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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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24 August 2023

25 August 2023

In Edition 379 of Friday Morning Radio at 9.00, indie artists on the playlist include Inge Augustina, Rae Leigh, Warren Kearney, and  Clayton Saunders.

For nostalgia seekers, several 50-Year-Gold and 60-Year-Diamond twin spins and more.

In the way of info-radio, a brief run-down on RoadsTas roadworks , This Day In History, Railway Roundup, Sky High and regular weather updates.

This Sunday at 6 a.m., don’t miss Music Unlimited with Ian MacPhee for easy listening and oldies.  In Edition 744 of Valley Sunrise at 7.00, the easy listening continues, with listener requests after 8.00.

If you’re outside our reception range, you can tune in on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

The playlists for Friday Morning Radio and Valley Sunrise appear below.

Part of the Derwent Valley community – TYGA-FM 98.9

Playlist, Friday Morning 25 August:

Hour 1:


Inge Augustina – Lambada (2023)
Bohemian Rogue – Too Old To Be A Rock Star (2023)
Shakin’ Stevens – Green Door
50 Year Gold: Barry Crocker – Susie Darling (1973)
50 Year Gold: Maureen McGovern – The Morning After (1973)
Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Theme From The Silver Broom

Ferrante & Teicher – El Condor Pasa
Dick James – The Robin Hood Theme
(From the 1950s television series “The Adventures of Robin Hood”. Richard Greene, the lead actor, born this day Plymouth, Devon, England, 1918, died 1985.)
Sherisse Lawrence – A Lesson I Don’t Want To Learn (2023)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – The Onedin Line Theme
(From the 1970s television series “The Onedin Line”. Peter Gilmore, the lead actor, born this day Leipzig, Germany, 1931, died 2013.)
Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
(Billy Ray Cyrus born this day Flatwoods, Kentucky, U.S.A. 1961.)
60 Year Diamond: Col Joye – Be Bop A Lula (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Connie Francis – Drowning My Sorrows (1963)


Hour 2:


Jane & Carla Kirk – Teach Your Children
Rae Leigh – Faith In Us (2023)
Neil Diamond – And The Grass Won’t Pay No Mind (1970)
Malcolm McDowell – He’s Got You (2023)
50 Year Gold: Ormsby Brothers – You Don’t Own Me (1973)
50 Year Gold: Shirley Bassey – Never Never Never (1973)

Warren Kearney – The Road Beneath My Wheels (2023)
Kris Kristofferson – Help Me Make It Through The Night (1975)
Abby Grace – I’m Too Much (2023)
Penny Davies & Roger Ilott – Beside A Railway Line
Ray Conniff Orchestra – Shangri La
Daniel O’Donnell – Walk Tall


Hour 3:


Chris Rea – Let’s Dance (1987)
Gina Jones – A Giver (2023)
Clayton Saunders – House With The Broken Heart (2023)
Stan Kenton & His Orchestra – Eager Beaver
(Stan Kenton died this day, Los Angeles, California, 1979, aged 67)
Harry Secombe – Lady of Spain
Heintje – Those Happy Times

Kent Gill – Tender Years (2023)
60 Year Diamond: Roy Clarke – The Tips Of My Fingers (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Wayne Newton – Danke Schoen (1963)
Perry Botkin Jr & His Orchestra – What The World Needs Now
Fortunes – You’ve Got Your Troubles (1965)
Bimbo Jet – El Bimbo


Note: 50 Year Gold, and 60 Year Diamond, tracks were charting on this day in 1973 and 1963 respectively.


Playlist, Valley Sunrise 27 August:

Hour 1:


Becci Nethery – Spread A Little Love Around (2016)
Acoustic Bloom – T L C (2023)
B J Thomas – Another Somebody Did Somebody Wrong Song (1975)
Warren Kearney – The Road Beneath My Wheels (2023)
Julie London – Desafinado
Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – True Grit

Julie Anthony – We’ve Got Tonight
Andy Martin – Hold Me Now (2023)
John Rowles – Island In The Sun
Tommy Sands – Ring A Ding Ding (1957)
(Tommy Sands born this day Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. 1937.)
Diana Ross & Supremes – I Hear A Symphony (1965)
Dianne Lindsay – When Rivers Run (2023)


Hour 2:


Petula Clark – I Know A Place (1965)
By Request: Chantays – Pipeline (1962)
By Request: Michael Crawford – Wishing You Were Here
By Request: – Brothers Four – Green Fields (1960)
By Request: Roy Orbison – Borne On The Wind
Janey Kirk – A World Of Our Own

By Request: Nathan Lay – It’s A Long Way To Tipperary
By Request: Cash Backman – He’ll Have To Go
Jeanne Black – He’ll Have To Stay (1960)
Seekers – Days Of My Life (1968)
Clelia Adams – Looking Forward Looking Back
Graeme Clarke – The One On The Right (2019)


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20 August 2023

Valley Sunrise, 20 August 2023

The programme began with a problem – the studio telephone wasn’t working, and with listener requests now an
indelible part of the playlist, that needed a quick resolution.

The immediate work-around is to direct listeners who wanted to make a request, to message me at my Facebook page,
Ray Hewitt Valley Sunrise .

Trying to solve the problem within the studio and keep the programme running was difficult, so I notified TYGA-FM’s
technician, Rozzie, who was able to sort it within 15 minutes.

This day would have marked the 100th birthday of singer Jim Reeves, if he was still with us.

Jim was at home with either country music, or smooth ballads, and July 31, 1964, was indeed a day when music died,
as the light plane he was flying crashed during stormy weather. Also killed was his manager, Dean Manuel.

