – Listen To The Rhythm (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)

Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Islands In The Stream
John Gary – While We’re Young
Warren Kearney – Never Be Anyone Else But You (2023) (Played 4 times previously. Last played 14-1-2024)
Anne Fraser – Uncle John’s Guitar (2024) (Last played 7-6-2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Chuck Berry – No Particular Place To Go (1964)  (Last played 18-10-2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beach Boys – I Get Around (1964) (Played 6 times previously. Last played 29-5-2020)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Ryan McGlynn – Star Of The County Down (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
Shaza Leigh, Lindsay Butler, Peggy Gilchrist – Blaze of Glory (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
Ray Malcolm – Is There Something On Your Mind (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Kay Kyser – The Woody Woodpecker Song (1948)  (Played 12 times previously. Last played 17-11-2023)
By Request:  Elvis Presley – His Latest Flame (1961) (Played 10 times previously. Last played 2-4-2021)
Harry James & His Orchestra – Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Last played 17-3-2023)
Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole – Unforgettable (Played 5 times previously. Last played 9-2-2024)

Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – The Windmills Of Your Mind
Acoustic Bloom – She (2024) ISRC IEWLW2400002
By Request:  Mel Blanc – I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat (Played 6 times previously. Last played 16-2-2024)
Steve Condon – In My Life (2024) (Last played 28-6-2024)
Frankie Laine – High Noon (Played 5 times previously. Last played 2-2-2024)
Hay Mack – Monet Sky (2024) ISRC QMAAK2417373

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Joe Kelly – The Road Runner (2024) (Played 3 times previously. Last played 21-6-2024)
By Request: Pussycat – Mississippi (Played 32 times previously, requested 27 times. Last played 19-5-2024)
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024) (Played 2 times previously. Last played 28-6-2024) ISRC NLJ9A2300007
Celia Bryce Band – Peacemaker (2024) (Last played 9-6-2024)
Magic Trumpets – Dolannes Melodie  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 22-9-2017)
John Greene – Sail Away (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
Ron Baker – Touch (2024) ISRC QZ ZP22401234

By Request: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Morgen   (Played 4 times previously. Last played 2-6-2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Gene Pitney – Cornflower Blue (1964)  (Last played 26-9-2021 – By Request)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Terry Stafford – I’ll Touch A Star (1964)  (Played 11 times previously. Last played 3-12-2023)
Kerr Donnelly Band – My Poor Heart (2024)
Rosalind Clare – Seven Lonely Days (2024)  (Last played 21-6-2024)

From Karin, listening in Perth, West Australia, today:
Lovely program this morning with some great Newbies & Oldies & a surprise track from Magic Trumpets with “Dolannes Melody” so nice to listen to, good to hear it also triggered some of your memories  Thank you so much DJ Ray for including this awesome Trumpet Solo for me ♡

30 June 2024

Today’s pic – The Derwent River near Dromedary

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST

Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Valley Sunrise Edition 788
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Ray Conniff Singers – Don’t Sleep In The Subway  (Last Played 23-1-2022)
Men Of The Village – Another Start (2024)  ISRC NLH2N 24 00010
Foster & Allen – Wand-rin’ Star
Bernie O’Brien – Rosanna (2022)
Chet Atkins – White Silver Sands  (Last Played 23-9-2016)
(Chester Atkins, alias Chet Atkins, died this day 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a guitarist and record producer who, with Owen Bradley, created the smooth country music style known as the Nashville Sound. Aged 77.)
The Jazz Kings – Sing A Little Song  (Played 6 times previously)

European Show Band – Sentimental Over You  (Last Played 23-8-2013)
Nat King Cole – The Girl From Ipanema
Rachael Leahcar – Nights In White Satin (2012)   (Last Played 10-3-2017)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 3: Dee Dee Sharp – Mashed Potato Time
Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound (1966)  (Last Played 4-10-2022)
Lolita – Sailor (1960)  (Played 19 times previously, last Played 30-6-2023)
(Edith Zuser, alias Lolita, died this day 2010 in Salzburg, Austria. Lolita was a pop singer who began singing in local clubs whist working as a kindergarten teacher. Her recording career began in 1957 and in December 1959, recorded her only Gold record – Sailor. Aged 79.)
Andrew Ryan – Beauty Of The Bush (2023)

