12 January 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 816
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/
Today’s pic: Rugged Western Tasmania. Frenchman’s Cap, the peak at the centre-right of the horizon, is a long-distance landmark. Photo: Yours Truly
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Neil Diamond – I’m A Believer | 1967 | 1 | 7 | 10/1/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Benny Hill – Ernie | 1971-2 | 1 | 7 | 21/1/2024 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Sherbet – Free The People | 1971-2 | 1 | 1 | 15/9/2023 | |
| By Request Today: Cilla Black – You’re My World | 1964 | 1 | 11 | 7/6/2024 | |
| Clint Bradley – Soul Of The West | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
| Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
| Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra – One | 1 | 3 | 21/1/2018 | ||
| By Request Today: Easybeats – Friday On My Mind | 1966 | 1 | 15 | 29/12/2024 | |
| Sandy Rasmussen – Take These Chains From My Heart | 2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Past Request 2014 ~ 2015 Rein Vallinga – Delilah | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| By Request Today: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Telstar | 1 | 1 | 4/9/2016 | ||
| Past Request 2015 ~ 2018 Crystal Gayle – River Road | 1 | 9 | 16/3/2018 | ||
| Charting this day 1972 Mom & Dads – The Ranger’s Waltz | 1971-2 | 1 | 8 | 29/12/2023 | |
| Craig Woodward – Be Brave | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
| Glenn Yarborough – Love Came A’Tricklin’ Down | 1965 | 2 | 2 | 11/8/2023 | |
| BORN 1930 Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S.A. – Glenn Yarborough, folk singer and the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963. He has also had a successful solo career. Died 2016. | |||||
| Backtrack: Emma Jene – Higher Than The Clouds | 2016 | 2 | 7 | 19/1/2018 | |
| Terry Bennetts – Backing In The Van | 2024 | 2 | 5 | 10/1/2025 | |
| Past Request 2017 ~ 2019 Daniel O’Donnell – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore | 2 | 19 | 17/3/2023 | ||
| Charting this day 1974 Charley Pride – Wings Of A Dove | 1971-2 | 2 | 15 | 11/2/2022 | |
| Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – The Peanut Vendor | 2 | 1 | 28/12/2012 | ||
| Des O’Connor – Red Roses For A Blue Lady | 2 | 8 | 27/1/2023 | ||
| BORN 1932 Stepney, East London, England – Desmond Bernard O’Connor BKA Des O’Connor, broadcaster and singer, who has recorded thirty six albums and has had four top ten singles. Died 2020. | |||||
| Past Request 2015 ~ 2020 Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat Song | 1957 | 2 | 12 | 1/3/2024 | |
| Audra Watt – The Good Of It | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | |
| Anthony Baxter – Christmas Day At Hanging Rock | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | |
| Gloria Estefan – I’m Not Giving You Up | 2 | 0 | |||
| ABC Showband – Weekend Magazine | 2 | 2 | 5/1/2025 | ||
| Kevin Sullivan – The Piano Player | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | AUVW1 2400006 |
| Past Request 2013 ~ 2016 Elvis Presley – The Green Green Grass of Home | 1975 | 3 | 8 | 15/9/2019 | |
| Marty Robbins – Melba From Melbourne | 3 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | ||
| By Request Today: Tony Christie – Train To Yesterday | 3 | 3 | 10/1/2025 | ||
| Carmel Charlton – Heartwood | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 10/1/2025 | AUOUL 2400001 |
| Long John Baldry – Let The Heartaches Begin | 1968 | 3 | 5 | 12/1/2024 | |
| BORN 1941 East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England – John William Baldry alias Long John Baldry on account of his height of 2.01m, blues singer and actor who sang with many British musicians, including Rod Stewart and Elton John. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where Let The Heartaches Begin which reached No. 1 in 1967. Died 2005. | |||||
| Simon May Orchestra – Holiday Suite | 3 | 5 | 9/7/2021 | ||
| Andy Williams – Seasons In The Sun | 3 | 0 | |||
| Kamahl – Guantanamera | 3 | 1 | 4/10/2019 | ||
| Backtrack: Geoff Williams – Across The Ditch | 2024 | 3 | 6 | 20/10/2024 | |
| Shaun Connery & The Sounds – Walking Talking Dolly | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 10/1/2025 | |
12 JANUARY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1934 Perth West Australia – The temperature rose to 43.4 C during the hottest January day for 37 years. Exactly 44 years later, in 1978, the city had it’s hottest day then on record, at 44.7 C. That, in turn was exceeded on 23 February 1991, when a maximum of 46.7 C was recorded.
1950 London, England – 64 crewmen perished when the submarine Truculent collided with a Swedish oil tanker in the Thames Estuary and sank
1955 South Australia – Many homes were destroyed by major bushfires near Adelaide, including the vice-regal summer house in Marble Hill.
1965 Wanda Beach, Sydney, New South Wales – A double homicide occurred in which two 15-year-old girls, Christine Sharrock and Marriane Schmidt, were murdered. This case has never been solved despite an unprecedented £10,000 reward.