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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

TRACKRELEASE YEARPLAY TIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYED
Brendan Radford – They Don’t Flick The Finger In The Outback Anymore 202509:042  10/8/2025
Justin Standley – My Eternal Blue Eyes 202509:12114/9/2025
Tony Christie – Train To Yesterday  09:16512/1/2025
70s Classic    Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking 197009:21316/2/2025
Tony Orlando & Dawn – Knock Three Times  197109:24316/2/2025
Ray Conniff – My Cup Runneth Over  09:30125/12/2015
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – In The Mood  09:34328/1/2022
Anne Murray – Golden Oldie  09:380 
Brook Benton – Fools Rush In 196009:46115/5/2020
By Request Conway Twitty – Linda On My Mind  197509:4932/10/2016
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe 196509:54722/11/2019
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sunrays – I Live for The Sun  196509:57528/9/2018
Heartland Roots Band – Gimme All Your Love  202510:050 
Todd Barrow – Ain’t Lookin’ Back Now 202510:120 
Brother Beyond – The Harder I Try 198810:16519/4/2019
By Request    John Williamson & Norma Murphy – When We Were Kids  10:2092/2/2024
Vintage Vinyl    Sanford Clark – The Fool  195610:250 
Mama Cass – Dream A Little Dream Of Me  196810:28819/9/2021
Tommy Emmanuel – Jacaranda  10:34216/6/2017
Slim Dusty – The Pub With No Beer (Original Release) 195710:411316/8/2024
Slim Dusty – Answer To The Pub With No Beer 195810:441116/8/2024
Slim Dusty – Sequel To The Pub With No Beer 195910:47824/3/2023
70s Classic    ABBA – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!197910:5329/2/2025
Heintje – A Happy Lad  10:59127/9/2019
Jordan McPolin – The Auctioneer 202511:06110/8/2025
Anthony Snape & Mack Country – The Roustabout  202511:12125/7/2025
Dianne Coombes – Through The Winter 202511:16212/9/2025
Dave Stanley Daoust – Life Is Short Life Is Long 202511:21117/8/2025
Vintage Vinyl    Johnny Cash – Hey Porter 195511:2932/8/2024
Pearce Pickering Ragtime Five – Cook Good Cabbage  11:36125/10/2019
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Roy Orbison – Wondering 
196511:39213/9/2019
Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Tony Worsley & Blue Jays – Velvet Waters 
196511:41326/4/2019
Rae Leigh – Into The Dream 202511:4427/9/2025
Gary R Farmer – My Island Paradise 202511:48217/8/2025
Ray Malcolm – The Answer To Everything  11:530 

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