30 June 2024

Today’s pic – The Derwent River near Dromedary

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST

Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Valley Sunrise Edition 788
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Ray Conniff Singers – Don’t Sleep In The Subway  (Last Played 23-1-2022)
Men Of The Village – Another Start (2024)  ISRC NLH2N 24 00010
Foster & Allen – Wand-rin’ Star
Bernie O’Brien – Rosanna (2022)
Chet Atkins – White Silver Sands  (Last Played 23-9-2016)
(Chester Atkins, alias Chet Atkins, died this day 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a guitarist and record producer who, with Owen Bradley, created the smooth country music style known as the Nashville Sound. Aged 77.)
The Jazz Kings – Sing A Little Song  (Played 6 times previously)

European Show Band – Sentimental Over You  (Last Played 23-8-2013)
Nat King Cole – The Girl From Ipanema
Rachael Leahcar – Nights In White Satin (2012)   (Last Played 10-3-2017)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 3: Dee Dee Sharp – Mashed Potato Time
Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound (1966)  (Last Played 4-10-2022)
Lolita – Sailor (1960)  (Played 19 times previously, last Played 30-6-2023)
(Edith Zuser, alias Lolita, died this day 2010 in Salzburg, Austria. Lolita was a pop singer who began singing in local clubs whist working as a kindergarten teacher. Her recording career began in 1957 and in December 1959, recorded her only Gold record – Sailor. Aged 79.)
Andrew Ryan – Beauty Of The Bush (2023)

Hour 2

Bill Anderson – Country D J (1963)
By Request: Beatles – In My Life (1965)  (Played 8 times previously, requested 7 times. Last Played 19-5-2024)
By Request: Destiny Band Oz – It’s The Gift (Played 10 times previously, requested 5 times. Last Played 7-5-2023)
By Request: Isla Grant – Will You Walk With Me  (Played 9 times previously, requested 4 times. Last Played 1-12-2019)
By Request: Winifred Atwell – The Black And White Rag (1952) (Played 11 times previously, requested 5 times. Last Played 16-7-2023)
By Request: Beatles – P S I Love You (Played 10 times previously, requested 8 times. Last Played 12-11-2023)

John Glenn – The Blue Side of Lonesome
Zac Griffith – My River Runs To You (2024)  ISRC GBSVC 2400202
Slim Dusty – Pay Day At The Pub
James Blundell & James Reyne – Way Out West  (Last Played 30-5-2014)


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1886 Montreal, Canada – The first transcontinental train trip across the country departed.  Operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it arrived in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.

1894 London, England  – Tower Bridge was officially opened by the-then Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII.  It’s total construction cost was £1,184,000, or a little over £100 million in today’s values.  Each of its two opening bascules, or roadway sections, weigh over 1,000 tonnes.

1927 Sydney, New South Wales – Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm completed a record-breaking circumnavigation flight around Australia in 10 days, 5 hours and 15 minutes.  Their 7 year old plane had an open cockpit, rudimentary navigation aids and therefore could be flown only in daylight.

1940 Sydney, New South Wales – The flying boat Aotearoa arrived from Auckland carrying nine passengers and 40,000 letters, making the first such flight for Tasman Empire Airways Ltd.  The flight had taken nearly nine hours.

1947 New Town, Tasmania – A bulldozer turned the first soil for construction of the first stage of a new northern outlet road from Cornelian Bay Road to Berriedale. (Stage 1 of the Brooker Highway.)

1947 Masterton, New Zealand – The country faced the worst flooding for 50 years after 10 inches (254mm) of rain fell in 24 hours in the Wairarapa district.  Heavy damage was caused to highways and bridges, while the main trunk railway was inundated, halting Wellington – Auckland train services.

1960 Moonah, Tasmania – Prompt action by staff at the Bowen Road Primary School saved the lives of several children who had swallowed morphine sulphate tablets.  They were rushed to hospital by the headmaster, Mr Groom, in his own car and treated in the outpatients section.  

1965 Woodmans Point, near Fremantle, West Australia – The 10-man crew of a 320 ton explosives carrier, Blythe Star, abandoned the ship after it ran aground in heavy seas.  Authorities did not consider the ship, which was laden with 12,000 tons of gelignite and other explosives, was in danger of exploding.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – Fergus Falls, Minnesota, U.S.A. – When a railway waggon containing powdered dog food arrived at a concrete mixing plant, it was unloaded and transferred to the mixing machinery. The mistake wasn’t discovered until the mix was used in a footpath, and didn’t harden.

1968 – Port Moresby, New Guinea – A local villager was walking to his home in Madang when a cow started to chase him. When he ran into a copra drying shed, the cow followed.
He jumped into a nearby river, and the cow followed. He gave the cow “the slip” by squeezing between two boulders – then discovered he was stuck. He spent the night calling for help before his son rescued him.

1968 – Hobart, Tasmania. – A motorist’s view of parking meter attendants changed when one said he was “sorry” he had to book him. The motorist went to the Town Hall with haste, to pay his dollar fine.

AMENDED

28 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 423

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Chasing Twisters – All The Way To Deja Vu (2024)
Don Joy & Melanie Lynn – I Know What I Said (2024)
Frank Ifield – Crazy (1963)
John Inman – Are You Being Served  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 8-3-2024)
[John Inman, born this day 1935 in Preston, Lancashire, England, best remembered as the actor who portrayed Mr Humphries in the 1970s/80s sitcom Are You Being Served. His earlier career in clothing retail served him well for this role in a menswear department. Died 2007.]
Chad Morgan – Three Ply Coffin
Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl (1970)  (Played 3 times previously. Last played 3-6-2018)

Geoff Love & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Andy Williams – Charade
Renee & Renato – Save Your Love (1982) [Renato Pagliari, born this day in Rome, Italy. Died 2009]  (Played 13 times previously. Last played 31-3-2023)
Bee Gees – Warm Ride (1977)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Tornados – Monte Carlo (1964)  (Played 6 times previously. Last played 27-8-2021)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Gene Pitney – Yesterday’s Hero (1964) (Played 2 times previously. Last played 20-7-2014)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Jax Tonic – Sitting Here On A Beach (2023)
Graham Oliver – I Don’t Know How I’ll Ever Get Over You (2024)
Foster & Allen – Take Me Home Country Roads
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Sheb Wooley – The Purple People Eater (1958)  (Played 12 times previously. Last played 17-11-2023)
Lyndel Lucas – Slow Dance (2024)
Steve Condon – In My Life (2024)

