8 November 2026
► EVENTS on 8 NOVEMBER;
On this day in 1737 Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d’Entrecasteaux was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. He became a naval officer and explorer, who surveyed the east coast of present-day Tasmania, other parts of Australia and New Zealand. Died 1793.
1895 – Wurzburg, Germany – While experimenting with electricity, physicist Wilhelm Rontgen discovered the X-ray.
1927 – Clara Ann Fowler alias Patti Page, was born in Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – She became one of the best-known female artists in pop music and the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, having sold over 100 million records during her career of more than 50 years. Died 2013)..
1931 – Sir John Monash, died in Melbourne, Victoria, aged 66. – He was a civil engineer and military commander during World War 1. Monash is considered one of the best Allied generals of the First World War and the most famous commander in Australian history.
1935 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith died at the age of 38, when his plane crashed into the Andaman Sea near Burma (Now Myanmar).
He was a pioneer aviator who made the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia; the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Australian mainland; the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, and the first eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the United States. At the time of his death, he and his co-pilot, Tommy Pethybridge were attempting to break the England to Australia speed record.
1939 – Munich, Germany – Adolf Hitler narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch in which he led the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German Government.
1961 – Leif Per Nervik alias Leif Garrett,, was born in Hollywood, California U.S.A. – He became singer and actor, famous in the late 1970s as a teen idol.
Today’s photo: – Today’s photo: Tasman Island, off Tasmania’s rugged East Coast. Photo: Ilka Munter
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | TOTAL PLAYS | YEAR LAST PLAYED |
| Bill Nadeau – It Ain’t Easy | 2026 | 06:06 | 2 | 2026 |
| Les Mercer – River Road | 2026 | 06:13 | 1 | Debut |
| Josh Giles – Won’t You Dance With Me | 2026 | 06:15 | 1 | Debut |
| Vintage Vinyl + Faron Young – Live Fast Love Hard | 1955 | 06:20 | 1 | Debut |
| + Bill Haley & Comets – Rock The Joint | 1955 | 06:22 | 1 | Debut |
| Conor Owens – Take Me Back To Mayo | 2026 | 06:26 | 1 | Debut |
| Bushlark – Reedy River | 2021 | 06:30 | 3 | 2021 |
| Patti Page – Say Wonderful Things | 1963 | 06:35 | 10 | 2023 |
| Brandon Hixson – The Boy You Never Met | 2026 | 06:39 | 1 | Debut |
| Carrie King – Don’t Blame It On Love | 2026 | 06:44 | 2 | 2026 |
| George Langan – Your Love It Is The Melody | 2026 | 06:47 | 1 | Debut |
| Belinda Brooks – One Tree Plain | 2026 | 06:51 | 1 | Debut |
| The Curry Mob – If It Ain’t Broke | 2026 | 06:55 | 3 | 2026 |
| Caitlin & Sharon Shannon – Doodles | 2026 | 07:05 | 2 | 2026 |
| Noel Dobell – Our Australia | 2009 | 07:10 | 1 | Debut |
| Chillin’ – Living Our Own Way | 2026 | 07:14 | 3 | 2026 |
| For A Listener: Billy J Kramer & Dakotas – Little Children | 1964 | 07:19 | 15 | 2024 |
| Sound of the 70s + Harpo – Movie Star | 1976 | 07:23 | 4 | 2025 |
| + Cash Backman – My Girl Bill | 1974 | 07:27 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lindsay Butler & Peggy Gilchrist – Some Day When Things Are Good | 2022 | 07:33 | 3 | 2025 |
| Victoria Eman – Lieve Ma, Lieve Toos | 2026 | 07:37 | 3 | 2026 |
| Ryan Phoenix – Turn it Around | 2026 | 07:41 | 3 | 2026 |
| For A Listener: Craig Giles – Picture On The Mantle | 07:46 | 26 | 2026 | |
| Diamond 45 Charting on this day 1966 +Frank Sinatra – That’s Life | 1966 | 07:53 | 3 | 2026 |
| +Seekers – We’re Movin’ On | 1966 | 07:56 | 7 | 2026 |
| Lindsay Waddington, Brendan Radford and Friends – It’s A Circus | 2026 | 08:05 | 2 | 2026 |
| COMFORT ZONE – Familiar artists/Familiar songs + Robert Goulet – I Remember You | 08:10 | 5 | 2026 | |
| + Anne Murray – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again | 08:13 | 6 | 2026 | |
| The Barker Band – All The People | 2026 | 08:20 | 3 | 2026 |
| Sammie Soravia – Gotta Get Back | 2026 | 08:28 | 3 | 2026 |
| Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Camelot | 08:35 | 6 | 2023 | |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Dusty Springfield – All I See Is You | 1966 | 08:39 | 3 | 2026 |
| + Johnny Young – Let It Be Me | 1966 | 08:43 | 4 | 2026 |
| Chey Presley – All My Time | 2026 | 08:47 | 4 | 2026 |
| Jade Hurley – Judy Judy Judy | 08:50 | 6 | 2025 | |
| Shadows – Bombay Duck | 1969 | 08:53 | 8 | 2026 |