In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1976, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music, most of which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – A June sunrise on the Faulkner range. Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Kathy Carver – Eyre Highway Track
2025
06:06
2
1/6/2025
Charting this day 1976 ABBA – Ring Ring
1976
06:11
12
23/2/2024
Charting this day 1976 Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow
1976
06:14
8
10/1/2021
D-Layla – What I Want You To Know
2025
06:19
0
Sheena Easton – Morning Train
1981
06:22
1
22/7/2022
Soundtrack Oliver & Co – Once Upon A Time In New York City
1988
06:27
7
4/11/2022
Frank Mills & His Orchestra – The Poet and I
06:33
1
5/7/2020
Matt Monro – The Impossible Dream
06:37
1
9/3/2025
Jose Feliciano – Quando Pienso
06:40
0
Michael Russ – Trumpet Moments
2025
06:44
2
15/6/2025
Billy Fury – A Thousand Stars
1960
06:49
3
16/5/2025
Stella Moon – Out Of The Dark
2024
06:52
1
24/11/2023
Ray Conniff Orchestra – Pacific Sunset
06:57
0
Shaun Connery – We Were Meant To Be Lovers
2025
07:06
0
Charting this day 1976 Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be a Hero
1976
07:12
3
15/6/2025
Charting this day 1976 Sherbet – Howzat
1976
07:14
7
22/6/2018
Jody Miller – He Walks Like A Man
1964
07:21
10
23/2/2024
Lee Kernaghan – She’s My Ute
07:24
0
Graeme Clarke & Sandy Shaw – Diamond of the Desert
2019
07:28
5
9/8/2024
Abby Grace – Queen Laffalot
2020
07:31
0
Perry Botkin Jr & His Orchestra – Happiness Is
07:35
5
21/1/2024
Anne Biddie – Missing You
2025
07:38
2
20/6/2025
Peggy Gilchrist – Southern Sky
2025
07:43
2
1/6/2025
Daniel O’Donnell & Mary Duff – Top Of The World
07:47
2
5/1/2024
Allan Caswell – He Loves His Radio
2024
07:50
3
28/2/2025
Robert Goulet – Both Sides Now
07:55
2
13/11/2020
Beach Boys – Catch A Wave
1966
08:05
0
Charting this day 1976 Four Seasons – December 1963 Oh What A Night
1976
08:10
4
28/2/2021
Charting this day 1976 Mark Holden – Never Gonna Fall In Love Again
1976
08:13
7
25/6/2021
Peter & Gordon – Crying in the Rain
1965
08:19
0
Cliff Richard – It’s All In The Game
1963
08:22
4
29/9/2023
Victoria Eman – Holding Out For You
2017
08:26
3
24/11/2019
Norman Percival & His Orchestra – A World Of Our Own
08:34
3
24/7/2020
River Rose – Always Be There
2025
08:37
1
13/6/2025
Platters – Thanks For The Memory
1959
08:42
6
17/3/2023
Lindsay Waddington & Brendan Radford – The Red Centre
Easy listening, retro and recent releases not heard on mainstream radio throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – Portion of the Bridgewater causeway, around 20 kilometres from New Norfolk, which was constructed by teams of convicts under a brutal overseer in the 1830s.
Solid rock sourced from an adjacent quarry was used, using the most primitive tools.
This causeway served road and, later, rail traffic continuously for 190 years until recently, when a new concrete road bridge was opened.
