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28 September 2023

28 September 2023


The playlist for FRIDAY MORNING RADIO, Edition 384

Hour 1:

Christine Clifford – Walking On The Blind Side Of Life (2023)
Daniel O’Donnell – Rhythm Of The Rain
Toni West – You’re My Answer (2023)
Jade Hurley – A Good Heart
Debbie Parry – In My Dreams
Denis Walter – Theme From Love Story

Orchestral Sounds – Falling In Love Again
Gene Autry – Rose of San Antone (Gene Autry born this day 1907, Tioga, Texas, U.S.A.; Died 1998)
Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis born this day 1935, Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S.A.; Died 2022)
Judy Stone – Lady Bird
Shelly Jones Band with Lester Treuer – One Night At A Time (2023)
60 Year Diamond Classic – Cliff Richard – It’s All In The Game (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic – Paul & Paula – Flipped Over You (1963)

Hour 2:

Gloria Gaynor – Every Breath you Take (1986)
Jason McAllister – Finding My Way Back Home (2023)
Janey Kirk – Somebody Did Somebody Wrong Song (2023)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Adam Faith – What Do You Want (1959)
The Jazz Kings – Comes Love
Tommy Miller – Dancing All Night Long (2021)

Percy Faith Strings – Let It Be
Elisabeth Grey – Good Enough (2023)
Seekers – This Train
John Williamson – Chandelier of Stars
Lindsay Butler – Wheels (2023)
Lance Birrell – Aussie Medley (2023)
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Whistler And His Dog

Hour 3:

Scaffold – Thank You Very Much (1967)
Helen Reddy – I Am Woman (Helen Reddy died this day 2020, aged 78.)
Johnny Mathis – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Faron Young – Riverboat (1960)
Eric Clapton – Promises (1979)
Diana Ross – The Boss (1979)

Roger Whittaker – I Love You Because
Andy Martin – Hold Me Now (2023)
60 Year Diamond Classic – Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic – Roy Orbison – Blue Bayou (1963)
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – How The West Was Won
Daniel O’Donnell – Perfect Days
Sabrina Fallon – Waxies Dargle (2023)

On this Day, 1957; Tasmania enjoyed a late winter with heavy highland snowfalls and well-below average temperatures,
Hobart recording a top of just 8 C.

Meanwhile, in New South Wales, high winds fanned bushfires which threatened properties.

On this Day, 1959; The former Bass Strait ferry Taroona departed Devonport for Melbourne, for the last time, to make way
for the roll-on, roll-off vessel Princess of Tasmania.

Taroona was sold, eventually renamed Hellas and used as a cruise ship in the Mediterranean. She was laid up in 1966 and never
used again. In 1989 she was towed to Turkye for scrapping.

Only on TYGA-FM 98.9, streaming worldwide at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

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24 September 2023

VALLEY SUNRISE

Playlist, 24 September 2023

Hour 1: 7 a.m. ~ 8 a.m.

Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack (1961)
The 23s – My Kind Of Girl (2023)
Toni West – You’re My Answer (2023)
Carly Simon – Nobody Does It Better (1977)
Anthony Newley – Do You Mind (1960)
Born this day, 1929 Hackney, London, England – Anthony Newley, actor, singer, songwriter. Died 1999.
Ventures – Walk Don’t Run (1960)
Born this day, 1933 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. – Mel Taylor, drummer for the Ventures. Died 1996.
Enda Kenny – Easter Island

Michelle Little – Crazy (2023)
Kermit – It’s Not Easy Being Green
Born this day, Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.A. – Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. Died 1990.
Gerry & Pacemakers – Girl On A Swing (1966)
Born this day 1942, Toxteth, Liverpool, England – Gerry Marsden, lead singer for Gerry & the Pacemakers. Died 2021.
Billboard Top 20, 1960: No 2: Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Alfie
Charlie Landsborough – I Say You
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Go Go Pogo (1959)

Hour 2: 8 a.m. ~ 9 a.m.

