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TYGA-FM 98.9
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Derwent Valley Community Radio
New Norfolk, Tasmania
FRIDAY MORNING RADIO with Ray Hewitt 9 a.m. ~ Midday
VALLEY SUNRISE with Ray Hewitt 6 a.m. ~ 9 a.m. Sundays
TYGA-FM 98.9
Streaming at: www.tygafm.org.au
Derwent Valley Community Radio
New Norfolk, Tasmania
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 448,
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: The King River, from the West Coast Wilderness Railway near Strahan, Western Tasmania. Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Ron Christopher – Forever 1956 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | QZWKY 2400272 | |
Past Request 2016 – 2018: Brandon McPhee – The Six Twenty Two Step | 1 | 5 | 27/9/2024 | ||
Liz Clarke – The Little Drummer Boy | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 15/12/2024 | |
By Request Today: Merle Haggard – Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star | 1 | 1 | 6/7/2014 | ||
Kris Cummins – Edge of Town | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Howie Brothers – Dunedoo | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 15/12/2024 | |
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley~ | 1 | 4 | 6/9/2024 | ||
Past Request 2024: Brothers Four – Green Fields | 1960 | 1 | 6 | 3/3/2024 | |
Backtrack: Amber Lawrence – Aussie Aussie Christmas | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 13/12/2019 | |
* Bobby Darin – Multiplication | 1960 | 1 | 2 | 14/5/2021 | |
Backtrack: Rob Breese – Aussie Christmas Day | 2020 | 1 | 8 | 24/12/2021 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Dusty Springfield – Losing You | 1964 | 1 | 4 | 20/1/2023 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Hermans Hermits – Show Me Girl | 1964 | 1 | 7 | 19/6/2020 | |
Glenn Levi – The Magic of Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | USl4R 2492416 |
Becky Hobbs – Those Baldwin Sisters | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Clayton Saunders – Merry Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 15/12/2024 | |
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Coasters – Along Came Jones | 1959 | 2 | 2 | 31/5/2019 | |
** Hank Snow – Cross The Brazos At Waco | 2 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: Foster & Allen – Rose Of My Heart | 2 | 30 | 10/11/2024 | ||
Craig Giles – I Can’t Believe It’s Christmas | 2017 | 2 | 9 | 24/12/2021 | |
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – The First Noel~O Tannenbaum | 2 | 11 | 25/12/2022 | ||
Trevor Loughrey – I’d Really Love To See You Tonight | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1/12/2024 | |
***Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – Yesterday’s Gone | 1964 | 0 | |||
Lindsay Waddington – A Magical Christmas | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 22/12/2023 | |
Downtown Mystic – Better Day | 2024 | 2 | 0 | USBAE 2497886 | |
Seamus Fitzsimmons – Christmas Jive | 2022 | 2 | 1 | 30/12/2022 | |
Brian Cadd – A Loving Man | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | AUPEL 1700043 |
Past Request 2023-2024: Buddy Holly – Peggy Sue | 1959 | 3 | 11 | 19/4/2024 | |
Noel Briody – The Next Time I’m In Town | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | IEWBS 2400001 |
Roger Whittaker – Good King Wenceslas | 3 | 1 | 23/12/2022 | ||
The Drongos – Jingle Bells | 3 | 4 | 15/12/2023 | ||
Backtrack: Warren Kearney – Silent Night~Away In A Manger | 2022 | 3 | 5 | 25/12/2022 | |
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Um Um Um Um Um | 3 | 2 | 9/10/2020 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Nat King Cole – You’re Crying On My Shoulder | 1964 | 3 | 4 | 21/7/2017 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Johnny Tillotson – She Understands Me | 1964 | 3 | 9 | 9/10/2020 | |
Petula Clark – Once In Royal David City | 3 | 5 | 4/12/2022 | ||
Victoria Eman – Beautiful | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 1/12/2024 | NLJ9A 2400002 |
Donna Cunningham – Pretty Paper | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Shand & His Band – Bluebell Polka | 3 | 10 | 15/9/2023 | ||
Debra Thomas – Especially On Christmas Eve | 2021 | 4 | 23/12/2022 |
20 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:
DIED THIS DAY:
* 1973 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Walden Robert Cassotto, alias Bobby Darin, singer, songwriter, and actor , who performed in a range of music genres. His career started as a songwriter for Connie Francis, but he later recorded his first million-seller Splish Splash in 1958. Later, Dream Lover, Mack The Knife, and Beyond The Sea brought him world fame. Died from complications due to heart surgery, Los Angeles, California, Aged 37
** 1999 Madison, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Hank Snow, Canadian country singer who during a 50 year career charted over 70 singles on the Billboard charts and recorded 140 albums between 1950 and 1980. (Heart failure, age 85)
*** 2020 Hailey, Idaho, U.S.A. – David Stuart Chadwick alias Chad Stuart, part of the 1960s folk rock duo, Chad & Jeremy. (Aged 79)
BORN THIS DAY:
1894 Jeparit Victoria – Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister, having occupied the position for a total of 18 years, 5 months and 12 days, and the foundation leader of the Liberal Party. Died 1978.
1952 Somerset, England – Jennifer Agutter, actress best known for her role as Sister Julienne in the BBC drama series Call The Midwife. Turns 72.
EVENTS
1951 Hobart, Tasmania – Internal fittings of the historic Theatre Royal were removed and sold as part of a refurbishment.
1957 Sydney, New South Wales – Seven deaths occurred, and 70 people were treated for heat exhaustion during a heat wave, in which the city recorded a maximum of 42 C. This was Sydney’s hottest day since January 1939, and the city’s third hottest day then on record.
1984 Near the town of Todmorden in England – One of the largest underground fires in transportation history occurred inside the Summit railway tunnel, after a train of tanker waggons loaded with over a million litres of petrol derailed. At the height of the fire, pillars of flame 45 metres high rose from ventilation shafts above. There were no injuries or deaths.
Valley Sunrise Edition 812
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
Today’s pic: Ruins of the 200-year-old convict penitentiary on Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour in Western Tasmania.
