16 August 2024
Friday Morning Radio Edition 430
Three hours of beaut easy listening, with music, Indies and memories, not heard on mainstream radio.
TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/
Today’s photo: Spree River, Berlin, Germany. Photo courtesy of Karin, a regular listener.
Today’s Playlist:
Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):
Jason McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024) (Previous plays – 4. Last played 23-6-2024 )
Kevin Sullivan – Against The Tide (2024) (Previous plays – 4. Last played 2-8-2024 )
Fireside Singers – Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes (Debut)
Eydie Gorme – Melodie D’Amour (Previous plays – 1. Last played 16-8-2020)
Born this day 1931 in The Bronx, New York, U.S.A., Edith Gormezano, alias Eydie Gorme, pop singer of the 1950s and 60s, who performed solo, as well as with her husband, Steve Lawrence. Died 2013.
Backtrack: Colin Harney – Ring Of Fire (Previous plays – 4. Last played 16-6-2023 )
Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything (Previous plays – 1. Last played 15-5-2022 Requested 1 x )
The Mexicans – The Winds of Barcelona (Previous plays – 11. Last played 4-8-2024 )
Owen Smith – A House On The River Bend (2024) (Debut)
Madonna – Angel (Debut)
Born this day 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, U.S.A. – Madonna Louise Ciccone, alias Madonna, recording artist, actress and entrepreneur who has sold over 300 million records worldwide. (Turns 66)
Ol’ 55 – Lana (Previous plays – 3. Last played 8-9-2023 )
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy J Kramer & Dakotas – From A Window (1964) (Previous plays – 9. Last played 12-8-2022)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Connie Francis – Looking For Love (1964) (Previous plays – 10 Last played 5-11-2021)
Backtrack: Andy Penkow – Wildflowers (2020) (Previous plays – 4. Last played 1-1-2023 )
Olympic Standard Orchestra – That’s Amore (Debut)
Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):
Acknowledging the 47th anniversary of the passing of Elvis Presley
Derek Buckham – Elvis The Kid With The Heart Of Gold (2024) (Released Today – Debut )
Elvis Presley – I’m Yours (1965) (Previous plays – 2. Last played 1-12-2017 )
Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto (1969) (Previous plays – 9. Last played 4-8-2023 Requested 1 x )
Muriel O’Connor, Fran Curry, Brendan Grace – My Elusive Dreams (2024) (Debut)
Richie Love – Come Back (2024) (Previous plays – 1. Last played 9-6-2024 )
Cathy Dobson – Sundowner Drive (2024) (Previous plays – 1. Last played 31-5-2024)
Marcia Hines – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (1976) (Previous plays – 6. Last played 31-7-2022 Requested 1 x )
Frank Mills Orchestra – On The Move (Debut )
Jan Holland – Melody In F (Debut )
Backtrack: Adam James – Blame It On The Weather (2017) (Previous plays – 4. Last played 6-1-2023 )
Joy Adams – You’re A Long Time Dead (2024) (Debut)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Stan Freberg – The Yellow Rose of Texas (1955) (Previous plays – 3. Last played 7-8-2016 Requested 1 x )
Trevor Loughrey – Forever And A Day (2024) (Debut)
Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):
Caoimhe Murney – Hillbilly Girl (2024) (Previous plays – 1. Last played 26-7-2024)
Vernon Huskey – Forty Eight Hours (2024) (Debut)
Abby Grace – Look At The World (2024) (Debut)
Ben Reel – Let The Road Rise (2024) (Debut)
Warren Kearney – Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair (2024) (Previous plays – 3. Last played 26-7-2024 Requested 1 x)
Backtrack: Show Pony Express – Make A Wish Come True (2018) (Previous plays – 3. Last played 10-8-2018 )
Percy Faith Orchestra – Sunrise Sunset (Previous plays – 1. Last played 2-8-2024 )
60 Year Diamond Classic: New Christy Minstrels – Today (1964) (Previous plays – 5. Last played 2-11-2018)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Roger Miller – Dang Me (1964) (Previous plays – 4. Last played 7-5-2017 Requested 1 x)
Gary R Farmer – Listen To The Rhythm Of The Falling Rain (2024) (Previous plays – 1. Last played 5-7-2024 )
Perry Como – Weave Me The Sunshine (1974) (Previous plays – 3. Last played 17-6-2022 )
Slim Dusty – The Pub With No Beer (Original Hit Version 1958) (Previous plays – 12. Last played 24-3-2023 Requested 2 x )
Slim Dusty – The Answer To The Pub with No Beer (1958) (Previous plays – 10. Last played 24-3-2023)
* Diamond Classics were on Top 40 charts around Australia on this day, 60 years ago (1964).
ON THIS DAY
1858 Foilhommerum Bay, Valentia Island, Ireland – England’s Queen Victoria sent the first official telegram over the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable to U.S. President James Buchanan, at Heart’s Content, Newfoundland. Declining signal quality forced the service to close a few weeks later and the cable was subsequently destroyed when excessive voltage was applied in an effort to improve signal strength. A replacement cable was opened in July 1866.
1942 W W 2 – The two-man crew of a U.S. naval blimp disappeared without trace near the Farallon Islands, in the Pacific Ocean 50 km from San Francisco, whilst on an anti-submarine patrol. After the crew reported an oil slick, the blimp was seen drifting, and it eventually crash-landed in the San Francisco suburb of Daly City.
The gondola door was found open, but the crew’s parachutes were still on board and nobody on nearby ships saw anyone fall or jump from the craft. There was no evidence as to what became of the men, whose bodies were never found, and their disappearance remains a mystery.
1960 Seaforth, New South Wales – Three children found the body of kidnap victim, 8 year old Graeme Thorne, concealed in rocky undergrowth on vacant land. Graeme had been abducted on July 7th, and held to ransom after his father won a substantial prize in a lottery.
A massive police investigation, using pioneering forensic techniques, culminated in the arrest in Colombo, Ceylon, of a Hungarian immigrant to Australia, Istvan Baranyay, alias Stephen Bradley,.
Baranyay, who was aboard a ship bound for Britain with his own wife and three children, was extradited to Sydney and sentenced to life imprisonment in Goulburn gaol, where he died in 1968.
1960 New Mexico, U.S.A. – Joseph Kittinger parachuted from a balloon at an altitude of 102,800 feet (31,330 m), and set three records which stood for 52 years:
Highest-altitude jump, longest free-fall at 4 minutes 36 seconds, and at 988 km/h, the highest speed attained by a human without an aircraft, until they were all broken in 2012 by Felix Baumgartner.