Noel Flynn – One Day At A Time (2023)
By Request: Beach Boys – God Only Knows
By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One
By Request: ABBA – Mamma Mia
Penny Davies & Roger Ilott – Riding On The Fruit Train
By Request: Patrick O’Hagan – When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

By Request: U 2 – Beautiful Day
Anita Spring – I Honestly Love You (2023)
Apollo 100 – Telstar (1972)
Diana Ross & Supremes – Love Is Like A Heatwave (1967)
Dean Martin – Hey Brother Pour The Wine (1953)
Emma Jene – Ring of Fire (2015)

Included in each of my programmes is a brief rundown on which planets are visible, and when – assuming skies are clear at night.

When I left home for the studio early this morning, the coming dawn was just starting to lighten the eastern sky. Shining brightly in the east was Venus, a magnificent sight.

By turning to the left, high in the north-west was Jupiter, also conspicuous by it’s brilliance.

Saturn is also visible most of the night, but it sets around 4.50 a.m.

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21 September 2023

21 September 2023 – UPDATED with playlist, 22 September

In this morning’s programme, three hours of easy listening; regular weather updates, a rundown on some roadworks happening in the South;
Railway Round-up (when volunteer-operated Tourist & Heritage trains are running; and Sky High (which planets are visible and when).

Regular musical segments include 60-year Diamond twinspins, and They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore.

On air 9 a.m. ~ Midday AEST on TYGA-FM 98.9, streaming at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

This Edition’s featured photo – The interior of the railway tunnel at Rhyndaston, in the southern midlands of Tasmania. It was initially constructed
in the early 1870s by the-then Tasmanian Main Line Railway Company, original owners of the railway between Hobart and Western Junction (near Launceston).

In 1964, the tunnel was enlarged by use of a rock boring machine, hence the smooth upper section.

Active railway tunnels are extremely dangerous places and local readers are warned NOT to seek this one out. I am aware of two fatalities in this tunnel,
both of which occurred over a century ago.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1:

Blue Shamrocks – Gypsy Time
Desi Egan – I Wanna Stay With You (2023)
Kid Norkjen – Give Me Back The Good Old Feeling (2023)
Bachelors – Everybody’s Talking (1969)
Neil Sedaka – Summer Symphony (1969)
Grady Martin & Slewfoot Five – Fraulein

Larry Coryell – Concierto de Aranjues
Bud Flanagan – Dad’s Army Theme
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli – Time To Say Goodbye
Edward Woodward – Wednesday’s Child
60 Year Diamond Classics: Jimmy Little – Royal Telephone (1963); Freddie & Dreamers – I’m Telling You Now (1963)
Roger Whittaker – Das Lied Von Aragon


Hour 2:

The Long And Short Of It – Wake Me Up (2023)
Dave Caley – Speed Of A Fool (2022)
Janey & Carla Kirk – A World Of Our Own
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Adam Faith – Someone Else’s Baby (1960)
Merle Haggard – If We Make It Through December
The 23s – My Kind Of Girl (2023)

Ferrante & Teicher – A Familiar Concerto
Henry Arland – Petite Fleur
Jim Williams – Train Track (2018)
Carol Chaney – A Million Stars At Blackbutt (2021)
McGuiness flint – Malt and Barley Blues (1971)
Roger Whittaker – New World In The Morning
Australian National Concert Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade

Hour 3:

Annette Joy – Better Place (2023)
Doris Day & Frank Sinatra – Let’s Take An Old Fashioned Walk (1959)
Charlie Landsborough – Still Blue
Eddie Fisher – Turn Back The Hands Of Time (1950)
Jim Ed Brown – How I Love Them Old Songs
The Whytehouse – Mai Tai (2023)

Moon Sisters – Land Of Escape (2023)
60 Year Diamond Classics: Bobby Rydell – The Woodpecker Song (1963); Lou Christie – Two Faces Have I (1963)
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra – Theme From Route 66
Brady, Stewart, Green and Young – Lanterns On The Levee (2022)
Rick Nelson – Wings (1977)
John Williamson – The Big Red






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20 September 2023

September 20, 2023

The 130th anniversary of a mass-murder attempt near Brighton, Tasmania, when the main line railway was sabotaged
in the vicinity of the Horseshoe Bridge.

The evening express train to Hobart was deliberately derailed when it ran onto the bridge, which spanned what was then a deep gully.
The locomotive heeled over and ended up poised at a 45 degree angle.

Had it gone over the side of the bridge, the three carriages behind would have followed, with loss of life a certainty.

