27 September 2026
► EVENTS ON THIS DATE, 27 SEPTEMBER;
On this day in 1825, County Durham, England – The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened, principally to carry coal to ports at Stockton-on-Tees, and at Darlington. Passengers were carried in horse-drawn carriages until locomotives were used for this purpose in 1833, initiating the world’s first steam hauled passenger trains.
1854, Off Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada – In the first great maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean, nearly 400 lives were lost when the steamship SS Arctic sank after colliding with a French steamer, SS Vesta, in foggy conditions.
1903, Danville, Virginia, U.S.A. – A Southern Railway train which was en route from Monroe, Virginia to Spencer, North Carolina was wrecked when it derailed on a high bridge. The wreck inspired the famous railroad ballad, The Wreck Of The Old 97.*
1908, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. – The first Ford Model T car was built at the Piquette plant.
Today’s photo: – At the Salmon Ponds, in the Derwent Valley. The oldest trout hatchery in the Southern Hemisphere.
(Yours Truly.)
Today’s Playlist :
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS |
| Dawn Maxwell – I Knew | 2026 | 06:05 | – |
| Mackhigh Stanton & Ray Roper – Blue Harley | 2026 | 06:11 | 2 |
| Dermot OHara – Rhinestone Cowboy | 2026 | 06:16 | 1 |
| Vintage Vinyl + Brian Hyland – Rosemary | 1959 | 06:20 | 1 |
| + Anita Bryant – Till There Was You | 1959 | 06:22 | 1 |
| Andrea & Adam Zonnis – Wild Flowers | 2026 | 06:25 | – |
| Les Brown & His Orchestra – Gentle On My Mind | 06:31 | 3 | |
| Freddy Quinn – Somewhere My Love Franz Eugen Helmut Manfred Nidl alias Freddy Quinn, was born in Hardegg, Austria, in 1931. Turns 95 today. | 06:35 | 4 | |
| Romantic Strings Orchestra & Voices – Everything Is Beautiful | 06:39 | – | |
| Musical Partners + Royal Guardsmen – Snoopy Vs The Red Baron | 1967 | 06:45 | 5 |
| + Royal Guardsmen – The Return Of The Red Baron | 1967 | 06:48 | – |
| + Royal Guardsmen – Snoopy’s Christmas | 1967 | 06:52 | 6 |
| Hank Marvin & Duane Eddy – Pipeline | 06:56 | – | |
| Walk Don ‘t Run – Alligator Stomp | 2026 | 07:05 | 2 |
| For A Listener: Beatles – Blackbird | 07:12 | 4 | |
| Catalayax – Lost Voices | 2026 | 07:15 | 1 |
| CoCo Bal & Hubert Heeringa – Summer Cava | 2025 | 07:18 | 3 |
| For A Listener: Ollie Austin – The Streets Of London | 07:24 | 3 | |
| Sound of the 70s + Bill Conti – Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) | 1977 | 07:29 | 4 |
| + Marcia Hines – What I Did For Love | 1977 | 07:32 | 10 |
| Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Tip Toe Through The Tulips | 07:37 | 4 | |
| R B Greaves – Take A Letter Maria Ronald Bertram Aloysius Greaves III alias R.B. Greaves died this day 2012 at the age of 68 in Granada Hills, California, U.S.A. | 1969 | 07:40 | 7 |
| Brian Cadd & Friends – Believe | 2026 | 07:43 | 1 |
| Diamond 45 Charting on this day 1966 + Los Bravos – Black Is Black | 1966 | 07:48 | 6 |
| + Tommy Roe – Sweet Pea | 1966 | 07:51 | 7 |
| For A Listener: Foster & Allen – Black Velvet Band | 07:55 | 7 | |
| Archies – Sugar Sugar | 1969 | 08:05 | 12 |
| COMFORT ZONE – Familiar artists/Familiar songs + Harry Secombe – Dear Heart | 08:10 | 7 | |
| + Michael Crawford – You’ll Never Walk Alone | 08:13 | 2 | |
| *Seekers – The Wreck Of The Old 97 (Refer EVENTS above.) | 1965 | 08:18 | 5 |
| Deb Mepham – Merry Model T | 2024 | 08:26 | 5 |
| Living Strings – My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua | 08:32 | 4 | |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Matt Monro – Born Free | 1966 | 08:38 | 15 |
| + Petula Clark – I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love | 1966 | 08:41 | 10 |
| Jade Hurley – My Country | 2026 | 08:47 | 6 |
| Peter Simpson OAM – Love And Country Music | 2026 | 08:50 | – |