Friday Morning Radio Edition 438

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: Mt Field National Park, Tasmania, 2 October 2024

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Lloyd Back – The Voice	2024	HOUR 1	3	6/10/2024	AUZY4 2300052
Ashley Gall – At 21	2024	HOUR 1	0		AUZY4 2400013
Charlie Adams – Buy Me A Beer	2024	HOUR 1	0		AUJ3Z 2300010
Jim Reeves – Waltzing On Top Of The World	1964	HOUR 1	8	18/8/2024
Edward Woodward – A Taste Of Honey		HOUR 1	3	10/7/2015
Backtrack: Gina Jones – Into My Heart	2021	HOUR 1	2	11/2/2022
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Under The Bridges of Paris		HOUR 1	0
Francoise Hardy – L’Amitie		HOUR 1	3	3/10/2021
Paddy Canavan – My Own Carrickmore	2024	HOUR 1	1	17/5/2024
May Mack – Monet Sky	2024	HOUR 1	2	29/9/2024	QMAAK 2417373
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Roger Miller – Chug A Lug	1964	HOUR 1	3	30/4/2017
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Steve Lawrence – Yet I Know	1964	HOUR 1	3	15/11/2019
Backtrack: Richard Mulligan – Good Luck Charm		HOUR 1	5	27/9/2024
Tornados – Monte Carlo	1964	HOUR 1	7	28/6/2024
Alan Mason – Family And Friends	2024	HOUR 2	0
Chris Guenther – Long And Bitter Chill	2024	HOUR 2	0		QMAAK 24 30346
Backtrack: Sabrina Fallon – Mississippi	2022		8	15/9/2023
Pee Wee Hunt Orchestra – Oh!	1953	HOUR 2	0
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time	2024	HOUR 2	3	6/10/2024
18th Century Corporation – Walk On By		HOUR 2	1	18/5/2012
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – The Hustle		HOUR 2	0
By Request:  Charlie Landsborough – Part Of Me	2022	HOUR 2	4	28/7/2024
Backtrack: Ear Candy – I Believe In Love	2020	HOUR 2	4	1/1/2021
Graeme Clarke – How Long	2024	HOUR 2	0
Derek Buckham – Elvis The Kid With A Heart of Gold	2024	HOUR 2	2	29/9/2024	GXA5Y 2400007
Seekers – Morningtown Ride	1989	HOUR 2	3	13/11/2020
Roy Orbison – Blue Angel	1961	HOUR 3	5	12/11/2023
Dianne Lindsay – A Teardrop On A Rose	2024	HOUR 3	0
Bob Marshall – Things Mommas Say	2024	HOUR 3	0
Roger Whittaker – Die Bilder Der Kindheit		HOUR 3	0
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life	2024	HOUR 3	4	6/10/2024	QZTB3 2498152
Bill Anderson – One Mile Over and Two Miles Back		HOUR 3	0
Royal Symphony Orchestra – Symphony Of The Seas		HOUR 3	0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Terry Stafford – Follow The Rainbow	1964	HOUR 3	5	26/7/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Peter & Gordon – I Don’t Want To See You Again	1964	HOUR 3	0
Backtrack: Warren Kearney – The Murray Cod Waltz	2021	HOUR 3	4	3/9/2021
Jewels & The Heist – Where Do We Go From Here	2024	HOUR 3	1	17/3/2024	AUMEV 2401128
Eric Devries – Shadow Of A Man	2024	HOUR 3	0		NL5XB 2400001

11 OCTOBER IN HISTORY:

1906  San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – The public school board sparked a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools 

1940  Australia – Wartime civilian petrol rationing was introduced..  

1954  Hobart, Tasmania  –  A report on the construction of a tunnel beneath the Derwent River, calculated to cost £3 million was submitted to the Hobart City Council by its Works Committee.  The report was then forwarded to the State Government for its consideration.
At the same time, the first section of the Brooker Highway, from Risdon Rd to Derwent Park Rd,  was officially opened by Governor Sir Ronald Cross.

1958 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – NASA launched the lunar probe Pioneer 1, which failed to leave Earth and was destroyed when it re-entered the atmosphere.

1982 Near Portsmouth, England – A surviving portion of the Mary Rose, a Tudor gunship which sank in 1545, was raised from the sea bed in the Solent Channel.  It, and thousands of artifacts also recovered, are effectively a time capsule of the era.

BORN:

1943 – St Austell, Cornwall England – John Nettles, actor best known for his lead roles in the television dramas Bergerac and Midsomer Murders.  Turns 81.