The locomotive fireman, Thomas Bagley, was nearly thrown from the cab but grabbed an outside handrail at the last second. He dangled
until he was rescued by Driver George Jones.

As with most railway bridges, the Horseshoe Bridge was undecked, with open voids between sleepers. There was a major risk of passengers
plunging to their deaths in the darkness, so the two enginemen and Guard Henry Reynolds guided their passengers across, to solid ground.

Most passengers were uninjured, except for a few who sustained minor cuts from a broken lamp.

Some of the passengers later claimed to have seen three men near the bridge, who disappeared without saying a word.

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The next day, police Superintendent Hedberg and Sub-Inspector Marshall led the investigation into the incident.

A hat, of an unusual design, was located beneath the bridge. Hats like this were only sold by a certain shop in Brighton; the shop owner
had sold only three.

Two of the purchasers still had theirs. A third man had lost his and loudly mentioned it when he entered the Brighton Hotel (now long demolished)
on the evening of the 20th. This man, a local resident by the name of Charles Briggs, had previously been seen walking in the direction of the
Horseshoe Bridge, before the derailment.

On this evidence, Briggs was arrested, charged, and remanded in custody.

He appeared in the Hobart Criminal Court on December 12, 1893, but the Defence Counsel was able to sow enough doubt in the minds of the jury,
for an undecided verdict to be returned. Due to the nature of the charges, the verdict had to be unanimous for the prosecution to be successful.

Briggs was returned to gaol and a fresh trial commenced on February 27, 1894. On this occasion, only two of the jurors were in favour of a conviction,
so Briggs was freed and the case was no longer pursued.

The timber Horseshoe Bridge was accidentally burnt down a few years later (that’s another story).

Major earthworks for a new highway and new railway facilities during the past decade-or-so have changed the terrain where this incident occurred.

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17 September 2023

VALLEY SUNRISE

Playlist, 17 September 2023

Hour 1 – 7 a.m. ~ 8 a.m.

Cliff Richard & Shadows – In The Country (1966)
Drifters – This Magic Moment (1960)
Malcolm Roberts – May I Have The Next Dream With You (1968)
Kathryn Turdak – Feel Alive (2023)
Daniel O’Donnell – Moonlight and Roses
Max Greger & His Orchestra – Desafinado

Roger & Jessica Whittaker – A Perfect Day
Peggy Gilchrist – The Hills of Tara (2023)
Woodpickers – Love Lies Waiting (2023)
John Williamson & Warren Williams – Raining On The Rock
Lindsay Butler – Wheels (2023)
Anita Spring – I Honestly Love You (2023)
Will Ardell – Goodbye Lou (2023)

Hour 2 – 8 a.m. ~ 9 a.m.

Billboard No 1 for the year 1960: Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Theme from A Summer Place
By Request: P J Proby – Somewhere (1965)
By Request: Ollie Austin – Dance With Me Molly
Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra – Canadian Sunset
(Died this day 1973 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A., Hugo Winterhalter, music arranger, composer and orchestra leader. Aged 64)
Toni West – Ride That Train
By Request: Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive

By Request: Daniel O’Donnell – Stand Beside Me
By Request: Daniel Boone – Beautiful Sunday
By Request: Connie Francis – Lipstick On Your Collar (1959)
Marcels – Blue Moon
George Hamilton IV – Fort Worth Dallas or Houston (1964)
(Died this day 2014, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A., George Hamilton IV, late 1950s teen idol. Aged 77)
John Glenn – Why Is The Old Road Calling Me (2023)

Regular features on my programmes now, are brief roadworks updates, Railway Roundup and Sky High.

* The roadworks updates are compiled from information available from RoadsTas. Obviously, it is impossible to include every instance of road work throughout the State and it doesn’t include works on the part of authorities such as Transend.

** Railway Roundup is a brief rundown on the activities of volunteer operated, non-profit railway societies in the State.

*** Sky High gives information on which planets can be seen (given clear skies) and when.

****Top Billboard tracks, presently for the year 1960, will also be a regular Sunday feature. In future, you can expect to hear them around 7.45.

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15 September 2023

15 September MUSIC MARATHON


During the first three hours, sitting in for Bruce Lamb, who is not currently available to do his usual Friday Breakky programme, so I accepted another six hour shift. Nigel Jones will be filling the 6 a.m. ~ 9 a.m. slot next week.


