19 September 2025
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 487, 9.00 ~ Midday AEST 19 September 2025
Easy listening, retro and recent releases not to be heard on mainstream radio throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today, a tribute to Slim Dusty, who died this day in 2003.
► LOOKING at some notable events on 19 September, in 1957, in Sydney, New South Wales, the Toyota Motor Car Company announced the first Japanese vehicle to be regularly exported to Australia, with an initial consignment of 12 Toyota Landcruisers, due early the following month.
In 1991, in Schnalstal Glacier, Italy, a party of German tourists discovered “Otzi the Iceman,” a well-preserved mummified body of a man who lived about 5300 years ago.
► BORN THIS DAY…..
1931 in Lugoff, South Carolina, U.S.A., Benjamin Franklin Peay alias Brook Benton, pop, rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer of the late 50s/early 60s, who had hits such as It’s Just A Matter Of Time and Endlessly. He made a comeback in 1970 with Rainy Night In Georgia. Died 1988.
1941 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. – Ellen Naomi Cohen alias Mama Cass Elliott, singer and member of The Mamas & The Papas. After the group broke up, she had a successful solo career. Died 1974.
► DIED THIS DAY…..
2003 in Sydney, New South Wales – David Gordon Kirkpatrick alias Slim Dusty, singer-songwriter and producer, whose career spanned nearly seven decades.
Slim Dusty was the first Australian to receive a Gold Record and to have an international hit (A Pub With No Beer); also, the first artist to broadcast to Earth from space, when astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia played his rendition of Waltzing Matilda as it passed over Australia during its maiden flight in 1981. Slim Dusty was aged 76.
1944 in Steenbergen, Netherlands – Guy Gibson, British airman and C/O of the Royal Air Force 617 squadron, which, in 1943 carried out the famous Dam Busters raid in Germany’s Ruhr Valley, lost his life during a bombing raid.
By age 24 he had carried out over 170 air operations and was awarded the Victoria Cross. Guy Gibson was aged 26 when he was killed in action.
Today’s Playlist
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED |
| Brendan Radford – They Don’t Flick The Finger In The Outback Anymore | 2025 | 09:04 | 2 | 10/8/2025 |
| Justin Standley – My Eternal Blue Eyes | 2025 | 09:12 | 1 | 14/9/2025 |
| Tony Christie – Train To Yesterday | 09:16 | 5 | 12/1/2025 | |
| 70s Classic Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking | 1970 | 09:21 | 3 | 16/2/2025 |
| Tony Orlando & Dawn – Knock Three Times | 1971 | 09:24 | 3 | 16/2/2025 |
| Ray Conniff – My Cup Runneth Over | 09:30 | 1 | 25/12/2015 | |
| Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – In The Mood | 09:34 | 3 | 28/1/2022 | |
| Anne Murray – Golden Oldie | 09:38 | 0 | ||
| Brook Benton – Fools Rush In | 1960 | 09:46 | 1 | 15/5/2020 |
| By Request Conway Twitty – Linda On My Mind | 1975 | 09:49 | 3 | 2/10/2016 |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe | 1965 | 09:54 | 7 | 22/11/2019 |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sunrays – I Live for The Sun | 1965 | 09:57 | 5 | 28/9/2018 |
| Heartland Roots Band – Gimme All Your Love | 2025 | 10:05 | 0 | |
| Todd Barrow – Ain’t Lookin’ Back Now | 2025 | 10:12 | 0 | |
| Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try | 1988 | 10:16 | 5 | 19/4/2019 |
| By Request John Williamson & Norma Murphy – When We Were Kids | 10:20 | 9 | 2/2/2024 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Sanford Clark – The Fool | 1956 | 10:25 | 0 | |
| Mama Cass – Dream A Little Dream Of Me | 1968 | 10:28 | 8 | 19/9/2021 |
| Tommy Emmanuel – Jacaranda | 10:34 | 2 | 16/6/2017 | |
| Slim Dusty – The Pub With No Beer (Original Release) | 1957 | 10:41 | 13 | 16/8/2024 |
| Slim Dusty – Answer To The Pub With No Beer | 1958 | 10:44 | 11 | 16/8/2024 |
| Slim Dusty – Sequel To The Pub With No Beer | 1959 | 10:47 | 8 | 24/3/2023 |
| 70s Classic ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! | 1979 | 10:53 | 2 | 9/2/2025 |
| Heintje – A Happy Lad | 10:59 | 1 | 27/9/2019 | |
| Jordan McPolin – The Auctioneer | 2025 | 11:06 | 1 | 10/8/2025 |
| Anthony Snape & Mack Country – The Roustabout | 2025 | 11:12 | 1 | 25/7/2025 |
| Dianne Coombes – Through The Winter | 2025 | 11:16 | 2 | 12/9/2025 |
| Dave Stanley Daoust – Life Is Short Life Is Long | 2025 | 11:21 | 1 | 17/8/2025 |
| Vintage Vinyl Johnny Cash – Hey Porter | 1955 | 11:29 | 3 | 2/8/2024 |
| Pearce Pickering Ragtime Five – Cook Good Cabbage | 11:36 | 1 | 25/10/2019 | |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Roy Orbison – Wondering | 1965 | 11:39 | 2 | 13/9/2019 |
| Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Tony Worsley & Blue Jays – Velvet Waters | 1965 | 11:41 | 3 | 26/4/2019 |
| Rae Leigh – Into The Dream | 2025 | 11:44 | 2 | 7/9/2025 |
| Gary R Farmer – My Island Paradise | 2025 | 11:48 | 2 | 17/8/2025 |
| Ray Malcolm – The Answer To Everything | 11:53 | 0 |
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