1957 – Anglesey, Wales – Dawn French, comedian, actress and screenwriter well known for her lead role as Geraldine Granger in the TV sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.  Turns 67

DIED:

1935 – Brisbane, Queensland – Arthur Hoey Davis alias Steele Rudd, Australian author famed for writing Austrralian publications such as On Our Selection, which was serialised and broadcast by radio stations throughout Australia.  (Aged 66)

1963 – Plascassier, France – Édith Giovanna Gassion alias Edith Piaf, singer, actress and cultural icon regarded as France’s greatest popular singer   (Aged 47)

2008 – Buckley, North Wales – Ronald Hulme BKA Russ Hamilton, first Liverpool pop singer to hit the United States music scene with his song Rainbow. (Aged 76)

Photo: Russell Falls, Mt Field National Park, taken Wednesday 2 October.

Valley Sunrise Edition 802
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

(A six month Daylight Saving period commenced in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory at 2 a.m. Clocks were put forward one hour.)

Today’s Playlist (V S):

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Pamela Rooney – Love Me Out Of Leaving You Tonight	2024	HOUR 1	1	27/9/2024	QZW6A 2400218
Clayton Saunders – Black Sheep	2024	HOUR 1	3	27/9/2024
Cumberland River Project – Highway Blue	2024	HOUR 1	1	27/9/2024
By Request – P J Proby – Somewhere	1964	HOUR 1	15	12/5/2024
Briggs & Stark – Go Ahead	2024	HOUR 1	1	27/9/2024
Backtrack – Lance Birrell – Spinifex	2022	HOUR 1	3	11/11/2022
Fausto Papetti – La Mer		HOUR 1	1	27/11/2020
Muriel O’Connor, Fran Curry & Brendan Grace – My Elusive Dreams	2024	HOUR 1	3	27/9/2024	IEPBV 1700015
Sonny James – Still Water Runs Deep		HOUR 1	0
Backtrack – Graeme Clarke – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend	2017	HOUR 1	5	13/2/2022
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Gerry & Pacemakers – It’s Gonna Be Alright	1964	HOUR 1	3	4/10/2024
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Kinks – You Really Got Me	1964	HOUR 1	4	4/10/2024
Bill Shadler – There’s Only Been A Few	2024	HOUR 1	1	27/9/2024
Drummond – Daddy Cool		HOUR 1	6	5/5/2023
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time	2024	HOUR 2	2	29/9/2024
Lloyd Back – The Voice	2024	HOUR 2	2	29/9/2024	AUZY4 2300052
Cash Backman – Caroline	1976	HOUR 2	4	28/7/2023
Albert Hammond – Esperame En El Cielo		HOUR 2	0
Ray Malcolm – Que Sera Sera	2024	HOUR 2	1	29/9/2024
Charley Pride – Don’t Fight Feelings of Love	1974	HOUR 2	3	28/4/2017
London Symphony Orchestra – I Don’t Know How To Love Him		HOUR 2	0
Jim Reeves & Patsy Cline – The Wayward Wind		HOUR 2	4	5/3/2021
Carpenters – On Top Of The World	1972	HOUR 2	11	18/12/2022
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962 – No 17: Chubby Checker & Dee Dee sharp – Slow Twistin’	1962	HOUR 2	0
Michaela Harkin – I’m On My Way	2024	HOUR 2	1	29/9/2024	TCAIL 2453797
Nishida Hikaru – Sukiyaku		HOUR 2	4	26/4/2024
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Penny Whistle Jig		HOUR 2	3	15/7/2018
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town	2024	HOUR 3	3	29/9/2024
By Request – Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Morgen		HOUR 3	5	5/7/2024
By Request – Johnny Horton – Whispering Pines		HOUR 3	2	26/11/2023
By Request – Beatles – Help	1965	HOUR 3	13	28/8/2020
By Request – Annie Lennox – No More I Love Yous		HOUR 3	0
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life	2024	HOUR 3	3	29/9/2024	QZTB3 2498152
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra – Alley Cat		HOUR 3	0
By Request – ABBA – The Winner Takes It All		HOUR 3	4	19/11/2023
By Request – Demis Roussos – My Friend The Wind		HOUR 3	12	10/3/2024
Andy Penkow – Ghostly Gums	2022	HOUR 3	6	19/4/2024
ABC Showband – Lost Patrol (Four Corners Theme)		HOUR 3	8	3/5/2024

6 October in History

BORN:
1846 – New York, U.S.A. – George Westinghouse, inventor of the railway air brake. Died 1914.
1908 – Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. – Jane Alice Peters alias Carole Lombard, actress known for her roles in comedy movies of the 1930s.  Died 1942.
1914 – Larvik, Norway – Thor Heyerdahl, adventurer notable for the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. Died 2002.
1947 – Clarendon Jamaica – Millicent Dolly May Small, alias Millie, the first international recording star from the Caribbean and  performer of the 1964 No 1 hit, My Boy Lollipop, which sold over 7 million copies worldwide.  Died 2020.