Known for it’s extremely harsh conditions, this prison was virtually escape-proof, being mostly surrounded by impenetrable rainforest. It’s only access was via Hell’s Gates, a treacherous entrance into Macquarie Harbour, a shallow fiord on the west coast. Photo: Yours Truly
Today’s playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Ron Christopher – Forever 1956 | 2024 | 1 | 0 | QZWKY 2400272 | |
Chase Stevens – As Good As It Gets | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 29/11/2024 | CAJEZ 2400002 |
Cumberland River Project – When The Wind Picks Up | 2024 | 1 | 0 | DEZC6 2455391 | |
By Request Today: Boney M – Marys Boy Child | 1 | 6 | 24/12/2023 | ||
Past Request 2015-2016: Daniel O’Donnell – Footsteps | 1 | 15 | 1/4/2018 | ||
Jim Reeves – Is It Really Over | 1 | 0 | |||
Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Bizet Had His Day | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
By Request Today: John Lennon – Happy Christmas War Is Over | 1 | 12 | 24/12/2023 | ||
Backtrack: Lee Forster & Paul Prickett – Outback Graves | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 27/3/2020 | |
Howie Brothers – Dunedoo | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 6/12/2024 | |
Chart-Topper this week in 1974: Brian May & ABC Showband – Theme From Rush | 1974 | 1 | 9 | 19/11/2017 | |
Clayton Saunders – Merry Christmas | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Christine Clifford – You Can’t Say | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 24/11/2024 | |
Linda Ronstadt – Heatwave | 2 | 3 | 24/5/2015 | ||
Backtrack: Chris Lee – Driving With The Radio On | 2017 | 2 | 5 | 5/7/2019 | |
Anthony Snape & Tommy Emmanuel – It’s Christmas Time | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 8/12/2024 | USX9P 2469982 |
Past Request 2024: Chris de Burgh – Lady In Red | 1986 | 2 | 5 | 21/4/2024 | |
Foster & Allen – Can’t Help Falling In Love | 0 | ||||
DIED this day 1940, over the English Channel – Glen Miller, jazz musician, arranger, composer and bandleader in the swing era. Aged 40. | |||||
Glen Miller & His Orchestra with Marion Hutton – The Woodpecker Song | 1940 | 2 | 14 | 28/4/2024 | |
BORN this day 1939 Tottenham, London, England – David Clark, alias Dave Clark, musician, songwriter, record producer and the leader of the 1960s Merseybeat group the Dave Clark Five. Turns 85. | |||||
Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over | 1964 | 2 | 14 | 19/1/2024 | |
Past Request 2016 – 2018: Dire Straits – So Far Away | 1985 | 2 | 10 | 4/5/2018 | |
Graeme Clarke – Always My Best Friend | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6/8/2023 | |
Backtrack: Unfinished Business – Eight Days A Week | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 6/12/2024 | |
Past Request 2016 ~ 2021: David Whitfield – Hear My Song Violetta | 1960 | 3 | 7 | 22/8/2021 | |
By Request Today: Richard Lynch, Katelyne Adams, Michael Stover – My Heart And Yours | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5/3/2023 | |
By Request Today: Johnny Horton – When It’s Springtime In Alaska | 1961 | 3 | 7 | 19/5/2024 | |
Bob Marshall – Things The Season Brings | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 8/12/2024 | |
Liz Clarke – Little Drummer Boy | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
By Request Today: Elvis Presley – O Little Town of Bethlehem | 3 | 0 | |||
Box Tree Orchestra – I Will Always Love You | 3 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: ABBA – The Winner Takes It All | 3 | 5 | 6/10/2024 | ||
Toni West – A Beach Party Christmas | 2024 | 3 | 0 | UKBBL 2400011 | |
Backtrack: Heartland Roots Band – Running Out Of Places To Go | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
Terrance Allan – Christmas On The Riverwalk | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
15 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1950 Launceston, Tasmania – Ludbrooks department store was destroyed by fire, damage estimated at over £300,000.
1957 Alice Springs, Northern Territory – In, South Australian police commenced investigations into what became known as the Sundown murders. One of the country’s greatest manhunts took place for the person who murdered three people at their camp site, 300 km south of Alice Springs ten days previously.
The following month, a suspect, Raymond Bailey, was arrested in Mt Isa, Queensland, extradited to Adelaide and sent for trial. He was convicted and executed in June, 1958.
1965 American space craft Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 performed the first controlled rendezvous, while in Earth orbit
1968 Claremont, Tasmania – A 15-year-old boy, who was trapped by a rockfall 19 metres underground in a cave known as the Devil’s Den, was rescued after more than 100 men toiled for 30 hours.
1970 The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 became the first to land on the planet Venus and transmit data back to Earth. It recorded the planet’s surface temperature at 475 C, and the atmospheric pressure, 90 times that on Earth.
1974 Sydney, New South Wales – Australia’s first regular FM radio broadcasts commenced on station 2MBS-FM. The programme included Beethoven, Mozart and other classical pieces and Christmas carols. The station now broadcasts under the callsign 2MBS Fine Music.
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 447,
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: Mt Zeehan, Western Tasmania. Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Kevin Sullivan – Just Don’t Mention Christmas | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 27/12/2019 | AUVW I1900001 |
Past Request 2016 – 2018: Christina Aguilera – Candyman | 2006 | 1 | 6 | 25/11/2018 | |
Hope River Road – Keep A Little Faith | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Graeme Clarke – Footprints In The Sand At Wallaroo | 2019 | 1 | 6 | 28/1/2024 | |
Lindsay Waddington & Brenda Radford – The Red Centre | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 24/11/2024 | AUZY4 2400020 |
Bill Anderson – Always Remember | 2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Richard Mulligan – Dance Around The Floor | 2020 | 1 | 4 | 6/9/2024 | |
101 Strings Orchestra – The Girl From Ipanema | 1 | 0 | |||
Past Request, 12 times, 2013-2024: Charlie Landsborough – My Forever Friend | 1 | 14 | 10/3/2024 | ||
By Request Today: Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas | 2018 | 1 | 5 | 18/12/2022 | |
Rose Angelica – Silver Bells | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Thank God I’m A Country Boy | 2019 | 1 | 5 | 30/7/2023 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Cliff Richard – On The Beach | 1964 | 1 | 10 | 2/10/2020 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Del Shannon – Keep Searching | 1964 | 1 | 5 | 30/12/2022 | |
Anita Winkler – Believe | 2024 | 2 | 4 | 24/11/2024 | |
Reg McTaggart – Pop | 2019 | 2 | 0 | ||
The Silverline with Craig Woodward – Runaway Heart | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AUHRY 2400019 | |
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Vic Damone – The Only Man On The Island | 1958 | 2 | 4 | 13/11/2022 | |
By Request: Shelley Jones Band – Aussie Jolly Noice Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AU3FS 2400023 | |
Backtrack: Jim Williams – Train Track | 2018 | 2 | 12 | 22/9/2023 | |
Ian Hughes & His Orchestra – I Just Called To Say I Love You | 2 | 1 | 30/4/2021 | ||
Backtrack: Joy Adams – Teach Your Children | 2023 | 2 | 7 | 25/10/2024 | |
Owen Smith – Auburn Sun | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 22/11/2024 | AUM0A 2300004 |
By Request Today: Shadows – Apache | 1960 | 26 | 23/6/2024 | ||
Col Millington – Pushin’ 60 | 2017 | 2 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Paul Jupe – Let’s Go Dancing | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 22/11/2024 | |
Past Request 2013-2024: Connie Francis – Lipstick On Your Collar | 1959 | 3 | 8 | 28/1/2024 | |
James Darren – Gidget | 1959 | 3 | 0 | ||
Ollie Austin – 18 Yellow Roses | 3 | 3 | 5/5/2024 | ||
Bob Marshall – You Just Can’t See Him From The Road | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Jack Viljoen – Every Afternoon | 2017 | 3 | 4 | 18/2/2018 | |
Olympic Standard Orchestra – Circle of Smiles | 3 | 0 | |||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Nat King Cole – Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes | 1964 | 3 | 4 | 2/1/2015 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Jay Justin – Reminiscing | 1964 | 3 | 2 | 7/12/2014 | |
Peggy Gilchrist – Call of Kakadu | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 8/12/2024 | |
Kara Ciezki – Medley~Sweet Dreams~Seven Nation Army~I Feel Love | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 1/12/2024 | TCAIO 2430756 |
13 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:
BORN THIS DAY:
1925 West Plains, Missouri, U.S.A. – Dick Van Dyke, actor, comedian, writer, and producer whose career spans 60 years. Turns 99.