Orchestral Sounds – Spanish Flea
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024)
Bob Marshall – Father’s Day (2024)
Anne Fraser – She Sang The Harmony (2024)
Slim Dusty – I Don’t Want No Woman Around
By Request: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – The French Song  (Played 3 times previously. Last played 6-8-2021)
Sean Cuddy – Dance In Tubbercurry (2024)
Hayley Westenra – Pokarekare Ana


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Silverline – Let The Rain Fall (2024)
Bunky Christiansen – Cradle of Love (2016) QMEU 32111938
Jason Carruthers – Storm On The Mountain (2020)
Max Bygraves – Tiny Bubbles  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 23-8-2015)
Max Howard Chambers – Frown Upside Down (2024)
Stephen Stokes – A Peace Cry (2024) IEWLB2400001

David Whitaker & His Orchestra – Good Morning Starshine   (Last played 25-8-2013)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby (1964)  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 19-7-2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Lucille Starr – The French Song (1964)  (Played 11 times previously. Last played 27-8-2021)
ABBA – Put On Your White Sombrero (1980)
Cowsills – Indian Lake (1968)  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 11-11-2022)
Ray Malcolm – California Blue (2023)  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 26-11-2023)

From Karin, listening in Perth, West Australia, today, regarding Tiny Bubbles:
I was tuned in to another great Friday Morning Radio Show & your inviting company. Some wonderful tracks were played & then the notorious “Antioxidant” was mentioned, of course with my name attached.    Thank you DJ Ray for playing this uplifting “Bubbles Song” for me, I’ve enjoyed the tunes with a smile on my face ♡

From Janine, listening in the Derwent Valley today:
Oh this takes me back & warms my heart. Tiny Bubbles I have a clear vision of sitting watching the sunset in Maui sipping a wine & listening to a gorgeous Hawaiian native singing this song …..it was a memory that will never leave me….. Don’t ever think no one is enjoying your program how could they not….you play such diverse music something for everyone… I wouldn’t be the only one experiencing these great memories all because of your music…..take care…

16 June 2024

Today’s pic: Sunrise, Bilton Bay, Claremont.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST

Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Valley Sunrise Edition 787
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Jasin McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024)
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Dreaming (2024) ISRC TCAAW 1129204
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024)
Bill Anderson – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (1962)
Johnny Cash & June Carter – Daddy Sang Bass (1969)  (Last Played 23-9-2020)
(June Carter, born this day 1929 in Scott County, Virginia, USA. She was a singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, musician, comedienne and author, second wife of Johnny Cash. Died 2003.)
Ronnie Kennedy – Lara’s Theme (Last Played 4-8-2023)

Lawrence Welk Orchestra – Champagne Time
Andy Williams – And Roses And Roses
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V 2393597
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 2: Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Daniel O’Donnell – And Then I Kissed You
Adam Faith – As You Like It (1962) (Last Played 29-9-2017)
(Adam Faith, born this day 1940 in East Acton, London, England, as Terence Nelhams-Wright. He was a teen idol, singer, actor, and financial jornalist, who became the first English artist to lodge his first seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first English acts to regularly record original songs. Died 2003.)

Hour 2

Sarah Riches – Alibi (2024)
By Request: Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody (1965)  (Last Played 16-4-2023)
By Request: Slim Dusty – We’ve Done Us Proud (Requested 20 times previously)
By Request: Shadows – Apache (1960)  (Requested 18 times previously.)
By Request: Jazz Kings – Maria Elena


By Request: Michael Crawford – She Used To Be Mine
Ronnie Aldrich & London Festival Orchestra – The Entertainer
Taylor Brothers – Walking In The Sunshine (2024) ISRC GBSVC 2400202
Freddie Quinn – La Paloma
Charlie Adams – It’s A Good Life (2015) ISRC AUJ3Z 2300001


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1931 Roosevelt Field, Long Island, U.S.A. – Wiley Post and Tasmanian Harold Gatty took off in a single engine plane in an attempt to circumnavigate the world.  Their flight set a record for aerial circumnavigation, covering 24,903 km in 8 days, 15 hours, and 51 minutes.

1942 Wales, U.K. – One of Germany’s latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf FW-190, was captured intact when it’s pilot mistakenly landed at RAF Pembrey.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – London, England – England’s only female High Court Judge, Justice Elizabeth Lane, gave a decree nisi in the Divorce Court to John Deane (58), a carpenter, whose wife (Florence) attacked him each time he returned from the local pub.
Justice Lane said men should be able to stop for a few beers after work. She said the wife’s conduct was cruel and Mr Deane was unable to lead a peaceful life.

1968 – Chester, England – The local council ordered restaurant owner Bill White to remove a sign “White’s Eat Inn” because it was racist. Mr White said he wasn’t going to change his name.

1968 – Los Angeles, U.S.A. – Fourteen year old Craig Elliott got out of his bunk in his parent’s camper, and wandered out the door, while the camper was moving at 80 km/h! A highway patrol car, which happened to be behind, took Craig to hospital, but his injuries were limited to bruises. Craig’s mother said he had been sleep-walking since the age of three.