DIED:
1978 – Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales – Johnny O’Keefe, often referred to by his initials, “J.O.K.”, rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s.  In his 20-year career, O’Keefe released over 50 singles, 50 EPs and 100 albums. Aged 43.
1980 – London, England – Josephine Edwina Jaques alias Hattie Jacques, comedy actress. Aged 58.
1985 – Los Angeles, California U.S.A.  – Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. alias Nelson Riddle, arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator. Aged 64.
2011 – Cairns, Queensland – Diane Cilento, Australian theatre and film actress and author.  (Aged 78)
2015 – Morehead City, North Carolina, U.S.A.  – Billy Joe Royal, Best known for his 1965 Top 10 hit Down In The Boondocks. Aged 73.
2015 – Burbank, California, U.S.A. – Kevin Corcoran former child actor, director and producer.  Aged 66.
2020 – Houston, Texas, U.S.A. – John Lester Nash, Jr. alias Johnny Nash, singer-songwriter, best known for his 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now.  He was the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica.  Aged 80.
2022 – Blanchard, Oklahoma U.S.A. – Myrna Joy Miller, alias Jody Miller, cross-over country/pop singer, whose best known hits were, He Walks Like A Man in 1964, and Queen Of The House, released 1965.  Aged 80.

EVENT:
1972 – Faraday, Victoria – Six young girls and their teacher were kidnapped from a small country school near Castlemaine.  Whilst they were imprisoned in the back of a van, the 19-year-old teacher effected an escape and led the children to safety.   Two men were later charged, convicted and sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment. 

Friday Morning Radio Edition 437

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: Horseshoe Falls, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania, 2 October 2024

Today’s Playlist:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Tony Olson Music Project – If You Wanna Be Happy	2024	HOUR 1	0
Clayton Saunders – Slim Dusty	2024	HOUR 1	1	13/9/2024	QZTAX 2451832
Slim Dusty – Duncan		HOUR 1	17	8/9/2023
Leroy Van Dyke – Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke born this day 1929 in Mora, Missouri, USA, turns 94 today.	1961	HOUR 1	15	27/10/2023
Kevin Sullivan – Against The Tide	2020	HOUR 1	5	16/8/2024	AUVW1 2000002
Backtrack – Aly Cook – Kimberley	2017	HOUR 1	8	14/2/2020
James Last Orchestra – Medley		HOUR 1	2	13/9/2024
Charley Pride – Just Between You And Me		HOUR 1	5	2/6/2024
Janis Joplin – Me And Bobby McGee Janis Joplin, died this day 1970 in Hollywood, California, USA, aged 27.	1971	HOUR 1	3	6/5/2018
Doc Holiday – Hold Me	2024	HOUR 1	0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Gerry & Pacemakers – It’s Gonna Be Alright	1964	HOUR 1	2	28/9/2014
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Kinks – You Really Got Me	1964	HOUR 1	3	6/9/2019
Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero	2024	HOUR 1	0
Gerard Gormley – Streets of Promise	2024	HOUR 2	1	3/5/2024
Christine Leaves – My Forever Friend	2022	HOUR 2	4	13/1/2023	AUEOX 2100009
Peter Salata – My Girl Back On The Land	2024	HOUR 2	0
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore Russ Morgan Orchestra – The Laughing Trombone Polka		HOUR 2	0
Loretta Lynn – Let Your Love Flow Loretta Lynn, died this day 2022 in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee USA, aged 90.		HOUR 2	0
Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go	1960	HOUR 2	13	19/5/2024
Jazz Kings – Maria Elena		HOUR 2	2	23/6/2024
Backtrack – S M 2 & Melissa Pilkington – Scottish Highlands	2022	HOUR 2	7	29/1/2023
By Request – Slim Dusty – Dogs Dust and Diesel		HOUR 2	0
By Request – George Strait – The Cowboy Rides Away		HOUR 2	0
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water	2024	HOUR 2	2	22/9/2024	IEJHJ 2400002
Graham Oliver – Another Broken Heart	2024	HOUR 2	0
Christa Fartek – Don’t Wait	2024	HOUR 3	0
Norma Murphy – I’d Say I Love You		HOUR 3	9	8/4/2022
Silver Studs – Happy Days	1975	HOUR 3	7	18/4/2024
Margot Eskens – Denn Du Musst Fort (Then You Must Go – Danny Boy)		HOUR 3	1	14/3/2021
Kylie Adams Collier – Hervey Bay	2024	HOUR 3	2	30/8/2024	AUHYD 2300050
Backtrack – Rod Williams – Have I Told You Lately That I Love You	2020	HOUR 3	2	3/1/2021
Band of the Grenadier Guards – 76 Trombones		HOUR 3	0
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Nat King Cole – L O V E	1964	HOUR 3	2	4/5/2018
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Bobby Vinton – Clinging Vine	1964	HOUR 3	10	27/6/2021
John Broomhall – Wild and Free		HOUR 3	5	9/7/2021
John Williamson – Papa Whiskey November		HOUR 3	4	8/4/2022
Backtrack – Larissa Tormey – Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool	2018	HOUR 3	5	12/12/2021
Alisha Smith – The Bouldy Bash		HOUR 3	1	2/10/2016

4 October in History

1883  The first run of the Orient Express express train took place, between Paris and Istanbul, as an ordinary international railway service, but it become renowned for romance and luxury travel.  The Orient Express name was applied to many trains running a variety of European routes, but it eventually evolved into a Strasbourg-Vienna overnight train, which last ran in December 2009.