1929 Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Christopher Plummer, theatre, film and television actor whose career spans over 50 years. He is perhaps best known for his role of Captain Georg Von Trapp in the musical The Sound of Music. Died 2021
1949 Manchester, England – Paula Wilcox, theatre and screen actress who played Chrissy Plummer in the TV sitcom Man About The House Turns 75.
EVENT:
1952 Launceston, Tasmania – The city’s last electric tram service ran, from the suburb of Newstead to the city
1963 Tullah, Tasmania – The opening of the Murchison Highway made road travel possible to this isolated mining town. Previously, the only means of travel to and from Tullah, was by means of a 2ft gauge railway, operated by a small steam locomotive named Wee Georgie Wood.
1964 Austins Ferry, Tasmania – A 13 year old Launceston boy received a fatal gunshot wound whilst competing in a yacht championship race. Police later questioned a 9 year old boy at a nearby house and took possession of a rifle with a telescopic sight.
Valley Sunrise Edition 811
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
Today’s pic: The Derwent River, Macquarie Plains. Photo: Yours Truly
Track Talk……
Today’s playlist opened with a track from Albert Hammond, a prolific songwriter who had several high-rating hits in the early 1970s, such as Down By The River and It Never Rains in Southern California.
This morning, listener Celia was quick to request John Williamson’s A Christmas Photo, very popular at this time of year, hence the large number of previous plays.
On the matter of requests, as from today I am playing them during the programme as received, and not so much during a devoted segment, which I have traditionally done during my entire 17-year radio “career”.
I am also playing occasional past requests, which may date to my earliest programmes on TYGA-FM 98.9. I have not kept any notes as to who requested what, other than in my neck-top “computer.”
But, in that line, I seem to recall that listener Myrtle was the principal caller who requested tracks from Boyzone; one of those was included today.
You will notice occasional Backtracks; these are recordings by indie artists, who are not aligned to any major recording company. Although very talented, they often have a hard job getting their tracks heard on mainstream radio – the “commercials” and the A.B.C.
Enter, community radio, and I’m one presenter who is pleased to be able to give them an airing, although I do try to keep the tracks I select for airplay compatible with the easy-listening nature of my programmes.
Another notable track played this morning was Celine Dion’s Power of Love. As shown in the playlist, that has been played on Valley Sunrise no less than 31 times. On many of those occasions, it was requested by The Fox of Bridgewater (now deceased), in memory of his young grand-daughter, who passed away some years ago.
To be part of my programmes, you’re welcome to contact me through this blog (there’s provision to do so at the foot of each post), or via the Ray Hewitt Valley Sunrise Facebook page, or by calling me at the studio during my programmes on 6261 2000.
Today’s Playlist (V S):
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Albert Hammond – Good Old Days | 1 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: John Williamson – A Christmas Photo | 1 | 14 | 17/12/2023 | ||
Ollie Austin – The Streets of Bakersfield | 1 | 2 | 23/7/2021 | ||
Foster & Allen – Mary In The Morning | 1 | 0 | |||
Past Request 2023: Boyzone – No Matter What | 1998 | 1 | 9 | 2/1/2022 | |
Frank DeVol Orchestra & Singers – Mister Sandman | 1 | 1 | 17/4/2022 | ||
BORN this day 1925, Harlem, New York, U.S.A. – Sammy Davis Jr, dancer and singer, known for his Broadway performances, recording artist, television and film star. Died 1990. | |||||
Sammy Davis Jr – The Rhythm of Life | 1 | 1 | 26/5/2019 | ||
Box Tree Orchestra – Goodbye to Love | 1 | 0 | |||
Backtrack: Don Smythe – Some Broken Hearts Never End | 2018 | 1 | 5 | 4/10/2019 | |
Bob Marshall – Things The Season Brings | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Past Request 2018: Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were | 1 | 5 | 20/10/2024 | ||
By Request Today: Tina Turner – We Don’t Need Another Hero | 1 | 0 | |||
Neil Diamond – Thank The Lord For The Night Time | 2 | 2 | 25/3/2022 | ||
Peggy Gilchrist – Call of Kakadu | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 24/11/2024 | |
Backtrack: Emma Jene – As My Memories Fade | 2017 | 2 | 7 | 26/10/2018 | |
By Request Today: Buddy Williams & Ivy Somerfeld – Let’s Grow Old Together | 2 | 6 | 13/10/2024 | ||
Anthony Snape & Tommy Emmanuel – It’s Christmas Time | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 6/12/2024 | USX9P 2469982 |
Charley Pride – Just Between You and Me | 6 | 4/10/2024 | |||
101 Strings Orchestra – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You | 2 | 0 | |||
Jade Hurley – Heart of Gold | 2 | 4 | 30/1/2022 | ||
BORN this day 1944, Tarpon Springs, Florida, U.S.A. – Elbert Joseph Higgins, alias Bertie Higgins, known for his hit Key Largo. Turns 80 today. | |||||
Ashley Gall – Monsters | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AUGBT 2459045 | |
Past Request 2019: Celine Dion – The Power of Love | 2 | 31 | 1/10/2023 | ||
Lindsay Waddington – Nullabor | 2018 | 2 | 9 | 12/5/2023 | |
Past Request 2022: Beatles – Eight Days a Week | 1964 | 3 | 12 | 30/10/2022 | |
Paul Anka & Odia Coates – Having My Baby | 1974 | 3 | 1 | 2/12/2016 | |
Graeme Clarke – Mona Lisa | 3 | 11 | 30/4/2023 | ||
