15 September 2023

15 September MUSIC MARATHON

During the first three hours, sitting in for Bruce Lamb, who is not currently available to do his usual Friday Breakky programme, so I accepted another six hour shift. Nigel Jones will be filling the 6 a.m. ~ 9 a.m. slot next week.

Hour 1 – 6 a.m. ~ 7 a.m.:

Reg Lindsay – Put Your Hand In The Hand (1971)
Janey & Carla Kirk – Teach Your Children
Bohemian Rogue – Too Old To Be A Rock Star (2023)
40 Year Backtrack: Elton John – I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues (1983)
Alice Benfer – If Teardrops Were Silver (1973)
Peter Ostroushko & Dakota Dave Hall – Beaumont Rag

Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – True Grit
Al Martino – Love Me Tender
Willie Nelson – Farther Down The Line
The Whythouse – Fly Away
Pussycat – If You Ever Come To Amsterdam (1978)
Sabrina Fallon – Waxies Dargle (2023)
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Bluebell Polka

Hour 2 – 7 a.m. ~ 8 a.m.:

Sherbet – Free The People (1971)
Air Supply – Every Woman In The World (1981)
Daryl Braithwaite – You’re My World
John O’Dea – Circle (2023)
40 Year Backtrack: Men Without Hats – Safety Dance (1983)
Bobby Vinton – Halfway To Paradise (1968)
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Theme From Upstairs Downstairs (1975)

Marti Webb – Anyone Can Fall In Love
Booker T & MGs – Soul Limbo (1968)
Lindsay Waddington, Chad Morgan, Terry Gordon & Allan Caswell – The Friends We Lost Too Soon (2023)
Daid craig – Drunken Sailor (2023)
Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind (1987)
Reels – According To My Heart (1980)
Victoria Eman – Kissing You In The Moonlight

Hour 3 – 8 a.m. ~ 9 a.m.:

Bob Luman – Let’s Think About Living (1960)
Clayton Saunders – Little Cinderella (2023)
Toni West – You’re My Answer (2023)
40 Year Backtrack: Bob Marley & Wailers – Buffalo Soldier (1983)
Graeme Clarke – My Year For Mexico (2017)
Abby Grace – Gold Is In The Muck (2023)

Ferrante & Teicher – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Anthony Baxter – Where Our Heart Lives (2023)
The Jazz Kings – Sing A Little Song
By Request: Chad Morgan – It’s All So Nice In The Nuthouse
Burl Ives – You Are My Sunshine
Glenn Levi – Here’s To Her (2023)
Norma O’Hara Murphy – Drifting Down The Darling (2023)

Hour 4 – 9 a.m. ~ 10 a.m.:

Boney M – Hooray Hooray It’s A Holi Holi-Day (1979)
By Request: Sabrina Fallon – Mississippi
Gene McDaniels – Chip Chip (1962)
50 Year Gold: Bobby Boris Pickett & Crypt Kicker Five – The Monster Mash (1973 – First release, 1962)
50 Year Gold: Donny Osmond – Young Love (1973)
Rudy Darling, Bill Hinckley, Bob Douglas – Medley~Boys of Blue Hill~Harvest Home (2023)

Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Blue Tomorrow
Margaret Whiting – I Could Write A Book
(Born this day 1890, Agatha Christie, author. Died 1976)
Brian Henderson – What Is A Square (1966)
(Born this day, 1931, Dunedin, New Zealand, Brian Henderson, television personality, presenter of Bandstand, and
television newsreader with TCN 9 Sydney, January 1957 ~ November 2002. Died 2021.)
By Request: Marty Robbins – Return To Me
Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – Moonlight Shadow (1983)
(Born this day 1956, Glasgow, Scotland, Maggie Reilly, singer. Turns 67)
60 Year Diamond: De Kroo Brothers – Scarlet (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Helen Shapiro – No Trespassing (1963)
Bill Goodall – Wheels (2023)

Hour 5 – 10 a.m. ~ 11 a.m.:

Inge Augustina – Lambada (2023)
Lindsay Waddington – Kakadu (2022)
Vanessa Bourne – I Wanna Be Loved Like That (2023)
Joy Adams – She’s Got You (2023)
50 Year Gold: Michael Crawford – Any Dream Will Do (1973)
(From the-then No 1 Album, Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat)
50 Year Gold: Tony Orlando & Dawn – Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (1973)

Joe Loss & His Orchestra – El Bandolero
George Baker Selection – Cindy (1971)
Doris Day – Fly Me To The Moon
Will Glahe & His Orchestra – Schlutenliesel Polka
60 Year Diamond: Teresa Brewer – Second Hand Rose (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Beatles – She Loves You (1963)
Ron Christopher – Ti Amare Siempre Mi Amor

Hour 6 – 11 a.m. ~ 12 p.m.

Roger Whittaker – Calypso
Burt Bacharach & His Orchestra – Trains and Boats and Planes
(Died this day 1859, Westminster, England, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, aged 53. See * below)
(Died this day 1978, Munich, Germany, Willy Messerschmitt, aged 80. See + below.)
Yara Beeks – Hold Me (2023)
Mike Perjanic – A Country Practice Theme
(Died this day 2001, Mosman, Sydney, N.S.W., June Salter, actress, known for her role in A Country Practice.)
(Died this day 2013, Taren Point, N.S.W., Joyce Jacobs, actress, known for her role in A Country Practice.)
50 Year Gold: Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There (1973)
50 Year Gold: Neil Diamond – the Last Thing On My Mind (1973)

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Ob La Di Ob La Da
60 Year Diamond: Johnny Mathis – Every Step Of The Day (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Julie London – I’m Coming Back (1963)
Bette Midler – Memories Of You
Graeme Connors – Tropicali
Seekers – Someday Oneday (1966)

* Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil engineer and genius, famed for designing bridges and railway tunnels, most of which are still used by today’s high speed trains.
He also designed the unique 7-foot gauge Great Western Railway (later converted to 4ft 8½in) and the first propeller-driven steamship.

+ Willy Messerschmitt, Designer of the Messerschmitt BF 109 fighter aircraft. Over 35,000 were built, making them the most-produced aircraft in history.