29 March 2024
Easter Day 31 March 2024
Valley Sunrise Edition 775
Photo: Locomotive C 22 with vintage carriages, Tasmanian Transport Museum, Tasmania, Australia. (Photo: Yours Truly)
Today’s Playlist:
Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:
Daniel O’Donnell – A Country Boy Like Me
Mike Wilkinson – The Old Ways Of Livin’ (2024)
Carter Kilgore – Ring of Fire
Tammy Lynn – Born Too Late (2024)
Lefty Frizzell – Saginaw Michigan
(Born this day 1928 in Corsicana, Texas, USA – William Orville Frizzell, alias Lefty Frizzell, country singer and songwriter. Died 1975.)
Tony Christie – Blue Bayou
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Adelita
John D Loudermilk – The Language Of Love (1961)
(Born this day 1934 in Durham, North Carolina, USA – John D Loudermilk, 1960s singer and songwriter. Died 2016.)
Anne Murray – There Goes My Everything
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 9: Dee Clarke – Raindrops
Tres Chic – The Boxer (2024)
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – The Lonely Bull (1962)
(Born This day 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA – Herb Alpert, trumpeter, band leader and recording industry executive. Turns 89.)
Kevin Sullivan – Three Ways (2024)
Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:
Dean Perrett – Close To Home (2023)
By Request: Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love
By Request: Bobby Goldsboro – Molly (1963)
By Request: Lonnie Lee – Starlight Starbright (1960)
By Request: Congregation – Softly Whispering I Love You
By Request: Elvis Presley – Way Down
Olympic Standard Orchestra – Papillon
Vanessa Bourne – No One Holds A Candle To You (2024)
Carrie Romero – Eyes In The Back Of My Heart (2024)
Racey – Runaround Sue
Kenny Rogers – Rueben James (1969)
Waikikis – A Little Bit Of Heaven
29 March 2024
Friday Morning Radio Edition 410
Today’s Playlist:
Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):
Alan Gumm – Whiskey Under The Bridge (2024)
Anne Fraser – Beneath Australian Stars (2024)
Tony Christie – Mexico City
Astrid Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema (1964)
[Born this day 1940 in Bahia, Brazil – Astrud Weinert, alias Astrid Gilberto, singer famed for her samba and bossa nova music. Died 2023.]
Bill Anderson – I Love You Drops
Les Brown & His Band of Renown with Jo Ann Greer – Autumn Leaves
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Thanks For The Memory
Seekers – Someday Oneday (1965)
Dusty Springfield – You’ve Got A Friend
Eden Kane – Well I Ask You
[Born this day 1941 in Delhi, India – Richard Sarstedt alias Eden Kane, teen idol and pop singer of the early 1960s. Turns 84.]
Joe Moore – Kenny (2023)
The Welsh Whisperer – H M R C Let Me Be (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – All My Loving (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Judy Stone – Four Million Three Thousand Two Hundred And Twenty One Tears From Now (1964)
Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):
Cilla Black – Surround Yourself With Sorrow (1968)
Andy Williams – Up Up And Away
Elisabeth Grey – Don’t Stop The Dancing (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Guy Mitchell – My Truly Fair (1951)
Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Rob Breese – My People (2024)
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me
Dean Martin – Every Minute Every Hour (1964)
Vangelis – Chariots Of Fire (1981)
[Born this day 1943 in Volos, Greece – Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, alias Vangelis. Died 2022.]
Petula Clark – This Is My Song (1967)
Billy Thorpe – Most People I Know Think I’m Crazy (1972)
Allie Jean – Pretty On The Outside (2024)
James Last & His Orchestra – High Life In The Sun
Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):
Tony Clarke – Good Morning Mr Morning (2024)
Felicia De-Ramus-Paul – Invitation To The Blues (2024)
Roger Tibbs – Bandy The Rodeo Clown (2024)
Pussycat – Smile (1977)
Bill Goodall – Love Is Blue (2023)
Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Memories (From Cats)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dusty Springfield – Stay Awhile (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy J Kramer – Little Children (1964)
Rosalind Clare – Faded Love (2024)
Ridge Banks – One Note At A Time (2024)
Jazz Kings – Rocking Gold (2023)
The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.
ALSO ON THIS DAY:
1932 – Sydney, New South Wales – Born, Patricia Lawman, alias Toni Lamond, singer, actress, dancer and comedienne who has been performing since the age of 10. She has starred in numerous Australian television programmes. Turns 92.
1965 – Hobart, Tasmania – The Tasman Bridge was officially opened.
1972 – Berlin, Germany – West Berliners were permitted to enter the walled-off eastern half of the city for the first time in 20 years.
1973 – Ho Chi Minh City (then Saigon) South Vietnam – The last U.S. combat soldiers left the city, following the end of the Vietnam War.
1974 – America’s Mariner 10 became the first space probe to fly past the planet Mercury and return close-up photographs.
1974 – Xian, China – Workmen and archaeologists uncovered a series of pits containing over 8,000 life-size, terra-cotta figures, depicting soldiers, chariots and horses. Considered to be one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, some of the figures, known as the Terra-Cotta Army, can be visited by foreign travellers.