BORN this day 1966, Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland – Sinead O’Connor, singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song Nothing Compares To You. Died 2023. | |||||
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares To You | 1990 | 3 | 9 | 26/7/2024 | |
John Blades – Love Will Have To Wait | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 8/11/2024 | AU2KJ 2400001 |
By Request Today: Roy Orbison – Pretty Paper | 1963 | 3 | 10 | 5/1/2024 | |
James Last & His Orchestra – Brazil | 0 | ||||
Victoria Eman – Christmas Spirit | 3 | 6 | 10/12/2023 | ||
DIED this day 1982, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Martin David Robinson, alias Marty Robbins, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and one of the most popular American Country and Western artists. Several of his songs became pop hits. Aged 57. | |||||
Marty Robbins – Sitting In A Tree House | 1958 | 3 | 2 | 17/7/2015 | |
Larissa Tormey – Thank God I’m A Country Girl | 3 | 8 | 18/8/2023 | ||
Backtrack: Eric Read – Downsizing | 2021 | 3 | 11/7/2021 | ||
Joe Kelly – Donkey or Quad | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 446,
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: Table Cape, north-western Tasmania.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Noel Briody – The Next Time I’m In Town | 2024 | 1 | 0 | IEWBS 2400001 | |
Glenn Levi – The Magic of Christmas | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 24/11/2024 | USl4R 2492416 |
The Charlesys – I Can See The Dawn | 2024 | 1 | 0 | CAGOO 2476787 | |
Howie Brothers – Dunedoo | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Vanessa Bourne – Lies That Bind | 2024 | 1 | 0 | USJ3V 2005022 | |
Backtrack: Seleen McAlister – On The Inside | 2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
Fausto Papetti – Misty | 1 | 1 | 30/10/2022 | ||
Past Request 2021: Billy Paul – Me And Mrs Jones | 1973 | 1 | 3 | 17/1/2021 | |
BORN this day 1896, New York, U.S.A. – Ira Gershwin, lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most popular songs of the 20th century, many of which became pop standards. Died 1983. | |||||
Cliff Richard – Long Ago And Far Away | 1 | 1 | 22/6/2018 | ||
Backtrack: Steve Bonham & Long Road – Sally In Blue Flames | 2018 | 1 | 0 | QZW6A 2300135 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Beatles – I Feel Fine | 1964 | 1 | 6 | 12/6/2020 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Kinks – All Day and All Of The Night | 1964 | 1 | 4 | 28/10/2022 | |
Carol Chaney – A Million Stars at Blackbutt | 1 | 6 | 22/9/2023 | ||
Steve Marquardt – Fort Worth | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
By Request: Guy Mitchell – Pittsburgh Pennsylvania | 1952 | 2 | 4 | 26/4/2015 | |
Dianne Coombes – Small Town With A Big Heart | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Michael Golding – Bringing Mary Home | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One | 1967 | 2 | 10 | 28/1/2024 | |
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Frank Ifield – Lucky Devil | 1960 | 2 | 0 | ||
Anthony Snape & Tommy Emmanuel – It’s Christmas Time | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Stephen R Cheney – Just Lucky I Guess | 2018 | 2 | 8 | 13/9/2024 | |
Norman Candler Orchestra – Greensleeves | 2 | 2 | 21/2/2020 | ||
Mireille Matthieu – Seuls Au Monde | 1968 | 2 | 13/4/2018 | ||
BORN this day 1920, Concord, California, U.S.A. –Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist and composer. Died 2012. | |||||
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five | 2 | 0 | |||
Scott McKone – Devils Wind | 2 | 2 | 6/12/2020 | ||
Backtrack: Unfinished Business – Eight Days A Week | 2019 | 3 | 0 | ||
Past Request 2013: Bill Haley & Comets – Forty Cups of Coffee | 1957 | 3 | 0 | ||
Brian Cadd – A Loving Man | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 17/11/2024 | AUPEL 1700043 |
Seekers – Island of Dreams | 3 | 2 | 28/6/2019 | ||
DIED this day 1988, Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Roy Orbison, singer-songwriter and musician, famous for his powerful voice and emotional ballads. Aged 52. | |||||
Roy Orbison – Ride Away | 1965 | 3 | 5 | 11/11/2018 | |
Backtrack: Jason Carruthers – Proud To Be An Aussie | 2020 | 3 | 0 | ||
Horst Jankowski & His Orchestra – Pink Balloon | 3 | 0 | |||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Julie Rogers – The Wedding | 1964 | 3 | 14 | 10/12/2023 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Johnny Rivers – Mountain of Love | 1964 | 3 | 9 | 12/2/2023 | |
BORN this day 1943, Edmonton, London, England. – Mike Smith, singer-songwriter, music producer and lead vocalist and keyboard player for the 60s rock group, The Dave Clark Five. Died 2008. | |||||
Dave Clark Five – Everybody Knows | 1967 | 3 | 2 | 24/11/2024 | |
Wendy Joy Ford – Good Medicine | 2020 | 3 | 0 | ||
Foster & Allen – Rivers of Babylon | 3 | 0 |
6 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:
DIED THIS DAY:
2000 Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. – Wener Klemperer, actor and musician, whose career began in 1947 on Broadway. He is best remembered as Colonel Klink in the television sitcom Hogans Heroes. Aged 80.
2013 Houghton Estate, South Africa. – Nelson Mandela, Nobel Prize Laureate and anti-apartheid activist who spent 27 years in prison before becoming President of South Africa. Aged 95.
EVENT:
1917 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – A French ship, S.S. Mont Blanc, which was loaded with munitions consigned to the battlegrounds of World War 1, collided with another vessel in the city’s harbour. A fire broke out and ignited the caro, which then exploded.
