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30 August 2023

1 September 2023 (Amended with today’s playlist)

Today, starting at 6 a.m., my second Music Marathon, as I sat-in for Bruce Lamb (our regular Friday Breakky presenter) and continued through my
regular shift to Midday!

The music line-up planned, included newies from indie artists, memories and easy listening. There were also regular weather updates, roadworks,
The Day in History, Sky High, Railway Round-up and celebrity birthdays.

Only on TYGA-FM 98.9 in the beautiful Derwent Valley, on-line at

www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1:


Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
Victoria Eman – 21st Century Mamas (2023)
Ray Malcolm – California Blue (2023)
50 Year Gold: Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn (1973)
50 Year Gold: Johnny Chester – The World’s Greatest Mum (1973)
Kamahl – Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Bobbi Martin – For The Love Of Him (1970)
Boz Scaggs – Georgia (1976)
Chris “Boots” Lee – This Is Australia (2023)
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Love Will Keep Us Together
60 Year Diamond: Elvis Presley – Devil In Disguise (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Helen Shapiro – Not Responsible (1963)
By Request: James Blunt – You’re Beautiful


Hour 2:


Dave Crimmen – Come On (2023)
Smith Sisters & Sunday Drivers – Pennies On The Ground (2023)
Col Elliott – It’s A Feeling (2023)
Bohemian Rogue – Too Old To Be A Rock Star (2023)
50 Year Gold: Tony Orlando & Dawn – Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (1973)
50 Year Gold: Max Bygraves – Any Dream Will Do (1973)
Sherl Cederburg – Nebraska Wind (2022)

Tom O’Sullivan – I’ll Be There (2023)
Australian National Concert Orchestra – Dance With Me
Bill Justis – Tamoure (1963)
Cec Peterson – Bring Me Home (2023)
Jon Davis – I Don’t Really Mind (2023)
60 Year Diamond: Jan & Dean – Surf City (1963 & 1968)
60 Year Diamond: New Christy Minstrels – Green Green (1963)

Hour 3:


Shaun Cuddy – I’m Your Man (2023)
Larissa Tormey & Dave Sheriff – You Only Want Me For My Money (2023)
Ben Walker – I Won’t Forget (2023)
50 Year Gold: Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors (1973)
50 Year Gold: Jud Strunk – Daisy A Day (1973)
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Bush Tracker (1968)

Juli Tapken & Justin Peters – Hopin’ It’s Snowin’ (2022)
60 Year Diamond: Alan Sherman – Hello Muddah Hello Faddah (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Al Martino – Painted Tainted Rose (1963)
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – The Sting
Graham Gould – Got To Find Me (2023)
James Last Orchestra – America
Gene Pitney – It Hurts To Be In Love (1964)


Hour 4:


Inge Augustina – Lambada (2023)
Mac Davis – Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me (1972)
Chelsea Evans – She’s In Love With The Boy (2023)
50 Year Gold: Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (1973)
50 Year Gold: Tom T Hall – Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine (1973)
By Request: Dolly Parton – Jolene

Warren Kearney – The Road Beneath My Wheels (2023)
Conway Twitty – 15 Years Ago (1970)
(Conway Twitty born this day 1933 as Harold Lloyd Jenkins in Friars Point, Mississippi, USA. Died 1993.)
Diane Ray – Please Don’t Talk To The Lifeguard (1963)
(Diane Ray born this day 1942 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. Died 2020)
Bee Gees – Massachusetts (1967)
(Barry Gibb born this day 1946 in Douglas, Isle of Man, turns 77)
Gloria Estefan – Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1994)
(Gloria Estefan born this day 1957 in Havana, Cuba, turns 66)
60 Year Diamond: Trini Lopez – If I Had A Hammer (1963)
Peter Kraus – Mexicanische Serenade


Hour 5:


The Long And Short Of It – Wake Me Up (2023)
Christine Clifford – Walking On The Blind Side Of Life (2023)
Mark Anthony Ensemble – For You (2023)
Janey Kirk – Island of Dreams
50 Year Gold: Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There (1973)
50 Year Gold: Ormsby Brothers – You Don’t Know Me (1973)

Seekers – The Last Thing On My Mind (1968)
Highwaymen – Cotton Fields (1961)
Slim Dusty – Big Moon
60 Year Diamond: Cliff Richard – Lucky Lips (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Rob E G – 55 Days At Peking (1963)
Jade Hurley – Shake Rattle and Roll
Kevin Herbert & Dusty Trail Ramblers – Dance To The Big Brass Band (1977)


Hour 6:


Rae Leigh – Faith In Us (2023)
Dionne Warwick – Reach Out For Me (1964)
Gene Pitney – 24 Hours From Tulsa (1963 & 1972)
(Hal David, lyricist, died this day 2012 in Los Angeles, California USA, aged 91)
Weavers – Sixteen Tons (1955)
(Fred Hellerman, last surviving original member of the Weavers, died this day 2016 in Weston Connecticut, USA, aged 91)
50 Year Gold: Perry Como – And I Love You So (1973)
Noel Flynn – One Day at A Time (2023)

Kevin Farrell – Rhinestone Cowboy (2022)
60 Year Diamond: Steve & Eydie – I Want To Stay Here (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Gerry & Pacemakers – How Do You Do It (1963)
Ray Parker Jr – A Woman Needs Love (1981)
David Cassidy – I Think I Love You (1970)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics 1 (1981)
Andre Rieu – I Have A Dream