Hour 2

Bill Anderson – Country D J (1963)
By Request: Beatles – In My Life (1965)  (Played 8 times previously, requested 7 times. Last Played 19-5-2024)
By Request: Destiny Band Oz – It’s The Gift (Played 10 times previously, requested 5 times. Last Played 7-5-2023)
By Request: Isla Grant – Will You Walk With Me  (Played 9 times previously, requested 4 times. Last Played 1-12-2019)
By Request: Winifred Atwell – The Black And White Rag (1952) (Played 11 times previously, requested 5 times. Last Played 16-7-2023)
By Request: Beatles – P S I Love You (Played 10 times previously, requested 8 times. Last Played 12-11-2023)

John Glenn – The Blue Side of Lonesome
Zac Griffith – My River Runs To You (2024)  ISRC GBSVC 2400202
Slim Dusty – Pay Day At The Pub
James Blundell & James Reyne – Way Out West  (Last Played 30-5-2014)


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1886 Montreal, Canada – The first transcontinental train trip across the country departed.  Operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it arrived in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.

1894 London, England  – Tower Bridge was officially opened by the-then Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII.  It’s total construction cost was £1,184,000, or a little over £100 million in today’s values.  Each of its two opening bascules, or roadway sections, weigh over 1,000 tonnes.

1927 Sydney, New South Wales – Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm completed a record-breaking circumnavigation flight around Australia in 10 days, 5 hours and 15 minutes.  Their 7 year old plane had an open cockpit, rudimentary navigation aids and therefore could be flown only in daylight.

1940 Sydney, New South Wales – The flying boat Aotearoa arrived from Auckland carrying nine passengers and 40,000 letters, making the first such flight for Tasman Empire Airways Ltd.  The flight had taken nearly nine hours.

1947 New Town, Tasmania – A bulldozer turned the first soil for construction of the first stage of a new northern outlet road from Cornelian Bay Road to Berriedale. (Stage 1 of the Brooker Highway.)

1947 Masterton, New Zealand – The country faced the worst flooding for 50 years after 10 inches (254mm) of rain fell in 24 hours in the Wairarapa district.  Heavy damage was caused to highways and bridges, while the main trunk railway was inundated, halting Wellington – Auckland train services.

1960 Moonah, Tasmania – Prompt action by staff at the Bowen Road Primary School saved the lives of several children who had swallowed morphine sulphate tablets.  They were rushed to hospital by the headmaster, Mr Groom, in his own car and treated in the outpatients section.  

1965 Woodmans Point, near Fremantle, West Australia – The 10-man crew of a 320 ton explosives carrier, Blythe Star, abandoned the ship after it ran aground in heavy seas.  Authorities did not consider the ship, which was laden with 12,000 tons of gelignite and other explosives, was in danger of exploding.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – Fergus Falls, Minnesota, U.S.A. – When a railway waggon containing powdered dog food arrived at a concrete mixing plant, it was unloaded and transferred to the mixing machinery. The mistake wasn’t discovered until the mix was used in a footpath, and didn’t harden.

1968 – Port Moresby, New Guinea – A local villager was walking to his home in Madang when a cow started to chase him. When he ran into a copra drying shed, the cow followed.
He jumped into a nearby river, and the cow followed. He gave the cow “the slip” by squeezing between two boulders – then discovered he was stuck. He spent the night calling for help before his son rescued him.

1968 – Hobart, Tasmania. – A motorist’s view of parking meter attendants changed when one said he was “sorry” he had to book him. The motorist went to the Town Hall with haste, to pay his dollar fine.

AMENDED

28 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 423

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Chasing Twisters – All The Way To Deja Vu (2024)
Don Joy & Melanie Lynn – I Know What I Said (2024)
Frank Ifield – Crazy (1963)
John Inman – Are You Being Served  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 8-3-2024)
[John Inman, born this day 1935 in Preston, Lancashire, England, best remembered as the actor who portrayed Mr Humphries in the 1970s/80s sitcom Are You Being Served. His earlier career in clothing retail served him well for this role in a menswear department. Died 2007.]
Chad Morgan – Three Ply Coffin
Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl (1970)  (Played 3 times previously. Last played 3-6-2018)