The explosion, which was the largest caused by humans prior to the advent of nuclear weapons, obliterated a large part of the city. This, plus a tsunami cause by the explosion, caused over 2,000 deaths, serious injuries to 9,000 others, left 25,000 homeless and shattered windows 100 kilometres away.
Valley Sunrise Edition 809
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
Today’s pic: Lake Plimsoll, western Tasmania. Photo: Yours Truly.
THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Noel Briody – The Next Time I’m In Town | 2024 | 1 | 0 | IEWBS 2400001 | |
Nina La Vida – Phantom der Nacht | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 22/11/2024 | DEZ92 2401817 |
Brian Cadd – A Loving Man | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1/12/2024 | AUPEL 1700043 |
By Request Today: Beach Boys – Kokomo | 1988 | 1 | 2 | 28/4/2019 | |
Past Request 2023: Bob Lind – Elusive Butterfly | 1966 | 1 | 6 | 12/11/2023 | |
Lee Sims – I’m The One That Ain’t Coming Back | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
BORN this day 1932, Shoreditch, London, England – Terence Edward Parsons, alias Matt Monro, one of the most popular entertainers on the international music scene during the 1960s. During his 30 year career, he sold over 100 million records. Died 1985. | |||||
Matt Monro – I Love You Because | 1 | 1 | 22/9/2024 | ||
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – My Guy’s Come Back | 1 | 0 | |||
Steel Skarecrow – I Only Want You For Christmas | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Joy Adams – Make The World Go Away | 2022 | 1 | 4 | 9/9/2022 | NZRI1 2202031 |
Past Request 2018: Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You | 1976 | 1 | 6 | 6/1/2023 | |
Chart-Topper this week in 1964: Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good | 2024 | 1 | 14 | 18/10/2024 | |
Ricky May – Mister Five By Five | 2 | 1 | 1/9/2019 | ||
Ron Christopher – All About The Song | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 8/10/2023 | QZWKY 2400269 |
Backtrack: Studeo – Life’s A Journey | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 25/6/2021 | |
Ronnie Milsap – Four Walls | 2 | 0 | |||
Trevor Loughrey – I’d Really Love To See You Tonight | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Hank Snow – Daisy A Day | 2 | 0 | |||
Box Tree Orchestra – Endless Love | 2 | 0 | |||
BORN this day 1945, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. – Bethany Ann Midler, alias Bette Midler, singer, actress and comedienne, also known informally as “The Divine Miss M”. She has sold over 30 million records. Turns 79 today. | |||||
Bette Midler – Hey There | 2 | 2 | 20/11/2020 | ||
Past Request 2019: Bobby Vinton – Mr Lonely | 2 | 10 | 23/10/2020 | ||
Rob Breese – It’s Me | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 29/11/2024 | AUC8U 2400001 |
Backtrack: Richard Mulligan – Good Luck Charm | 2020 | 2 | 6 | 11/10/2024 | |
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Oooh Baby | 1973 | 2 | 0 | ||
Celia Bryce Band – Healing Wind | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 29/11/2024 | |
By Request Today: Roy Orbison – California Blue | 3 | 11 | 20/10/2024 | ||
Sandy Summers – Angel of the Morning | 2024 | 3 | 0 | AUK2B 2300009 | |
By Request Today: George Strait – The Cowboy Rides Away | 3 | 1 | 4/10/2024 | ||
Destiny Band Oz – Great Courage | 3 | 4 | 15/3/2020 | ||
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra – The Redwing Polka | 3 | 0 | |||
Kara Ciezki – Medley~Sweet Dreams~Seven Nation Army~I Feel Love | 2024 | 0 | TCAIO 2430756 | ||
Past Request 2012: Boris Gardiner – I Want To Wake Up With You | 1986 | 3 | 3 | 25/11/2022 | |
Phoebe Hutchison – My Little Companion | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
Victoria Eman – Beautiful | 2024 | 3 | 0 | NLJ9A 2400002 |
1 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:
EVENTS
1864 Brisbane, Queensland – The Great Fire of Brisbane destroyed the city block bounded by Queen, George, Elizabeth and Albert Streets. Fifty houses were lost, together with two banks, three hotels, and many other businesses. The fire started in the cellar of a drapery store and quickly spread through the predominately wooden buildings. No lives were lost.
1955 Montgomery, Alabama U.S.A. – Seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, and was arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws. This sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which resulted in a crippling financial deficit for the city’s public transit system, because the city’s black population formed the bulk of the system’s paying customers
1957 New South Wales – A bushfire destroyed much of the holiday towns of Leura and Wentworth Falls. The entire population of Leura, 4,500 people, was evacuated.
1968 Blue Mountains, New South Wales – Bushfires in the Grose Valley and near Glenbrook threatened the towns of Lawson, Wentworth Falls, Leura and Katoomba.
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 445,
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.
Today’s Photo: Early morning at the Redwater Creek Steam & Heritage Society, Sheffield, Tasmania.