Hour 1 – 6 a.m. ~ 7 a.m.:

Reg Lindsay – Put Your Hand In The Hand (1971)
Janey & Carla Kirk – Teach Your Children
Bohemian Rogue – Too Old To Be A Rock Star (2023)
40 Year Backtrack: Elton John – I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues (1983)
Alice Benfer – If Teardrops Were Silver (1973)
Peter Ostroushko & Dakota Dave Hall – Beaumont Rag

Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – True Grit
Al Martino – Love Me Tender
Willie Nelson – Farther Down The Line
The Whythouse – Fly Away
Pussycat – If You Ever Come To Amsterdam (1978)
Sabrina Fallon – Waxies Dargle (2023)
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Bluebell Polka


Hour 2 – 7 a.m. ~ 8 a.m.:

Sherbet – Free The People (1971)
Air Supply – Every Woman In The World (1981)
Daryl Braithwaite – You’re My World
John O’Dea – Circle (2023)
40 Year Backtrack: Men Without Hats – Safety Dance (1983)
Bobby Vinton – Halfway To Paradise (1968)
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Theme From Upstairs Downstairs (1975)

Marti Webb – Anyone Can Fall In Love
Booker T & MGs – Soul Limbo (1968)
Lindsay Waddington, Chad Morgan, Terry Gordon & Allan Caswell – The Friends We Lost Too Soon (2023)
Daid craig – Drunken Sailor (2023)
Pet Shop Boys – Always On My Mind (1987)
Reels – According To My Heart (1980)
Victoria Eman – Kissing You In The Moonlight

Hour 3 – 8 a.m. ~ 9 a.m.:

Bob Luman – Let’s Think About Living (1960)
Clayton Saunders – Little Cinderella (2023)
Toni West – You’re My Answer (2023)
40 Year Backtrack: Bob Marley & Wailers – Buffalo Soldier (1983)
Graeme Clarke – My Year For Mexico (2017)
Abby Grace – Gold Is In The Muck (2023)

Ferrante & Teicher – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Anthony Baxter – Where Our Heart Lives (2023)
The Jazz Kings – Sing A Little Song
By Request: Chad Morgan – It’s All So Nice In The Nuthouse
Burl Ives – You Are My Sunshine
Glenn Levi – Here’s To Her (2023)
Norma O’Hara Murphy – Drifting Down The Darling (2023)


Hour 4 – 9 a.m. ~ 10 a.m.:

Boney M – Hooray Hooray It’s A Holi Holi-Day (1979)
By Request: Sabrina Fallon – Mississippi
Gene McDaniels – Chip Chip (1962)
50 Year Gold: Bobby Boris Pickett & Crypt Kicker Five – The Monster Mash (1973 – First release, 1962)
50 Year Gold: Donny Osmond – Young Love (1973)
Rudy Darling, Bill Hinckley, Bob Douglas – Medley~Boys of Blue Hill~Harvest Home (2023)

Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Blue Tomorrow
Margaret Whiting – I Could Write A Book
(Born this day 1890, Agatha Christie, author. Died 1976)
Brian Henderson – What Is A Square (1966)
(Born this day, 1931, Dunedin, New Zealand, Brian Henderson, television personality, presenter of Bandstand, and
television newsreader with TCN 9 Sydney, January 1957 ~ November 2002. Died 2021.)
By Request: Marty Robbins – Return To Me
Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly – Moonlight Shadow (1983)
(Born this day 1956, Glasgow, Scotland, Maggie Reilly, singer. Turns 67)
60 Year Diamond: De Kroo Brothers – Scarlet (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Helen Shapiro – No Trespassing (1963)
Bill Goodall – Wheels (2023)


Hour 5 – 10 a.m. ~ 11 a.m.:

Inge Augustina – Lambada (2023)
Lindsay Waddington – Kakadu (2022)
Vanessa Bourne – I Wanna Be Loved Like That (2023)
Joy Adams – She’s Got You (2023)
50 Year Gold: Michael Crawford – Any Dream Will Do (1973)
(From the-then No 1 Album, Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat)
50 Year Gold: Tony Orlando & Dawn – Say Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (1973)

Joe Loss & His Orchestra – El Bandolero
George Baker Selection – Cindy (1971)
Doris Day – Fly Me To The Moon
Will Glahe & His Orchestra – Schlutenliesel Polka
60 Year Diamond: Teresa Brewer – Second Hand Rose (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Beatles – She Loves You (1963)
Ron Christopher – Ti Amare Siempre Mi Amor

Hour 6 – 11 a.m. ~ 12 p.m.