Geoff Love & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Andy Williams – Charade
Renee & Renato – Save Your Love (1982) [Renato Pagliari, born this day in Rome, Italy. Died 2009]  (Played 13 times previously. Last played 31-3-2023)
Bee Gees – Warm Ride (1977)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Tornados – Monte Carlo (1964)  (Played 6 times previously. Last played 27-8-2021)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Gene Pitney – Yesterday’s Hero (1964) (Played 2 times previously. Last played 20-7-2014)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Jax Tonic – Sitting Here On A Beach (2023)
Graham Oliver – I Don’t Know How I’ll Ever Get Over You (2024)
Foster & Allen – Take Me Home Country Roads
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Sheb Wooley – The Purple People Eater (1958)  (Played 12 times previously. Last played 17-11-2023)
Lyndel Lucas – Slow Dance (2024)
Steve Condon – In My Life (2024)

Orchestral Sounds – Spanish Flea
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024)
Bob Marshall – Father’s Day (2024)
Anne Fraser – She Sang The Harmony (2024)
Slim Dusty – I Don’t Want No Woman Around
By Request: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – The French Song  (Played 3 times previously. Last played 6-8-2021)
Sean Cuddy – Dance In Tubbercurry (2024)
Hayley Westenra – Pokarekare Ana


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Silverline – Let The Rain Fall (2024)
Bunky Christiansen – Cradle of Love (2016) QMEU 32111938
Jason Carruthers – Storm On The Mountain (2020)
Max Bygraves – Tiny Bubbles  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 23-8-2015)
Max Howard Chambers – Frown Upside Down (2024)
Stephen Stokes – A Peace Cry (2024) IEWLB2400001

David Whitaker & His Orchestra – Good Morning Starshine   (Last played 25-8-2013)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby (1964)  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 19-7-2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Lucille Starr – The French Song (1964)  (Played 11 times previously. Last played 27-8-2021)
ABBA – Put On Your White Sombrero (1980)
Cowsills – Indian Lake (1968)  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 11-11-2022)
Ray Malcolm – California Blue (2023)  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 26-11-2023)

From Karin, listening in Perth, West Australia, today, regarding Tiny Bubbles:
I was tuned in to another great Friday Morning Radio Show & your inviting company. Some wonderful tracks were played & then the notorious “Antioxidant” was mentioned, of course with my name attached.    Thank you DJ Ray for playing this uplifting “Bubbles Song” for me, I’ve enjoyed the tunes with a smile on my face ♡

From Janine, listening in the Derwent Valley today:
Oh this takes me back & warms my heart. Tiny Bubbles I have a clear vision of sitting watching the sunset in Maui sipping a wine & listening to a gorgeous Hawaiian native singing this song …..it was a memory that will never leave me….. Don’t ever think no one is enjoying your program how could they not….you play such diverse music something for everyone… I wouldn’t be the only one experiencing these great memories all because of your music…..take care…

16 June 2024

Today’s pic: Sunrise, Bilton Bay, Claremont.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST

Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Valley Sunrise Edition 787
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Jasin McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024)
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Dreaming (2024) ISRC TCAAW 1129204
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024)
Bill Anderson – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (1962)
Johnny Cash & June Carter – Daddy Sang Bass (1969)  (Last Played 23-9-2020)
(June Carter, born this day 1929 in Scott County, Virginia, USA. She was a singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, musician, comedienne and author, second wife of Johnny Cash. Died 2003.)
Ronnie Kennedy – Lara’s Theme (Last Played 4-8-2023)

Lawrence Welk Orchestra – Champagne Time
Andy Williams – And Roses And Roses
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V 2393597
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 2: Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Daniel O’Donnell – And Then I Kissed You
Adam Faith – As You Like It (1962) (Last Played 29-9-2017)
(Adam Faith, born this day 1940 in East Acton, London, England, as Terence Nelhams-Wright. He was a teen idol, singer, actor, and financial jornalist, who became the first English artist to lodge his first seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first English acts to regularly record original songs. Died 2003.)

Hour 2

Sarah Riches – Alibi (2024)
By Request: Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody (1965)  (Last Played 16-4-2023)
By Request: Slim Dusty – We’ve Done Us Proud (Requested 20 times previously)
By Request: Shadows – Apache (1960)  (Requested 18 times previously.)
By Request: Jazz Kings – Maria Elena


By Request: Michael Crawford – She Used To Be Mine
Ronnie Aldrich & London Festival Orchestra – The Entertainer
Taylor Brothers – Walking In The Sunshine (2024) ISRC GBSVC 2400202
Freddie Quinn – La Paloma
Charlie Adams – It’s A Good Life (2015) ISRC AUJ3Z 2300001


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1931 Roosevelt Field, Long Island, U.S.A. – Wiley Post and Tasmanian Harold Gatty took off in a single engine plane in an attempt to circumnavigate the world.  Their flight set a record for aerial circumnavigation, covering 24,903 km in 8 days, 15 hours, and 51 minutes.