1918  Sayreville, New Jersey, U.S.A. – A series of fires and explosions destroyed an ammunition plant over three days, killed more than 100, forced massive evacuations and spread ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which are still being found.

1952 Britain’s first nuclear bomb was exploded on the Monte Bello Islands, off the West Australian coast.

1957  Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched by the Soviet Union.

1967 Hobart, Tasmania – The Hydro-Electric Commission purchased a former vehicular ferry from New Zealand, Hinemoa, for use as a temporary floating power station to alleviate a power shortage caused by a drought in the central highlands.

1976 England – The Intercity 125 High Speed Train  was introduced.  With a regular service speed of 201 km/h, it is the fastest diesel-powered train in regular service in the world

1985 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – The Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on its maiden flight.  During it’s 25 year life, Atlantis was launched on 33 missions, orbited Earth 4,848 times, and travelled 202,673,974 kilometres.  It is now displayed in Florida’s Kennedy Space Visitor Centre.

1990 Germany was re-unified when the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory became part of the Federal Republic of Germany

Photo: When two old-timers come to town. Taken 27 September 2024, outside Arthur Square, New Norfolk.

Valley Sunrise Edition 801
0700 ~ 0900 AEST

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Graeme Connors – The Great Australian Dream	2024	HOUR 1	2	26/1/2024
Jimmy Bufett – Margaritaville	1977	HOUR 1	20	29/6/2018
Derek Buckham – Elvis The Kid With A Heart of Gold	2024	HOUR 1	1	16/8/2024	GXA5Y 2400007
Hay Mack – Monet Sky	2024	HOUR 1	1	5/7/2024	QMAAK 2417373
Jane Saunders – Ballad of the Easy Rider		HOUR 1	5	9/7/2021
Liv Maessen & Jimmy Hannan – Love Is For The Two Of Us	1971	HOUR 1	3	14/2/2020
Acker Bilk – Cielito Lindo		HOUR 1	1	28/2/2020
Susan Boyle – Daydream Believer		HOUR 1	2	2/7/2023
(By Request)  Foster & Allan – After All These Years		HOUR 1	6	31/5/2020
Glen Dee – You’ll Always Be My Little Girl	2017	HOUR 1	18	22/10/2023
Shadows – Rhythm And Greens	1964	HOUR 1	1	27/9/2024
Eydie Gorme – I Want You To Meet My Baby	1964	HOUR 1	6	16/8/2015
Mantovani – The Carousel Waltz		HOUR 1	14	3/12/2023
Blue Echoes – Personality		HOUR 1	3	17/3/2024
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time	2024	HOUR 2	1	27/9/2024
Lloyd Back – The Voice	2024	HOUR 2	1	20/9/2024	AUZY4 2300052
Petula Clark – The Games People Play		HOUR 2	0
Ray Conniff Singers – Born Free		HOUR 2	1	6/5/2016
Ray Malcolm – Que Sera Sera	2024	HOUR 2	0
Margie Singleton – Old Records	2024	HOUR 2	0
James Last Orchestra – Medley		HOUR 2	1	4/9/2022
Jerry Lee Lewis – Cold Cold Heart	1961	HOUR 2	0
Colene Walters – Momma’s Wall of Fame	2024	HOUR 2	0
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962 No 16:  Claude King – Wolverton Mountain	1962	HOUR 2	10	5/2/2023
Michaela Harkin – I’m On My Way	2024	HOUR 2	0		TCAIL 2453797
Monkees – Last Train To Clarksville	1966	HOUR 2	5	5/5/2023
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town	2024	HOUR 3	2	27/9/2024	IEXWD 2400001
(By Request)  Johnny Chester – She’s My Kind Of Woman		HOUR 3	9	25/6/2021
(By Request)  Paul McCartney & Wings – Silly Love Songs		HOUR 3	0
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life	2024	HOUR 3	2	27/9/2024	QZTB3 2498152
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra – Pepe		HOUR 3	0
(By Request)  George Jones – Take These Chains From My Heart		HOUR 3	1	11/8/2021
Mary Gently – Goodbye My Eire	2024	HOUR 3	1	20/8/2024	TCAI1 2469682
Clelia Adams – Looking Forward Looking Back		HOUR 3	9	26/11/2023
Tommy Fleming – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head		HOUR 3	1	17/7/2015
Dianne Coombes – Start Where You Are		HOUR 3	1	19/7/2021

29 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:

1957  Tasmania plunged into a late winter with heavy snowfalls and well-below average temperatures, Hobart recording a top of 8 C.  Meanwhile, in New South Wales, bushfires, fanned by high winds, threatened properties.