21 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 422

Today’s pic – The Derwent River near New Norfolk

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Human Nature – You Can’t Hurry Love (2024)
Jade Hurley – Oh Carol (Last played January 2022)
Hank Snow – Snowbird (Last played May 2021)
O C Smith – Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp  (1968) (Last played May 2017)
[Ocie Lee Smith born this day 1932 in Mansfield, Louisiana, USA. He was an pop singer who had a two major hits; Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp and Little Green Apples. Died 2001.]
Merri Winter – Dirt For Sale (2024)
Jim Ed Brown – Pop a Top (Last played June 2020)

Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Stardust (Last played August 2013)
Pete King Orchestra & Chorus – Zip A Dee Doo Dah 
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Last played December 2021)
[Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader and composer, died this day 1980, aged 56, in Majorca, Spain. Kaempfert penned numerous easy-listening hits, including Strangers In The Night; Moon Over Naples; Wonderland by Night; and the Joe Dowell/Elvis Presley hit, Wooden Heart.]
Jenifer Wrinkle – Living My Dreams (2024) (Last played December 2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy Fury – I Will (1964) (Last played June 2014)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kevin Shegog – Don’t Bug The Beatles (1964) (Last played January 2020)
Rosalind Clare – Seven Lonely Days (2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Ryan McGlynn – Star Of The County Down (2024)
Joe Kelly – The Road Runner (2024)
Alex Hood – The Service Song  (Last played September 2016)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Bing Crosby & Carole Richards – Sunshine Cake (1949) (Last played October 2016)
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V2393597
Ben Steneker & Anna McRose – Heart to Heart (2024)

Gary R Farmer – Rhythm of the Falling Rain (2024)
Anne Murray – Could I Have This Dance (Last played September 2019)
Highway 95 – Raise ‘Em High (2024)
Gordon Lightfoot – Ghosts of Cape Horn (Last played June 2024)
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Dreamin’ (2024) ISRC TCAAW1129204
Martin Charly – Honey On The Vine


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Sabrina Fallon – Rocky Top (2024)
Travelling Wilburys – Runaway (Last played February 2019)
Gert Bottcher – Fur Gaby Tu Ich Alles (Translated: I Do Everything For Gaby)
John Greene – Sail Away (2024)
Kamahl – Key Largo (Last played October 2020)
Andre Rieu – I Have A Dream (Last played December 2023)

Jazz Kings – Maria Elena
60 Year Diamond Classic: Cliff Richard – Constantly (1964) (Last played October 2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly (1964) (Last played July 2019)
Ewelina Borkowska – Jolene (2024)
Neil Diamond – Yesterday’s Songs (2024) (Last played April 2023)
Marni Nixon & Pete King Orchestra – Buttons And Bows
Shaza Leigh with Lindsay Butler & Peggy Gilchrist – Blaze of Glory (2024)

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1952 Narrandera, New South Wales – Hundreds were rescued from flood waters which swept through the town and nearby Condoblin, Wagga and Forbes and over 6,000 were rendered homeless.

1952 Cessnock, New South Wales – The studio of local radio station 2CK was destroyed by fire, after a late evening announcer, who was rushing to catch a bus to his home in Maitland, left an electric heater on in the unattended building.  The station was closed down and the broadcasting licence was transferred to a new radio station, 2NM, which was launched on 14 January 1954 in Muswellbrook, 90 kilometres away.

1961 A Royal Air Force Vulcan aircraft made a record non-stop flight from Britain to Australia, covering the 19,300 km in only 20 hours, and with three aerial refuellings.    

1966 Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales – An attempt was made to assassinate the Federal Opposition leader, Arthur Calwell, as he left an anti-conscription meeting.  The closed window of his car shattered, but deflected the bullet, with Calwell receiving minor injuries.

BORN:

1974 Melbourne, Victoria – Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver, three time V8 Supercar champion and five time Bathurst 1000 winner. 

1982 St Mary’s Hospital, London, England – Prince William of Wales, elder son of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales respectively.

DIED:

1968 London, England – William Earl Johns, BKA Captain W E Johns, author of the Biggles series of adventure novels.  (Aged 75)

2019 London, England – Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, BKA William Simons, actor who had the role of PC Alf Ventress in the TV drama series Heartbeat for over a decade.  He has also appeared in Coronation Street, The Sweeney, Minder, Dempsey & Makepeace, Doctor Who and The Bill  (Aged 78)

16 June 2024

Today’s pic: Stephen Street, New Norfolk.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST

Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Included in this edition, the Sammy Davis Jr, Neil Young, Paul Mauriat, the Commodores, Kenny Rogers and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 786
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Jax Tonic – My Radio (2024)
Allan Caswell & Angus Gill – The Virus (2024) ISRC AUCJD 2400005
Peter Salata – That’s My Way Of Life (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – Rich Man Poor Man (2024)
Bill Eckelschott – The Dutchman’s Lament (Last Played 17-4-2020)
Bobby Limb – Harrigan (Last Played 11-9-2022)

Australian National Concert Orchestra – My Way
Crash Craddock – Boom Boom Baby (1960)
(William Wayne Craddock, alias Crash Craddock, born this day 1939 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. He was a rockabilly and country singer who gained popularity in Australia during the late 1950s. Turns 85.)
Paul Hudnott – Hey Mr Rainbow Man (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 1: Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V 2393597
John Williamson – Amazing Day
Shadows – The Boys (1963)
(John Rostill, bass guitar player for the Shadows, born this day 1942 in Birmingham, England. Died 1973.)

Hour 2

Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
By Request: Nat King Cole – Smile (Last Played 13-3-2022 as a request)
By Request: Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl
By Request: Ricky May & Bob Barnard – Just A Couple Of Dudes (Last played by me, on another radio station 31-1-2011.)
By Request: Reg Lindsay – Highwayman (Last Played 23-2-2020 as a request)
By Request: Bay City Rollers – Money Honey

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before
Warren Kearney – The Hill (2024)
By Request: Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side
Ben Ransom – The Wedding Song (2015) (Last Played 15-11-2015)
Watling & Bates – Love Was (2024)
Frank Ifield – Wolverton Mountain

ON THIS DAY:

BORN :

1890 Ulverston, Lancashire, England – Arthur Stanley Jefferson alias Stan Laurel, comic actor, writer and film director, famous as half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy.  His career started during the silent film of the early 20th century and extended after World War II. Died 1965.

1915 Highgate, London, England – Dennis Anthony John Sharp, BKA Anthony Sharp, stage, movie and television actor, frequently cast as an aristocrat, appearing in productions such as The Flockton Flyer, Upstairs Downstairs, Man About The House, George and Mildred and To The Manor Born.  Died 1984.

