4 April 2024

7 April 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 776

Photo: Mt Faulkner (taken earlier this week). (Photo: Yours Truly)

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Anne Murray – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Adrian Payne – Go Back (2024)
Slim Dusty – Sniff The Digger’s Dog
Burn Ives – Pearly Shells (1964)
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Popsicles and Icicles
(Born this day 1908 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Percy Faith, bandleader and composer, known for his arrangements of pop standards and credited with the “easy listening” format. Died 1976.)
Cliff Richard – The Day I Met Marie (1967)

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Penelope
Billie Holiday – East Of The Sun and West Of The Moon
(Born this day 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Eleanora Fagan, alia Billie Holiday, jazz singer and songwriter whose career started in 1933, and continued till her death in 1959.)
Colin Gordon-Farleigh & Sylkie Monoff – Lover’s Merry-Go-Round (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 10: Joe Dowell – Wooden Heart
Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Janis Ian – At Seventeen (1975)
(Born This day 1951 in New York, USA – Janis Eddy Fink, alias Janis Ian, singer, songwriter, and author. Turns 73.)


Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Tony Christie – Is This The Way To Amarillo (1971)
By Request: Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy
By Request: Andy Williams – Can’t Get Used To Losing You (1963)
By Request: Daniel O’Donnell – Any Dream Will Do
By Request: Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl
Noel Balfour – How Could You Love Me (2024)

European Show Band – Strangers In The Night
Sandy Summers – Run Today (2024)
Shaza Leigh – Safety In Their Arms (2024)
Gary Puckett & Union Gap – Woman Woman (1968)
Tremeloes – Suddenly You Love Me (1968)
Sisters In Song – Go Rose Go (2024)

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1960 – Hobart experienced the hottest April day for two years, with a maximum of 27 C and the most severe water restrictions in the city’s history till then.

1980 – The United States severed diplomatic relations with Iran and imposed economic sanctions following the taking of American hostages the previous November.

1989 – Barents Sea, off Norway – The Soviet nuclear submarine Komsomolets sank in water 1.7 km deep, with the loss of 42 crew.

2001- Mars Odyssey, a robotic spacecraft now orbiting Mars, was launched. It still holds the record for the longest surviving, continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth.

The playlist for Friday Morning Radio (5th April) appears below.

DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS THIS WEEKEND

We will be turning our clocks back an hour, affecting the times TYGA-FM programmes will be heard. For example, as from this Sunday,

From West Australia, Friday Morning Radio will start at 7 a.m.;
Music Unlimited at 4 a.m.;
Valley Sunrise at 5 a.m.

From the UK, Friday Morning Radio will start at midnight;
Music Unlimited at 9 p.m.;
Valley Sunrise at 10 p.m.

New Zealand will be the usual 2 hours ahead of us.

5 April 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 411

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Lance Birrell – Gone Gone Gone (2024)
Louise Morrissey – Just In Case (2024)
Rebel Hearts – Lullaby of London (2024)
Gale Storm – I Hear You Knocking (1955)
[Born this day 1922 in Bloomington, Texas USA – Josephine Cottle alias Gale Storm, actress and singer. Died 2009.]
Platters – One In A Million (1957)
[Born this day 1928 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA – Tony Williams, lead singer of the pioneering pop group, the Platters, from 1953 till 1960. Died 1992.]
Andy Williams – Unchained Melody

Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Theme From A Summer Place
Ray Conniff Orchestra & Singers – For The Good Times
Crispian St Peters – The Pied Piper (1966)
[Born this day 1939 in Swanley, Kent, England – Robin Smith alias Crispian St Peters, pop singer and songwriter. Died 2010.]
Anne Murray – Snowbird
Parker & Johnson – Worth A Shot (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Peter Paul & Mary – Tell It On A Mountain (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Little Patti – We’re Gonna Have A Party Tonight (1964)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Rosalind Clare – Back In Baby’s Arms (2024)
Mike Fallon – Get Out And Boogie (2024)
Heartland Roots Band – Faithless Life (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong (1955)
ABBA – Honey Honey (1974)
[Born this day 1950 in Jonkoping, Sweden – Agnetha Faltskog, recording artist who reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA. Turns 74.]
Allan Gumm – Just Thank Me (2024)
Dancing Ballroom Orchestra – Walking On A Sunday

101 Strings Orchestra – Quando Quando Quando
Mary Gantley – Face The Sun (2024)
Danny & Juniors – At The Hop (1957)
[Died this day 1983 in Quartzsite, Arizona, USA – Danny Rapp, pop musician with the group Danny & the Juniors, best known for their 1957 hit “At The Hop.” Aged 41.]
John Derosa – Hey Rock and Roll (2024)
Gene Pitney – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962 / 1968)
[Died this day 2006 in Cardiff, Wales – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter, musician and sound engineer, highly successful during the 1960s. Aged 66.]
Daniel O’Donnell – A White Sport Coat
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Harbour Lights

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Deb Mepham – Merry Model T (2024)
Jon Washington’s Fortunes – Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling (2024)
Beach Boys – Then I Kissed Her (1967)
Krista Fartek – Hallo Mama (2024)
Bee Gees – Words (1968)
Jim Reeves – A Railroad Bum (1962)

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Never On Sunday
60 Year Diamond Classic: Four Seasons – Stay (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Serendipity Singers – Don’t Let The Rain Come Down (1964)
Allan Caswell – Take Your Time (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – You Know It’s Time (2024)
Dianne Coombes – The Backsteps (2024)
Jason Owen – Needles And Pins

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

ALSO ON THIS DAY:

1900 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA – Born, Spencer Tracy, theatrical and film actor, ranked ninth on the list of the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. Died 1967.

1908 – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA – Born, Ruth Elizabeth Davis, alias Bette Davis, actress of film, television and theatre. Died 1989.

1912 – Bedford, Bedfordshire, England – Born, John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley, alias John Le Mesurier, actor famous for his role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the popular BBC comedy Dad’s Army. Died 1983.

1916 – La Jolla, California, USA – Born, Eldred Gregory Peck, alias Gregory Peck, movie star ranked twelfth on the list of the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. Died 2003.

1929 – Newent, Gloucestershire, England – Born, Robert George Meek, alias Joe Meek, record producer and songwriter. Died 1967.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1958 – Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada – Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to shipping which had caused 119 shipwrecks and scores of deaths, was destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear, controlled explosions of the time. The explosion displaced 635,000 tonnes of rock and eliminated the two peaks which rose to within a few metres of the surface.

1998 – Kobe, Japan – The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge, which crosses the Akashi Strait, opened for traffic. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world, with a length of 3,911 metres and a deck height of 65 metres, and took 10 years to build.