1959  Devonport , Tasmania – The Bass Strait ferry Taroona made its final departure from Devonport to Melbourne, following the arrival of the new roll-on, roll-off Princess of Tasmania. She was subsequently sold to a Greek shipping line, renamed ss Hellas, and used as a Mediterranean cruise ship.  It was laid up in 1966 and never used again. In 1989 she was towed to Turkey, where she was scrapped.

1963  Bellerive, Tasmania – Only a few millimetres of planking saved a 58 year old ferry, the Derwent, from sinking at its moorings after a hole was bored through its hull from inside, with a brace and bit.  A strong jet of water, which shot into the vessel when the tip of the drill pierced its side, forced the culprit away and prevented the full width of the 2 inch drill from passing through the hull.  

Friday Morning Radio Edition 436

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: Mt Wellington from the northern outskirts of greater Hobart, 20 September 2024

Today’s Playlist:

HOUR 1  9.00 ~ 10.00:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Pamela Rooney – Love Me Out Of Leaving You Tonight	2024	0		QZW6A 2400218
Clayton Saunders – Black Sheep	2024	2	12/4/2024
The Cumberland River Project – Highway Blue	2024	0
Briggs & Stark – Go Ahead	2024	0
Craig & Charlotte Lloyd – Burn So Bright	2024	0		AU2HX-2200004
Back Track:  Gayle O’Neil – Risks	2015	4	18/5/2018
Capitol Symphony Orchestra – Polka From The Bartered Bride		0
Muriel O’Connor, Fran Curry & Brendan Grace – My Elusive Dreams	2024	2	18/8/2024	IEPBV 1700015
Seekers (Julie Anthony) – When Will The Good Apples Fall	1989	2	27/8/2023
Back Track:  Richard Mulligan – Good Luck Charm	2021	4	23/10/2020
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
# Shadows – Rhythm And Greens	1964	0
# Honeycombs – Have I The Right	1964	9	15/1/2023
Bill Shadler – There’s Only Been A Few	2024	0
HOUR 2  10.00 ~ 11.00:
TRACK	YEAR OF RELEASE	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Victoria Eman – It’s About Time	2024	0
Tim Lane – Now That You’re Gone	2024	1	13/9/1924	QZNWU 2217497
Maggie Caskie – You’re Going Out Of My Mind	2024	0		QZTAZ 2444931
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Alma Cogan – Twenty Tiny Fingers	1955	1	19/7/2019
Kings Singers – Linstead Market		0
Al Martino – Love Theme From The Godfather	1972	1	13/9/2024
Romantic Strings Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade		1	9/8/2024
Percy Faith Orchestra & Chorus – Colours		3	26/12/2014
Sammie Soravia – I’ll See You Soon Then	2024	0
Back Track:  Ian Burns – Why	2015	1	14/4/2017
Ray Kernaghan – The Wreck Of The Old 97 { * SEE 27 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY BELOW}		7	3/5/2019
James Last Orchestra – Medley		0
Brandon McPhee – The Six Twenty Two-Step		4	6/3/2022
HOUR 3  11.00 ~ 12.00:
TRACK	YEAR OF RELEASE	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Rodeo Nights – Brighter Side	2024	0
Slim Dusty – Namatjira		4	24/4/2020
Rob Breese – Thargomindah Sunset	2024	2	13/9/2024	AUC8U-2400002
Freddie Quinn – Oh Susanna		0
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life	2024	2	13/92024	QZTB3 2498152
Back Track:  Alan Dingo Byram – Proud Mary	2020	4	18/9/2020
101 Strings Orchestra – Stop In The Name Of Love		4	1/6/2018
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
# Newbeats – Bread And Butter	1964	3	7/12/2018
# Lesley Gore – Maybe I Know	1964	10	2/9/2022
Chris Barber & Mark Knopfler – The Next Time I’m In Town		1	25/8/2024	TCAAW 1129204
Sherbet – Summer Love	1975	3	21/5/2021
Sandie Shaw – Monsieur Dupont	1969	4	7/6/2019

27 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:

1825  County Durham, England – The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened, principally to carry coal to ports at Stockton-on-Tees, and at Darlington.  Passengers were carried in horse-drawn carriages until locomotives were used for this purpose in 1833, initiating the world’s first steam hauled passenger trains.