1938 Sunderland, County Durham, England – James Bolam, actor and singer, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in the television series When The Boat Comes In; as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads  and more recently as Jack Halford in New Tricks.

1951 London, England – John Lewis, alias John Salthouse, former professional footballer and actor, best known for his role as Detective Inspector Roy Galloway in the long-running police drama The Bill

EVENTS:

1947 The worst floods since 1916 swept the Derwent and Huon Valleys, with main roads flooded by 2 metres of water at Hayes and Bushy Park.

1963 Baikonur, Kazakhstan – The Soviet Union launched the first woman to enter space, Valentina Tereshkova, into Earth orbit aboard Vostok 6 The mission lasted almost three days, completing 48 orbits. +

1967 Melbourne, Victoria – Toyota Australia announced the introduction to Australia of a new small car, the Toyota Corolla.  The car was described as a two-door, four seater with Italian styling, having an 1100 cc motor and a four-speed all-synchromesh manual transmission.  Although it did not have a radio or heater as standard equipment, it was stated that there was enough interior room for four tall Australians.

14 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 421

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Sara Storer – Under Darwin Stars (2024)
Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024)
Kel-Anne Brandt – Let Music Give You Wings (2019)
Burl Ives – Mr In-Between  (1962)
[Burl Ives born this day 1909 in Hunt City, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and singer and had a number of top hits, including Marianne, It’s My Funny Way Of Laughing, A Little Bitty Tear and Mary-Anne Regrets. Died 1995.]
Cliff Richard – Theme From A Summer Place
David Garrick – Mrs Applebee (1966)

Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Under Paris Skies (Last played June 2020)
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You  (ISRC USDY4 2460648)
Harry Secombe – They Call The Wind Maria (From Paint Your Wagon) (Last played November 2020)
[Alan Jay Lerner, composer and lyricist, died this day 1986, aged 67, in New York, USA. Lerner, together with Frederick Loewe, created some of the most popular works in musicals for stage and film – including the musical Paint Your Wagon.]
Edward Woodward – The Windmills Of Your Mind (2024) (Last played December 2019)
By request: Elvis Presley – Bossa Nova Baby (1963) (Last played November 2013)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Ian Turpie – The Decimal Point (1964) (Last played March 2018)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Rob E G – Tim Buc Tu (1964) (Last played August 2016)
John Gilheaney – Everybody Say Yeah (2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Cassandra – Mr Rainbow Man (2024)
Bunky Christiansen – If I Knew Then (2013)
Richard Mulligan – Judy (2021) 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Ted Heath & His Orchestra – Hot Toddy (1953)
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – The Midnight Cowboy (Last played September 2018)
(Henry Mancini died this day 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an Italian-American composer, conductor and arranger, well remembered for his film and television scores, including the Pink Panther theme, the Peter Gunn theme and his biggest hit, Moon River. Aged 70.)
Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Something Stupid (2024)
Francoise Hardy – That’ll Be The Day
(Francoise Hardy died a few days ago, June 11th, in Paris, France.)

Anthony Baxter – Pride of New England (2024)
Ashley Cook – Diamonds From The Moon (2024)
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil (2024)
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Annette & Kim – Even If I Tried (2024)
E Power Biggs – Hungarian Dance No 5 (Last played September 2019)


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Bridget Pross – All About You (2015)
Ollie Austin – Walking The Floor Over You
Tedd Graves – Mansion Tumble Down (2024)
Judith Durham – The Olive Tree (1967) (Last played December 2019)
Rod Stewart – What A Wonderful World (Last played January 2020)
John & Nienke – Because I Love You Too (2024)

Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Catalania
60 Year Diamond Classic: Merseybeats – Don’t Look Around (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Peter & Gordon – Nobody I Know (1964)
Sammie Soravia – Take Care Of You (2024)
Rick Ferrett – Stand Tall (2024)
Kathy Kirby – You’re The One (1964)

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1883 A railway connection was made between Albury, New South Wales, and Wodonga, Victoria, completing the Sydney to Melbourne rail link.

1887 South Australia was linked to New South Wales with the opening of a railway between Port Pirie and the New South Wales border town of Cockburn

1893 Kalgoorlie, West Australia – Paddy Hannan discovered gold and, in the ensuing gold rush, over 700 men were prospecting in the area three days later

1919 John Alcock Brown and Arthur Whitten Brown departed St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada on the first non-stop trans-Atlantic in a modified World War I Vickers Vimy bomber.  They flew for 15 hours 57 minutes at an average speed of 185 km/h at altitudes varying between sea level and 3,700 m (12,000 ft) before crash-landing near Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
Their aircraft, which was rebuilt by the Vickers Company is displayed in the London Science Museum in South Kensington, London.

1962 Sydney, New South Wales – A QANTAS Boeing 707 airliner named City of Sydney landed after the longest non-stop flight by an Australian commercial aircraft, having flown from Singapore in 9 hours 33 minutes. 

1969 Wiley Park, Sydney, New South Wales –  A fire partially destroyed the Roselands shopping centre, then the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.  The $2 million blaze was first noticed by police on road patrol in a helicopter.

9 June 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:

Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Included in this edition, the Supremes, Floyd Cramer, Johnny Mathis, Herb Alpert and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 785

Today’s photo: The Shop In The Bush, St Helens, north-east Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Lucky Starr – Good Morning Time (2024)
Gordon Lightfoot – Ghosts of Cape Horn (Last played December 2021)
Johnny Mathis – Crazy
Westlake & Guy with Tom Savage – Homeward Bound (2024)  ISRC AUN4Q 2400001
Daryl Somers – Night And Day
(Born this day 1891 in Peru, Indiana, U.S.A., Cole Porter, composer and songwriter whose works include musical comedies Kiss Me Kate, Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was A Lady, and Anything goes, as well as numerous songs such as Night And Day, I Get A Kick Out Of You, and I’ve Got You Under My Skin. Died 1964.)
Bob Britton & Lamplighters – I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

Hank Levine Orchestra – You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me
Les Paul – Nola (1950)
(Born this day 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Lester William Polsfuss, alias Les Paul, guitarist, songwriter and inventor. Les Paul pioneered the development of the solid-body Electric guitar which is used extensively in rock and roll. His early experiments with overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were amongst the first to attract widespread attention. Died 2009.)
Celia Bryce Band – Peacemaker (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 20:  Sue Thompson – Sad Movies Make Me Cry (Last played November 2017)
Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024) 
James Last Orchestra – Plaisir D’Amour)  (Last played March 2015)
(Died this day 2015 in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A., Hans Last, alias James Last, composer and Big Band leader, who has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. Aged 86.)


Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024)
By Request: Willie Nelson – Just Breathe
By Request: Baccara – Yes Sir I Can Boogie (Last played June 2022)
By Request: Beatles – Let It Be (1970) (Eighth time requested, Last played April 2022)
By Request: Frank Ifield – The Wayward Wind (1963)
Michael Junior – Edelweiss

Anne Murray – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
Bobby Goldsboro – Yesterday (Last played March 2018)
By Request: Doris Day – The Black Hills of Dakota (1953) (Last played April 2020)
Richie Love – Come Back (2024)
Verdelle Smith – Tar And Cement (1966)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1781  Wylam, Northumberland, England – George Stephenson, civil and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, thereby becoming known as the “Father of Railways”.  His railway gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches (1,435 mm) remains the world’s standard gauge. Died 1848.   

1930  Melbourne, Victoria – Terry Norris, Australian actor who appeared in many productions, including Bellbird, Cop Shop and The Last of the Australians.  He left his acting career for a 10-year stint in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 1982 and 1992.  Died 2023.

1934 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. – Jack Leroy Wilson, Jr. BKA Jackie Wilson, singer acclaimed as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history  Died 1984.

1936 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales – Peter Wherrett, motoring journalist and racing car driver, who hosted the ABC’s motoring programme Torque between 1973 and 1980.  Died 2009.

1949 County Down, Northern Ireland – Diane Craig, actress who has appeared in many Australian television productions, including Division Four, Cop Shop, The Young Doctors, The Henderson Kids, Home And Away. Turns 75.


DIED ON THIS DAY:

1961  Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria – Jeannie Gunn, novelist and teacher, otherwise known as  Mrs Aeneas Gunn, author of the 1908 novel  We of The Never Never, which told of her time living in the Northern Territory.  The book sold over 300,000 copies over 30 years, was translated into German, and by 1990 had sold over a million.  Aged 91.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1928 Brisbane, Queensland – Charles Kingsford-Smith completed the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.   He was accompanied by co-pilot Charles Ulm, navigator Harry Lyon and radio operator James Warner.

1945 London, England – The RAF announced the De Havilland Vampire jet fighter, the first powered by a single jet engine.  Capable of 800 k.p.h., the Vampire was the first jet aircraft to fly the Atlantic Ocean.  The Vampire remained in service with the RAAF until 1970, and with the  RAN until 1971.

1955 Hobart, Tasmania – The first diesel road rollers, intended to replace the large steam rollers used on road construction sites hitherto, arrived from England.   

1979 Sydney, New South Wales – The Ghost Train fun ride at Luna Park caught fire and resulted in seven deaths.  The cause of the fire was never determined.

ODD SPOTS – 1968:

Sandy Bay, Tasmania – A four year old boy emptied a glass of tomato juice into  the goldfish bowl and told his mother that he was making the fish take their vitamins “just like you make me.”

Naples, Italy – Master pianist Arthur Rubenstein was in the midst of a concert when a piano wire snapped .  Unperturbed, the elderly maestro rose from his seat, apologised for the interruption, leaned over the grand piano, fixed the wire, and resumed the concert to massive applause.

Southsea, England – Reverend David Churchman, an Anglican clergyman, delivered sermons once a month through a ventriloquist’s dummy. He said that “We have to think of new ways of communicating with the congregation.”

7 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 420

Today’s pic: Taken in the Shop In The Bush, about 10 km from St Helens in Tasmania’s north-east, during my recent break there.

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Watling & Bates – Love Was (2024)  ISRC AUHNE 2300005
Nnancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Peter Salata – That’s My Way Of Life (2024)
Dean Martin – Shutters And Boards (Last played February 2015)
[Born this day 1917, Steubenville, Ohio, USA, Dino Paul Crocetti, alias Dean Martin, actor, comedian and singer with many hit singles to his name, including Memories Are Made Of This, Volare, That’s Amore, and Everybody Loves Somebody. Died 1995.]
Foster & Allen – Gentle On My Mind (Last played August 2016)
Shadows – Dakota

Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – Lemon Tree
Jim Reeves – Mexicali Rose (Last played August 2021)
Matt Monro – Born Free (1966 – Southern Tasmania, No 8)
[Born this day 1931, Marylebone, London, England – Virginia McKenna, actress noted for her roles in A Town Like Alice in 1956; Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) and as Joy Adamson in Born Free (1966). Turns 93 today]
Warren Kearney – The Hill (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Cilla Black – You’re My World (1964 – Southern Tasmania, No 1)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy Thorpe & Aztecs – Poison Ivy (1964 – Southern Tasmania, No 2)
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Alouette

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Paul Hudnott – Mister Rainbow Man (2024)
Alan Caswell & Angus Gill – The Virus (2024) ISRC AUCJD2400005
Jax Tonic – My Radio  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Vaughan Monroe – Ballerina (1947)
Tom Jones – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings (1967 – Southern Tasmania, No 3. Last played August 2021)
Anne Fraser – Uncle John’s Guitar (2024)
Col Millington – Midnight Flyer

101 Strings Orchestra – Baby Love
Colin Buchanan – What I Love About Country (2024)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – You’re The One Who Tore Our Love Apart (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – Rich Man Poor Man (2024)
Annette & Kin – Try A Little Kindness (2024)  ISRC NZRI 11302883
Mister Walkie Talkie – Boogie Woogie Baby (1977)
Winifred Atwell – The Coronation Rag (1954)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Jason McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024)
Abby Grace – Me Myself and I (2024)
Peter Reeves – Beer O’Clock (2024) ISRC USCGJ 2465565
Roger Whittaker – Every Time Is Going To Be The Last Time (Last played July 2019)
Conway Twitty & Joni Lee – Don’t Cry Joni
Sonny Morgan – Learning How To Love Again (2024)
Leroy Anderson Orchestra – The Typewriter

