12 August 2023

12 August 2023

Part of this day has been spent putting the finishing touches to my next Music Marathon, which will be between 6 a.m. and Midday on Friday, September 1,
when I sit-in for Bruce Lamb during the Breakky programme, which precedes my own shift.

Bruce won’t be available to do his programme for a few weeks later this month, so Nigel Jones and I will cover his shifts on alternate weeks.

As usual, in the next edition and in future, I cover topics as varied as some of the roadworks you are likely to encounter on the roads; planets which can be seen at night;
the day in history; and as of last Friday a new one, Railway Roundup.

The latter is a brief run-down on train operations by hard-working volunteers in Heritage railways throughout the State.

But back to the present, and on Music Unlimited at 6 a.m., a few of the artists you will hear are the Everly Brothers, Bobby Vee, Paul Simon.

In the Comfort Zone, Patti Page;   in the Country Patch, Ferlin Husky;  and in Album Corner,  John Denver.

In Valley Sunrise from 7.00 through to 9.00, easy listening with listener requests after 8.00.  Please call me on 6261 2000 during the programme.

UPDATE – Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1:

The Long And Short Of It – Wake Me Up (2023)
Desi Egan – I Wanna Stay With You (2023)
Andy Martin – You Asked Me To (2023)
Esther van Kommer – Under The Moon (2023)
Karl Heinz Kaestel – The Last Waltz
Richard Clayderman – Till

Jade Hurley – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
George Shearing Quintet – Basic English (1952)
(George Shearing born this day in Battersea, London, England, 1919. Died 2011)
Dave “Baby” Cortez – The Happy Organ (1959)
(David Cortez Clowney aka Dave Cortez born this day in Detroit, Michigan USA. Turns 85)
Dan Fogelberg – Longer
(Dan Fogelberg born this day in Peoria, Illinois, USA. Died 2007)
Film 77 Orchestra and Singers – Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Acoustic Bloom – T L C (2023)
Foster & Allen – Scots Polka
Rob E G – Aloha Oe

Hour 2:

Renee & Renato – Volare
By Request: Michael Crawford – The Music Of The Night
By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One
Little Patti – Pushing A Good Thing Too Far (1965)
By Request: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics 1 (1981)

By Request: Chubby Checker – Let’s Twist Again (1961)
Victoria Eman – Mijn Pulau Ambon (2023)
Burt Bacharach & His Orchestra – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Bohemian Rogue – Coastal Groove (2023)
James Last Orchestra – American Patrol
Larissa Tormey – Thank God I’m A Country Girl (2018)

EVENTS THIS DAY

1868 Arica, Peru – An estimated 70,000 perished in a magnitude 8.5 earthquake and a resulting tsanami.
1930 Hobart – Radio station 7HO (now 7HO-FM) commenced regular transmission.
1940 London, England – The Battle of Britain began with Germany’s Luftwaffe attacking British air force bases and radar installations
1961 Berlin, Germany – East Germany closed the border with the West and blocked it with barbed wire.