1854  Off Cape Race, Newfoundland – In the first great maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean, nearly 400 lives were lost when the steamship SS Arctic sank after colliding with a French steamer, SS Vesta, in foggy conditions.

* 1903  Danville, Virginia, U.S.A. – A Southern Railway train known as the Fast Mail, which was en route from Monroe, Virginia to Spencer, North Carolina was wrecked when it derailed on a high bridge. The wreck inspired the famous railroad ballad, The Wreck Of The Old 97. 

Photo: The Launceston ~ Hobart express, deliberately derailed on the Horseshoe Bridge, between Brighton and Bridgewater, Tasmania, 21 September 1893. Photographer unknown. Story below.

Playlist, Valley Sunrise Edition 800
0600 ~ 0900 AEST

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	TIME	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Frank Sinatra – The Song Is Ended But The Melody Lingers On		HOUR 1	0
Gheorghe Zamfir – The Wind of Change		HOUR 1	1	10/1/2016
Daniel O’Donnell – Everything Is Beautiful		HOUR 1	2	11/4/2021
Jazz Kings – Still Got The Blues	2023	HOUR 1	0
Terry Bennetts & Lee Forster – That’s The Kind Of Life I Live	2024	HOUR 1	3	26/7/2024
Ferrante & Teicher – Little Green Apples		HOUR 1	0
Jason Carruthers – Coming Home Today	2020	HOUR 1	0
Foster & Allen – Jim Reeves Medley		HOUR 1	1	30/4/2023
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Tornados – Exodus	1964	HOUR 1	8	26/2/2021
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Eydie Gorme – I Want You To Meet My Baby	1964	HOUR 1	6	16/8/2015
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water	2024	HOUR 1	1	20/9/2024
Tony Clarke – Not That Kind Of Fool	2024	HOUR 2	2	13/9/2024	QZ825 1857501
David Paul Nowlin – Life Dealt Me This Hand	2024	HOUR 2	0		QZWKY 2400220
Lon – Ride On	2024	HOUR 2	1	13/9/2024
By Request – Ella Fitzgerald – Someone To Watch Over Me		HOUR 2	0
Francoise Hardy – Le Temps De L’Amour		HOUR 2	2	26/7/2015
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Medley~Hello Young Lovers~Getting To Know You~I Whistle A Happy Tune		HOUR 2	1	2/8/2015
Andrea Bocelli – Moon River		HOUR 2	1	18/7/2021
Della Reese – Don’t You Know		HOUR 2	2	4/1/2019
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1962 No 15:  Neil Sedaka – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	1962	HOUR 2	2	10/9/2021
Jimmy Clanton – Venus In Blue Jeans	1962	HOUR 2	0
Justin Jones – Country Roads	2024	HOUR 2	1	2/9/2018
Jade Hurley – Shake Rattle And Roll		HOUR 2	2	1/9/2023
Billy McFarland – You’re So My Kind Of Perfect	2024	HOUR 3	1	6/9/2024
By Request – Paul Mauriat – Love Is Blue	1968	HOUR 3	12	3/11/2023
By Request – Belinda Carlisle – Summer Rain		HOUR 3	0
By Request – Gerry & Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey		HOUR 3	18	15/9/2024
By Request – Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs		HOUR 3	1	8/9/2024
Alan Caswell – A Friend To Me		HOUR 3	0		AUGBT 2416828
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Theme From Love Story		HOUR 3	1	14/3/2021
By Request – Shavonne Aliphon – Always		HOUR 3	3	29/4/2022
Matt Monro – I Love You Because		HOUR 3	0
Johnnie Ray – Alexanders Ragtime Band	1954	HOUR 3	2	11/5/2018
Eddie Fisher – Lady of Spain	1952	HOUR 3	2	10/8/2018

COVER STORY

SABOTAGE ON THE HORSESHOE BRIDGE

It was the evening of Wednesday, September 20, 1893.

A strong westerly wind whistled through the tall, wooden pylons of the Horseshoe railway bridge, and across the undulating pasture lands near Brighton, 15 miles north of Hobart.

The shrill whistle of the evening express train, as it departed Brighton Junction station, and it’s rhythmic exhaust beat echoed, as it laboured up the gradient known as the Crooked Billet.

The train crew, Driver George Jones, Fireman Thomas Bagley, and Guard Henry Reynolds, and it’s 60 passengers had no idea of the danger ahead.

At twelve minutes past eight, the train mounted the summit of the Crooked Billet and entered a curve which led on to the Horseshoe Bridge.  The train was now coasting comfortably along at 20 miles per hour.

Then, it happened.  The locomotive suddenly left the rails, bouncing violently.  It’s momentum and that of the coaches behind carried it along the sleepers of the bridge.  Driver Jones and Guard Reynolds, who happened to look forward from his van at that very moment, immediately applied the vacuum brakes.