Ray Davis & His Button Down Brass – A Swinging Safari
60 Year Diamond Classic: Brian Poole & Tremeloes – Someone Someone (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Al Martino – Tears And Roses (1964. First played August 2016, requested 7 times, last played June 2019.)
Ray Malcolm – With These Hands (2024)
Lynn Anderson – Snowbird
Brendan McMahon – When I See You Tonight (2024)
Jade Hurley – But I Do

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1906 Clydebank Scotland – The liner RMS Lusitania was launched and christened at the John Brown & Co Ltd, shipyard.  After being torpedoed by a German submarine 19 km off the coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915, she sank in eighteen minutes, with the loss of 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard. The sinking of this vessel resulted in America’s entry into World War 1.

1962 Bellerive, Tasmania – Plans for an American-style, ultra-modern, drive-in shopping centre were announced by the General Manager of an investing insurance company.  Estimated to cost £500,000, construction of the shopping centre, to be known as Rosny Regional, was scheduled to begin on 14 acres (5.6 HA) of land purchased from the Rosny Golf Club late the following year.  +

1968 Wellington, New Zealand – The New Zealand Government sent a protest to France over continuing French atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.

1991 Luzon, Philippines – Mt Pinatubo erupted, generating an ash column 7 kilometres high.  This was the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20^th century, after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, Alaska.

2 June 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:

Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Valley Sunrise Edition 784

Today’s photo: Taken on the waterfront at St Helens, north-east Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Dave Caley – The Wild Ones
Paul Hudnott – Mister Rainbow Man (2024)
Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Jo Allen Christi – Grandpa’s Fishing Hole (2024) ISRC QZK6L2359942
Jimmy Jones – Handy Man (1960)
(Jimmy Jones – Born this day 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., singer, songwriter and one-hit-wonder with his 1960 hit, Handy Man. Died 2012.)
John DeRosa – Hey Rock and Roll (2024)

Melbourne Pops Orchestra conducted by Tommy Tycho – Fernando
Sammy Kaye Orchestra – Diane
(Sammy Kaye – Died this day 1987 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. He was a band leader and songwriter of the Big Band era, famed for the tag line “Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye.” Aged 77
Ewelina Borkowska – Jolene (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 19: Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024) ISRC AUZY42300048
Rosalind Clare – Back In Baby’s Arms (2024) ISRC USJ3V2393597
Toni West & Ray Malcolm – Island In The Stream (2021)

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Buckinghams – Kind Of A Drag (1967)
By Request: John Williamson – Cootamundra Wattle
By Request: Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (1969)
By Request: Charley Pride – Just Between You And Me
By Request: Vera Lynn – I’ll Be Seeing You
Jo Powell – You Never Asked Me (2024) ISRC AUZY42400002

By Request: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Morgen
By Request: Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1966)
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You (2024) ISRC USDY42460648
Archies – Bang Shang A Lang (1968)
Graham Rodger – The Wellshot Hotel (2024)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1904  Bansag, Austria-Hungary – Johnny Weissmuller, 1920s Olympic swimmer, winner of five gold medals and one bronze medal.  He became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in movies, a role he played 12 times.  Although many other actors have also played Tarzan, Weissmuller is by far the best known with his distinctive, undulating yell. Died 1984.

1948  Sioux City, Iowa – Jerry Mathers, former child actor who portrayed Theodore Cleaver, aka “Beaver” in the early American television sitcom Leave It To Beaver between 1957 and 1963. Turns 76.

1971 Auckland, New Zealand – Joel Tobeck, one-time radio breakfast programme weatherman, also a dancer, singer and actor, who appeared as Chief Superintendent Matthew Lawson in the ABC television series, The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Turns 53.


DIED ON THIS DAY:

1990 New York, U.S.A. – Reginald Carey Harrison alias Rex Harrison, Academy award winning actor of stage and screen. Aged 82.

2001  Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Imogene Coca, comic actress who started out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, but studied ballet with the intention of a serious career in music and dance.  She graduated to decades of stage musical revues and cabaret. She also had a celebrated career as a television comedienne. Aged 92.

2008  Archer, Florida, U.S.A. – Ellas Otha Bates, alias Bo Diddley, rock and roll vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and inventor. Aged 79.

2008  Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. – Melchor Gastón Ferrer alias Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer. Aged 90.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1953 Westminster, England – The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey.  This was the first to be televised around the world.

1960 Hobart, Tasmania – The Australian Broadcasting Commission’s first Tasmanian television station, ABT channel 2, was officially opened by Dame Enid Lyons, Tasmanian Resident Commissioner for the ABC.
The names of the personalities who would regularly be seen were announced.  They were;  Don Lette;  Barry Fraser;  Bob Wilcox;  Ken Short;  and John Baldwin.

1965 The first contingent of Australian troops arrived in South Vietnam.

1966 American space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the Moon’s Oceanus Procellarum, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.

1985 The RO-RO ferry Empress of Australia made its final voyage across Bass Strait, between Devonport and Melbourne.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 BOURNEMOUTH, England – Hotel manager Brian Tokely was looking for someone who could throw a stone from his hotel, into the sea, so he could legally advertise his hotel as being “a stone’s throw from the sea.”

1968 SIDERNO, Italy – There was amazement, joy and new heartbreak after Giuseppe Caccamo failed to return, after joining the Italian army 26 years previously. His wife and two children donned black mourning dress and prayed for him.
Then in 1968, Giuseppe turned up, home, but wouldn’t say what he had been doing since 1942, nor where he had been. After a big party – Giuseppe disappeared again.

1968 LONDON, England – A skin specialist, Dr Ian Seddon, warned that girls wearing mini-skirts who worked in cold offices and shops were at risk of getting chill-blains on their thighs and bottoms, if they worked near open doors.

