I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/ for great music you won’t hear locally on mainstream radio. Included today, chartbuster hits from this month in 1970.
– Today’s photo: Wineglass Bay, Eastern Tasmania
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Today’s Playlist:
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Gary Anderson – That’s What I Love About Us
2025
06:06
0
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Charting this day 1970 Shocking Blue – Venus
1970
06:12
2
17/8/2018
Charting this day 1970 Blue Mink – Melting Pot
1970
06:15
1
4/12/2015
Vicky Leandros – When Bouzoukis Played
1973
06:20
1
6/4/2012
Tony Christie – Release Me
06:24
0
By Request Today: P J Proby – Somewhere
06:28
17
31/1/2025
Anthony Ventura & His Orchestra – La Paloma
06:33
0
Anne Murray – Flying On Your Own
06:38
0
Backtrack: Richard Mulligan – The Green Green Grass of Home
06:42
3
9/8/2020
Al Martino – Volare
06:50
0
Charting this day 1970 Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
1970
06:54
4
15/5/2022
Tornados – Dragon Fly
1963
06:58
15
30/8/2024
Buckinghams – Kind Of A Drag
1967
07:06
6
2/2/2024
By Request Today: Lee Kernaghan – Janine
07:09
0
Debbie Laken – Believe Me Baby I Lied
2025
07:13
0
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Graeme Clarke – Smokey
2019
07:18
3
3/11/2019
DIED 2006 Mexia, Texas, U.S.A. – Cindy Walker, prolific American songwriter, country singer and dancer, composer of hundreds of popular and enduring songs which have been recorded by many different artists. She tailored particular songs to specific recording artists, many of which have been described as “direct, honest and unpretentious”. Her Top 10 hits were spread over five decades (Aged 87)
Jim Reeves – In The Misty Moonlight [Penned by Cindy Walker]
07:22
4
31/7/2022
By Request Today: Pussycat – Mississippi
1976
07:25
37
24/1/2025
Frank Pourcell – Besame Mucho
1956
07:32
0
Adrian Payne – My Old Town
2025
07:36
0
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Charting this day 1970 Beatles – Let It Be
1970
07:41
13
9/6/2024
Charting this day 1970 Cufflinks – When Julie Comes Around
1970
07:45
5
8/4/2022
Backtrack: Glen Dee – Living On Love
2018
07:50
1
19/5/2019
Ray Conniff Singers – If You Could Read My Mind
07:54
0
Burl Ives – Way Down Yonder In The Paw Paw Patch
07:58
0
Ron Callaghan – Poor Man
2025
08:05
0
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HAZEL And The Thief – Sally Storm
2025
08:11
0
Shavonne Aliphon – I Keep Dreaming Of You
2017
08:15
2
18/3/2018
Charting this day 1970 Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell – All I Have To Do Is Dream
1970
08:22
8
23/12/2022
Shadows – Dance On
1963
08:24
9
3/3/2023
Seekers – Well Well Well
08:27
6
17/11/2023
Francis Goya Orchestra – Try A Little Tenderness
08:32
0
Nat King Cole – Non Dimenticar
08:37
0
Warwick & Young – Child’s Eyes
2025
08:41
1
14/3/2025
John McNally – If I Only Had Time
08:45
1
25/9/2016
Rebecca Richards – Aces Are High
2025
08:47
0
Abby Grace – Feel The Beat
2025
08:52
0
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23 MARCH IN HISTORY:
BORN
1933 Elsternwick, Victoria – Norman Yemm, actor, known for his appearances in The Sullivans,Homicide, Number 96, and Prisoner He was also an opera singer, theatre performer and sportsman. Died 2015.
1937 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Craig Breedlove, five-time world land speed record holder. He was the first to reach 400 mph (640 km/h), 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using turbojet-powered vehicles. Died 2023.
DIED
1964 Near Bellingen, New South Wales – Frank Partridge, Australia’s youngest World War 2 Victoria Cross winner, but more famous as a major winner in the popular television quiz programme Pick-A-Box. (Car crash, Aged 39)
EVENTS
1936 Sydney, New South Wales – The first Australian-owned oil company was established. The Australian Motorists Petrol Company Limited also had exclusive rights for American made electric petrol pumps, the first to dispense petrol in the country.
1948 New Norfolk, Tasmania – The local peg factory, a major local industry, was destroyed by fire.
1954 Tasmania – The daily Tasman Limited express railmotor was introduced, running between Hobart, Western Junction and Burnie. The railmotors were soon replaced by a diesel locomotive hauled consist, which continued the service until July 1978.
1965 America launched the first 2-person crew (Gus Grissom and John Young) into Earth Orbit in Gemini 3.
2001 The Russian Mir space station re-entered the atmosphere and broke into pieces which fell into the Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
– Today’s photo: Wineglass Bay, Eastern Tasmania