9 June 2024
9 June 2024
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.
Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Included in this edition, the Supremes, Floyd Cramer, Johnny Mathis, Herb Alpert and much more.
Valley Sunrise Edition 785
Today’s photo: The Shop In The Bush, St Helens, north-east Tasmania.
Today’s Playlist:
Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:
Lucky Starr – Good Morning Time (2024)
Gordon Lightfoot – Ghosts of Cape Horn (Last played December 2021)
Johnny Mathis – Crazy
Westlake & Guy with Tom Savage – Homeward Bound (2024) ISRC AUN4Q 2400001
Daryl Somers – Night And Day
(Born this day 1891 in Peru, Indiana, U.S.A., Cole Porter, composer and songwriter whose works include musical comedies Kiss Me Kate, Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was A Lady, and Anything goes, as well as numerous songs such as Night And Day, I Get A Kick Out Of You, and I’ve Got You Under My Skin. Died 1964.)
Bob Britton & Lamplighters – I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire
Hank Levine Orchestra – You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me
Les Paul – Nola (1950)
(Born this day 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Lester William Polsfuss, alias Les Paul, guitarist, songwriter and inventor. Les Paul pioneered the development of the solid-body Electric guitar which is used extensively in rock and roll. His early experiments with overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were amongst the first to attract widespread attention. Died 2009.)
Celia Bryce Band – Peacemaker (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 20: Sue Thompson – Sad Movies Make Me Cry (Last played November 2017)
Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024)
James Last Orchestra – Plaisir D’Amour) (Last played March 2015)
(Died this day 2015 in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A., Hans Last, alias James Last, composer and Big Band leader, who has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. Aged 86.)
Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:
Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024)
By Request: Willie Nelson – Just Breathe
By Request: Baccara – Yes Sir I Can Boogie (Last played June 2022)
By Request: Beatles – Let It Be (1970) (Eighth time requested, Last played April 2022)
By Request: Frank Ifield – The Wayward Wind (1963)
Michael Junior – Edelweiss
Anne Murray – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
Bobby Goldsboro – Yesterday (Last played March 2018)
By Request: Doris Day – The Black Hills of Dakota (1953) (Last played April 2020)
Richie Love – Come Back (2024)
Verdelle Smith – Tar And Cement (1966)
BORN ON THIS DAY:
1781 Wylam, Northumberland, England – George Stephenson, civil and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, thereby becoming known as the “Father of Railways”. His railway gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches (1,435 mm) remains the world’s standard gauge. Died 1848.
1930 Melbourne, Victoria – Terry Norris, Australian actor who appeared in many productions, including Bellbird, Cop Shop and The Last of the Australians. He left his acting career for a 10-year stint in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 1982 and 1992. Died 2023.
1934 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. – Jack Leroy Wilson, Jr. BKA Jackie Wilson, singer acclaimed as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history Died 1984.
1936 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales – Peter Wherrett, motoring journalist and racing car driver, who hosted the ABC’s motoring programme Torque between 1973 and 1980. Died 2009.
1949 County Down, Northern Ireland – Diane Craig, actress who has appeared in many Australian television productions, including Division Four, Cop Shop, The Young Doctors, The Henderson Kids, Home And Away. Turns 75.
DIED ON THIS DAY:
1961 Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria – Jeannie Gunn, novelist and teacher, otherwise known as Mrs Aeneas Gunn, author of the 1908 novel We of The Never Never, which told of her time living in the Northern Territory. The book sold over 300,000 copies over 30 years, was translated into German, and by 1990 had sold over a million. Aged 91.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY:
1928 Brisbane, Queensland – Charles Kingsford-Smith completed the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross. He was accompanied by co-pilot Charles Ulm, navigator Harry Lyon and radio operator James Warner.
1945 London, England – The RAF announced the De Havilland Vampire jet fighter, the first powered by a single jet engine. Capable of 800 k.p.h., the Vampire was the first jet aircraft to fly the Atlantic Ocean. The Vampire remained in service with the RAAF until 1970, and with the RAN until 1971.
1955 Hobart, Tasmania – The first diesel road rollers, intended to replace the large steam rollers used on road construction sites hitherto, arrived from England.
1979 Sydney, New South Wales – The Ghost Train fun ride at Luna Park caught fire and resulted in seven deaths. The cause of the fire was never determined.
ODD SPOTS – 1968:
Sandy Bay, Tasmania – A four year old boy emptied a glass of tomato juice into the goldfish bowl and told his mother that he was making the fish take their vitamins “just like you make me.”
Naples, Italy – Master pianist Arthur Rubenstein was in the midst of a concert when a piano wire snapped . Unperturbed, the elderly maestro rose from his seat, apologised for the interruption, leaned over the grand piano, fixed the wire, and resumed the concert to massive applause.
Southsea, England – Reverend David Churchman, an Anglican clergyman, delivered sermons once a month through a ventriloquist’s dummy. He said that “We have to think of new ways of communicating with the congregation.”