1942 Wales, U.K. – One of Germany’s latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf FW-190, was captured intact when it’s pilot mistakenly landed at RAF Pembrey.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – London, England – England’s only female High Court Judge, Justice Elizabeth Lane, gave a decree nisi in the Divorce Court to John Deane (58), a carpenter, whose wife (Florence) attacked him each time he returned from the local pub.
Justice Lane said men should be able to stop for a few beers after work. She said the wife’s conduct was cruel and Mr Deane was unable to lead a peaceful life.

1968 – Chester, England – The local council ordered restaurant owner Bill White to remove a sign “White’s Eat Inn” because it was racist. Mr White said he wasn’t going to change his name.

1968 – Los Angeles, U.S.A. – Fourteen year old Craig Elliott got out of his bunk in his parent’s camper, and wandered out the door, while the camper was moving at 80 km/h! A highway patrol car, which happened to be behind, took Craig to hospital, but his injuries were limited to bruises. Craig’s mother said he had been sleep-walking since the age of three.

21 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 422

Today’s pic – The Derwent River near New Norfolk

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Human Nature – You Can’t Hurry Love (2024)
Jade Hurley – Oh Carol (Last played January 2022)
Hank Snow – Snowbird (Last played May 2021)
O C Smith – Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp  (1968) (Last played May 2017)
[Ocie Lee Smith born this day 1932 in Mansfield, Louisiana, USA. He was an pop singer who had a two major hits; Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp and Little Green Apples. Died 2001.]
Merri Winter – Dirt For Sale (2024)
Jim Ed Brown – Pop a Top (Last played June 2020)

Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Stardust (Last played August 2013)
Pete King Orchestra & Chorus – Zip A Dee Doo Dah 
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Last played December 2021)
[Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader and composer, died this day 1980, aged 56, in Majorca, Spain. Kaempfert penned numerous easy-listening hits, including Strangers In The Night; Moon Over Naples; Wonderland by Night; and the Joe Dowell/Elvis Presley hit, Wooden Heart.]
Jenifer Wrinkle – Living My Dreams (2024) (Last played December 2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy Fury – I Will (1964) (Last played June 2014)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kevin Shegog – Don’t Bug The Beatles (1964) (Last played January 2020)
Rosalind Clare – Seven Lonely Days (2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Ryan McGlynn – Star Of The County Down (2024)
Joe Kelly – The Road Runner (2024)
Alex Hood – The Service Song  (Last played September 2016)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Bing Crosby & Carole Richards – Sunshine Cake (1949) (Last played October 2016)
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V2393597
Ben Steneker & Anna McRose – Heart to Heart (2024)

Gary R Farmer – Rhythm of the Falling Rain (2024)
Anne Murray – Could I Have This Dance (Last played September 2019)
Highway 95 – Raise ‘Em High (2024)
Gordon Lightfoot – Ghosts of Cape Horn (Last played June 2024)
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Dreamin’ (2024) ISRC TCAAW1129204
Martin Charly – Honey On The Vine


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Sabrina Fallon – Rocky Top (2024)
Travelling Wilburys – Runaway (Last played February 2019)
Gert Bottcher – Fur Gaby Tu Ich Alles (Translated: I Do Everything For Gaby)
John Greene – Sail Away (2024)
Kamahl – Key Largo (Last played October 2020)
Andre Rieu – I Have A Dream (Last played December 2023)

Jazz Kings – Maria Elena
60 Year Diamond Classic: Cliff Richard – Constantly (1964) (Last played October 2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly (1964) (Last played July 2019)
Ewelina Borkowska – Jolene (2024)
Neil Diamond – Yesterday’s Songs (2024) (Last played April 2023)
Marni Nixon & Pete King Orchestra – Buttons And Bows
Shaza Leigh with Lindsay Butler & Peggy Gilchrist – Blaze of Glory (2024)

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1952 Narrandera, New South Wales – Hundreds were rescued from flood waters which swept through the town and nearby Condoblin, Wagga and Forbes and over 6,000 were rendered homeless.