Roger Whittaker – Calypso
Burt Bacharach & His Orchestra – Trains and Boats and Planes
(Died this day 1859, Westminster, England, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, aged 53. See * below)
(Died this day 1978, Munich, Germany, Willy Messerschmitt, aged 80. See + below.)
Yara Beeks – Hold Me (2023)
Mike Perjanic – A Country Practice Theme
(Died this day 2001, Mosman, Sydney, N.S.W., June Salter, actress, known for her role in A Country Practice.)
(Died this day 2013, Taren Point, N.S.W., Joyce Jacobs, actress, known for her role in A Country Practice.)
50 Year Gold: Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There (1973)
50 Year Gold: Neil Diamond – the Last Thing On My Mind (1973)

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Ob La Di Ob La Da
60 Year Diamond: Johnny Mathis – Every Step Of The Day (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Julie London – I’m Coming Back (1963)
Bette Midler – Memories Of You
Graeme Connors – Tropicali
Seekers – Someday Oneday (1966)

* Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil engineer and genius, famed for designing bridges and railway tunnels, most of which are still used by today’s high speed trains.
He also designed the unique 7-foot gauge Great Western Railway (later converted to 4ft 8½in) and the first propeller-driven steamship.

+ Willy Messerschmitt, Designer of the Messerschmitt BF 109 fighter aircraft. Over 35,000 were built, making them the most-produced aircraft in history.


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10 September 2023

VALLEY SUNRISE, 10 September 2023

Playlist

Hour 1:

Janey Kirk – Mockingbird Hill
Dermot O’Hara – Let Your Love Flow (2023)
Sadie Howe – So In Love With You (2023)
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Something
Warren Kearney – The Road Beneath My Wheels (2023)
Jim Reeves – Blue Boy

Hill Bowen & His Orchestra – Ciribiribin/Danube Waves
Tommy Leonetti & Kim – Let’s take A Walk (1968)
Tommy Leonetti born this day 1929, Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S.A. Died 1979.
Smith Sisters & Sunday Drivers – Around The Bend (2023)
Jose Feliciano – Light My Fire (1968)
Jose Feliciano born this day 1945, Lares, Puerto Rico. Turns 78 today.
Sweet Sensation – Sad Sweet Dreamer (1974)
Sharon Marie White – Feels Like Home In A Small Town (2023)


Hour 2:


David Parton – Isn’t She Lovely (1977)
By Request: Shadows – Apache (1960)
By Request: Daniel O’Donnell – One Day At A Time
Acker Bilk – Canio’s Tune
By Request: Al Jolson – My Mammy
Four Jacks & A Jill – Master Jack (1968)

Liselotte van Dooren – Looking For Love (2023)
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Chapel By The Sea
Clayton Saunders – House With The Broken Heart (2023)
Little Heroes – One Perfect Day (1982)
Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope – Blind Date (1950)
Bimbo Jet – El Bimbo

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7 September 2023

8 September 2023

In the first hour of edition 381, Friday Morning Radio, we recognise the birthdays of tenor and comedian Harry Secombe,
country music star Patsy Cline and Australian pop singer of the late 1960s, Ronnie Burns.

During the programme, several 50-year-gold and 60-year-diamond twin-spins (tracks which were charting on this day
in 1973 and 1963 respectively) and selected recent releases from indie artists.

Today’s playlist:


Hour 1:


David Essex – One Night In Bangkok (1985)
Ol’ 55 – Lana (1980)
Slim Dusty – Duncan (1980)
50 Year Gold: Strawbs – Part Of The Union (1973)
50 Year Gold: Donna Fargo – Funny Face (1973)
Jim Reeves – Most Of The Time (1961)

Chamaco Dominguez & His Orchestra – Bahia
Harry Secombe – Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Harry Secombe born this day in 1921, Swansea, Wales
Patsy Cline – Just Out Of Reach
Patsy Cline born this day in 1932, Winchester, Virginia, U.S.A.
Ronnie Burns – Smiley (1969)
Ronnie Burns, born this day 1946, Melbourne, Victoria
60 Year Diamond Classic: Searchers – Sweets For My Sweet (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Ran Dels – The Martian Hop (1963)
Lindsay Butler – Wheels (2023)
Joy Adams – Teach Your Children (2023)

