18 April 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 465, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Photo: Early fog over Mt Faulkner, in the Derwent Valley. Taken recently by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Phil Salter – Fields Of Dreams | 2025 | 09:04 | 3 | 28/2/2025 | AUD0K 2500001 |
| Elvis Aaron Presley Jr – Goldmine | 2025 | 09:10 | 1 | 28/3/2025 | |
| Charlie Rich – Rolling With The Flow | 1977 | 09:13 | 4 | 23/2/2024 | |
| By Request Today: Jim Reeves – A Railroad Bum | 09:16 | 8 | 5/4/2024 | ||
| George Strait – One Night At A Time | 09:19 | 1 | 4/4/2014 | ||
| Backtrack: Montana Lipscombe – Walking After Midnight | 2021 | 09:23 | 6 | 3/3/2023 | |
| Barbara Blevins – Let’s Build A Love | 2025 | 09:28 | 0 | ||
| Richard Clayderman – Chiquitita | 09:33 | 1 | 27/7/2018 | ||
| Sandy Scott – For The Good Times | 09:37 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Bodine – Ghost Town Road | 2025 | 09:41 | 0 | QZW6A 2400237 | |
| Beach Boys – Break Away | 1969 | 09:44 | 1 | 9/9/2022 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Del Shannon – Stranger In Town | 1965 | 09:49 | 3 | 12/7/2019 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Dave Clark Five – Reeling and A-Rocking | 1965 | 09:51 | 2 | 10/5/2015 | |
| Shelley Minson – Riverbank Red | 2025 | 09:55 | 1 | 14/2/2025 | AUUHB 2400023 |
| Helena Mace & Tom Leary – Wash Away The Years | 2025 | 09:58 | 1 | 9/3/2025 | |
| Ron Christopher – Angelyne | 2025 | 10:05 | 8 | 28/3/2025 | |
| By Request Today: Boney M – Hooray Hooray It’s A Holi-Holi-Day | 10:12 | 1 | 15/9/2023 | ||
| By Request Today: Jim Reeves – Yonder Comes A Sucker | 1955 | 10:16 | 1 | 25/8/2013 | |
| Old Time Concert Hall: Anita Kerr Singers – Medley~Two Little Girls In Blue~Let Bygones Be Bygones | 10:20 | 0 | |||
| Ric Lucia – Sittin’ With Grandma On The Old Front Porch | 2025 | 10:26 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Andrew McMurdie – I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You | 2020 | 10:28 | 2 | 11/10/2020 | |
| Werner Tauber Orchestra – Tap Dancin’ Time | 10:34 | 0 | |||
| Christa Fartek – Deep in my Heart | 2025 | 10:36 | 0 | ||
| Dave Caley – Longer | 2025 | 10:42 | 1 | 9/3/2025 | US9BH 2400034 |
| Debbie Laken – Believe Me Baby, I Lied | 2025 | 10:47 | 1 | 23/3/2025 | NZRI1 2403566 |
| Hayley Mills – Johnny Jingo | 1962 | 10:52 | 4 | 18/4/2021 | |
| Lionel Richie – Say You Say Me | 10:54 | 6 | 9/12/2022 | ||
| Ferlin Husky – Wings of a Dove | 1961 | 10:58 | 15 | 17/3/2024 | |
| David Maguire – Inside Out | 2025 | 11:05 | 2 | 14/3/2025 | |
| Dave Edwards – Swing Me Back To Oklahoma | 2025 | 11:09 | 0 | QZWKY 2500045 | |
| Backtrack: Larissa Tormey – Yellow Roses | 2025 | 11:13 | 6 | 11/12/2022 | |
| Gus Backus – Tom Dooley | 11:18 | 0 | |||
| Jim Reeves – Margie | 11:21 | 2 | 10/12/2023 | ||
| New World – I’ll Catch The Sun | 11:27 | 0 | |||
| BBC Big Band – In The Mood | 11:34 | 5 | 13/3/2020 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Peter & Gordon – True Love Ways | 1965 | 11:38 | 5 | 12/3/2021 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Twinkle – Terry | 1965 | 11:41 | 3 | 10/3/2017 | |
| Adrian Payne – My Old Town | 2025 | 11:45 | 1 | 23/3/2025 | AUL9L 2500001 |
| John Michael Ferrari – How Far Apart Are We | 2025 | 11:49 | 1 | 28/3/2025 | |
| Duran Duran – Ordinary World | 11:52 | 0 |
18 APRIL IN HISTORY:
EVENTS THIS DATE
1906 San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – An earthquake and a subsequent fire destroyed much of the city.
1912 New York, U.S.A. – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived with 705 survivors from the sinking of the RMS Titanic
1930 London, England – BBC Radio announced there was no news on that day.
1958 Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales – More than 90 families fled when a cloud of ammonia gas, which had escaped from a burst pipe in an ice cream factory, descended upon their homes.
1966 The first Australian National Service conscripts left for Vietnam
1966 Australia’s 10th Holden model, the HR, was released for sale. Hobart price for the Special sedan was $2,282, the station wagon $2,464 and the top of the range Premier X2 automatic, $3,007.
1970 England – British Leyland announced that production of the Morris Minor, then England’s longest-running car, would cease by the end of the year.
BORN THIS DATE
1946 London, England – Hayley Mills, former child star famed for her performances in Tiger Bay (1959), Pollyanna (1960) and several Disney movies, including The Parent Trap of 1961.
DIED THIS DATE
1955 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. – Albert Einstein, physicist, philospoher and author, widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. (Aged 76)
1992 Fulham, London, England – Frankie Howerd, comedian whose career spanned 60 years. In an obituary for Howerd which was run by some newspapers, fellow comedian Benny Hill was quoted as regretting Howerd’s passing. That quote was released by Hill’s agent, who was unaware that his client had also just died. (Aged 75)
2002 Colla Micheri, Italy –Thor Heyerdahl, adventurer notable for the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed in a raft 8,000 km from South America to the Tuamotu Islands, near Tahiti. The aim of the expedition was to demonstrate that people could have made long voyages, thousands of years ago (Aged 87)