Accordingly, I included two Jim Reeves recordings in today’s programme.

Hour 1:

Patti MacDonnell – Goodbye Sunshine (2023)
Mark Farrell – The Way I Am (2023)
James Lynas – Love Sunrise (2023)
Sherisse Lawrence – A Lesson I Don’t Want To Learn (2023)
Rodney Vincent – Some Sunday Morning
Will Glahe & His Orchestra – True Love

Tony Cook – Just Be Happy (2023)
Jim Reeves – Nobody’s Fool (Jim Reeves, born this day 1923, Galloway, Texas, U.S.A.)
Larry Mattson – Candlelight and Wine (2023)
Kevin Shegog – Wolverton Mountain (1962) (Kevin Shegog born this day 1933, Lower Turners Marsh, Tasmania)
Penny Davies & Roger Ilott – Hey Rain
Glenys Hewett – Fool On The Hill
James Last Orchestra – Vive L’Amour


Hour 2:

Dianne Lindsay – When Rivers Run (2023)
By Request: Sarah Brightman – Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Jim Reeves – Highway To Nowhere
Matt Monro – Born Free (1966)
By Request: Rob E G – Aloha Oe
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis – The Money Song (1948) (Jerry Lewis died this day 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.)

By Request: Charley Pride – Kiss An Angel Good Morning
Jody Miller – He’s So Fine
By Request: Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii
Dean Martin – Welcome To My World (1967)
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Penny Lane
Desi Egan – Let Your Love Flow

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17 August 2023

18 August 2023

The end of the week is approaching, and edition 378 of Friday Morning Radio on TYGA-FM 98.9, with a mix of indies, memories (particularly 50 Year Gold and 60 Year Diamond tracks)
and great music with melody.

There will be a run-down on some of the major roadworks in and near the Derwent Valley, This Day In History, Railway Round-up (mention of which volunteer-operated Tourist and Heritage
railway trains are running); and in Sky High, which planets are visible, where and when. And, of course, regular weather updates.

It all amounts to a very busy programme, and TYGA-FM 98.9 is where you hear it.


SUNDAY – At 6 a.m. AEST every Sunday, Music Unlimited from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher in Studio B, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production is by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA in Amherst.

This programme is aired on community radio CFEP Seaside FM in Eastern Passage, as well as CFTA; and since 2017, TYGA-FM 98.9 here in New Norfolk.

It is unique radio for the timeslot in southern Tasmania, if not the entire State.

This Sunday’s edition includes many 60s hits, from artists such as but certainly not limited to, Jimmie Rodgers, Gail Garnett, Andy Williams and Gene Pitney.


Valley Sunrise follows at 7 a.m., with all of Friday’s features AND listener requests after 8 a.m., to take you through to 9.00.

I look forward to your company on air. You can contact me via this blog, via Facebook (Ray Hewitt Valley Sunrise) or during either programme on 6261 2000.

Today’s Friday Morning Radio playlist……..

Hour 1:

Mark Farrell – The Way I Am (2023)
Patti MacDonnell – Goodbye sunshine (2023)
Lonnie Bartmess – Somebody Nobody Knows (2023)
50 Year Gold: Max Bygraves – Any Dream Will Do (1973)
50 Year Gold: Tom T Hall – Old Dogs Children and Watermelon Wine (1973)
Mrs Mills – Second Hand Rose

Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – It’s Magic
Howard Morrison Quartet – George The Wild(er) New Zealand Boy
Tony Cook – Just Be Happy (2023)
Johnny Preston – Cradle of Love (Johnny Preston born this day 1939; died 2011)
60 Year Diamond: Al Martino – Painted Tainted Rose (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Lesley Gore – It’s Judy’s Turn To Cry (1963)
European Show Band – Puppet On A String


Hour 2:


Dianne Lindsay – When Rivers Run (2023)
Harry Stoneham Five – Parkinson
Jokeria – No Place For Slim (2023)
Johan Faber – Alive Free (2023)
Victoria Eman – Mijn Pulau Ambon (2023)
50 Year Gold: Col Joye – Heaven Is My Woman’s Love (1973)
50 Year Gold: Tony Orlando & Dawn – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree (1973)

Larry Mattson – Candlelight and Wine (2023)
Isla Grant – Australia
Danny Stain & Ashleigh Watson – It Ain’t Me Babe (2017)
Melbourne Pops Orchestra conducted by Tommy Tycho – Money Money Money
Glenys Hewett – Fool On The Hill
Margot Eskens – Zwei Herzen Und Eine Gitarre


Hour 3:

Acoustic Bloom – T L C (2023)
Seekers – We Shall Not Be Moved (1965)
Searchers – Love Potion Number Nine (1964) (Lead singer Tony Jackson died this day 2003.)
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – The Magnificent Seven (Composer Elmer Bernstein died this day 2004.)
Perry Botkin & His Orchestra – Norwegian Wood
Scott McKenzie – San Francisco (1967) (Scott McKenzie / Philip Blondheim died this day 2012.)
Fifth Dimension – Up Up and Away (1967)

Jim Jacobs – I Can’t Just Quit Loving You (2023)
60 Year Diamond: Gene Pitney – True Love Never Runs Smooth (1963)
60 Year Diamond: Helen Shapiro – Not Responsible (1963)
Roger Whittaker in Concert – All Of My Life
Larissa Tormey – Thank God I’m A Country Girl
Bushlark – The Mudgee Waltz

# 50 Year Gold and 60 Year Diamond tracks were charting on this day 50 and 60 years ago, respectively.

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