Photo – Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
PLAY TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Ramona Bruins – Today Is Your Day
2025
09:05
1
20/6/2025
Orleans – Still The One
1976
09:10
2
1/8/2014
The Real Thing – You To Me Are Everything
1976
09:14
2
6/12/2019
Christine Clifford – Annie’s Song
2025
09:19
2
11/5/2025
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Backtrack: Mike Wilkinson – Meant To Be
2022
09:22
6
5/6/2020
Cary Lewincamp – Salamanca Saturdays
09:26
0
Acker Bilk & Leon Young String Chorale – Deep Purple
09:31
1
13/3/2020
Allan Caswell – Won’t Get The ’80s Back
2025
09:35
0
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Jason Cole – Mr Lonesome
2025
09:40
1
30/5/2025
Kylie Adams-Collier – The Highland Life
2025
09:44
1
11/4/2025
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60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Herman’s Hermits – Wonderful World
1965
09:49
6
4/6/2017
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Billy Thorpe & Aztecs – Funny Face
1965
09:51
3
4/5/2025
Scaffold – Lily The Pink
1968
09:54
9
22/5/2020
Lindsay Waddington – Solid Ground
2025
10:05
1
30/5/2025
Fleetwood Mac – Monday Morning
1975
10:09
1
30/8/2024
Peter Allen – She Loves To Hear The Music
1976
10:13
6
21/4/2023
Judith Durham – It’s Hard To Leave
1997
10:17
8
17/6/2022
Old Time Concert Hall: Paul Weston Orchestra & Chorus – On A Sunday Afternoon
10:22
0
Backtrack: Victoria & Ginger – Perfect
2017
10:24
5
28/1/2018
Australian National Concert Orchestra – When I Need You
10:31
1
4/8/2013
Anne Biddie – Missing You
2025
10:33
1
30/5/2025
Apollo 100 – Telstar
1972
10:40
13
24/9/2023
The Barker Band – The Only Thing They Remember
2025
10:45
0
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Tomas Jackman – Karma Chameleon
2025
10:48
0
Jeff Brown – Pretty Bush Sheila
2019
10:52
3
19/1/2025
Caoimhe Murney – Scania 164
2025
10:55
1
13/6/2025
Gary Mangan – The Leaving of Liverpool
2025
11:05
3
6/6/2025
Jessica Loobey – Back To Her Roots
2025
11:10
1
11/4/2025
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Glenn Jones – The Portrait’s Plain
2025
11:13
1
30/4/2025
Slim Dusty & Travelling Country Band – Smiles
11:17
1
14/9/2014
Faron Young – Hello Walls
1961
11:24
6
25/2/2024
Roy Orbison – Running Scared
1961
11:27
6
21/4/2024
Mike Vickers & His Orchestra – In The Summertime
11:32
0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Bachelors – Marie
1965
11:35
10
17/9/2021
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Vic Damone – Please Help Me I’m Falling
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1974, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music, most of which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – Cruising in the Derwent Valley. Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Chris Callaghan – Twenty Hours
2025
06:05
3
16/5/2025
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Charting this day 1974 Sue Thompson – Candy and Roses
1974
06:12
3
30/3/2018
Charting this day 1974 Johnny Chester – She’s My Kind Of Woman
1974
06:14
10
29/9/2024
Shaun Connery – You Angel You
2025
06:19
1
9/3/2025
Johnny Burnette – Dreamin’
1960
06:22
9
2/2/2025
Lori Hardman & Don Wilhelm – They Don’t Write Stories Like This Anymore
2025
06:24
0
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Dancing In The Dark
06:32
0
Carol Chaney – Everything’s A Waltz
2025
06:35
3
9/5/2025
Daniel O’Donnell – Don’t Forget To Remember
06:38
1
26/3/2021
By Request Today: Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart
1964
06:42
5
23/2/2024
Howie Bros – We Love This Sunburnt Country
2025
06:46
3
28/3/2025
Anne Fraser – Beneath Australian Stars
2024
06:50
4
19/4/2024
Axiom – Arkansas Grass
1969
06:53
5
18/2/2022
By Request Today: Shavonne Aliphon – Someday You’ll Want Me
06:57
0
Klaasje Menzen – We Hold Our Head Up High
2025
07:06
3
9/5/2025
Charting this day 1974 Paper Lace – Billy Don’t Be a Hero
1974
07:11
2
24/8/2018
Charting this day 1974 Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
1974
07:15
6
8/12/2024
Mack Country with Anthony Snape – Storytellers
2025
07:21
0
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Rebecca Richards – The House
2025
07:24
0
Beatles – I’ll Follow The Sun
1965
07:29
0
Johnny Gibbs Orchestra – The Continental
07:32
4
20/11/2022
Anita Bryant – Little Things Mean A Lot
1964
07:37
0
Lettermen – You’ll Never Walk Alone
1964
07:40
0
Taylor Brothers – Please Let Me Wonder
2025
07:45
0
Sandie Shaw – Monsieur Dupont
1968
07:49
5
27/9/2024
Jack Jones – Wives And Lovers
07:52
1
6/6/2025
Michael Russ – Trumpet Moments
07:55
1
13/6/2025
Kaye Payne – Sunshine Lollipops And Rainbows
07:58
3
10/7/2020
Gary Anderson – That’s What I Love About Us
2025
08:06
1
23/3/2025
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Charting this day 1974 Blue Swede – Hooked On A Feeling
1974
08:12
2
24/1/2020
Charting this day 1974 Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun
Easy listening, memories and new releases not heard on mainstream radio throughout the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – St Mathew’s Close, adjacent to St Mathew’s Anglican Church, New Norfolk. The first section was constructed next to the pre-existing church in 1866, for use as a Sunday School. After the building was enlarged in 1890, it was also used as a hall.
