18 May 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 834
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1977, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

Today’s photo – Sunrise in New Norfolk.
Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
The Cumberland River Project – Small Town Loser	2025	06:06	1	30/3/2025	DEZC6 2577046
Charting this day 1977 Elvis Presley – Moody Blue	1977	06:13	4	9/3/2025
Charting this day 1977 10cc – The Things We Do For Love	1977	06:16	6	17/2/2023
By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything		06:20	3	19/1/2025
Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix)	2025	06:24	4	16/5/2025
Petula Clark – Close To You		06:27	3	27/1/2023
David Firman & His Orchestra – Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You		06:33	0
Victoria Eman & Glenn van Haasen – In Another Time And Place	2025	06:38	4	13/4/2025	NLJ9A 2500001
Backtrack: Two Of A Kind – A Mother’s Love	2021	06:43	3	28/5/2021
John Rowles – Dock Of The Bay		06:47	2	5/1/2025
Mark Wynter – Venus In Blue Jeans	1962	06:51	4	27/12/2020
David Hammerschlag – Country Calypso	2025	06:54	1	16/5/2025
DIED 1975 Woodbury, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Leroy Anderson, composer of light concert pieces which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler.  Aged 66.
Leroy Anderson Orchestra – The Typewriter	1953	06:58	13	764/2024
Toni West – No Time To Cry	2025	07:05	1	9/5/2025	UKBBL 2400002
Charting this day 1977 Boney M – Daddy Cool	1977	07:11	6	23/4/2021
Charting this day 1977 Smokie – Living Next Door To Alice	1977	07:15	8	9/3/2025
By Request Today: Max Bygraves – Tiny Bubbles		07:19	6	28/6/2024
Erin Noone – Dance The Night Away	2025	07:23	0		TCAJM 2528822
BORN 1912 Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. – Pierino Roland Como alias Perry Como, singer, recording artist and television personality who recorded exclusively for RCA Victor after signing up in 1943.  He sold millions of records and pioneered a weekly variety television show, one of the most successful in American television history.  Died 2001.
Perry Como – Seattle	1969	07:28	6	11/1/2019
Dean Martin – Second Hand Rose		07:32	5	22/2/2019
Gordon Langford & His Orchestra – Beg Steal Or Borrow		07:36	0
Highway 95 – Message From Above	2025	07:39	1	9/5/2025	AUL0G 2400014
Backtrack: Allan Caswell – Powerful Thing	2018	07:42	1	8/5/2020
DIED 2014  Palm Desert, California, U.S.A. – Gennaro Luigi Vitaliano alias Jerry Vale, singer and actor known for his romantic ballads, often sung in Italian.    (Aged 83
Jerry Vale – Camelot	1963	07:48	13	22/12/2023
Doris Day – Que Sera Sera	1956	07:51	13	6/9/2024
Lolita – Wenn Am Sonntagabend Die Dirfmusikspielt		07:55	2	11/10/2020
Faron Young – Backtrack	1961	07:57	3	25/2/2018
Matrimony – Why Wait	2025	08:06	1	30/3/2025
Charting this day 1977 David Soul – Don’t Give Up On Us	1977	08:13	5	9/12/2022
Charting this day 1977 Mary MacGregor – Torn Between Two Lovers	1977	08:16	8	9/3/2025
Fleetwood Mac – Never Going Back Again		08:25	0
Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All		08:28	2	20/10/2024
Johnny Gregory & His Orchestra – Fame		08:36	0
Lucinda Wilson – Caledonia	2025	08:40	0
David Connor – The Day I Left Castlebar	2025	08:45	0
Backtrack: Trevor Loughrey – Little Irish Town	2025	08:50	1	18/1/2019
Jimmy Bear – Silence And Dust	2025	08:54	3	26/2/2023

18 MAY IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1974  Warsaw, Poland – Construction of a radio transmission tower, at 646.38 metres then the tallest structure ever built, was completed.  It collapsed on August 8, 1991, due to a maintenance error. 

1980 Washington State, U.S.A. – Mt St Helens exploded, causing the loss of 57 lives and $3 billion in damage.

1990  France – A modified TGV train achieved a new world rail speed record of 515.3 km/h.

BORN

1928   Waycross, Georgia, U.S.A. – Pernell Roberts, stage, movie and television actor and singer.  In addition to guest starring in over 60 television series, he was well known for his roles as Ben Cartwright’s eldest son, Adam Cartwright, in the television western series Bonanza, from 1959 to 1965 — and as chief surgeon Dr. John McIntyre, the title character on Trapper John M D (1979–1986)   Died 2010.

1962  London, England – Nathaniel Parker, actor who has appeared I numerous movies, known for his role as Det Insp Thomas Lynley in the TV drama series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

DIED

1995  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery, film and television actress whose career covered 50 years.  She is best remembered for her role as Samantha Stephens in the 1960s TV sitcom Bewitched. Aged 62.