17 August 2025
Valley Sunrise Edition 847
0600 ~ 0900 AEST
During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1979, and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
► LOOKING at some notable events on 17 August, in 1964, the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, which was still under construction, was opened for limited single lane each way public traffic.
► In 1970, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, the USSR launched the space probe Venera 7 to the planet Venus. On December 15, this became the first spacecraft to transmit to Earth from the surface of another planet. It reported the planet’s atmosphere to be comprised of 97 per cent carbon dioxide, and it’s surface temperature, around 475 C.
► And in 1980 at Ayers Rock (now Uluru) in the Northern Territory, baby Azaria Chamberlain was taken by a dingo from her parents’ campsite. This sparked an investigation which resulted in her mother, Lindy Chamberlain, being convicted and imprisoned for her murder; the baby’s father, Michael Chamberlain was convicted of being an accessory.
Both were later officially exonerated.
► BORN on this day in 1893, in Bushwick, New York, U.S.A., Mary Jane West alias Mae West, actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose career spanned 70 years.
She first appeared in vaudeville and later became an actress and comedienne. Her first role on Broadway was in a self-penned play titled Sex, which was slated by critics, although tickets sold well. The theatre was raided and the entire cast arrested.
Her subsequent movie career was equally as controversial. Mae West died 1980.
Also in show-biz,
► BORN on this day in 1920, in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland, Maureen FitzSimons alias Maureen O’Hara, actress and singer noted for portraying passionate heroines often working with longtime friend John Wayne. She died 2015.
► BORN on this day in 1942, in Coleraine, Victoria, Shane Porteous, television and theatre actor, writer, animation artist best known for portraying Dr Terence Elliott in the Australian drama series A Country Practice Turns 83 today.
► At the opposite end of the life span, DIED this day in 1983 in Beverley Hills, California, U.S.A., Ira Gershwin, lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
They wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, The Man I Love and Someone To Watch Over Me (Aged 86). He was aged 86.
TODAY’S PHOTO: Last Friday morning’s sunrise.
Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist (V S):
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
| No Promises – Those Boots | 2025 | 06:06 | 0 | AUGBT 2503986 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Daniel Boone – Beautiful Sunday | 1972 | 06:12 | 23 | 20/10/2024 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Gallery – It’s So Nice To Be With You | 1972 | 06:15 | 1 | 25/12/2022 | |
| Liam McAlary – Lonely Life | 2025 | 06:19 | 0 | ||
| Patricia Horwood – Let Me Love You | 2025 | 06:21 | 0 | ||
| Andy Williams – Promise Me Love | 06:27 | 0 | |||
| Richard Clayderman – Ballade Pour Adeline | 06:33 | 7 | 28/8/2016 | ||
| Johnny Logan – What’s Another Year | 1980 | 06:37 | 1 | 11/7/2025 | |
| Men At Work – Who Can It Be Now | 1981 | 06:40 | 9 | 19/4/2024 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Paul Anka – Diana | 1957 | 06:45 | 6 | 30/7/2023 | |
| Toni West – Starry Skies | 2025 | 06:49 | 3 | 8/8/2025 | |
| By Request: Michael Crawford – On Eagles Wings | 06:54 | 13 | 28/7/2024 | ||
| Jim Reeves – From A Jack To A King | 06:58 | 2 | 11/8/2024 | ||
| Owen Smith & Matt Scullion – Upper Class Bogan | 2025 | 07:05 | 1 | 8/8/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Nana Mouskouri – Four And Twenty Hours | 1972 | 07:11 | 10 | 6/8/2021 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Johnny Chester & Jigsaw – Readymix Revenge | 1972 | 07:15 | 5 | 9/7/2021 | |
| By Request: Petula Clark – My Guy | 07:20 | 0 | |||
| Ron Lynch – Takin’ It Easy | 2025 | 07:24 | 1 | 3/8/2025 | AUEN0 2500338 |
| Mike Perjanic – A Country Practice Theme | 07:28 | 12 | 23/5/2025 | ||
| Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra – Claire | 07:32 | 0 | |||
| Vintage Vinyl Patti Page – Mockingbird Hill | 1951 | 07:36 | 5 | 25/10/2019 | |
| Dave Stanley Daoust – Life Is Short Life Is Long | 2025 | 07:39 | 0 | ||
| Renee Geyer – I Got Rhythm | 07:44 | 3 | 17/1/2025 | ||
| Richard Mulligan – There’s No Place Like Home | 2025 | 07:48 | 0 | ||
| By Request: Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel | 1956 | 07:51 | 12 | 6/11/2022 | |
| By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One | 1967 | 07:54 | 13 | 6/2/2025 | |
| Joy Adams – Teach Your Children | 2023 | 07:57 | 9 | 22/12/2024 | |
| Mary Rose – I Followed My Dreams | 2025 | 08:06 | 0 | ||
| Charting this day 1972 Slim Newton – The Redback on the Toilet Seat | 1972 | 08:11 | 10 | 3/3/2023 | |
| Charting this day 1972 Faron Young – It’s Four In The Morning | 1972 | 08:13 | 17 | 8/6/2025 | |
| Sammi Smith – What Does It Take | 08:21 | 0 | |||
| Gary R Farmer – My Island Paradise | 2025 | 08:24 | 1 | 8/8/2025 | |
| Mexicans – Winds of Barcelona | 08:29 | 12 | 16/8/2024 | ||
| Acker Bilk – Auf Wiedersehen Sweetheart | 08:37 | 3 | 31/1/2020 | ||
| Donny Osmond – Puppy Love | 1972 | 08:42 | 0 | ||
| Dustin Lowe – Shake Your Copenhagen | 2025 | 08:44 | 1 | 20/7/2025 | TCAJP 2529951 |
| Vintage Vinyl Perry Como – Hot Diggety | 1957 | 08:48 | 6 | 26/6/2020 | |
| Chasing Twisters – Summer of Love | 2025 | 08:51 | 0 |
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Thanks so much Ray for including “Starry Skies” 🎵⭐️🎧⭐️🎶 Toni xxx