23 November 2024
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 444, 22 November 2024
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, and On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/
Today’s Photo: The former hotel in Parattah, in the Tasmanian midlands, which was for many decades, a vital refreshment stop for train passengers travelling between Hobart and Launceston, and vice-versa. Now a private residence, I believe it still appears much the same, today.
Taken 1979, Yours Truly
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Michelle Murphy – Moon In The Water | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 20/9/2024 | TCAIM 2477545 |
| Past Request 2020: Bay City Rollers – I Only Want To Be With You | 1976 | 1 | 4 | 8/10/2023 | |
| Paul Jupe – Let’s Go Dancing | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| By Request: Skyhooks – Blue Jeans | 1976 | 1 | 14 | 21/7/2023 | |
| Dennis Marsh – The Mirror | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Abby Grace – Once Upon A Time | 2024 | 1 | 0 | CADXG 2024080 | |
| Backtrack: Jason Owen – Always On My Mind | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 25/10/2019 | |
| James Last & His Orchestra – Medley | 1 | 1 | 11/10/2020 | ||
| Ray Conniff Singers – Memories Are Made Of This | 1 | 7 | 3/9/2021 | ||
| BORN this day 1899, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. – Hoagland Howard Carmichael, alias Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader. Some of his best-known compositions are Stardust, The Nearness of You, Heart And Soul, and Georgia On My Mind. He died in 1981. | |||||
| Al Martino – Georgia On My Mind | 1 | 5 | 4/5/2018 | ||
| Renee & Renato – Only You | 1 | 2 | 22/8/2014 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Manfred Mann – Sha La La | 1964 | 1 | 3 | 24/11/2017 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Heinz – The Beating Of My Heart | 1964 | 1 | 4 | 1/2/2015 | |
| By Request: Mills Brothers – Cab Driver | 1968 | 1 | 1 | 2/1/2022 | |
| Kerr Donnelly Band – Rockin’ Into Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Hammerschlag – Take Me To A Country Town | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3/11/2024 | |
| Toni West – It’s Not The Same | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 10/11/2024 | UKBBL 2400009 |
| They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Gene Chandler – The Duke of Earl | 1961 | 2 | 3 | 8/9/2024 | |
| Chris Guenther – Long And Bitter Chill | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 11/10/2024 | QMAAK 2430346 |
| Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Centralia | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 30/4/2021 | |
| Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Petite Fleur | 2 | 1 | 18/10/2019 | ||
| Warwick & Young – Since I Saw You There | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BORN this day 1941, Hollis, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Terry Stafford, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 hit Suspicion. Died 1996. | |||||
| Terry Stafford – A Step Or Two Behind You | 1964 | 2 | 1 | 18/1/2019 | |
| Past Request 2020: Bee Gees – Spicks And Specks | 1966 | 2 | 5 | 22/12/2023 | |
| Peggy Gilchrist – Call of Kakadu | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Red Moore & Michael Gibson Orchestra – A Little Boy Called Smiley | 1956 | 2 | 4 | 29/12/2023 | |
| Melanie Gills – The Last 100 Miles | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Past Request 2015: Beach Boys – California Girls | 1965 | 3 | 9 | 14/8/2022 | |
| Brenda Lynn Allen – Live Your Dreams | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 17/11/2024 | QZS7J 2404200 |
| Nina La Vida – Phantom Der Nacht | 2024 | 3 | 0 | DEZ92 2401817 | |
| DIED this day 1943, New York, U.S.A. – Lorenz Hart, lyricist of the Broadway songwriting duo, Rodgers & Hart. Some of his best known compositions include Mountain Greenery, My Funny Valentine, This Can’t Be Love and Blue Moon. Aged 48. | |||||
| Rod Stewart – Blue Moon | 3 | 2 | 16/2/2024 | ||
| Roseann Sureda – Hanging On For Love | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Morton Gould & His Orchestras – Brazil | 3 | 0 | |||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Marianne Faithfull – As Tears Go By | 1964 | 3 | 5 | 16/11/2014 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Dinah Lee – Reet Petite | 1964 | 3 | 7 | 2/2/2016 | |
| ON this day 1963, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. – John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated during a motorcade through the city. Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson subsequently succeeded to the Presidency. | |||||
| Connie Francis – In The Summer Of His Years | 1963 | 3 | 5 | 9/2/2024 | |
| Owen Smith – Auburn Sun | 2024 | 3 | 0 | AUM0A 2300004 | |
22 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:
ALSO BORN THIS DAY:
1898 Van Zandy County, Texas, U.S.A. – Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. Died 1935.
1932 New York, U.S.A. – Robert Vaughn, actor of stage, film and television, perhaps best known as the suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s drama The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Died 2016.
DIED THIS DAY:
1954 Sydney, New South Wales – Henry Van de Sluice, alias Roy Rene, radio pioneer who, as Mo McCackey, was one of the best known Australian radio comedians of the 20th century. Aged 63.
1980 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Mary Jane West, alias Mae West, actress, playwright and sex symbol whose career spanned 70 years, She first appeared in vaudeville and later became an actress and comedienne. Her first role on Broadway was in a self-penned play titled Sex, which was slated by critics, although tickets sold well. The theatre was raided and the entire cast arrested. Aged 87.
EVENT:
1946 A revolutionary new pen, capable of writing 20,000 words without refilling or smudging, went on sale. The Biro was the invention of Hungarian journalist, Ladislas Biro. It combined a rotating ball point with a tiny tube which held the ink. Biro had previously fled to Argentina to escape Nazi rule, and had sold his invention two years previously to his English backer, H G Martin.
Thanks so much Ray for including “It’s Not The Same” on your 22nd November show 🎵🤩🎧🤩🎶 xx