31 January 2025
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 454
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: Moonrise over the Derwent Valley, 31 January 2018.
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Caroline J Harte – If This Ain’t Love | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 19/1/2025 | TCAJB 2406935 |
| Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 24/1/2025 | QMFME 2483340 |
| Andrew Shipp – Still My Number One | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 31/1/2025 | AUM3N 2400001 |
| Past Request: Merle Haggard – Silver Wings | 1 | 8 | 1/5/2020 | ||
| Past Request: Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls | 1975 | 1 | 9 | 4/6/2021 | |
| Backtrack: Warren Kearney & Peggie Nora – We Don’t Talk Anymore | 2021 | 1 | 11 | 22/3/2024 | |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Scotland The Bravo | 1 | 0 | |||
| Doris Day – High Hopes | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 24/1/2025 | USY3E 2400250 |
| Backtrack: Sandy Rasmussen – Queen of Hearts | 2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965: Canadian Sweethearts – Blowing In The Wind | 1965 | 1 | 2 | 10/4/2020 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965: Val Doonican – Walk Tall | 1965 | 1 | 9 | 7/11/2021 | |
| Eric Diamond – All Of Me | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 24/1/2025 | |
| Paul Hudnott – On The Prowl | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 24/1/2025 | |
| Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine | 2 | 10 | 21/7/2024 | ||
| They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Russ Conway – Side Saddle | 1959 | 2 | 8 | 16/9/2018 | |
| Giants of Latin – Sometimes | 2 | 0 | |||
| Backtrack: The English Rain – Need Your Love Tonight | 2022 | 2 | 4 | 17/4/2022 | |
| Alfred Hause & His Orchestra – Popcorn | 2 | 0 | |||
| By Request Today: Dean Martin – I Walk The Line | 2 | 4 | 2/8/2019 | ||
| Caroline Loberto – Don’t Say Love | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 19/1/2025 | |
| The Charlesys – She’s Away | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 24/1/2015 | CALVP 2454180 |
| Clint Bradley – Soul of the West | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 12/1/2025 | |
| Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 19/1/2025 | |
| Annette & Kim – Try A Little Kindness | 2 | 2 | 7/6/2024 | ||
| Chad Morgan – The Farmyard Yodel | 2 | 2 | 30/12/2018 | ||
| Johnny Gregory Orchestra & Chorus – Happy Days Are Here Again | 3 | 0 | |||
| By Request Today: Chad Morgan – The Tough Cane Cutter From The Isis | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dave Caley – Too Good To Be Forgot | 2024 | 3 | 0 | US9BH 2400033 | |
| John Michael Ferrari – Are You Ready For Love | 2024 | 3 | 0 | TCAAW1129204 | |
| Horst Jankowski – A Walk In Bavaria | 3 | 0 | |||
| Carmel Charlton – Heartwood | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 24/1/2025 | AUOUL 2400001 |
| Waikikis – Hawaii Tattoo | 3 | 5 | 1/10/2021 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 P J Proby – Somewhere | 1965 | 3 | 16 | 6/10/2024 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Gerry & Pacemakers – I’ll Be There | 1965 | 3 | 10 | 7/1/2024 | |
| Julie Healy – My Lovely Glenamaddy | 2019 | 3 | 6 | 10/4/2020 | |
| John Gilheaney – The Photos On The Wall | 2025 | 3 | 0 | TCAJD 2584152 | |
| Teresa Brewer – Second Hand Rose | 1963 | 3 | 14 | 5/12/2023 | |
| Orchestral Sounds – Fool On The Hill | 3 | 2 | 17/9/2021 |
31 JANUARY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS:
1918 A series of collisions amongst Royal Navy ships on a misty Scottish night, known as the Battle of May Island, led to the loss of over a hundred lives and two submarines, plus damage to another five warships, all of which were on their way to fleet exercises in the North Sea.
Details of the incident, the subsequent investigation and court martial were kept secret, with much of the information not released until the 1990s.
1942 Darwin, Northern Territory – W W 2 – A QANTAS flying boat was shot down by a Japanese aircraft, with the loss of 31 lives.
1953 A combination of a high spring tide, a severe storm and a tidal surge of the North Sea breached sea defences and caused extensive flooding in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and resulted in 1,835 deaths.
1957 Burnie, Tasmania – Hundreds of people in Burnie saw television for the first time during the evening, when a radio retailer placed a television receiver in his shop window. The receiver, which was tuned to a Melbourne channel, gave near perfect reception.
1958 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, was launched into orbit. It returned scientific data until May 23rd, 1958, when its batteries died. Explorer 1 orbited the Earth more than 58,000 times over the following 12 years and ultimately re-entered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean on March 31, 1970.
1961 Launceston, Tasmania – A fire tore through a timber yard in the eastern suburbs, destroying two sawmills and joinery, plumbing and tinsmithing workshops. Damage was estimated at £60,000.
1984 Sydney, New South Wales – After being cornered by police during a bank hold-up, a gunman took 10 hostages, and escaped by car. A car and helicopter chase ended when the gunman was trapped by the raising of the Spit Bridge. The gunman wounded two police officers before being fatally shot by police.
2003 Near Waterfall, New South Wales – A Tangara intercity electric train derailed whilst travelling at excessive speed, resulting in the deaths of 6 passengers. An inquiry determined that the driver had previously succumbed to a coronary.