20 December 2024
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 448,
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: The King River, from the West Coast Wilderness Railway near Strahan, Western Tasmania. Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Ron Christopher – Forever 1956 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | QZWKY 2400272 | |
| Past Request 2016 – 2018: Brandon McPhee – The Six Twenty Two Step | 1 | 5 | 27/9/2024 | ||
| Liz Clarke – The Little Drummer Boy | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 15/12/2024 | |
| By Request Today: Merle Haggard – Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star | 1 | 1 | 6/7/2014 | ||
| Kris Cummins – Edge of Town | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Howie Brothers – Dunedoo | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 15/12/2024 | |
| James Last & His Orchestra – Medley~ | 1 | 4 | 6/9/2024 | ||
| Past Request 2024: Brothers Four – Green Fields | 1960 | 1 | 6 | 3/3/2024 | |
| Backtrack: Amber Lawrence – Aussie Aussie Christmas | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 13/12/2019 | |
| * Bobby Darin – Multiplication | 1960 | 1 | 2 | 14/5/2021 | |
| Backtrack: Rob Breese – Aussie Christmas Day | 2020 | 1 | 8 | 24/12/2021 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Dusty Springfield – Losing You | 1964 | 1 | 4 | 20/1/2023 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Hermans Hermits – Show Me Girl | 1964 | 1 | 7 | 19/6/2020 | |
| Glenn Levi – The Magic of Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | USl4R 2492416 |
| Becky Hobbs – Those Baldwin Sisters | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Clayton Saunders – Merry Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 15/12/2024 | |
| They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Coasters – Along Came Jones | 1959 | 2 | 2 | 31/5/2019 | |
| ** Hank Snow – Cross The Brazos At Waco | 2 | 0 | |||
| By Request Today: Foster & Allen – Rose Of My Heart | 2 | 30 | 10/11/2024 | ||
| Craig Giles – I Can’t Believe It’s Christmas | 2017 | 2 | 9 | 24/12/2021 | |
| Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – The First Noel~O Tannenbaum | 2 | 11 | 25/12/2022 | ||
| Trevor Loughrey – I’d Really Love To See You Tonight | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1/12/2024 | |
| ***Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – Yesterday’s Gone | 1964 | 0 | |||
| Lindsay Waddington – A Magical Christmas | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 22/12/2023 | |
| Downtown Mystic – Better Day | 2024 | 2 | 0 | USBAE 2497886 | |
| Seamus Fitzsimmons – Christmas Jive | 2022 | 2 | 1 | 30/12/2022 | |
| Brian Cadd – A Loving Man | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | AUPEL 1700043 |
| Past Request 2023-2024: Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue | 1959 | 3 | 11 | 19/4/2024 | |
| Noel Briody – The Next Time I’m In Town | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | IEWBS 2400001 |
| Roger Whittaker – Good King Wenceslas | 3 | 1 | 23/12/2022 | ||
| The Drongos – Jingle Bells | 3 | 4 | 15/12/2023 | ||
| Backtrack: Warren Kearney – Silent Night~Away In A Manger | 2022 | 3 | 5 | 25/12/2022 | |
| Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Um Um Um Um Um | 3 | 2 | 9/10/2020 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Nat King Cole – You’re Crying On My Shoulder | 1964 | 3 | 4 | 21/7/2017 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Johnny Tillotson – She Understands Me | 1964 | 3 | 9 | 9/10/2020 | |
| Petula Clark – Once In Royal David City | 3 | 5 | 4/12/2022 | ||
| Victoria Eman – Beautiful | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 1/12/2024 | NLJ9A 2400002 |
| Donna Cunningham – Pretty Paper | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Shand & His Band – Bluebell Polka | 3 | 10 | 15/9/2023 | ||
| Debra Thomas – Especially On Christmas Eve | 2021 | 4 | 23/12/2022 |
20 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:
DIED THIS DAY:
* 1973 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Walden Robert Cassotto, alias Bobby Darin, singer, songwriter, and actor , who performed in a range of music genres. His career started as a songwriter for Connie Francis, but he later recorded his first million-seller Splish Splash in 1958. Later, Dream Lover, Mack The Knife, and Beyond The Sea brought him world fame. Died from complications due to heart surgery, Los Angeles, California, Aged 37
** 1999 Madison, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Hank Snow, Canadian country singer who during a 50 year career charted over 70 singles on the Billboard charts and recorded 140 albums between 1950 and 1980. (Heart failure, age 85)
*** 2020 Hailey, Idaho, U.S.A. – David Stuart Chadwick alias Chad Stuart, part of the 1960s folk rock duo, Chad & Jeremy. (Aged 79)
BORN THIS DAY:
1894 Jeparit Victoria – Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister, having occupied the position for a total of 18 years, 5 months and 12 days, and the foundation leader of the Liberal Party. Died 1978.
1952 Somerset, England – Jennifer Agutter, actress best known for her role as Sister Julienne in the BBC drama series Call The Midwife. Turns 72.
EVENTS
1951 Hobart, Tasmania – Internal fittings of the historic Theatre Royal were removed and sold as part of a refurbishment.
1957 Sydney, New South Wales – Seven deaths occurred, and 70 people were treated for heat exhaustion during a heat wave, in which the city recorded a maximum of 42 C. This was Sydney’s hottest day since January 1939, and the city’s third hottest day then on record.
1984 Near the town of Todmorden in England – One of the largest underground fires in transportation history occurred inside the Summit railway tunnel, after a train of tanker waggons loaded with over a million litres of petrol derailed. At the height of the fire, pillars of flame 45 metres high rose from ventilation shafts above. There were no injuries or deaths.