26 May 2024

26 May 2024

I’m back after a few days’ R n R in fabulous St Helens, in Tasmania’s north-east. Great weather, great people, great food.

Thanks to Nigel Jones for sitting in for me on Friday morning, when I’m normally on air.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:
Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Valley Sunrise Edition 783

Today’s photo: Fishing vessels tied up at St Helens.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Foster & Allen – Memories Are Made Of This
Richard Mulligan – Coat Of Many Colours (2021)
Desert Mulga Band – Karnta Nyuntu (2021)
Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby (1975)
Peggy Lee with Mel Torme & Mellomen – The Old Master Painter (1950)
(Peggy Lee – Born this day 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S.A. as Norma Deloris Egstrom. She was a jazz and pop singer, songwriter and actress, whose career spanned nearly 70 years. Died 2002.)
Edward Woodward – Smile

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Alouette
Miles Davis – Time After Time
(Miles Davis – Born this day 1926 in Alton, Illinois, U.S.A. He was a trumpeter, band leader and composer one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Died 1991)
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 18: Connie Francis – Where The Boys Are
Bunky Christiansen – Silver Wings (2013)
Cumberland River Project – In Line (2024)

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

ABBA – Put On Your White Sombrero (1980)
By Request: Beatles – In My Life (1965)
By Request: Johnny Horton – When It’s Springtime In Alaska (1961)
By Request: Shirley Bassey – I (1964)
By Request: Shirley Thoms – Just A Boy I Used To Know

Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Tangerine
Andy Williams – Be Mine Tonight
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You (2024)
Winifred Atwell – Coronation Rag
Graeme Connors – Pacifica
Steve Sparrow – Now And Forever (2024)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1886 Seredzius, Lithuania – Asa Yoelson alias Al Jolson, singer, comedian and actor who, in his heyday, was dubbed “The World’s Greatest Entertainer”. (Died 1950)

1904  Wigan, England – George Formby, singer and comedian, popular star of stage and screen, remembered for playing the banjo ukelele and as a singer of light, comical songs. (Died 1961)

1906  Bhamo, Burma – John Dease, Australian actor, radio presenter and quizmaster of the 1940s and 50s best remembered for the radio programme The Quiz Kids, the format of which involved a panel of Sydney childen aged between 11 and 15 who answered questions sent in by listeners around Australia.    (Died 1979)

1907 Winterset, Iowa, U.S.A. – Marion Mitchell Morrison BKA John Wayne, Academy-Award winning American film actor, director and producer. (Died 1979)

1908 Semley, Wiltshire, England – Robert Morley, actor often cast in supporting roles, as a pompous English gentleman representing The Establishment. (Died 1992)

DIED ON THIS DAY:

2005 Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Eddie Albert, actor who appeared in many movies and television series, including the 1960s television sitcom Green Acres and the soapie Falcon Crest. (Aged 99)

2018  Houston, Texas, U.S.A. – Alan Bean, fourth man to set foot on the moon and Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969. He completed two moon walks and assisted crewmates Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad with lunar surface experiments, and with the installation of the first nuclear power generator station on the moon.  (Aged 86)

2020  Tony Scannell, actor best known for his role as DS Ted Roach in the long-running police drama The Bill  (Aged 74)

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1940 Dunkirk, France – Allied forces began a massive evacuation of over 338,000 soldiers during a pause in an overpowering attack by the German Army. Over 40,000 men were taken prisoner, or left to find their own way back to England, via Spain.

1969 Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.

1970 The Soviet Tupolev TU-144 became the first commercial plane to exceed Mach 2, or double the speed of sound.  This aircraft cruised at 16,000 metres (or 52,000 feet) at a speed of 2,000 km/h (or Mach 1.6).
A total of 16 Tupolev TU-144s were built, but they were only used for 55 passenger flights, before being used for 47 cargo flights until 1983. A major problem was the interior noise level, which was high enough to make conversation between passengers impossible.
Only two of these aircraft survive, both as museum exhibits in Zhukovski, near Moscow.