Just before it lurched to a stop, the locomotive heeled over to the left, coming to a rest at a 45 degree angle.  Fireman Bagley would have plunged to near certain death but for a lucky grab for the exterior handrail of the locomotive.  Dangling by one hand, he managed to reinforce his grip with the other and haul himself back to safety.  He then carefully followed Driver Jones, who had climbed out the other side.

Guard Reynolds was crawling from sleeper to sleeper in the darkness, bracing himself against the wind which threatened to overbalance him.  This bridge was the same as most wooden railway bridges of the time, in that it had no solid decking.  There were sleepers, rails, supporting beams, and nothing else between.

Guard Reynolds called out, warning the passengers to stay aboard the train, because many of them would certainly fail to step securely along the sleepers in the dark and windy conditions, and plunge through the intervening void. 

Driver Jones and Fireman Bagley examined their predicament.  The left wheels of the locomotive were securely wedged between the ends of the sleepers and a stout wooden side-beam.  It was only this, which prevented the entire train from being dashed to pieces in the gully below, with those on board.

The locomotive’s tender lay on its side, the coal, water, pannikins and firing tools it once contained having cascaded over the side.  The two leading carriages were also derailed and canted over.  The front end bulkhead of the first carriage had been shattered by the buffers of the tender.

Jones, Bagley and Reynolds carefully assisted their passengers from the carriages and guided them individually along the sleepers of the bridge to the safety of the southern abutment. This was no mean feat in the dark and windy conditions.  The only casualties were two young men who were travelling in the first carriage, who had received cuts from a shattering gas lamp.

At the Hobart end of the bridge, and at intervals along the line, the crew found a collection of railway fishplates, stones, sleepers, and pieces of rail lying on the track.  Examination of the permanent way at the Brighton end of the bridge revealed further interference.  The stout fishplate bolts had been smashed, and the rails prised sideways with a ganger’s hammer, which lay nearby, its handle broken.

The chilling truth became apparent.  This was not a chance accident, but a deliberate, calculated, and cold-blooded attempt to destroy the train, and all aboard!

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The following morning, Sub-Inspector Marshall of the Brighton police found a soft brown felt hat with a red lining beneath the bridge.  Seeing this as a potential clue, he found that a storekeeper in nearby Pontville, had a dozen hats like it in stock, of which two were sold.

One of these was still in the possession of its owner.  The other was traced to a former railway employee, Charles Briggs, aged 27, who lived near Pontville.  As he stated he had lost his hat the previous evening, his movements came under close scrutiny.

It appeared that on the morning of September 20, Briggs was wearing his hat when he visited the Bridgewater saleyards, where he purchased a cow, which he later lost.

Briggs had spent some time drinking in the Derwent Hotel, in Bridgewater, before leaving, partially intoxicated, at 6 p.m. with William Jackson, a local blacksmith.  The men walked together along the main road until they arrived at a property known as Parkholme.

Without saying a word, Briggs suddenly left Jackson, crossed the road, climbed over the roadside fence, and ran towards the railway.

Knowing that a train was due shortly, Jackson was concerned for Briggs’ safety, and mentioned his concern to his wife upon his return home.

At 7 p.m. Douglas James and Alfred Wood were working in a stable on Wood’s farm, some 300 yards from the Horseshoe Bridge.  Both men heard the metallic clanging of hammer blows, and assumed a team of gangers was working unusually late.

Briggs was not seen again until ten minutes to eight, when he entered the Enterprise Hotel, near the Brighton Junction railway station.  He loudly remarked, that he had lost his hat, and stayed in the bar for some time.

The next day, news and rumours connected with the attempted mass-murder were raging, but Briggs was reticent to join any discussion, but preferred  to concentrate on finding his missing cow.

Strangely, he denied seeing the derailed train whilst on his way to a site where he was employed on the construction of a new road although he could hardly have missed seeing it.

He seemed unusually anxious and nervous, but would not confide in anyone.

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In Hobart, the Tasmanian Railways’ General Manager, Fred Back, took immediate steps to re-rail the train and restore the permanent way.  Several teams of gangers were assigned to the extremely awkward task.

Tragedy struck late that day, when two gangers’ trolleys collided near Bridgewater.  Most of the men were catapulted off and received minor injuries;  but one unlucky fellow was seriously injured and died as he was being carried by train to hospital in Hobart.

Driver Jones, Fireman Bagley, and Guard Reynolds resumed their duties on Friday, September 22, taking charge of the afternoon express between Launceston and Brighton Junction.

The line between Brighton and Bridgewater was still not clear, so the express train terminated at Brighton Junction.  It’s passengers and mail were exchanged for those carried by another train from Hobart to Bridgewater Junction station.  The intervening distance was covered by road.

The gallantry of the train crew was later recognised when the Mayor of Launceston presented illuminated addresses to all three men on behalf of the Council.