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Taken 1998, Yours Truly
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Rob Breese – It’s Me | 2024 | 1 | 0 | AUC8U 2400001 | |
Past Request 2020: Brenda Lee – Night And Day | 1 | 1 | 18/6/2017 | ||
Albert Hammond – Love Isn’t Love Till You Give It | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Donna Cunningham – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1/11/2024 | |
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire and Water | 2024 | 1 | 5 | 25/10/2024 | IEJHJ 2400002 |
Backtrack: Victoria Eman – City Girl | 2017 | 1 | 3 | 1/11/2019 | |
Living Guitars – Something Stupid | 1 | 0 | |||
John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do | 1 | 2 | 17/11/2024 | TCAHE 2397001 | |
BORN this day 1941, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. – Jody Miller, country/pop singer, whose best known hits are He Walks Like A Man (1964) and Queen of the House (1965). Died 2022. | |||||
Jody Miller – He’s So Fine | 1971 | 1 | 8 | 20/8/2023 | |
Past Request 2017: Boyzone – Words | 1999 | 1 | 1 | 29/1/2017 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Al Martino – We Could | 1964 | 1 | 2 | 5/4/2020 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack | 1964 | 1 | 4 | 21/1/2024 | |
By Request: Pat Boone – Moody River | 1961 | 1 | 5 | 23/4/2023 | |
Sarah Riches – Finally Free | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 18/8/2024 | |
Ron Christopher – Delayna | 2024 | 2 | 0 | QZWKY 2400271 | |
Celia Bryce Band – Healing Wind | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Benny Strong – If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked A Cake | 1950 | 2 | 2 | 9/4/2023 | |
Emma Jane – Gairbraid Avenue | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Fraulein | 2017 | 2 | 7 | 5/9/2021 | |
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – C’Est Si Bon | 2 | 3 | 10/1/2020 | ||
Michelle Little – Time To Sing | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AUGBT 2414030 | |
DIED this day 2016, Snell’s Beach, New Zealand – Ray Columbus, award-winning singer/songwriter, music manager and entertainer whose career spanned 6 decades. He was lead singer for the 60s pop group Ray Columbus & The Invaders, whose best known hit was She’s A Mod. Aged 74. | |||||
Ray Columbus & Invaders – She’s A Mod | 1964 | 2 | 10 | 30/8/2024 | |
Backtrack: Brooks & Dunn – Boot Scootin’ Boogie | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 29/10/2017 | |
Bruce Mackay Songwriting with Anthony Snape & Ashleigh Dallas – Dearie Me | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AUL9L 2400005 | |
Dianne Lindsay – Ladies Of The Land | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Courting Ghosts – Falling My Friend | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
Chase Stevens – As Good As It Gets | 2024 | 3 | 0 | CAJEZ 2400002 | |
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real Estate | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 17/11/2024 | AU2KV 2400022 |
Seekers – Don’t Think Twice | 3 | 2 | 28/6/2019 | ||
Past Request 2018: Bobby Helms – My Special Angel | 1957 | 3 | 5 | 11/11/2018 | |
Backtrack: Bill Goodall – Forty Miles of Bad Road | 2022 | 3 | 2 | 26/1/2024 | |
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Georgy Girl | 3 | 7 | 23/10/2022 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Shadows – Theme For Young Lovers | 1964 | 3 | 14 | 10/12/2023 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Lorne Greene – Ringo | 1964 | 3 | 9 | 12/2/2023 | |
Lance Birrell – Ghosts of the Pioneers | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 24/11/2024 | AUGBT 2447112 |
Justin Landers – Rusty Austin Ute | 2024 | 3 | 0 | AUJBV 2400002 | |
Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down | 1970 | 3 | 7 | 18/12/2022 |
29 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:
DIED THIS DAY:
1981 Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A. – Natalia Zakharenko alias Natalie Wood, actress whose career began in movies at the age of four. She became a successful child actor in films such as Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
A well received performance opposite James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause (1955) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress. She later starred in the musicals West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962). Natalie Wood drowned near Santa Catalina Island, California, at age 43.
1986 Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A. – Archibald Alexander Leach alias Cary Grant, actor named the second Greatest Male Star of all Time by the American Film Institute. Aged 82.
2001 Los Angeles, California U.S.A. – George Harrison, rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of the Beatles. Aged 58.
EVENTS:
1947 New Zealand – All schools in the North Island were closed due to a polio epidemic.
1948 General Motors Holden launched the first Holden car. And in 1998 General Motors Holden celebrated its 50th anniversary of building Holden cars
1960 Hobart, Tasmania – The final prisoners were transferred from the Campbell Street Gaol to the new Risdon Prison. For the first time in over a century the Campbell Street Gaol was devoid of prisoners.
Valley Sunrise Edition 809
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
Today’s pic: Silo art, in Tasmania’s Fingal Valley
THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Melanie Gills – The Last 100 Miles | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 22/11/2024 | |
Lance Birrell – Ghosts Of The Pioneers | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1/11/2024 | AUGBT 2447112 |
Christine Clifford – You Can’t Say | 2024 | 1 | 0 | AUP6F 2400003 | |
By Request Today: Tornados – Telstar | 1962 | 1 | 19 | 21/5/2023 | |
Past Request 2022: Beach Boys – Good Vibrations | 1964 | 1 | 9 | 18/11/2022 | |
Andy Williams – Don’t You Believe It | 1 | 0 | |||
Backtrack: Dale Hooper – Thank God For Radio | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 31/5/2024 | |
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Breakfast at Tiffanys | 1 | 1 | 9/2/2018 | ||
Bee Gees – Don’t Throw It Away | 1 | 0 | |||
Manhattan Transfer – Chanson D’Amour | 1976 | 1 | 4 | 19/7/2020 | |
Past Request 2018: Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night | 1964 | 1 | 23 | 19/7/2024 | |
Glenn Levi – The Magic of Christmas | 2024 | 1 | 0 | USl4R 2492416 | |
Kenny Archer – Whispering Winds | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 7/10/2018 | |
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 17/11/2024 | |
Backtrack: Colin Harney – Penny Arcade | 2022 | 2 | 3 | 2/8/2024 | |
Kerr Donnelly Band – Rockin’ Into Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 22/11/2024 | |
Hazel & The Thief – I Want To Own A Farm with You | 2024 | 2 | 0 | QZTBA 2420624 | |
Backtrack: Andy Penkow – The Lone Drover | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3/11/2024 | AUGBT 2435285 |
Peggy Gilchrist – Call of Kakadu | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 22/11/2024 | |
Past Request 2016: Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – The Entertainer | 2 | 6 | 1/10/2021 | ||
Dean Martin – June In January | 1959 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Gary – I Left My Heart In San Francisco | 2 | 0 | |||
Past Request 2023: Bill Haley & Comets – Forty Cups of Coffee | 1957 | 2 | 1 | 24/11/2013 | |
Anita Winkler – Believe | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 21/4/2023 | |
Lindsay Waddington & Brendan Radford – The Red Centre | 2024 | 2 | 0 | AUZY4 2400020 | |
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky | 2024 | 3 | 3 | 8/11/2024 | |
By Request Today: Alabama – Angels Among Us | 3 | 0 | |||
By Request Today: Sandy Scott – Wallpaper Roses | 1967 | 3 | 6 | 10/5/2020 | |
By Request Today: Bing Crosby – White Christmas | 3 | 9 | 11/8/2024 | ||
Edward Woodward – Wednesday’s Child | 3 | 4 | 22/9/2023 | ||
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Mr Sandman | 3 | 0 | |||
Michael Farrell & Rosalind Clare – Today I Started Loving You Again | 2024 | 0 | |||
Billy McFarland – Wonderland By Night | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 1/11/2024 | |
Manon – Je Ne Vois Que Toi | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 15/11/2024 | |
By Request Today: James Blunt – You’re Beautiful | 3 | 11 | 21/1/2024 | ||
Stephen Bennett – Meet Me Tonight | 2024 | 3 | 0 | TCAIS 2442209 | |
Backtrack: Marcella Tornabene – Summer Days | 2022 | 3 | 7 | 22/10/2023 |
24 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:
BORN
1876 Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. – Walter Burley Griffin, architect and landscape architect, best known for his role in designing the layout of Canberra. He has also been credited with the development of the L-shaped house floor plan, the carport and the first use of reinforced concrete. (d. 1937)
1941 Madras, India – Randolph Peter Best, the original drummer for the Beatles, replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962. After working with a number of unsuccessful groups, he gave up music to work as a civil servant for 20 years, then started the Pete Best Band. Turns 83
1942 Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland – Billy Connolly, comedian, musician, presenter and actor. Originally employed as a welder in the local shipyards, he gave it up to pursue a career as a folk singer with the Humblebums, and subsequently as a soloist. Turns 82
DIED
2019 Cambridge, England – Vivian Leopold James BKA Clive James, expatriate Australian critic, broadcaster and poet. Known for his English chat shows, he lived in England since 1962. Aged 80
EVENTS
1917 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – A bomb, which had been discovered next to a church and taken to the central police station by a social worker and a church janitor, exploded whilst being examined. Nine police officers and a female civilian lost their lives.