1952 Cessnock, New South Wales – The studio of local radio station 2CK was destroyed by fire, after a late evening announcer, who was rushing to catch a bus to his home in Maitland, left an electric heater on in the unattended building.  The station was closed down and the broadcasting licence was transferred to a new radio station, 2NM, which was launched on 14 January 1954 in Muswellbrook, 90 kilometres away.

1961 A Royal Air Force Vulcan aircraft made a record non-stop flight from Britain to Australia, covering the 19,300 km in only 20 hours, and with three aerial refuellings.    

1966 Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales – An attempt was made to assassinate the Federal Opposition leader, Arthur Calwell, as he left an anti-conscription meeting.  The closed window of his car shattered, but deflected the bullet, with Calwell receiving minor injuries.

BORN:

1974 Melbourne, Victoria – Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver, three time V8 Supercar champion and five time Bathurst 1000 winner. 

1982 St Mary’s Hospital, London, England – Prince William of Wales, elder son of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales respectively.

DIED:

1968 London, England – William Earl Johns, BKA Captain W E Johns, author of the Biggles series of adventure novels.  (Aged 75)

2019 London, England – Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, BKA William Simons, actor who had the role of PC Alf Ventress in the TV drama series Heartbeat for over a decade.  He has also appeared in Coronation Street, The Sweeney, Minder, Dempsey & Makepeace, Doctor Who and The Bill  (Aged 78)

16 June 2024

Today’s pic: Stephen Street, New Norfolk.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST

Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Included in this edition, the Sammy Davis Jr, Neil Young, Paul Mauriat, the Commodores, Kenny Rogers and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 786
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Jax Tonic – My Radio (2024)
Allan Caswell & Angus Gill – The Virus (2024) ISRC AUCJD 2400005
Peter Salata – That’s My Way Of Life (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – Rich Man Poor Man (2024)
Bill Eckelschott – The Dutchman’s Lament (Last Played 17-4-2020)
Bobby Limb – Harrigan (Last Played 11-9-2022)

Australian National Concert Orchestra – My Way
Crash Craddock – Boom Boom Baby (1960)
(William Wayne Craddock, alias Crash Craddock, born this day 1939 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. He was a rockabilly and country singer who gained popularity in Australia during the late 1950s. Turns 85.)
Paul Hudnott – Hey Mr Rainbow Man (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 1: Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V 2393597
John Williamson – Amazing Day
Shadows – The Boys (1963)
(John Rostill, bass guitar player for the Shadows, born this day 1942 in Birmingham, England. Died 1973.)

Hour 2

Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
By Request: Nat King Cole – Smile (Last Played 13-3-2022 as a request)
By Request: Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl
By Request: Ricky May & Bob Barnard – Just A Couple Of Dudes (Last played by me, on another radio station 31-1-2011.)
By Request: Reg Lindsay – Highwayman (Last Played 23-2-2020 as a request)
By Request: Bay City Rollers – Money Honey

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before
Warren Kearney – The Hill (2024)
By Request: Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side
Ben Ransom – The Wedding Song (2015) (Last Played 15-11-2015)
Watling & Bates – Love Was (2024)
Frank Ifield – Wolverton Mountain

ON THIS DAY:

BORN :

1890 Ulverston, Lancashire, England – Arthur Stanley Jefferson alias Stan Laurel, comic actor, writer and film director, famous as half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy.  His career started during the silent film of the early 20th century and extended after World War II. Died 1965.

1915 Highgate, London, England – Dennis Anthony John Sharp, BKA Anthony Sharp, stage, movie and television actor, frequently cast as an aristocrat, appearing in productions such as The Flockton Flyer, Upstairs Downstairs, Man About The House, George and Mildred and To The Manor Born.  Died 1984.

1938 Sunderland, County Durham, England – James Bolam, actor and singer, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in the television series When The Boat Comes In; as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads  and more recently as Jack Halford in New Tricks.

1951 London, England – John Lewis, alias John Salthouse, former professional footballer and actor, best known for his role as Detective Inspector Roy Galloway in the long-running police drama The Bill

EVENTS:

1947 The worst floods since 1916 swept the Derwent and Huon Valleys, with main roads flooded by 2 metres of water at Hayes and Bushy Park.

