2 December 2023

Valley Sunrise, Edition 758, 3 December 2023

In this edition of Music Unlimited with Ian MacPhee, the Comfort Zone segment will feature Kathy Mattea, an American country singer who has had 30 singles on the Billboard Country charts since 1984. Several of her albums have gone gold and platinum.

During Music Unlimited, in the Country Patch, it’s Johnny Horton and Johnny Cash;  and in Album Corner, The Living Strings. Also, more music you can understand from artists such as Gordon Lightfoot and Engelbert Humperdinck.

I’m in the studio’s Blue Seat at 7.00 with great listening in Edition 758 of Valley Sunrise, including listener requests at 8.00.

My playlist includes Perry Como, the Geoff Love Singers, Warren Kearney and Tony Christie. At 7.45 (or thereabouts) I will be doing the next in the series of Top 20 Billboard tracks of 1960.

You can look back through past Valley Sunrise and Friday Morning Radio playlists on this blog; simply scroll down.

Today’s playlist:

Hour 1:

Frank Ifield – Take Good Care Of Her (1965)
Joy Adams – Mum And Santa Two Steppin’ Round The Christmas Tree (2023)
Perry Como – Glendora (1955)
Susan Blee – Always Remember Us This Way (2023)
Ferlin Husky – Second Hand Rose
Geoff Love Singers – Unforgettable

Warren Kearney – What’s Going On In Your World (2023)
Andy Cooney – These Are My Mountains (2023)
Irish Rovers – I’m A Rover
Billboard Top 20 of 1960 – No 12: Bobby Rydell – Wild One (1960)
Mantovani – The Carousel Waltz
John Sidney – Medley~Wunderbar~Wonderful Copenhagen

Hour 2:

Dancing Ballroom Orchestra – I Need Your Love
By Request: Willie Nelson – Old Friends
By Request: Bing Crosby – White Christmas (1943)
Tornados – The Scales of Justice
Tony Christie – Train To Yesterday
Al Cherny & Bill Mankiss – Medley~Irish Washerwoman~McNamara’s Band

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Always Something There To Remind Me
David Curtis – Christmas Day The First Day Of Forever (2023)
Terry Stafford – I’ll Touch A Star (1964)
Sandy Summers – Devil In Her Heart (2023)
Inge Augustina – Santa Babay (2022)
By Request: Connie Francis – Lipstick On Your Collar (1959)
Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Parakeet

Work will soon re-commence on redevelopment of the former New Norfolk Courthouse into TYGA-FM’s new studio (see header photo). A substantial amount of work has already been done, but there is much more “in the wings.”

The leaky roof was recently replaced, enabling the installation of air conditioning in the near future and the completion of our new studio suite. Further transmitter redevelopment is also pending, so 2024 promises to be an interesting year for us.

Have a great Sunday!

On This Day:

1950 – Taroona, Tasmania – The historic Shot Tower was opened as a tourist attraction.

1963 – The Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS ANZAC and the light-house supply ship Cape York rushed to the aid of a small group of Tasman Island residents who were battling a fierce fire on the rugged island’s only landing stage.

1963 – Glenorchy, Tasmania – Vandals were held responsible for a night-time explosion which wrecked a compressor in a quarry off Elliott Road. The explosion, which was heard as far away as Taroona, 40 kilometres distant, shattered windows in nearby houses and hurled debris hundreds of metres.