1963 Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. – The alleged assassin of President John Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, was murdered by nightclub owner Jack Ruby in the basement of the police headquarters.
1968 Hobart, Tasmania – The city’s last trolley bus service ended with the completion of the final service between Huon Road in South Hobart and the city.
1971 Between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. – An unidentified man who called himself Dan Cooper parachuted from a plane he had hijacked, after collecting US$200,000 in ransom money. He was never seen again and most of the money was never recovered.
Whilst it is thought that he didn’t survive the parachute jump, the case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history.
1993 Liverpool, England – Two 11-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were convicted of the torture and murder of 2-year-old James Bolger, and became the country’s youngest convicted murderers of the 20th century.
Friday Morning Radio, Edition 444, 22 November 2024
Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, and On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/
Today’s Photo: The former hotel in Parattah, in the Tasmanian midlands, which was for many decades, a vital refreshment stop for train passengers travelling between Hobart and Launceston, and vice-versa. Now a private residence, I believe it still appears much the same, today.
Taken 1979, Yours Truly
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Michelle Murphy – Moon In The Water | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 20/9/2024 | TCAIM 2477545 |
Past Request 2020: Bay City Rollers – I Only Want To Be With You | 1976 | 1 | 4 | 8/10/2023 | |
Paul Jupe – Let’s Go Dancing | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
By Request: Skyhooks – Blue Jeans | 1976 | 1 | 14 | 21/7/2023 | |
Dennis Marsh – The Mirror | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Abby Grace – Once Upon A Time | 2024 | 1 | 0 | CADXG 2024080 | |
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Always On My Mind | 2019 | 1 | 3 | 25/10/2019 | |
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley | 1 | 1 | 11/10/2020 | ||
Ray Conniff Singers – Memories Are Made Of This | 1 | 7 | 3/9/2021 | ||
BORN this day 1899, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. – Hoagland Howard Carmichael, alias Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader. Some of his best-known compositions are Stardust, The Nearness of You, Heart And Soul, and Georgia On My Mind. He died in 1981. | |||||
Al Martino – Georgia On My Mind | 1 | 5 | 4/5/2018 | ||
Renee & Renato – Only You | 1 | 2 | 22/8/2014 | ||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Manfred Mann – Sha La La | 1964 | 1 | 3 | 24/11/2017 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Heinz – The Beating Of My Heart | 1964 | 1 | 4 | 1/2/2015 | |
By Request: Mills Brothers – Cab Driver | 1968 | 1 | 1 | 2/1/2022 | |
Kerr Donnelly Band – Rockin’ Into Christmas | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
David Hammerschlag – Take Me To A Country Town | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3/11/2024 | |
Toni West – It’s Not The Same | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 10/11/2024 | UKBBL 2400009 |
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Gene Chandler – The Duke of Earl | 1961 | 2 | 3 | 8/9/2024 | |
Chris Guenther – Long And Bitter Chill | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 11/10/2024 | QMAAK 2430346 |
Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Centralia | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 30/4/2021 | |
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Petite Fleur | 2 | 1 | 18/10/2019 | ||
Warwick & Young – Since I Saw You There | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
BORN this day 1941, Hollis, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Terry Stafford, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 hit Suspicion. Died 1996. | |||||
Terry Stafford – A Step Or Two Behind You | 1964 | 2 | 1 | 18/1/2019 | |
Past Request 2020: Bee Gees – Spicks And Specks | 1966 | 2 | 5 | 22/12/2023 | |
Peggy Gilchrist – Call of Kakadu | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
Red Moore & Michael Gibson Orchestra – A Little Boy Called Smiley | 1956 | 2 | 4 | 29/12/2023 | |
Melanie Gills – The Last 100 Miles | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
Past Request 2015: Beach Boys – California Girls | 1965 | 3 | 9 | 14/8/2022 | |
Brenda Lynn Allen – Live Your Dreams | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 17/11/2024 | QZS7J 2404200 |
Nina La Vida – Phantom Der Nacht | 2024 | 3 | 0 | DEZ92 2401817 | |
DIED this day 1943, New York, U.S.A. – Lorenz Hart, lyricist of the Broadway songwriting duo, Rodgers & Hart. Some of his best known compositions include Mountain Greenery, My Funny Valentine, This Can’t Be Love and Blue Moon. Aged 48. | |||||
Rod Stewart – Blue Moon | 3 | 2 | 16/2/2024 | ||
Roseann Sureda – Hanging On For Love | 2024 | 3 | 0 | ||
Morton Gould & His Orchestras – Brazil | 3 | 0 | |||
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Marianne Faithfull – As Tears Go By | 1964 | 3 | 5 | 16/11/2014 | |
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Dinah Lee – Reet Petite | 1964 | 3 | 7 | 2/2/2016 | |
ON this day 1963, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. – John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated during a motorcade through the city. Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson subsequently succeeded to the Presidency. | |||||
Connie Francis – In The Summer Of His Years | 1963 | 3 | 5 | 9/2/2024 | |
Owen Smith – Auburn Sun | 2024 | 3 | 0 | AUM0A 2300004 |
22 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:
ALSO BORN THIS DAY:
1898 Van Zandy County, Texas, U.S.A. – Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. Died 1935.
1932 New York, U.S.A. – Robert Vaughn, actor of stage, film and television, perhaps best known as the suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s drama The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Died 2016.
