18 November 2023

Music Unlimited and Valley Sunrise, Edition 756, 19 November 2023

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On TYGA-FM 98.9, Music Unlimited with Ian MacPhee at 6 a.m.

Some of the artists in this edition are Olivia Newton-John, Roger Whittaker, Andre Rieu, Paul Mauriat, the Everly Brothers, amongst many more.

To contact Ian directly, you can e-mail him at [email protected]

If that’s a little difficult to read, it’s music unlimited with ian (but omit the spaces).

Ian would LOVE to hear from his Australian audience direct, and I know his executive producer, Paul Meagher keenly shares that interest.

At 7 a.m., I’m in the TYGA-FM Blue Seat with Valley Sunrise, with great listening on the playlist, through to 9 a.m., including listener requests.

In relation to requests – please, no carols or music celebrating Christmas, BEFORE December.

Today’s Valley Sunrise playlist…

Hour 1:

Seekers – The Circle of Love (1997)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Mum And Santa Two-Steppin’ Round Our Christmas Tree (2023)
Bobby Mackey – Anita You’re Dreaming (2023)
Sandy Summers – Devil In Her Heart (2023)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra – I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (1935)
(Born this day 1905 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania USA, Thomas Dorsey Jr, alias Tommy Dorsey, jazz trombonist trumpeter and bandleader of the Big Band era, known as “the Sentimental Gentleman of Swing”. Died 1956.)
Bobby Russell – Go Chase Your Rainbow
(Died this day 1992 in Nicholasville, Kentucky USA, Bobby Russell, songwriter who penned many hit songs, including Little Green Apples, Honey, The Joker Went Wild, and 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero, which he recorded. Aged 52.)

Bebo Valdez & His Orchestra – Habana
Mel Tillis – I Can’t Stop Loving You
(Died this day 2017 in Ocala, Florida, USA, Mel Tillis, award-winning country singer and songwriter. Aged 85.)
Ainslie Allen – Don’t Wanna Be Lonely (2023)
Billboard Top 20 of 1960 – No 10: Chubby Checker – The Twist
Clint Beattie – Girls On The Avenue (1998)
Mario Como & Kay Webb Orchestra – Sweet Fruit

Hour 2:

Craig Lloyd – I Call Australia Home (2023)
By Request: Kenny Rogers – Through The Years
By Request: Vera Lynn – The White Cliffs of Dover
By Request: Johnny Horton – Whispering Pines
By Request: Brothers Four: Greenfields

Warren Kearney – What’s Going On In Your World
By Request: George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
By Request: ABBA – The Winner Takes It All
Shelley Fabares – Big Star (1963)
Norma O’Hara Murphy – Kosciusko (2023)

INADVERTENTLY OMITTED FROM TODAY’S EDITION, THE “ON THIS DAY” SEGMENT

So, here it is. On This Day in……..

1941 – In the Indian Ocean, off West Australia: The battle took place between HMAS Sydney and the German cruise Kormoran. This resulted in the destruction of both vessels, the loss of all 645 crew aboard HMAS Sydney and 81 of the 399 crew of the Kormoran. The locations of both wrecks were a mystery until 2008, when they were discovered 2,560 metres below the surface.

1963 – Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: The Director of Posts and Telegraphs (Mr Gilson) said that transmissions from the ABC radio station 7ZR in Hobart were causing interference with another station in New Zealand, which used the same frequency. Modifications were to be made to the 7ZR transmitter to reduce the strength of the signal radiated in the direction of New Zealand.

1965 – Bellerive, Tasmania: A crowd of over 5,000 flocked to the new Rosny Regional Shopping Centre (now much enlarged and known as Eastlands) upon it’s opening. Police had their biggest traffic headache for many years, with vehicles being directed to park in a nearby paddock.

1969 – Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean landed on the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) becoming the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

A Pair of Lost Australians….

Employees at a veterinary clinic in Essex, England, were skeptical when a neighbour told them that two ostriches were wandering in the area.

The manager, Nicola Watson, said they looked around, but saw none.

But the next day, the two birds, which were identified as Australian emus – not ostriches – were found in the clinic’s car park.

The owner of the emus was traced and they were returned.