In the late 1960s, it came to be used as a small museum, as well as an art and craft shop. Profits from it’s operation aid ongoing preservation of St Mathew’s Church which, dating to 1823, is one of the oldest existing churches in Tasmania.
Photo – Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
PLAY TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Elisabeth Hope – Feelin’ Single, Seein’ Double
2025
09:05
0
Fleetwood Mac – Hold Me
1982
09:10
1
10/1/2014
Air Supply – Every Woman In The World
1980
09:14
8
15/9/2023
Garry Carson Jones – Walk On By
2025
09:18
4
25/5/2025
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Backtrack: Debbie Parry – South Of The Border
2014
09:22
6
16/2/2020
Carmen McRae – They All Laughed
1955
09:25
1
13/9/2013
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley; Red Roses For A Blue Lady~Bye Bye Blackbird~Farewell Home
09:30
0
Acoustic Bloom – I See Your Mother In Your Eyes
2025
09:33
0
George & Lorrie Morgan – From This Moment On
09:37
0
Engelbert Humperdinck – Eternally
09:41
0
By Request: Glen Flynn – Until You Have Walked In My shoes
2025
09:46
0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Sandie Shaw – Long Live Love
1965
09:51
11
9/2/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
1965
09:54
10
12/8/2022
Beatles – Girl
09:57
2
22/7/2022
Studeo – Pounding Pavements
2025
10:05
3
25/5/2025
Caoimhe Murney – Scania 164
2025
10:11
0
Ron Callaghan – Verandah
2025
10:14
0
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Steve Wariner – Life’s Highway
2025
10:19
0
Michael Russ – Trumpet Moments
2025
10:23
0
Old Time Concert Hall: Paul Weston & His Orchestra – Redwing
10:27
5
29/3/2020
Backtrack: Rod Williams – Sunny Southern Sue
2020
10:29
2
19/2/2021
Peter Hope & His Orchestra – Yesterday Once More
10:34
0
Rae Leigh – Country Pride
2025
10:37
2
16/5/2025
Alan Copeland & Beverley Kelly – Swinging On A Star
10:42
3
8/6/2025
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lodi
1969
10:47
0
Bay City Rollers – I Only Want To Be With You
1976
10:50
5
22/11/2024
River Rose – Always Be There
2025
10:56
0
Theresa Rhodes – Fallen
2025
11:05
0
Peter Stefanson – Feels So Right
2025
11:10
0
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Dawn Rix – Bent Not Broken
2025
11:14
0
Foster & Allen – I Love You Because
11:21
1
4/9/2016
Backtrack: Peggie Nora – Time Heals All
2019
11:23
4
17/9/2019
Ben Walker – I Won’t Let Go
2025
11:27
0
Gordon Langford & His Orchestra – Yellow River
11:32
2
27/11/2022
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Elvis Presley – Crying In The Chapel
1965
11:37
18
28/6/2020
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Billy Thorpe & Aztecs – I Told The Brook
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1972, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music, most of which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – The lift-span bridge crossing the Derwent between Granton and Bridgewater has been an important part of Tasmania’s transport infrastructure since World War 2, providing the main road and railway link between Hobart and the north.
