16 May 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 469, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – A mural, recently painted on a carriage shed of the Tasmanian Transport Museum Society in Glenorchy, by Joel Gadja. Taken by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| Ray Malcolm – Moon Over Memphis | 2025 | 09:05 | 2 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Gary Mangan – The Leaving of Liverpool | 2025 | 09:11 | 0 | ||
| Ricky May – Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street | 09:14 | 0 | |||
| Rae Leigh – Country Pride | 2025 | 09:19 | 1 | 25/4/2025 | |
| Backtrack: Brian Bouchie – Beautiful You Are | 2018 | 09:23 | 2 | 21/9/2018 | |
| By Request Today: Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache | 09:28 | 6 | 2/2/2025 | ||
| Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Tiny Bubbles | 09:34 | 1 | 27/7/2018 | ||
| Barry O’Dowd & Shamrock Singers – The Unicorn | 09:38 | 0 | |||
| Liberace – The Beer Barrel Polka | 09:43 | 3 | 16/10/2020 | ||
| Judith Durham – Alexander’s Ragtime Band | 09:46 | 0 | |||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Ray Brown – Pride | 1965 | 09:51 | 4 | 15/5/2015 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Freddie & Dreamers – Do The Freddie | 1965 | 09:53 | 2 | 15/1/2021 | |
| Chet Atkins – Come Softly To Me | 09:57 | 5 | 8/4/2016 | ||
| Ruben Gomez – Siempre Manana | 10:05 | 0 | |||
| Marian Burns – Beautiful Soldier | 2025 | 10:11 | 1 | 25/4/2025 | |
| Chris Callaghan – Twenty Hours | 2025 | 10:14 | 2 | 13/4/2025 | AUZY4 2000059 |
| Old Time Concert Hall: Heinie Beau Orchestra with Muzzy Marcellino (Siffleur) – Whistling Rufus | 10:19 | 0 | |||
| Hein Simons – Ave Maria [Die kleine Bergkirche] | 10:23 | 0 | |||
| Backtrack: Carylann – No Goodbyes | 2022 | 10:27 | 12 | 6/9/2024 | |
| Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Unchained Melody | 10:32 | 0 | |||
| Donna Fisk – Only Girl In Town | 2025 | 10:36 | AUGBT 2207106 | ||
| Sammy Davis Jr – I’ve Gotta Be Me | 10:41 | 5 | 8/12/2023 | ||
| Billy Fury – A Thousand Stars | 1960 | 10:46 | 2 | 27/10/2023 | |
| Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix) | 2025 | 10:49 | 3 | 11/5/2025 | |
| Rodney Vincent – Some Sunday Morning | 10:54 | 4 | 26/1/2024 | ||
| Lissa Retro – Calling All Angels | 10:56 | 3 | 15/11/2024 | ||
| Andy Williams – House of Bamboo | 1959 | 11:05 | 0 | ||
| Rebecca Richards – Woman That I Am | 2025 | 11:09 | 0 | ||
| James Lynas – Love Sunrise | 2025 | 11:14 | 3 | 20/8/2023 | |
| David Hammerschlag – Country Calypso | 2025 | 11:22 | 0 | ||
| Chordettes – Wooden Heart | 1961 | 11:26 | 2 | 9/7/2023 | |
| Anne Fraser – Too Drunk To Drive | 2025 | 11:29 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – Those Were The Days | 11:36 | 2 | 6/3/2020 | ||
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Al Martino – Dear Heart | 1965 | 11:40 | 1 | 18/11/2018 | |
| 60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Ann Sidney – The Boy In The Woolly Sweater | 1965 | 11:43 | 2 | 26/4/2015 | |
| Conor Owens – Texas Tornado | 2025 | 11:46 | 0 | ||
| Backtrack: Bernie Grass – First 100 Years | 2020 | 11:49 | 1 | 6/9/2020 | |
| Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You | 2025 | 11:53 | 1 | 25/4/2025 |
16 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS ON THIS DAY
1952 The Tasmanian Midlands and East Coast recorded the worst floods for many years, with over 130 people marooned on the Freycinet Peninsula.
1957 Ralphs Bay, Tasmania – The State’s tallest structure of the time, a steel radio mast 198 metres high, was being constructed for ABC radio stations 7ZL and 7ZR, at a cost of £27,000.
1958 Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S.A. – Air Force Captain Walter Irwin, flying an F-104 Starfighter jet, set a new world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
1969 Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, jettisoned a capsule designed to analyse the atmosphere of the planet Venus as it descended to the surface. It returned data to Earth for 53 minutes, before it was crushed by the planet’s extreme atmospheric pressure.
BORN
1913 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – Woodrow Charles Herman alias Woody Herman, jazz clarinettist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader, one of the most popular of the 30s and 40s bandleaders. Died 1987.
1919 West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – Wladziu Valentino Liberace alias Liberace, flamboyant pianist and vocalist, and the world’s highest paid entertainer from the 50s to the 70s. Died 1987.
1953 Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland – Pierce Brosnan, actor, film producer and environmentalist who held dual Irish and American citizenship. Following a stage career he rose to popularity in the television series Remington Steele (1982–87). In 1995, he became the fifth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official series, starring in four movies between 1995 and 2002. Turns 72.
DIED
1990 Beverley Hills, California, U.S.A. –Sammy Davis Jr, formerly a childhood vaudevillian, then a dancer and singer, who became known for his Broadway performances, and in Las Vegas as a recording artist, television and film star, and a member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack”. Aged 64.
1990 New York, U.S.A. –Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. Aged 53.
2002 Hobart, Tasmania – Alec Campbell, the last surviving Australian ANZAC. Aged 103.