31 May 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 419

Today’s pic: Taken at the Bay of Fires, in Tasmania’s north-east, during my break there last week. The vapour trail is from a Sydney, or Brisbane, to Hobart direct flight which passed overhead.

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Noel Flynn – Too Good Of A Day To Say Goodbye (2024)
Bushwackers – Friend For Life (2024)
John Williamson & Beccy Cole – It’s All About Love
Jim Reeves – Stand At Your Window
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Francisco Cavez & His Orchestra – Midnight In Brazil

101 Strings Orchestra – Andante From Violin Concerto In E Minor
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil (2024)
Peter Paul & Mary – Puff The Magic Dragon (1963)
[Born this day 1938, New York, USA, Peter Yarrow, singer famed for his role with the 60s music trio Peter Paul & Mary. Yarrow co-wrote, with Leonard Lipton, one of the group’s most famous songs – Puff The Magic Dragon.]
Anthony Baxter – Pride Of New England (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kathy Kirby – You’re The One (1964)
Alisha Smith – Redwing
Johnny Cash – When Papa Played The Dobro

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Stacey Breen – Everybody Loves A Winner (2024)
Taylor Brothers – Walking In The Sunshine (2024) ISRC GBSVC2400202
Charlie Adams – It’s A Good Life (2024) ISRC AUJ3Z2300001
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Phil Harris – The Thing (1950)
Diana Trask – Oh Boy (1974)
Bill Anderson – Green Green (1964)

George Melachrino Strings – Villa Villa
Tammy Lynn – Evergreen (2024)
Graeme Connors – A Child Of This Land
Jade Hurley – Burning Bridges
Cass Williams – Walkin’ Old Floors (2024) ISRC QZDA82419935
George Baker Selection – Fly Away Little Paraquayo

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Lance Friend – Ned Kelly Said (2024)
Dale Hooper – Thank God For Radio (2024)
Warren Kearney – Welcome To My World (2004)
Apollo 100 – A Walk In The Black Forest (1974)
Yvonne & The Stars – De Hele Stad
Ashley Cook – Diamonds From The Moon (2024)

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – The Honeymoon Song
60 Year Diamond Classic: Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – The Summer Song (1964) [Played in Error]
60 Year Diamond Classic: Ray Charles Singers – Love Me With All Your Heart (1964)
Cathy Dobson – Sundowner Drive (2024)
Tommy Fleming – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – Yesterday’s Gone (1964) [Intended play, above.]
Fisherman’s Friends – Strike The Bell

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

BORN:

1926 Nowingi, Victoria – Patricia Jean Adam-Smith, BKA Patsy Adam-Smith, author and historian whose research took her to over 60 countries.  Died 2001.

1930 San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – Clinton Eastwood, BKA Clint Eastwood, film actor, director, producer and composer, known for his roles in violent action and western films. 


EVENTS:

1878 Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell, Victoria – The clipper ship Loch Ard was wrecked, with the loss of 50 lives.  Only two of the 54 on board survived, Eva Carmichael, a passenger, and Thomas Pearce, an apprentice.  Pearce made it to shore, but returned to the rough water to rescue Carmichael, who clung to a spar for many hours.

1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania U.S.A. – Over 2,200 lives were lost when the South Fork Dam failed and sent an 18 metre wall of water over the town.

1927 The last Ford Model T left the assembly after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

1937 The first episode of a new radio serial, Dad And Dave, based on Steele Rudd’s book On Our Selection, was broadcast throughout Australia.

1942 Japanese midget submarines began a series of attacks in Sydney Harbour.

1963 Tasmania ended its coldest May on record, with Hobart shivering with the lowest minimum temperature for the month since 1902.  The -0.5 C minimum recorded at the Weather Bureau was the second lowest on record for the city. 

1968 New Norfolk, Tasmania – The 150^th anniversary of the start of construction of the first road between Hobart and New Norfolk was celebrated by an assemblage at Willow Court, including a sentry in full uniform who sheltered in the original sentry box.

26 May 2024

I’m back after a few days’ R n R in fabulous St Helens, in Tasmania’s north-east. Great weather, great people, great food.

Thanks to Nigel Jones for sitting in for me on Friday morning, when I’m normally on air.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:
Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Valley Sunrise Edition 783

Today’s photo: Fishing vessels tied up at St Helens.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Foster & Allen – Memories Are Made Of This
Richard Mulligan – Coat Of Many Colours (2021)
Desert Mulga Band – Karnta Nyuntu (2021)
Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby (1975)
Peggy Lee with Mel Torme & Mellomen – The Old Master Painter (1950)
(Peggy Lee – Born this day 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S.A. as Norma Deloris Egstrom. She was a jazz and pop singer, songwriter and actress, whose career spanned nearly 70 years. Died 2002.)
Edward Woodward – Smile

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Alouette
Miles Davis – Time After Time
(Miles Davis – Born this day 1926 in Alton, Illinois, U.S.A. He was a trumpeter, band leader and composer one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Died 1991)
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 18: Connie Francis – Where The Boys Are
Bunky Christiansen – Silver Wings (2013)
Cumberland River Project – In Line (2024)

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

ABBA – Put On Your White Sombrero (1980)
By Request: Beatles – In My Life (1965)
By Request: Johnny Horton – When It’s Springtime In Alaska (1961)
By Request: Shirley Bassey – I (1964)
By Request: Shirley Thoms – Just A Boy I Used To Know

Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Tangerine
Andy Williams – Be Mine Tonight
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You (2024)
Winifred Atwell – Coronation Rag
Graeme Connors – Pacifica
Steve Sparrow – Now And Forever (2024)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1886 Seredzius, Lithuania – Asa Yoelson alias Al Jolson, singer, comedian and actor who, in his heyday, was dubbed “The World’s Greatest Entertainer”. (Died 1950)

1904  Wigan, England – George Formby, singer and comedian, popular star of stage and screen, remembered for playing the banjo ukelele and as a singer of light, comical songs. (Died 1961)

1906  Bhamo, Burma – John Dease, Australian actor, radio presenter and quizmaster of the 1940s and 50s best remembered for the radio programme The Quiz Kids, the format of which involved a panel of Sydney childen aged between 11 and 15 who answered questions sent in by listeners around Australia.    (Died 1979)

