13 November 2026
► EVENTS on 13 NOVEMBER;
►1►On this day in 1934 – Kandiah Kamalesvaran, alias Kamahl, was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Ceylonese Tamil parents. He became Australian singer and recording artist, and has sold over 20 million records.
►2► 1938 Jean Seberg, was born in Marshalltown, Iowa U.S.A, She became an actress and star of 34 movies, including The Mouse That Roared, Airport and the musical Paint Your Wagon, in which her singing voice was a dub from Anita Gordon. Died 1979.
►3►1941 World War 2 – The English aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sank in the Atlantic Ocean, after being torpedoed by an Italian submarine.
►4► 1951 Trudie Goodwin, was born in London, England. She became an actress best known for her role as Sgt June Ackland in the ITV television series The Bill.
►5►1963 Mt Buffalo, Victoria – Eight women were injured when a falling 15 tonne boulder struck a bus travelling to Wangaratta. The bus was forced to the edge of a 100 metre precipice.
►6►1970 Bangladesh – In the worst natural disaster of the 20th century, a tropical cyclone hit the densely populated Ganges Delta region, with the loss of an estimated 500,000 lives.
►7►1985 Colombia – An eruption of the strato-volcano Nevado del Ruiz melted a glacier and caused four mudslides which buried the town of Armero, causing the loss of 23,000 lives.
►8► 1999 Donald Mills died in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., aged 84. – He was last surviving member of the Mills Brothers, the jazz and pop vocal quartet who sold over 50 million records.
Today’s photo: A gesture of appreciation from Karin, over in Perth, West Australia.
Today’s Playlist.
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | TOTAL PLAYS | |
| Cara McGillion – Tear Stained Letter | 2026 | 09:05 | 3 | |
| Kerri Perrett – Sugar Bird Lady | 2026 | 09:11 | 2 | |
| John R Cockburn & Shelby Jo – My Cowboy Sings | 2026 | 09:14 | 3 | |
| Diamond 45s – Charting on this day 1966 + Beatles – Eleanor Rigby | 1966 | 09:19 | 5 | |
| + Beach Boys – Good Vibrations | 1966 | 09:21 | 12 | |
| John Williamson – September Wind | 2026 | 09:26 | 3 | |
| Barry Thornton – Gibb River Roundup | 09:28 | 10 | ||
| Juanito Fernandez & His Orchestra – Perfidia | 09:32 | 3 | ||
| Kamahl – The Elephant Song | 09:34 | 6 | [See ►1► above.] | |
| Andrew Dean and The Farm Machine – Frisco Bay | 2026 | 09:39 | 1 | Debut |
| Bridget Pross – All About You | 2015 | 09:45 | 5 | |
| For a Listener James Briggs – Rhythm of the Rain | 09:50 | 1 | Debut | |
| Ben Hutcheson – Thinking About You | 2026 | 09:52 | 1 | Debut |
| Leroy Anderson Orchestra – The Typewriter | 09:58 | 16 | ||
| Kevin Sullivan & Stuart Joel Nuggett – Give Me A Story | 2026 | 10:05 | 3 | |
| COMFORT ZONE – Familiar artists and/or familiar songs + Al Grant – Distant Drums | 10:12 | 4 | Last played 2023 | |
| + Daniel O’Donnell & Mary Duff – Harbour Lights | 10:16 | 3 | Last played 2023 | |
| Vintage Vinyl + Mr And Mrs – Rosemary Clooney & Jose Ferrer | 1955 | 10:21 | 4 | |
| + Georgia Gibbs – Tweedlee Dee | 1955 | 10:24 | 1 | Debut |
| Clayton Saunders – Billabong Dreams | 2026 | 10:28 | 3 | |
| Johnny Harris Orchestra – Classical Gas | 10:33 | 4 | ||
| For a Listener Shadows – Apache | 1960 | 10:36 | 32 | Popular request |
| Mills Brothers – Paper Doll | 1959 | 10:40 | 2 | [See ►8► above.] Last played 2022 |
| Chillin’ – Into Your Hands | 2026 | 10:43 | 3 | |
| 70s Gem + J J Barrie – No Charge | 1976 | 10:47 | 4 | |
| + Rod Stewart – Tonight’s The Night | 1976 | 10:51 | 11 | |
| Brendan McMahon – Country Town | 2026 | 10:56 | 2 | |
| Rebel Hearts – Squeeze ’em up Moycarkey | 2026 | 11:05 | 1 | Debut |
| Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – In Your Eyes | 2026 | 11:11 | 2 | |
| For a Listener Cliff Richard & Shadows – Es War Keine So Wunderbar Sie Du | 11:17 | 1 | Debut | |
| Jeff Brown – Holdin’ The Fort | 2026 | 11:22 | 2 | |
| Lindsay Butler & Peggy Gilchrist – Some Day When Things Are Good | 2026 | 11:30 | 4 | |
| Living Guitars – Easy Come Easy Go | 2017 | 11:36 | 2 | Last played 2015 |
| Diamond 45s – Charting on this day 1966 + Hermans Hermits – Dandy | 1966 | 11:41 | 5 | |
| + Simon & Garfunkel – I Am A Rock | 1966 | 11:43 | 7 | |
| Maria Harkins – Fire-Fighting Fellowship of Man | 2026 | 11:47 | 1 | Debut |
| Scott Dann – If I Were You | 2026 | 11:52 | 3 |