As of last Monday, it was decommissioned, in favour of a newly completed road-only bridge, just downstream.
Photo – Taken Thursday 5 June by Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
PLAY TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon
2025
09:05
6
30/5/2025
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Highway 95 – She Believes
2025
09:12
4
25/5/2025
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James Lynas – Love Sunrise
2025
09:14
4
16/5/2025
Andy Williams – Fire And Rain
1971
09:19
0
Backtrack: Kerrigan La-Brooy – Glorious Day
2021
09:23
0
Burl Ives – Shanghied
1962
09:29
0
101 Strings Orchestra – Piano Sonata No 8
09:33
0
Larissa Tormey – Coming Back To Life
2025
09:36
2
11/5/2025
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Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
1983
09:41
6
7/10/2022
Blue Echoes – Sherry
1979
09:44
2
6/9/2020
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Hermans Hermits – Dream On
1965
09:48
3
21/7/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Seekers – Open Up Them Pearly Gates
1965
09:50
1
8/7/2018
By Request: Glen Flynn – The Joker And The Queen
2025
09:54
3
1/6/2025
J R Williams – Australia
2025
10:05
3
25/5/2025
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Watling & Bates – Fires Within
2025
10:11
0
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Isla Grant – I Don’t Know Why
10:14
1
30/9/2018
Jens Dammann – So ein Dingsda
2025
10:19
0
Old Time Concert Hall: Joe Fingers Carr – The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady
10:24
5
26/2/2021
Backtrack: Mike Wilkinson – My Best Friend
2018
10:26
5
25/1/2019
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Someone To Watch Over Me
10:32
0
Tim Lane – Are You OK
2025
10:35
1
11/5/2025
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Al Hirt – Stardust
1959
10:42
2
5/9/2021
Sofia Gale – Playing The Game
2025
10:45
0
Gary Mangan – The Leaving of Liverpool
2025
10:49
2
1/6/2025
Lloyd Back – Try A Little Kindness
2024
10:53
5
5/7/2024
Ray Kernaghan – The Wreck Of The Old 97
10:57
Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name
2025
11:05
2
1/6/2025
Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly
1964
11:10
11
21/6/2024
Jack Jones – Wives And Lovers
11:12
0
Phil Blundell – Don’t Look Back
2025
11:15
0
Backtrack: Allan Sinclair – Please Come In
2016
11:19
1
21/2/2020
Allison Durbin – It’s All In The Game
11:26
0
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Wichita Lineman
11:33
3
2/5/2021
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Beatles – Yes It Is
1965
11:37
0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Jody Miller – Queen Of The House
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1970, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – Old Beach and Gunners Quoin, north of Hobart. Photo: Yours Truly.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You
2025
06:06
4
30/5/2025
Charting this day 1970 Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – Tennessee Birdwalk
1970
06:12
7
23/5/2025
Charting this day 1970 George Baker Selection – Little Green Bag
1970
06:14
10
21/5/2023
Alice Benfer – Saltbush Sally
2025
06:20
1
23/5/2025
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Peter Reeves – Old Hat
2025
06:23
0
Peggy Gilchrist – Southern Sky
2025
06:28
1
23/5/2025
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade
06:33
0
By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything
06:36
5
25/5/2025
Roland Shaw & His Orchestra & Rosemary Squires (Voc) – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
06:40
1
19/8/2022
Charles Aznavour – She
1974
06:43
3
30/10/2020
Brendan O’Dowda – Abdul Abulbul Ameer
06:47
0
Al Hibbler – Count Every Star
1956
06:53
0
Backtrack: Jodi Vaughan – Aussie Proud
2021
