24 August 2024
Friday, 23 August 2024
Friday Morning Radio Edition 431
Three hours of music, Indies and memories, not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/
Today’s photo: Heidelburg, Germany. Photo courtesy of Karin, a regular on-line listener from Perth, W.A.
Today’s Playlist:
Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):
Steve Sparrow – Now And Forever (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
Bohemian Rogue – Love Does Funny Things (2024) (Previous plays – 2 )
Don Joy & Melanie Lynn – I Know What I Said (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
Cufflinks – Tracey (1969) (Previous plays – 9. Last played 2022)
Daniel O’Donnell – Little Arrows (Previous plays – 3)
Backtrack: Abbie C W – Different Desire (2021) (Previous plays – 4. Last played 2021 )
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – All Creatures Great And Small Theme (Previous plays – 1. Last played 2023 )
Roger Whittaker – Love Lasts Forever (Previous plays – 2. Last played 2020)
Seekers – What Have They Done To The Rain (Previous plays – 5. Last played 2023)
Born this day 1900 in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – Malvina Milder alias Malvina Reynolds, folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, known for compositions such as Little Boxes (a hit for Pete Seeger); What Have They Done To The Rain and Morningtown Ride (a hit for the Seekers in 1965. Died 1978.
Bob Crosby & the Bob Cats – Georgy Girl (Previous plays – 2. Last played 2022 )
Born this day 1913 in Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. – George Crosby, alias Bob Crosby, Dixieland bandleader and vocalist. Died 1993.
60 Year Diamond Classic: John D Loudermilk – The Wife (1964) (Previous plays – 3. Last played 2018)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Elvis Presley – Such A Night (1964) (Previous plays – 5. Last played 2020)
Andy Martin – Mirrors Don’t Lie (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
Alisha Smith –
Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):
Jax Tonic – My Radio (2024) (Previous plays – 2 )
Kevin Sullivan & Bill Chambers – High Country Snows (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
Greg Champion & Anne Fraser – Ororroo Waltz (2024) (Debut )
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Burl Ives – Goober Peas (1952) (Previous plays – 3)
By Request: Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline (2024) (Previous plays – 13. Previously requested 11 x )
Watling & Bates – Grandfather’s Watch (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
David Rose Orchestra – Holiday For Strings (Previous plays – 3. Last played 2014)
Abby Grace – Look At The World (2024) (Debut )
Backtrack: Vanessa Delaine – Forever And A Day (20) (Previous plays – 8. Last played 2021 )
By Request: Pussycat – Mississippi (1976) (Previous plays 33. Requested 28 x)
Rick Springfield – Speak To The Sky (1971) (Previous plays – 1. Last played 2016)
Backtrack: Lene Lie – You Promised Me Roses (2021) (Previous plays – 4. Last played 2021)
Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):
Walk Don’t Run – Saturday Night In Nashville (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
Charlie Adams – Fire Glow (2024) (Debut)
Ted Graves – Mansion Tumble Down (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
Shadows – Wonderful Land (1963) (Previous plays – 9)
By Request: Jim Reeves – Not Until The Next Time (Previous plays – 1)
By Request: Smokie – Mexican Girl (Debut )
Percy Faith Orchestra – The Entertainer (Previous plays – 2. Last played 2020 )
60 Year Diamond Classic: Searchers – Someday We’re Gonna Love Again (1964) (Previous plays – 2. Last played 2015)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – I Should Have Known Better (1964) (Previous plays – 8. Last played 2020)
Ami Leigh – And I Wonder (2024) (Previous plays – 1)
Glenn Levi – All Good Things Must Have An End (2024) (Debut )
* Diamond Classics were on Top 40 charts around Australia on this day, 60 years ago (1964).
BORN ON THIS DAY
1900 – San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – Malvina Milder alias Malvina Reynolds, folk/blues singer songwriter and political activist. Died 1978.
1912 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. – Eugene Curran Kelly alias Gene Kelly, dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer, who was a major exponent of 20th century filmed dance. Died 1996.
1913 Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. – George Robert Crosby, alias Bob Crosby, Dixieland bandleader and vocalist, best known for his group Bob Crosby and the Bob-Cats. Died 1993.
1946 Wembley, London, England – Keith Moon, musician, best known as the drummer of English rock group The Who. Turns 78.
1949 Corfu, Greece – Vassiliki Papathanasiou alias Vicky Leandros, Greek politician and singer who achieved worldwide fame after winning the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Apres Toi (representing Luxembourg). Turns 75
1949 Sydney, New South Wales – Richard Lewis Springthorpe BKA Rick Springfield, singer-songwriter, musician and actor. As a musician, he is known for the 1981 # 1 single Jessie’s Girl, and as an actor he portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital. Turns 75