Hour 2:

Patti MacDonnell – Goodbye Sunshine (2023)
Desi Egan – I Wanna Stay With You (2023)
Demis Roussos – I’ll Be Your Friend
Judith Durham – This Is My Song
50 Year Gold: Beatles – Get Back (1969)
From the Album “The Beatles 1967-70” No 6 on this day 1973
50 Year Gold: Neil Diamond – Play Me
From the Album “Hot August Night” No 1 on this day 1973

Pablo Beltran Ruiz & His Orchestra – The Banana Boat Song
Anita Spring – I Honestly Love You (2023)
The Whytehouse – Breathe (2023)
Al Caiola – Moon River (1962)
John Michael Ferrari – My Heart Can’t Breathe (2023)
James Blundell – Kimberley Moon

Hour 3:

Blue Shamrocks – Gypsy Time (2023)
Aishling Rafferty – Two Steppin’ Texas Blue (2023)
Will Ardell – Goodbye Lou (2023)
Vic Franklyn – She Didn’t Even Say Goodbye (2023)
Lloyd Back – Three Words (2023)
Beatles – And I Love Her (1964)

Victor Buchino & His Orchestra – Brazil Moreno
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beach Boys – Surfer Girl (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – Mexican Corn (1963)
Roger Whittaker – Du Wirst Alle Jahre Schoner
Lee Kernaghan – Listen To The Radio
Ray Conniff Singers – Georgy Girl
Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley – If I Had Words (1978)

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3 September 2023

SUNDAY, 3 September 2023

Today’s playlist:

Hour 1:

Mark Farrell – The Way I Am (2023)
The Long And Short Of It – Wake Me Up (2023)
R Dean Taylor – Gotta See Jane (1971)
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – Islands In The Stream (1983)
Al Martino – Red Is Red (1967)
Harper’s Bizarre – Anything Goes (1967)

101 Strings – The Breeze And I
Beach Boys – Help Me Rhonda (1965)
(Beach Boy Al Jardine, born this day 1942 in Lima, Ohio, U.S.A.)
Janey Kirk – Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
Desi Egan – I Wanna Stay With You (2023)
Glenys Hewett – C’Est La Vie
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Camelot

Hour 2:

Inge Augustina – Lambada (2023)
By Request: Atlantics – Bombora (1963)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine
Acoustic Bloom – T L C (2023)
By Request: Lynn Hamilton – On The Inside (1979)
Rooftop Singers – Walk Right In (1963)

Kamahl – Daisy A Day
James Last Orchestra – Theme From A Summer Place
Glen Dee – You’ll Always Be My Little Girl (2019)
Alison Durbin – Rhythm Of The Rain
Jason Owen – Needles And Pins
RnR Ranch Girls – On The Road Again
Don Allen – Hold Your Head High (2023)


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30 August 2023

1 September 2023 (Amended with today’s playlist)

Today, starting at 6 a.m., my second Music Marathon, as I sat-in for Bruce Lamb (our regular Friday Breakky presenter) and continued through my
regular shift to Midday!

The music line-up planned, included newies from indie artists, memories and easy listening. There were also regular weather updates, roadworks,
The Day in History, Sky High, Railway Round-up and celebrity birthdays.

Only on TYGA-FM 98.9 in the beautiful Derwent Valley, on-line at

www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1:


Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
Victoria Eman – 21st Century Mamas (2023)
Ray Malcolm – California Blue (2023)
50 Year Gold: Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn (1973)
50 Year Gold: Johnny Chester – The World’s Greatest Mum (1973)
Kamahl – Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Bobbi Martin – For The Love Of Him (1970)
Boz Scaggs – Georgia (1976)
Chris “Boots” Lee – This Is Australia (2023)
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Love Will Keep Us Together
60 Year Diamond: Elvis Presley – Devil In Disguise (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Helen Shapiro – Not Responsible (1963)
By Request: James Blunt – You’re Beautiful


Hour 2:


Dave Crimmen – Come On (2023)
Smith Sisters & Sunday Drivers – Pennies On The Ground (2023)
Col Elliott – It’s A Feeling (2023)
Bohemian Rogue – Too Old To Be A Rock Star (2023)
50 Year Gold: Tony Orlando & Dawn – Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose (1973)
50 Year Gold: Max Bygraves – Any Dream Will Do (1973)
Sherl Cederburg – Nebraska Wind (2022)

Tom O’Sullivan – I’ll Be There (2023)
Australian National Concert Orchestra – Dance With Me
Bill Justis – Tamoure (1963)
Cec Peterson – Bring Me Home (2023)
Jon Davis – I Don’t Really Mind (2023)
60 Year Diamond: Jan & Dean – Surf City (1963 & 1968)
60 Year Diamond: New Christy Minstrels – Green Green (1963)

Hour 3:


Shaun Cuddy – I’m Your Man (2023)
Larissa Tormey & Dave Sheriff – You Only Want Me For My Money (2023)
Ben Walker – I Won’t Forget (2023)
50 Year Gold: Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors (1973)
50 Year Gold: Jud Strunk – Daisy A Day (1973)
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Bush Tracker (1968)

Juli Tapken & Justin Peters – Hopin’ It’s Snowin’ (2022)
60 Year Diamond: Alan Sherman – Hello Muddah Hello Faddah (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Al Martino – Painted Tainted Rose (1963)
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – The Sting
Graham Gould – Got To Find Me (2023)
James Last Orchestra – America
Gene Pitney – It Hurts To Be In Love (1964)


Hour 4:


Inge Augustina – Lambada (2023)
Mac Davis – Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me (1972)
Chelsea Evans – She’s In Love With The Boy (2023)
50 Year Gold: Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (1973)
50 Year Gold: Tom T Hall – Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine (1973)
By Request: Dolly Parton – Jolene

Warren Kearney – The Road Beneath My Wheels (2023)
Conway Twitty – 15 Years Ago (1970)
(Conway Twitty born this day 1933 as Harold Lloyd Jenkins in Friars Point, Mississippi, USA. Died 1993.)
Diane Ray – Please Don’t Talk To The Lifeguard (1963)
(Diane Ray born this day 1942 in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. Died 2020)
Bee Gees – Massachusetts (1967)
(Barry Gibb born this day 1946 in Douglas, Isle of Man, turns 77)
Gloria Estefan – Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1994)
(Gloria Estefan born this day 1957 in Havana, Cuba, turns 66)
60 Year Diamond: Trini Lopez – If I Had A Hammer (1963)
Peter Kraus – Mexicanische Serenade


Hour 5:


The Long And Short Of It – Wake Me Up (2023)
Christine Clifford – Walking On The Blind Side Of Life (2023)
Mark Anthony Ensemble – For You (2023)
Janey Kirk – Island of Dreams
50 Year Gold: Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There (1973)
50 Year Gold: Ormsby Brothers – You Don’t Know Me (1973)

Seekers – The Last Thing On My Mind (1968)
Highwaymen – Cotton Fields (1961)
Slim Dusty – Big Moon
60 Year Diamond: Cliff Richard – Lucky Lips (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Rob E G – 55 Days At Peking (1963)
Jade Hurley – Shake Rattle and Roll
Kevin Herbert & Dusty Trail Ramblers – Dance To The Big Brass Band (1977)


Hour 6:


Rae Leigh – Faith In Us (2023)
Dionne Warwick – Reach Out For Me (1964)
Gene Pitney – 24 Hours From Tulsa (1963 & 1972)
(Hal David, lyricist, died this day 2012 in Los Angeles, California USA, aged 91)
Weavers – Sixteen Tons (1955)
(Fred Hellerman, last surviving original member of the Weavers, died this day 2016 in Weston Connecticut, USA, aged 91)
50 Year Gold: Perry Como – And I Love You So (1973)
Noel Flynn – One Day at A Time (2023)

Kevin Farrell – Rhinestone Cowboy (2022)
60 Year Diamond: Steve & Eydie – I Want To Stay Here (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Gerry & Pacemakers – How Do You Do It (1963)
Ray Parker Jr – A Woman Needs Love (1981)
David Cassidy – I Think I Love You (1970)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics 1 (1981)
Andre Rieu – I Have A Dream

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