06:56
10
12/1/2024
Kathy Carver – Eyre Highway Track
2025
07:05
1
23/5/2025
By Request Today: Beatles – Fool On The Hill
1967
07:10
6
13/10/2024
Charting this day 1970 Hans Poulsen – Boom Sha La La Lo
1970
07:15
7
7/3/2025
Charting this day 1970 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
1970
07:18
12
17/5/2024
Garry Carson Jones – Forbidden Fruit
2025
07:24
1
23/5/2025
Anne Fraser – Too Drunk To Drive
2025
07:28
1
16/5/2025
James Last & Orchestra – Copacabana
07:33
0
Charlie Landsborough – I Know What It Is To Be Loved
07:37
0
Daniel & Margo O’Donnell – Five Thousand Miles From Sligo
07:42
0
Backtrack: John Lecner – She Still Thinks I Care
2019
07:47
4
1/5/2020
By Request Today: Four Tops – It’s The Same Old Song
1965
07:54
1
30/9/2022
Dreamers – Three Little Words
07:57
1
8/9/2024
Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix)
2025
08:05
7
25/5/2025
Charting this day 1970 Liv Maessen – Knock Knock Who’s There
1970
08:10
7
15/1/2021
Charting this day 1970 Heintje – I’m Your Little Boy
1970
08:13
6
15/11/2024
Engelbert Humperdinck – I Want To Wake Up With You
Easy listening, memories and new releases through the morning, on the Derwent Valley’s own radio station.
Today’s photo – A full rainbow in the Derwent Valley, north-west of New Norfolk. Taken last Monday (26 May 2025) by Listener Janine.
Today’s Playlist
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
PLAY TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon
2025
09:05
5
27/4/2025
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Ray Malcolm – Moon Over Memphis
2025
09:11
3
16/5/2025
Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You
2025
09:14
3
25/5/2025
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Glenn Jones – The Portrait’s Plain
2025
09:19
0
Backtrack: Carylann – No Goodbyes
2022
09:21
13
16/5/2025
By Request: Emile Ford – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For
1960
09:25
8
11/4/2025
Anne Murray – Please Smile
09:30
0
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra – The Anniversary Waltz
09:33
0
Sandpipers – Misty Roses
09:35
1
24/1/2016
BORN 1909 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. – Benjamin David Goodman BKA Benny Goodman, jazz and swing musician, clarinetist, leader of one of the most popular musical bands of the 1930s; widely known as the “King of Swing”. Died 1986.
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
09:41
2
5/5/2023
BORN 1908 San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – Melvin Jerome Blank alias Mel Blanc, voice actor and comedian best remembered for the voice of characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Woody Woodpecker, Barney Rubble and more. Died 1989.
Mel Blanc – I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat
1951
09:45
7
5/7/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Kinks – Tired Of Waiting For You
1965
09:49
3
26/4/2015
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Beach Boys – Help Me Rhonda
1965
09:52
10
3/9/2023
Ray Brown & Whispers – Twenty Miles
1965
09:57
10
16/3/2025
Lindsay Waddington – Solid Ground
2025
10:05
0
Erin Noone – Dance The Night Away
2025
10:09
1
18/5/2025
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Richard Porteous – We Were There For Slim
2025
10:12
0
Slim Dusty – Song Of The West
10:16
0
Old Time Concert Hall: Paul Weston Orchestra & Chorus – Maggie
10:20
0
Backtrack: Warren Kearney – The River
2020
10:26
1
1/11/2020
Richard Clayderman – Beyond the Sea
10:31
0
Susan Boyle – Return
10:34
0
DIED 2000 Costa Mesa, California, U.S.A. – Tex Benecke, saxophonist, singer, and bandleader and associate of bandleader Glenn Miller. He soloed on the Glenn Miller orchestra recording of In The Mood and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, Chattanooga Choo Choo. Aged 86.