1963 Baikonur, Kazakhstan – The Soviet Union launched the first woman to enter space, Valentina Tereshkova, into Earth orbit aboard Vostok 6 The mission lasted almost three days, completing 48 orbits. +

1967 Melbourne, Victoria – Toyota Australia announced the introduction to Australia of a new small car, the Toyota Corolla.  The car was described as a two-door, four seater with Italian styling, having an 1100 cc motor and a four-speed all-synchromesh manual transmission.  Although it did not have a radio or heater as standard equipment, it was stated that there was enough interior room for four tall Australians.

14 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 421

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Sara Storer – Under Darwin Stars (2024)
Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024)
Kel-Anne Brandt – Let Music Give You Wings (2019)
Burl Ives – Mr In-Between  (1962)
[Burl Ives born this day 1909 in Hunt City, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and singer and had a number of top hits, including Marianne, It’s My Funny Way Of Laughing, A Little Bitty Tear and Mary-Anne Regrets. Died 1995.]
Cliff Richard – Theme From A Summer Place
David Garrick – Mrs Applebee (1966)

Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Under Paris Skies (Last played June 2020)
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You  (ISRC USDY4 2460648)
Harry Secombe – They Call The Wind Maria (From Paint Your Wagon) (Last played November 2020)
[Alan Jay Lerner, composer and lyricist, died this day 1986, aged 67, in New York, USA. Lerner, together with Frederick Loewe, created some of the most popular works in musicals for stage and film – including the musical Paint Your Wagon.]
Edward Woodward – The Windmills Of Your Mind (2024) (Last played December 2019)
By request: Elvis Presley – Bossa Nova Baby (1963) (Last played November 2013)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Ian Turpie – The Decimal Point (1964) (Last played March 2018)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Rob E G – Tim Buc Tu (1964) (Last played August 2016)
John Gilheaney – Everybody Say Yeah (2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Cassandra – Mr Rainbow Man (2024)
Bunky Christiansen – If I Knew Then (2013)
Richard Mulligan – Judy (2021) 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Ted Heath & His Orchestra – Hot Toddy (1953)
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – The Midnight Cowboy (Last played September 2018)
(Henry Mancini died this day 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an Italian-American composer, conductor and arranger, well remembered for his film and television scores, including the Pink Panther theme, the Peter Gunn theme and his biggest hit, Moon River. Aged 70.)
Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Something Stupid (2024)
Francoise Hardy – That’ll Be The Day
(Francoise Hardy died a few days ago, June 11th, in Paris, France.)

Anthony Baxter – Pride of New England (2024)
Ashley Cook – Diamonds From The Moon (2024)
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil (2024)
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Annette & Kim – Even If I Tried (2024)
E Power Biggs – Hungarian Dance No 5 (Last played September 2019)


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Bridget Pross – All About You (2015)
Ollie Austin – Walking The Floor Over You
Tedd Graves – Mansion Tumble Down (2024)
Judith Durham – The Olive Tree (1967) (Last played December 2019)
Rod Stewart – What A Wonderful World (Last played January 2020)
John & Nienke – Because I Love You Too (2024)

Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Catalania
60 Year Diamond Classic: Merseybeats – Don’t Look Around (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Peter & Gordon – Nobody I Know (1964)
Sammie Soravia – Take Care Of You (2024)
Rick Ferrett – Stand Tall (2024)
Kathy Kirby – You’re The One (1964)

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1883 A railway connection was made between Albury, New South Wales, and Wodonga, Victoria, completing the Sydney to Melbourne rail link.

1887 South Australia was linked to New South Wales with the opening of a railway between Port Pirie and the New South Wales border town of Cockburn

1893 Kalgoorlie, West Australia – Paddy Hannan discovered gold and, in the ensuing gold rush, over 700 men were prospecting in the area three days later

1919 John Alcock Brown and Arthur Whitten Brown departed St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada on the first non-stop trans-Atlantic in a modified World War I Vickers Vimy bomber.  They flew for 15 hours 57 minutes at an average speed of 185 km/h at altitudes varying between sea level and 3,700 m (12,000 ft) before crash-landing near Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
Their aircraft, which was rebuilt by the Vickers Company is displayed in the London Science Museum in South Kensington, London.

1962 Sydney, New South Wales – A QANTAS Boeing 707 airliner named City of Sydney landed after the longest non-stop flight by an Australian commercial aircraft, having flown from Singapore in 9 hours 33 minutes. 

1969 Wiley Park, Sydney, New South Wales –  A fire partially destroyed the Roselands shopping centre, then the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.  The $2 million blaze was first noticed by police on road patrol in a helicopter.