DIED THIS DAY:
1954 Sydney, New South Wales – Henry Van de Sluice, alias Roy Rene, radio pioneer who, as Mo McCackey, was one of the best known Australian radio comedians of the 20th century. Aged 63.
1980 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Mary Jane West, alias Mae West, actress, playwright and sex symbol whose career spanned 70 years, She first appeared in vaudeville and later became an actress and comedienne. Her first role on Broadway was in a self-penned play titled Sex, which was slated by critics, although tickets sold well. The theatre was raided and the entire cast arrested. Aged 87.
EVENT:
1946 A revolutionary new pen, capable of writing 20,000 words without refilling or smudging, went on sale. The Biro was the invention of Hungarian journalist, Ladislas Biro. It combined a rotating ball point with a tiny tube which held the ink. Biro had previously fled to Argentina to escape Nazi rule, and had sold his invention two years previously to his English backer, H G Martin.
Valley Sunrise Edition 808
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT
Palana Bay, Flinders Island.
[For the geographically unaware, Flinders Island is the largest of the Furneaux group, at the eastern end of Bass Strait.
These islands were originally a mountain range on the low “land bridge” which connected Tasmania to mainland Australia, until 10,000 years ago.
This photo was taken by a relative, in 1978. I assume the locality has changed little since then.]
THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST
Due to a technical hitch, today’s programme started off on last Sunday’s playlist; hence, the first two tracks were repeated from that day. I had to make the necessary corrections “on the run,” as the programme went to air.
TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | HOUR | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED | ISRC |
Irish Rovers – The Orange And The Green | 1968 | 1 | 10 | 10/11/2024 | |
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 15/11/2024 | |
Lou T Josie – Just A Heartbeat Away | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
Graham Oliver – I Don’t Know How I’ll Ever Get Over You | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 28/6/2024 | |
Past Request 2019: Bachelors – I Believe | 1964 | 1 | 7 | 12/4/2024 | |
Carpenters – For All We Know | 1971 | 1 | 6 | 4/3/2022 | |
By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Music Of The Night | 1 | 5 | 13/8/2023 | ||
Horst Jankowski & His Orchestra – Canadian Sunset | 1 | 0 | |||
Backtrack: Don Smythe – Long Way Till Tomorrow | 2020 | 1 | 5 | 11/9/2020 | NZRI1 1903411 |
Sammie Soravia – OK To Be Alone | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 15/11/2024 | |
Past Request 2013: Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction | 1 | 13 | 15/10/2023 | ||
Andy Williams – Blue Hawaii | 1 | 0 | |||
Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman | 1964 | 1 | 22 | 13/9/2024 | |
Petula Clark – Love Me With All Your Heart | 1965 | 2 | 3 | 19/11/2021 | |
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real Estate | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 15/11/2024 | AU2KV 2400022 |
Liselotte van Dooren – Time To Lend A Hand | 2024 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 20/10/2024 | TCAHE 2397001 |
Backtrack: Allan Caswell – Sucking My Darling Dry | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 27/9/2019 | |
Peter Foldy – Bondi Junction | 2 | 4 | 23/6/2023 | ||
Box Tree Orchestra – A Groovy Kind Of Love | 2 | 0 | |||
BORN THIS DAY 1944, Tipton, Missouri, U.S.A. – Harold Eugene Clark, alias Gene Clark, singer-songwriter and a founding member of the folk-rock group, The Byrds. Died 1991. | |||||
Byrds – Ballad of the Easy Rider | 1969 | 2 | 2 | 17/11/2023 | |
Frank Ifield – Days of Wine And Roses | 2 | 0 | |||
Past Request 2019: Ashley Cook – Keeping The Past Alive | 2019 | 2 | 5 | 27/3/2020 | |
Brenda Lynn Allen – Live Your Dreams | 2024 | 2 | 0 | QZS7J 2404200 | |
DIED THIS DAY 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Donald Eugene Gibson, singer-songwriter and Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee, who had a string of hits from the late 1950s into the early 1970s. Aged 75. | |||||
Don Gibson – I Love You Because | 2 | 1 | 5/5/2019 | ||
Rooftop Singers – Walk Right in | 1963 | 2 | 13 | 3/9/2023 | |
Jerry Wallace – In The Misty Moonlight | 1964 | 3 | 3 | 13/9/2024 | |
By Request Today: Slim Whitman – China Doll | 1967 | 3 | 11 | 6/2/2022 | |
By Request Today: Olivia Newton John – Physical | 3 | 1 | 16/9/2018 | ||
By Request Today: Judy Stone – 4,003,221 Tears From Now | 1964 | 3 | 15 | 29/3/2024 | |
BORN THIS DAY 1938, Orillia, Ontario, Canada – Gordon Lightfoot, singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock and country music of the 1960s and 1970s. Died 2023. | |||||
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain | 3 | 1 | 17/11/2017 | ||
Phoebe Hutchison – I Won’t Say I Miss You | 2024 | 3 | 0 | AUK5B 2400001 | |
Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Happy Song | 3 | 0 | |||
Past Request 2022: Axiom – A Little Ray of Sunshine | 1970 | 3 | 8 | 30/10/2022 | |
Backtrack: Tom Curtin & Sara Storer – Speak Up | 2018 | 3 | 2 | 3/8/2018 | |
Gary Kennedy – Dance With Me Molly | 2023 | 3 | 5 | 19/7/2024 | |
Don Costa & His Orchestra – Never on Sunday | 3 | 5 | 19/9/2021 | ||
Daniel O’Donnell – Beautiful Sunday | 3 | 6 | 1/4/2018 |
17 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:
ALSO BORN THIS DAY:
1925 Winnetka, Illinoir, U.S.A. – Roy Harold Scherer Jr, alias Rock Hudson, film and television actor. Died 1985.
1940 Swansea, Wales – Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, alias William Simons, actor who had the role of P C Alf Ventress in the TV drama series, Heartbeat, for over a decade. Died 2019.
DIED THIS DAY:
1970, Surbiton, London, Englamd – Naunton Wayne, actor who has appeared in numerous feature films. Aged 69.
EVENTS:
1970 The Soviet Union landed Lunokhod 1 on the Moon’s Mare Imbrium, from the orbiting Luna 17 craft. Lunokhod 1 was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world. It resembled a toilet pan on eight independently operated wheels.
It travelled over 10½ kilometres on the Moon, at a top speed on 100 metres an hour, and it’s four cameras returned over 20,000 images. It operated for 11 months, instead of the planned 3 months.
Contact with Lunokhod 1 was lost on 14 September 1971.