25 April 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 466, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, with an emphasis on ANZAC Day, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Unfortunately, the programme was seriously disrupted between 10:45 and 11:25 by a computer crash. There was a time in radio when such an event was unheard of; in those days, music was played from turntables or cartridges.
Computerisation has rendered those practices obsolete and it is generally highly reliable, but, if the computer decides to give trouble, the programme presenter has a serious problem.
Today’s issues were rectified by our technical guru, Roz Chapman.
Photo: The New Norfolk Cenotaph, after a previous ANZAC Day. Taken by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| John Williamson – Diggers Of The ANZAC | 09:05 | 3 | 14/8/2020 | ||
| Human Nature – Reach Out I’ll Be There | 09:11 | 0 | |||
| Jade Hurley – Do What You Do Do Well | 09:14 | 1 | 29/11/2019 | ||
| Engelbert Humperdinck – Ten Guitars | 1967 | 09:18 | 1 | 9/4/2021 | |
| Backtrack: Danny Stain – I Still Miss Someone | 2017 | 09:21 | 4 | 12/4/2020 | |
| Aaron Partridge & Steve Apirana – You Can Call On Him | 2025 | 09:27 | 1 | 30/3/2025 | AUE9B 2500001 |
| Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Memories (From Cats) | 09:32 | 1 | 29/3/2024 | ||
| By Request Today: S/Sgt Barry Sadler – The Ballad of the Green Berets | 1966 | 09:36 | 3 | 4/3/2016 | |
| Marian Burns – Beautiful Soldier | 2025 | 09:38 | 0 | ||
| Peggy Gilchrist – Under Burdekin Skies | 2025 | 09:44 | 3 | 13/4/2025 | |
| By Request Today: Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero | 2025 | 09:48 | 5 | 10/11/2024 | AUZY4 2400016 |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Unit 4 Plus 2 – Concrete And Clay | 1965 | 09:55 | 3 | 19/8/2022 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Beatles – Ticket To Ride | 1965 | 09:57 | 13 | 19/8/2022 | |
| Lee Kernaghan – Spirit of the ANZACs | 10:06 | 7 | 25/4/2021 | ||
| By Request Today: Warren Kearney – The Hill | 2025 | 10:12 | 5 | 16/6/2024 | AU2KV 2300005 |
| Colin Gordon-Farleigh – More Than Sorry | 2025 | 10:16 | 0 | QMWF2 2000318 | |
| Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You | 2025 | 10:19 | 0 | AUCJD 2300025 | |
| Old Time Concert Hall: Bill Cole & Thurl Ravenscroft with Heinie Beau & His Orchestra – The Man That Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo | 10:23 | 0 | |||
| Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Be A Little Bit Bolder | 2025 | 10:28 | 2 | 13/4/2025 | NZRI1 2500760 |
| Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Can’t Get Used to Losing You | 10:33 | 1 | 8/4/2022 | ||
| Kathy Carver – Yellow Moon On The Swan | 2025 | 10:36 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Neil Anthony – April The 25th | 2021 | 10:40 | 2 | 9/7/2021 | |
| Al Caiola – A Swinging Safari | 11:04 | 0 | |||
| Richard Clayderman – All The Love In The World | 11:07 | 0 | |||
| London Symphony Orchestra – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina | 11:15 | 1 | 26/7/2024 | ||
| Ferrante & Teicher – Canadian Sunset | 11:20 | 3 | 15/1/2021 | ||
| Acker Bilk – Cielito Lindo | 11:25 | 2 | 29/9/2024 | ||
| J R Williams – Australia | 1961 | 11:28 | 0 | QM6MZ 2524694 | |
| Anthony Baxter – The Jumping Jackaroo | 2025 | 11:32 | 0 | ||
| ABBA – Happy Hawaii | 1976 | 11:38 | 2 | 9/8/2020 | |
| Harry Belafonte – Land Of The Sea And Sun | 11:45 | 0 | |||
| Slim Dusty – Medley~Keep The Home Fires Burning~Pack Up Your Troubles~A Brown Slouch Hat~It’s A Long Way To Tipperary | 11:48 | 0 | |||
| Rae Leigh – Country Pride | 2025 | 11:52 | 0 | ||
| Richard Porteous – The Unknown Soldier | 2022 | 11:56 | 3 | 19/8/2022 |
25 APRIL IN HISTORY:
EVENTS ON THIS DAY
1915 The Battle of Gallipoli began on the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula when Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops landed at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles. Fighting continued until January 1916, when the land campaign was abandoned with around 250,000 casualties on each side.
1925 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – The Australian War Memorial was founded.
1955 The St Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opened to shipping.
1967 A wintry cold snap gripped Southern Tasmania, whilst sweating fire fighters battled to save properties in St Helens from a bushfire.
1983 The space probe Pioneer 10, the first to study the planet Jupiter, passed beyond the orbit of Pluto. It is heading in the direction of the star Aldebaran, ETA in about 2 million years. The last contact with the probe was in 2003, when it was 12 billion kilometers from Earth. A final attempt to contact Pioneer 10 in 2006 failed..
2005 Amagasak, Osaka, Japan – A seven-car commuter train derailed, causing the front two carriages to hit an apartment building. Of about 700 passengers, 106, plus the driver, died and 555 were injured.
The speed limit at the location was 70 km/h, but investigators estimated the train would have had to be doing about 140 km/h to spontaneously derail.
BORN
1917 Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A. – Ella Jane Fitzgerald, jazz singer often referred to as the Queen of Jazz. (d. 1996)
1933 Baltimore, Ohio, U.S.A. – Jerome Leiber, BKA Jerry Lieber, songwriter and record producer who penned numerous hit records, including famous tracks such as Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Kansas City, Stand By Me and Loving You. (d. 2011)
1945 Gothenburg, Sweden – Björn Kristian Ulvaeus, songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA.
DIED
1995 Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.A. – Virginia Katherine McMath alias Ginger Rogers, actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, stage, radio, and television (Aged 83)
2023 New York, U.S.A. – Harold George Bellanfanti Jr, alias Harry Belafonte, musician, singer, actor, and social activist. One of the most successful pop singers in history, Belafonte has been dubbed the “King of Calypso” He was perhaps best known for his recording of The Banana Boat Song (Aged 96)