9 June 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:

Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Included in this edition, the Supremes, Floyd Cramer, Johnny Mathis, Herb Alpert and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 785

Today’s photo: The Shop In The Bush, St Helens, north-east Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Lucky Starr – Good Morning Time (2024)
Gordon Lightfoot – Ghosts of Cape Horn (Last played December 2021)
Johnny Mathis – Crazy
Westlake & Guy with Tom Savage – Homeward Bound (2024)  ISRC AUN4Q 2400001
Daryl Somers – Night And Day
(Born this day 1891 in Peru, Indiana, U.S.A., Cole Porter, composer and songwriter whose works include musical comedies Kiss Me Kate, Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was A Lady, and Anything goes, as well as numerous songs such as Night And Day, I Get A Kick Out Of You, and I’ve Got You Under My Skin. Died 1964.)
Bob Britton & Lamplighters – I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

Hank Levine Orchestra – You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me
Les Paul – Nola (1950)
(Born this day 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Lester William Polsfuss, alias Les Paul, guitarist, songwriter and inventor. Les Paul pioneered the development of the solid-body Electric guitar which is used extensively in rock and roll. His early experiments with overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were amongst the first to attract widespread attention. Died 2009.)
Celia Bryce Band – Peacemaker (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 20:  Sue Thompson – Sad Movies Make Me Cry (Last played November 2017)
Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024) 
James Last Orchestra – Plaisir D’Amour)  (Last played March 2015)
(Died this day 2015 in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A., Hans Last, alias James Last, composer and Big Band leader, who has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. Aged 86.)


Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024)
By Request: Willie Nelson – Just Breathe
By Request: Baccara – Yes Sir I Can Boogie (Last played June 2022)
By Request: Beatles – Let It Be (1970) (Eighth time requested, Last played April 2022)
By Request: Frank Ifield – The Wayward Wind (1963)
Michael Junior – Edelweiss

Anne Murray – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
Bobby Goldsboro – Yesterday (Last played March 2018)
By Request: Doris Day – The Black Hills of Dakota (1953) (Last played April 2020)
Richie Love – Come Back (2024)
Verdelle Smith – Tar And Cement (1966)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1781  Wylam, Northumberland, England – George Stephenson, civil and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, thereby becoming known as the “Father of Railways”.  His railway gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches (1,435 mm) remains the world’s standard gauge. Died 1848.   

1930  Melbourne, Victoria – Terry Norris, Australian actor who appeared in many productions, including Bellbird, Cop Shop and The Last of the Australians.  He left his acting career for a 10-year stint in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 1982 and 1992.  Died 2023.

1934 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. – Jack Leroy Wilson, Jr. BKA Jackie Wilson, singer acclaimed as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history  Died 1984.

1936 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales – Peter Wherrett, motoring journalist and racing car driver, who hosted the ABC’s motoring programme Torque between 1973 and 1980.  Died 2009.

1949 County Down, Northern Ireland – Diane Craig, actress who has appeared in many Australian television productions, including Division Four, Cop Shop, The Young Doctors, The Henderson Kids, Home And Away. Turns 75.


DIED ON THIS DAY:

1961  Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria – Jeannie Gunn, novelist and teacher, otherwise known as  Mrs Aeneas Gunn, author of the 1908 novel  We of The Never Never, which told of her time living in the Northern Territory.  The book sold over 300,000 copies over 30 years, was translated into German, and by 1990 had sold over a million.  Aged 91.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1928 Brisbane, Queensland – Charles Kingsford-Smith completed the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.   He was accompanied by co-pilot Charles Ulm, navigator Harry Lyon and radio operator James Warner.

1945 London, England – The RAF announced the De Havilland Vampire jet fighter, the first powered by a single jet engine.  Capable of 800 k.p.h., the Vampire was the first jet aircraft to fly the Atlantic Ocean.  The Vampire remained in service with the RAAF until 1970, and with the  RAN until 1971.

1955 Hobart, Tasmania – The first diesel road rollers, intended to replace the large steam rollers used on road construction sites hitherto, arrived from England.   

1979 Sydney, New South Wales – The Ghost Train fun ride at Luna Park caught fire and resulted in seven deaths.  The cause of the fire was never determined.

ODD SPOTS – 1968:

Sandy Bay, Tasmania – A four year old boy emptied a glass of tomato juice into  the goldfish bowl and told his mother that he was making the fish take their vitamins “just like you make me.”