Glen Miller & Marion Hutton, Tex Benecke & Modernaires – Juke Box Saturday Night
1942
10:38
0
Toni West – No Time To Cry
2025
10:43
2
18/5/2025
Perry Como – Caterina
1962
10:47
6
12/5/2024
Nicki French – Pride And Passion
10:50
2
11/9/2015
Marmalade – Ob La Di Ob La Da
1969
10:55
5
19/4/2024
New Zealand Maori Chorale – Tahi Nei Taru Kino
10:59
4
20/3/2020
Jonny Boston – Silver Moon
2025
11:05
1
11/5/2025
Ann-Kristin Dørdal – Willow Dream
2025
11:12
0
Rick Gay – This Precious World
2025
11:15
1
2/5/2025
Rob E G – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – Zero
1962
11:20
7
22/10/2017
Jason Cole – Mr Lonesome
2025
11:26
0
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – San Francisco
11:33
2
24/1/2020
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Merv Benton – Cincinnati Fireball
1965
11:36
3
23/7/2021
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965 Frank Sinatra – Pass Me By
1965
11:39
6
21/1/2024
Backtrack: Lawson Vallery – Border Dog
2021
11:44
6
10/12/2021
Ray Kernaghan – Heartaches By The Number
11:47
3
17/1/2020
Paul Ricketts – Barefoot On The Dirt
2025
11:51
0
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Anne Biddie – Missing You
2025
11:54
0
30 MAY IN HISTORY:
EVENTS ON THIS DAY
1940 England – The first evacuated British troops arrived from Dunkirk, France.
1948 Near Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. – A 61 metre section of a dam on the Columbia River collapsed, inundating and destroying Vanport City, a public housing precinct. Fifteen lives were lost and tens of thousands were left homeless. It is currently the site of Delta Park, a sports and recreational area and the Portland International Raceway.
1959 Auckland, New Zealand – The Auckland Harbour Bridge crossing Waitemata Harbour, was officially opened by the-then Governor General of New Zealand, Lord Cobham. It is 1,020 metres in length, 43 metres above high tide, and had an overhead clearance of 4.8 metres.
1966Surveyor 1, the first U.S. spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on an extraterrestrial body, was launched. It landed in the Mare Procellarum, or Ocean of Storms region of the Moon and transmitted 11,237 photographs to Earth.
1971 Cape Kennedy, Florida, U.S.A. – The space probe Mariner 9 was launched to map 70% of the surface of the planet Mars. It arrived on November 14th of the same year, and became the first Earthly spacecraft to orbit another planet. Mariner 9 remained in orbit after it’s mission ended in October 1972, and it is believed to have entered the Martian atmosphere and crashed onto the surface around 2020.
BORN
1928 Broken Hill, New South Wales – Kevin Charles Hart alias Pro Hart, artist whose works are admired for capturing the spirit of the outback. He received the nickname “Professor” (hence “Pro”) in his younger days, when he was known as an inventor. Died 2006.
1936 Bristol, England – Peter Ellis, director and actor of stage and television best known for his role as Chief Superintendent Brownlow in the long-running police drama The Bill. Turns 89.
DIED
1953 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Dooley Wilson, American singer who sang the tune As Time Goes By in the movie Casablanca . Aged 67.
2003 London, England – Michael Peter Hayes, alias Mickie Most, singer and record producer for numerous English artists such as Herman’s Hermits, the Animals, Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu, and the Jeff Beck Group. Aged 64.
In this edition, six chart-busters from the Top 40 charts of this week in 1979, recent tracks from indie artists, and other easy-listening music which you won’t hear on mainstream radio.
