8 March 2024

8 March 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 407

Header photo: Air New Zealand/WAMOS flight 173, daily Auckland to Perth W A overflying the Derwent Valley at 38,000 feet.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Warren Kearney – The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (2023)
Gary R Farmer & Che Orton – Limited Time Only (2024)
Abby Grace – Get Over That Thang (2024)
Monkees- I’m A Believer (1966)
(Born this day 1945 in Los Angeles, California USA, George Michael Dolenz, alias Micky Dolenz, member of The Monkees. Turns 79.)
Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love (1966)
Rob Breese – My People (2024)

Ferrante & Teicher – Quiet Village
Vic Damone & Nelson Riddle Orchestra – Desafinado
Little Peggy March – I Will Follow Him (1963)
(Born this day 1948 in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA, Margaret Annemarie Battavio, alias Little Peggy March, who, at the age of 14, became the youngest female artist to have a No 1 hit on Billboard. Turns 76.)
Champs – Limbo Rock (1962)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dean & Jean – Hey Dean Hey Jean (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Gene Pitney – Who Needs It (1964)
101 Strings – Stop In The Name Of Love
Ali Mills – Waltjim Bat Matilda

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Christine Bauer – Call Me (2024)
Alan Gumm – Whiskey Under The Bridge (2024)
Blue Shamrocks – You Packed Away Your Records (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney – Zing A Little Zong (1952)
Mary Gantley – Face The Sun (2024)
Bob Marshall – Bessy’s Song (2024)

Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Summer Has Gone
Simon Gallaher – I Need To Know Right Now
Adam Faith – Walking Tall (1963)
(Died this day 2003 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, Terence Nelhams-Wright, alias Adam Faith, pop singer and teen idol. Aged 62.)
Boney M – Night Flight To Venus
Cliff Richard & Shadows – Don’t Talk To Him (1963)
John Inman – Are You Being Served
(Died this day 2007 in Paddington, London, England, John Inman, actor best known for his role as Mr Humphries in the sit-com Are You Being Served. Aged 71)
Hank Locklin – Please Help Me I’m Falling
(Died this day 2009 in Brewton, Alabama, USA, Hank Locklin, country singer and songwriter. Aged 61.)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00)

Rosalind Clare – Back In Baby’s Arms (2024)
Kevin Sullivan – Three Ways (2024)
Gail Barnard – Ride (2024)
Jean Stafford & Smokey Dawson – I’ll Paint You A Song
Michael Lusk – I Really Loved You (2024)
Ray Malcolm – With These Hands (2024)

Jazz Kings – Georgia On My Mind (2023)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kevin Shegog – Saginaw Michigan (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Rip Chords – Hey Little Cobra (1964)
Randie O’Neil – Olivia (2024)
Caillin Joe – Hard Times Come Again No More (2024)
Al Cherny & Bill Mankiss – Bird Dance

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ALSO ON THIS DAY:

Born – 1943 in Marylebone, London, England, Lynn Redgrave, stage and screen actress. Died 2010, aged 67.
Born – 1981 in Aberdeen, Scotland, Laura Main, actress best known for her role as nurse Shelagh Turner in the BBC drama Call The Midwife. Turns 43.

Died – 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Billy Eckstine, singer and Bandleader of the swing era, aged 78.
Died – 1994 in Sydney, New South Wales, John Ewart, actor of stage, radio and television, aged 66.
Died – 2014 in Sydney, New South Wales, Wendy Hughes, actress of stage and screen, aged 61.

1979 – Philips demonstrated the Compact Disc for the first time. CD prototypes were developed by Philips and Sony in the late 1970s and the two companies collaborated to standardise the design.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a Boeing 777 carrying 269 people, disappeared over the Indian Ocean, after making an unauthorised diversion westward during the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.