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28 September 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 853
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

During this edition, two chart-busters each hour, from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1973 and a mix of recent tracks from indie artists and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.

On 28 September, 1965,   In Hobart, an early morning gale de-roofed houses, tore down power and telephone lines and broke boats from their moorings.  The strongest gust recorded to that date in Hobart was measured at 150 km/h).

In 1994, one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century occurred when the car ferry MS Estonia sank in rough conditions, with the loss of 852 lives.
A subsequent treaty between Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Denmark, Russia and the United Kingdom, declared sanctity over the site and prohibited their citizens from even approaching the wreck.  The site continues to be monitored by the Finnish Navy.

1998, in Longford, Victoria, two people died and eight were injured in an explosion at the State’s main natural gas plant.  The resulting curtailment of gas supplies caused businesses to stand down of tens of thousands of employees 

► BORN on this day in 1938, in Harlem, New York, U.S.A., Benjamin Earl Nelson alias Ben E King, soul singer best known as the singer and co-composer of Stand By Me, a major hit in 1961 and also as one of the lead singers of the R&B group The Drifters.  Died 2015.

BORN on this day in 1946 in Bethnal Green, London, England, Helen Shapiro, singer and actress best known for 60s chart toppers such a, No Trespassing,  Walking Back To Happiness and Not Responsible.  Turns 79

DIED on this day in 1953 in San Marino, California U.S.A., Edwin Hubble, astronomer regarded as one of the 20th century’s most important observational cosmologists.  Named after him, is an asteroid, 2069 Hubble;  a crater on the Moon;  and the orbiting Hubble space telescope.  He was aged 63.

DIED on this day in 1956 in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., William Edward Boeing, aviation pioneer and founder of the Boeing aircraft company. He was aged 74.

Today’s photo:
Mt Geryon, in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
A fatality over the weekend has brought attention to the fact that there are many people who go walking in the area, without the necessary equipment.
Even in summer, weather conditions can change from blue skies to a blizzard, extremely quickly. Unprepared people will face hypothermia and death.
Both Tasmania Police, and the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service, can provide advice on what equipment is needed to survive such conditions. Both departments have staff who, every year, put their own lives on the line by walking out in adverse conditions, to rescue walkers who find themselves in trouble.

Photographer: National Parks & Wildlife Service Ranger, Dion Tutty.

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYED
Rene de Roo- Could It Be You 202506:06126/9/2025
Charting this day 1973 Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn 197306:1361/9/2023
Charting this day 1971 Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors 197306:16161/9/2023
Ben E King – Stand By Me 196106:21515/7/2022
Eddie Rabbitt – I Wanna Dance With You  06:240 
Sinead O’Connor – Why Don’t You Do Right  06:280 
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – And I Love You So  06:32121/3/2025
Engelbert Humperdinck – Blue Eyes  06:370 
Anne Murray – Dancin’ All Night Long 202506:400 
Vintage Vinyl    Bill Haley & His Comets – Dim Dim The Lights 195506:4525/6/2016
James Taylor – It’s Only A Paper Moon  06:49530/3/2025
By Request: Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark  06:530 
Barry Owen – You’re Still The One  06:57112/9/2025
Annette Hawkins -Shadow Of My Heart  07:06126/9/2025
By Request: Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock 195507:121924/5/2024
Charting this day 1973 Col Joye – Heaven Is My Woman’s Love  197307:161713/7/2025
Charting this day 1973 Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There  197307:19815/9/2023
By Request: Cilla Black – Surround Yourself With Sorrow  196907:231129/3/2024
Richard Mulligan – I Don’t Run Anymore  07:260 
Helen Shapiro – Walking Back To Happiness  07:30611/8/2024
Leroy Anderson Orchestra – Sandpaper Ballet  07:34216/10/2020
Vintage Vinyl    Boyd Bennett and His Rockets – Seventeen 195507:3924/9/2016
Ray Malcolm – The Answer To Everything 202507:41221/9/2025
Bill Conti – Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) 197707:47327/7/2025
Manhattan Transfer – The Speak Up Mambo 197607:500 
By Request: Sandy Posey – Single Girl 196707:53518/6/2023
Rob E G- Tim Buc Too  07:58214/6/2024
Brendan McMahon – Outback Ball 202508:05126/9/2025
Charting this day 1973 Johnny Chester – The Worlds Greatest Mum 197308:10121/9/2023
Charting this day 1973 Carpenters – Yesterday Once More 197308:1351/9/2023
Che Orton – Rest Your Love On Me 202508:19224/8/2025
Charlie Landsborough – I Say You  08:24124/9/2023
Great Grand-Pop Dinah Shore – Three Little Sisters 194208:31117/1/2025
Richard Clayderman – Dream Of Olwen  08:350 
Andy Williams – Danny Boy  08:390 
Allan Caswell – Really Long Goodbye 202508:420 
Vintage Vinyl    Brook Benton – It’s Just a Matter of Time 195908:51413/6/2021
Joy Adams – Still I Wonder 202508:530 

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