Naples, Italy – Master pianist Arthur Rubenstein was in the midst of a concert when a piano wire snapped .  Unperturbed, the elderly maestro rose from his seat, apologised for the interruption, leaned over the grand piano, fixed the wire, and resumed the concert to massive applause.

Southsea, England – Reverend David Churchman, an Anglican clergyman, delivered sermons once a month through a ventriloquist’s dummy. He said that “We have to think of new ways of communicating with the congregation.”

7 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 420

Today’s pic: Taken in the Shop In The Bush, about 10 km from St Helens in Tasmania’s north-east, during my recent break there.

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Watling & Bates – Love Was (2024)  ISRC AUHNE 2300005
Nnancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Peter Salata – That’s My Way Of Life (2024)
Dean Martin – Shutters And Boards (Last played February 2015)
[Born this day 1917, Steubenville, Ohio, USA, Dino Paul Crocetti, alias Dean Martin, actor, comedian and singer with many hit singles to his name, including Memories Are Made Of This, Volare, That’s Amore, and Everybody Loves Somebody. Died 1995.]
Foster & Allen – Gentle On My Mind (Last played August 2016)
Shadows – Dakota

Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – Lemon Tree
Jim Reeves – Mexicali Rose (Last played August 2021)
Matt Monro – Born Free (1966 – Southern Tasmania, No 8)
[Born this day 1931, Marylebone, London, England – Virginia McKenna, actress noted for her roles in A Town Like Alice in 1956; Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) and as Joy Adamson in Born Free (1966). Turns 93 today]
Warren Kearney – The Hill (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Cilla Black – You’re My World (1964 – Southern Tasmania, No 1)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy Thorpe & Aztecs – Poison Ivy (1964 – Southern Tasmania, No 2)
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Alouette

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Paul Hudnott – Mister Rainbow Man (2024)
Alan Caswell & Angus Gill – The Virus (2024) ISRC AUCJD2400005
Jax Tonic – My Radio  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Vaughan Monroe – Ballerina (1947)
Tom Jones – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings (1967 – Southern Tasmania, No 3. Last played August 2021)
Anne Fraser – Uncle John’s Guitar (2024)
Col Millington – Midnight Flyer

101 Strings Orchestra – Baby Love
Colin Buchanan – What I Love About Country (2024)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – You’re The One Who Tore Our Love Apart (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – Rich Man Poor Man (2024)
Annette & Kin – Try A Little Kindness (2024)  ISRC NZRI 11302883
Mister Walkie Talkie – Boogie Woogie Baby (1977)
Winifred Atwell – The Coronation Rag (1954)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Jason McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024)
Abby Grace – Me Myself and I (2024)
Peter Reeves – Beer O’Clock (2024) ISRC USCGJ 2465565
Roger Whittaker – Every Time Is Going To Be The Last Time (Last played July 2019)
Conway Twitty & Joni Lee – Don’t Cry Joni
Sonny Morgan – Learning How To Love Again (2024)
Leroy Anderson Orchestra – The Typewriter

Ray Davis & His Button Down Brass – A Swinging Safari
60 Year Diamond Classic: Brian Poole & Tremeloes – Someone Someone (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Al Martino – Tears And Roses (1964. First played August 2016, requested 7 times, last played June 2019.)
Ray Malcolm – With These Hands (2024)
Lynn Anderson – Snowbird
Brendan McMahon – When I See You Tonight (2024)
Jade Hurley – But I Do

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1906 Clydebank Scotland – The liner RMS Lusitania was launched and christened at the John Brown & Co Ltd, shipyard.  After being torpedoed by a German submarine 19 km off the coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915, she sank in eighteen minutes, with the loss of 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard. The sinking of this vessel resulted in America’s entry into World War 1.

1962 Bellerive, Tasmania – Plans for an American-style, ultra-modern, drive-in shopping centre were announced by the General Manager of an investing insurance company.  Estimated to cost £500,000, construction of the shopping centre, to be known as Rosny Regional, was scheduled to begin on 14 acres (5.6 HA) of land purchased from the Rosny Golf Club late the following year.  +

1968 Wellington, New Zealand – The New Zealand Government sent a protest to France over continuing French atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.

1991 Luzon, Philippines – Mt Pinatubo erupted, generating an ash column 7 kilometres high.  This was the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20^th century, after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, Alaska.