24 August 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 848
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1974, 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 24 August, in the year 79, the Roman Empire city of Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash up to 7 metres deep, during a cataclysmic eruption of Mt Vesuvius.  The site of Pompeii was lost for 1,500 years until a small section was uncovered in 1599.

It was another 150 years before additional excavations were made.  Numerous artifacts had been preserved over the centuries, including voids in the solidified ash, which once contained remains of human and animal victims of the eruption.  Plaster and resin casts of these voids show the exact position each victim was in, upon their death. 

► In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey. She was also the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and set many other aviation records.

 She was attempting to become the first woman to make an aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1937, when her aircraft disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.  No trace of the aircraft, or of her or her navigator, Fred Noonan, was ever found.  The pair were declared dead in absentia in 1939.

► And in 1989, Australian domestic airline flights ceased when the nation’s 1,640 pilots resigned en masse in a dispute over a new salary package, following a long period of wage suppression.  InterState air services were provided by RAAF and planes and pilots, by international flights.

► BORN on this day in 1947, Coventry, England, Rowena Wallace, Australian actress who has appeared in numerous productions since her television debut in 1968. 

Also in show-biz,

► BORN on this day in 1949, in Lameroo, South Australia, Julie Moncrief Lush, alias Julie Anthony, soprano and entertainer, one time member of The Seekers after the departure of Judith Durham.  She is one of the most awarded Australian entertainers. 

► At the opposite end of the life span, DIED this day in 1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., Louis Prima, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter, known as the King of the Swing,  who rode the musical trends of his time, starting in the 1920s with his seven-piece jazz band, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the 1950s, and a pop-rock band in the 1960s.  He was aged 67.

► DIED this day in 1980 in London, England, Yootha Joyce, actress best known for her starring role as Mildred Roper in the sitcoms Man About The House and George And Mildred.  She was aged 53.

TODAY’S PHOTO: An overnight dusting of snow on Mt Faulkner, in the Derwent Valley. July 2016.

Photo: Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Tony Christie – Don’t Go Down To Reno		06:06	1	10/1/2020
Charting this day 1974 Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be a Hero	1974	06:12	4	22/6/2025
Charting this day 1974 Ernie Sigley – Just Thank Me	1974	06:15	3	15/10/2021
Julie Anthony – What A Feeling		06:20	4	23/1/2022
Glenn Levi – More Of You	2025	06:24	1	6/7/2025
Frank Ifield – I’ll Sing Along With You	1967	06:28	0
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – Harry Lime Theme		06:32	0
Ollie Austin – Old Flames		06:36	0
Shaza Leigh – All My Loving	2025	06:39	1	10/8/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Virtues – Guitar Boogie Shuffle	1959	06:45	3	26/7/2013
Colm Wilkinson & Jimmy Helms – I Am The Starlight		06:48	1
Kevin Tuckfield – Why He Rides	2025	06:53	2	6/4/2025
Jason Carruthers – Proud To Be An Aussie		06:56	1	6/12/2024
Justin Standley – Borderline	2025	07:05	2	18/7/2025
Charting this day 1974 Jade Hurley – Down In The Riverina	1974	07:11	6	24/11/2023
Charting this day 1974 Jimmy Little – Australia Down Under	1974	07:14	12	18/8/2024
By Request: Bachelors – Diane	1964	07:19	11	23/2/2024
By Request: Michael Crawford – The Power Of Love		07:22	0
By Request: Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run		07:27	5	30/7/2023
Louis Prima & Keely Smith – Hey Boy Hey Girl	1959	07:33	1	13/9/2024
David Firman & His Orchestra – Song of Joy		07:38	0
Vintage Vinyl    Tony Brent – Walking To Missouri	1952	07:43	1	3/1/2014
Engelbert Humperdinck – This Is My Song		07:46	3	8/10/2023
Simon Park Orchestra – Up To Date (Man About The House Theme)		07:51	18	7/5/2023
Chris James – Red Dirt On His Hands	2025	07:53	2	15/8/2025
Peter Nero – Summer Samba		07:57	1	27/6/2025
Trey Calloway – She Don’t Break It Like She Used To	2025	08:05	1	22/8/2025
Charting this day 1974 Ray Stevens – The Streak	1974	08:09	1	4/6/2017
Charting this day 1974 Cash Backman – My Girl Bill	1974	08:12	3	23/6/2023
David Essex – High Flying Adored	1985	08:21	0
Toni West & Ray Malcolm – Islands In The Stream	2024	08:24	5	10/8/2025
By Request: Eddie Fisher – Cindy Oh Cindy	1957	08:31	7	11/5/2025
Manuel & The Music of the Mountains – Eso Beso		08:37	3	12/4/2013
Che Orton – Rest Your Love On Me	2025	08:41	1	22/8/2025
Carol Chaney – What I Want	2025	08:45	0
Vintage Vinyl    Travis & Bob – Tell Him No	1959	08:50	4	6/11/2022
Waikikis – Pacific Punch		08:52	0
Shadows – F.B.I.		08:56	1	22/2/2019

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