1907 Winterset, Iowa, U.S.A. – Marion Mitchell Morrison BKA John Wayne, Academy-Award winning American film actor, director and producer. (Died 1979)

1908 Semley, Wiltshire, England – Robert Morley, actor often cast in supporting roles, as a pompous English gentleman representing The Establishment. (Died 1992)

DIED ON THIS DAY:

2005 Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Eddie Albert, actor who appeared in many movies and television series, including the 1960s television sitcom Green Acres and the soapie Falcon Crest. (Aged 99)

2018  Houston, Texas, U.S.A. – Alan Bean, fourth man to set foot on the moon and Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969. He completed two moon walks and assisted crewmates Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad with lunar surface experiments, and with the installation of the first nuclear power generator station on the moon.  (Aged 86)

2020  Tony Scannell, actor best known for his role as DS Ted Roach in the long-running police drama The Bill  (Aged 74)

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1940 Dunkirk, France – Allied forces began a massive evacuation of over 338,000 soldiers during a pause in an overpowering attack by the German Army. Over 40,000 men were taken prisoner, or left to find their own way back to England, via Spain.

1969 Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.

1970 The Soviet Tupolev TU-144 became the first commercial plane to exceed Mach 2, or double the speed of sound.  This aircraft cruised at 16,000 metres (or 52,000 feet) at a speed of 2,000 km/h (or Mach 1.6).
A total of 16 Tupolev TU-144s were built, but they were only used for 55 passenger flights, before being used for 47 cargo flights until 1983. A major problem was the interior noise level, which was high enough to make conversation between passengers impossible.
Only two of these aircraft survive, both as museum exhibits in Zhukovski, near Moscow. 




 

19 May 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:

Every Sunday morning, easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Included in this edition, Elvis Presley; Jimmie Rodgers; the Everly Brothers; Burl Ives; and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 782

Today’s photo: The Close, St Matthews Anglican Church, New Norfolk.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Noel Flynn – Too Good Of A Day To Say Goodbye (2024)
Ashley Cook – Diamonds From The Moon (2024)
Anne Murray – There Goes My Everything
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil (2024)
Alma Cogan – The Story Of My Life (1958)
(Alma Cogan – Born this day 1932 in Golders Green, London, England as Alma Angela Cohen. She was a pop singer of the 1950s and 60s, and the most consistently successful female singer in the U.K. Died 1966.)
Jim Reeves – Golden Memories And Silver Tears (1967)

101 Strings Orchestra – Penny Lane
Kathy Kirby – Please Help Me I’m Falling (1969)
(Kathy Kirby – Died this day 2011 in London, England. She is best known for her 1964 cover of Doris Day’s Secret Love, and for Dance On, a vocal version of the Shadows’ hit of 1963. She represented the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, in which she came second. Her appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe. She was aged 72.)
Taylor Brothers – Walking In The Sunshine (2024) ISRC GBSVC2400202
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 17: Ferrante & Teicher – Exodus
Calla Markwell with Ronnie Ogden & His Orchestra – Heat Wave
Jimmy Little – Ring Of Fire
Amy Leigh – And I Wonder (2024)

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Tony Bennett – Rags To Riches (1953)
By Request: Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy
By Request: Pussycat – Mississippi
By Request: Olivia Newton-John – Help Me Make It Through The Night
By Request: Slim Whitman – Indian Love Call

By Request: Elvis Presley – Little Egypt
By Request: Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go
Graeme Connors – 60 Summers
Walk Don’t Run – Saturday Night In Nashville (2024)
Jade Hurley – Always
Christie – Yellow River (1970)
Alisha Smith – Winter Winds

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1861 Melbourne, Victoria  – Helen Porter Mitchell alias Dame Nellie Melba, one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century, and the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. Died 1931.

1932 Golders Green, London, England –Alma Cogan, pop singer of the 50s and early 60s, and the highest paid British female entertainer of her era. Died 1966.

1961 Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland – Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin alias Enya, singer, instrumentalist and composer.


DIED ON THIS DAY:

1915 Shrapnel Gully, Turkey – Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, known as “Simpson, the man with the donkey.” who retrieved numerous wounded soldiers and saved many troops’ lives during the Gallipoli landing.  Aged 22.

2002  Sydney, New South Wales – John Gorton, 19^th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from January 1968 until March 1971, when he voted himself out of office after a motion of confidence at a Liberal Party caucus meeting was tied. Aged 90.

2011  London, England – Kathleen O’Rourke alias Kathy Kirby, pop singer, best known for her cover of Doris Day’s Secret Love, and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision song Contest, in which she came in second.  Her appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe.  Aged 72.  

2014 Gold Coast, Queensland – John Arthur Brabham alias Sir Jack Brabham, Australian racing car driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966 and founder of the Brabham racing team.  Aged 88.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1950 South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.A. – More than 420 tons of munitions and other explosives consigned to Pakistan, exploded as they were being transferred from railway trucks to barges, causing the loss of 35 lives and injuring hundreds.
The explosion was heard 50 km away, damaged most of the town’s 2,700 buildings, and destroyed the town’s power supply. The company which manufactured the explosives later faced 9,000 charges.

1953  Melbourne, Victoria – The 100,000^th Holden car came off the production line at Fishermen’s Bend.

1961  The Soviet probe Venera 1 became the first man-made object to approach another planet when it passed within 100,000 km of Venus.  However, contact with Venera 1 had been lost a month previously, so it did not send any data.

ODD SPOT:

1969 – England – An prisoner, serving seven years for armed robbery, who escaped from Dartmoor Gaol, decided to ask a Plymouth resident about borrowing his car.
His cheek was rewarded with a free ride “home” when he knocked on the door of Leonard Blaney, an ex-policeman, who became suspicious.

1969 – Hobart, Tasmania – A car rental agency must have set a record for the shortest life of a registered car. It was delivered from the dealer with 2 miles (3 kilometres) on the odometer. After half an hour, and one more mile (1.6 km) the car was a write-off.