Today’s photo – Walls of Jerusalem National Park, northern Tasmania. Photo: Daniel Johansson, National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Today’s Playlist:
TRACK
RELEASE YEAR
TIME
PREVIOUS PLAYS
LAST PLAYED
ISRC
Highway 95 – She Believes
2025
06:06
3
27/4/2025
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Charting this day 1979 Blondie – Heart of Glass
1979
06:12
2
16/3/2025
Charting this day 1979 Village People – In The Navy
1979
06:15
3
20/4/2018
Two of a Kind – I Love You To The Moon And Back
2025
06:20
3
2/5/2025
Steve Markwardt – The Great Divide
2025
06:22
1
20/4/2025
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Anthony Baxter – The Jumping Jackaroo
2025
06:27
3
11/5/2025
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Tangerine
06:32
0
Roger Whittaker – Sailing
2025
06:37
1
2/9/2022
Sandpipers – Cast Your Fate to the Wind
2021
06:41
3
28/5/2021
By Request Today: Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything
06:44
4
18/5/2025
Big Dee Irwin & Little Eva – Swinging On A Star
1962
06:49
0
Backtrack: Colin Paul – Dancing With A Stranger
2022
06:51
1
16/5/2025
Garry Carson Jones – Walk On By
2025
06:55
3
2/5/2025
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Johnny Douglas & His Orchestra with Jane Benson – Mountain Greenery
07:04
1
29/10/2021
By Request Today: Vic Dana – Red Roses For A Blue Lady
1965
07:10
8
28/2/2025
Charting this day 1979 ABBA – Voulez Vous
1997
07:12
0
Charting this day 1979 Beeb Birtles & Graham Goble – I’m Coming Home
1979
07:17
2
2/6/2017
Ramona Bruins – Today Is Your Day
2025
07:23
0
BORN 1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A. – Katie Kallen, alias Kitty Kallen, popular singer with a number of big bands during the 1940s, who made a comeback in 1954 when she scored her biggest hit, Little Things Mean A Lot. Died 2016.
Kitty Kallen – In The Chapel In The Moonlight
1954
07:28
3
7/1/2024
Ian Hughes & His Orchestra – Lambada
07:33
3
11/5/2025
Christa Fartek – Deep in my Heart
2025
07:37
2
27/4/2025
Backtrack: Reg McTaggart – Pop
2019
07:41
1
13/12/2024
DIED 2023 Joy McKean, pioneering country music singer-songwriter, co-founder of the Tamworth Country Music Festival and the Country Music Association of Australia. She was also the recipient of the first Golden Guitar Award and wife of legendary country singer, Slim Dusty. Aged 93.
Slim Dusty – The Angel Of Goulburn Hill
1976
07:49
3
28/5/2023
DIED 2006 Thornton Heath, England – Desmond Dekker, reggae singer-songwriter and musician who, with his backing group, The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard) had one of the first international Jamaican hits with Israelites. Other hits included 007 (Shanty Town) (1967) and It Miek. Aged 64.
Desmond Dekker – It Miek
1968
07:54
2
23/5/2025
Chet Atkins – One Mint Julep
07:56
1
19/1/2020
Graeme Clarke – Baby With No Name (Remix)
2025
08:05
6
23/5/2025
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Charting this day 1979 Racey – Lay Your Love On Me
1979
08:10
14
4/11/2022
Charting this day 1979 Lynne Hamilton – On The Inside
1979
08:13
3
3/9/2023
J R Williams – Australia
2025
08:17
2
4/5/2025
Helena Mace – If I’d Known You Back Then
2025
08:21
1
4/5/2025
City Slickers – Red River Valley
08:28
0
Richard Clayderman – Feelings
08:33
0
Studeo – Pounding Pavements
2025
08:37
1
23/5/2025
Howie Bros – Home I’ll Be
2025
08:42
2
11/5/2025
Dianne Coombes – Getting On With Getting Over You
2025
08:46
2
16/5/2025
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Glen Flynn – Heaven Only Knows
2025
08:50
3
23/5/2025
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Leroy Van Dyke – Walk On By
1961
08:54
16
4/10/2024
BORN 1921 New York, U.S.A. – Harold Lane David alias Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach. Died 2012.
1922 Renmark, South Australia – Harold Charles Sydney Heylen, alias Sid Heylen, veteran actor, comedian and variety performer best known for his role as Vernon “Cookie”‘ Locke, chef and barman in the television series A Country Practice, a role which he played from 1982 until 1992. Died 1996.
DIED 1995 Bowral, New South Wales – Graham Kennedy, long-time radio, television and film performer, often called “Gra Gra” and “The King” of Australian television. Aged 71
