18 August 2024

Today’s Photo – Mt Wellington, taken 22 July 2010 from Austins Ferry by Yours Truly.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST
Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

You can contact Ian at [email protected]

Valley Sunrise Edition 795
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Kevin Sullivan – On The Run (2024)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 9-8-2024)
Don Allen – Suzanne (2024)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 2-8-2024)
Sarah Riches – Finally Free (2024)  (Debut)
By Request: Barbra Streisand – Memory    (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 8-11-2020, Requested)
James Walker Orchestra & Chorus – The Peanut Vendor  (Debut)
Shadows – Bombay Duck (1969)  (Previous plays – 5; Last Played 11-9-2020)

Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – The Very Thought Of You  (Debut)
Johnny Preston – Cradle of Love (1960) (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 18-8-2023)
Born this day 1939 in Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.A. – Johnny Preston, pop singer whose early 1960s hits include Running Bear and Cradle of Love. Died 2011.
Brian Hyland – Poor Little Fool (1960)   (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 17-4-2015)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 10:  Shirelles – Soldier Boy  (Previous plays – 10; Last Played 21-3-2021)
Demis Roussos – Someday Somewhere  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 1-5-2016) 
Searchers – Love Potion Number 9 (1964)  (Previous plays – 13; Last Played 10-5-2024)
Died this day 2003 in Nottingham, England – Tony Jackson, lead singer and bass player for the Merseybeat group, The Searchers. Aged 63.
Peter Salata – The Wallaby Hotel (2024) (Debut)

Hour 2

Isla Grant – A Dream Come True  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 26-10-2018)
By Request: Jim Reeves – Waltzing On Top Of The World (1964)  (Previous plays – 7; Last Played 2-8-2024; Requested 5 x)
By Request: ABBA – Mamma Mia (1975)   (Previous plays – 18; Last Played 14-4-2024; Requested 10 x)
By Request: Slim Whitman – Cara Mia     (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 20-9-2015)
Will Glahe & His Orchestra – Schlutenliesel Polka   (Previous plays – 5; Last Played 15-9-2023)
Bridget Pross – Black Is The Colour (2024)  (Debut)

Oscar Volk Orchestra – The Bird Catcher  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 26-9-2014)
Moody Blues – A Winter’s Tale  (Debut)
Col Elliott – Only A Moment In Time (2024)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 2-8-2024) 
Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (1967)   (Previous plays – 12; Last Played 18-8-2023)
Died this day 2012 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Scott McKenzie, singer remembered for his No 1 hit, San Francisco. Aged 73.
Jimmy Little – Australia Down Under (1974)  (Previous plays – 11; Last Played 24-1-2020))
Muriel O’Connor, Fran Curry, Brendan Grace – My Elusive Dreams (2024)    (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 16-8-2024)

ON THIS DAY:

1903 Hanover, Germany – Engineer Karl Jatho made a 60 metre flight in a self-made, motored aeroplane 1 month before the first flight of the Wright Brothers.  This has never been officially recognised, as it wasn’t legally certified for more than 30 years.

1917 Thessaloniki, Greece – A massive fire destroyed 32% of the city and left 70,000 homeless.

1964 Hobart, Tasmania – The floating Hobart bridge was dismantled and towed to a mooring in Geilston Bay, following the opening to traffic of the Tasman Bridge.  The British ship Galway became the first vessel to motor through the navigation span of the Tasman Bridge 

1966 Near Long Tan, Vietnam – 108 Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought a pitched battle against over 2,000 Viet Cong troops in a rubber plantation for four hours, in torrential rain. Eighteen Australians lost their lives and 24 were wounded.  After the battle the bodies of 245 enemy soldiers were found, and there was evidence that many more had been carried away.

DIED 1977 King William’s Town, South Africa – World attention was focussed on South Africa’s apartheid policies after activist Steve Biko died of injuries sustained whilst in custody after being arrested at a roadblock.

VIGILANT – A series of odd events carried by The Mercury newspaper, decades ago:

1956 – A joke misfired on a B B C radio announcer, who was reading a news bulletin on a short-wave service. Describing a meeting in Cyprus (a trouble spot of the day) between Lord Radcliffe and the Mayor of Nicosia, the announcer said that “no politics were discussed at the meeting.”
The announcer probably forgot to press the cut-out button before he added, “In other words, it was a dead loss.”

1960 – An enthusiastic New Norfolk car salesman climbed into the boot of a new model car, to prove it was larger than that of another popular make. The lid closed. Then it was discovered that the key, which was required to open the boot lid – from the outside – was still in his pocket.

1968 – A young person driving along Sandy Bay Road was doing the right thing, having his passenger wearing a seat belt. The passenger was a skeleton.