By 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 23, the ill-fated train was back on the rails and had been towed back to Brighton Junction station.

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That day, Superintendent Hedberg and Sub-Inspector Marshall interviewed Charles Briggs at his home.  His replies to their intense questioning did not tally with the statements of other witnesses, so he was arrested and taken to the Pontville watch house.

Word of his arrest spread through the district like wildfire, and the Pontville Court room was crowded inside and out when he was formally charged the following Monday.

Briggs was remanded in custody and escorted back to the watch house.

The small Court building was again crowded when an inquiry into the derailment commenced on Monday, September 30.  The evidence of 22 witnesses, from train crew, local hotel keepers, and residents was heard.  At the end of these proceedings, Briggs was formally committed for trial at the next Hobart Criminal Court sittings, and again remanded in custody.

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It was Tuesday, December 12, 1893, when Charles Briggs appeared before the Chief Justice and a jury.  Briggs pleaded not guilty to two counts, that on the evening of September 20th last, he did unlawfully displace and move the rails and sleepers of, and place obstacles on the main line of railway at Horseshoe bridge, with intent to commit murder.  The second count charged him with intent to endanger the safety of passengers travelling on the line.

Although 23 witnesses appeared for the Prosecution, doubts were cast by the Defence Counsel as to whether the hat found beneath the bridge actually belonged to Briggs.  Was it lost by another person elsewhere, and/or did the strong wind which was blowing at the time happen to send it into the gully beneath the bridge?  Briggs had claimed that he had lost his hat in the vicinity of the Jordan River.  If that was so, it was never found.

But, then, what of the three men, one of whom was wearing white trousers, who were seen lurking near the bridge by several passengers immediately after the derailment, and who disappeared without saying a word?

Was it possible that a man under the influence of alcohol, as Briggs was when he left the Derwent Hotel in Bridgewater, could walk across the railway bridge without slipping between the sleepers, singlehandedly move rails weighing hundreds of pounds, then walk to the Enterprise Hotel in Brighton, all in 1 hour 45 minutes?

At 12.45 p.m. the jury retired to consider their verdict, which had to be unanimous in view of the capital charges involved.

By 10.15 p.m. the jury foreman advised the Court that there was not the slightest possibility of their arriving at such a verdict.  The jury was then discharged, and Briggs was remanded again till the next sittings of the Supreme Criminal Court.

He languished in the Hobart Gaol over Christmas 1893, and it was Tuesday, February 27, 1894 when the second trial commenced.  Over two days, this trial heard the same evidence, from the same witnesses.

After deliberating for 3½ hours the Court was advised that 10 jurymen were  rigidly in favour of an acquittal, and 2 in favour of a conviction.

Charles Briggs was released from custody on Friday, March 2, 1894, to face an uncertain future, in view of the stigma now attached to his name and the high unemployment of the time.

So, the questions remain unresolved to this day __ did Briggs cause the Horseshoe bridge derailment, and attempt to murder over 60 people in cold blood?  If so, what was his motive?

Or, was he an innocent victim of circumstances which resulted in months of wrongful, unjust imprisonment?  Did the real culprit go free?  What of the sinister sighting of the three men near the bridge by some of the passengers?

No one will ever know the truth.

22 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:

1951  Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – Following the Australian High Court’s ruling that the Communist Party Dissolution Bill 1950, passed by Federal Parliament to ban the Communist Party of Australia was unconstitutional, the Federal Government held a referendum on a proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to allow the banning of parties such as the Communist Party. The referendum was not carried.

1957  Eastern Atlantic Ocean – Four ships and an aircraft of the United States Air Force failed to find any trace of the 52 year old barque Pamir, which was believed to have sunk in a typhoon, south-west of the Azores.
 Five survivors from the crew of 86 were subsequently rescued from a lifeboat.

1966  Near Winton, Queensland – 29 lives were lost when an Ansett ANA Viscount airliner bound from Mt Isa to Longreach crashed whilst attempting an emergency landing.

1993  Near Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. –  In the worst rail disaster in the U.S.A. since 1958, a group of heavy barges struck a railway bridge, displacing a span and buckling adjacent rails.  Within ten minutes, Amtrak’s Sunset Limited passenger train, with 220 passengers and crew aboard, ran onto the displaced span, which then collapsed.  The locomotives and several carriages plunged into the river, with the loss of 47 lives and injuring 103.

Friday, 20 September 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 435

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Photo: Part of the Japanese section of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart.

Today’s Playlist:

HOUR 1  9.00 ~ 10.00:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Lloyd Back – The Voice	2024	0		AUZY4 23 00052
Dianne Coombes – Hearts Drawn In The Sand	2024	2	6/9/2024
Kerr Donnelly Band – My Poor Heart	2024	1	5/7/2024
>Gogi Grant – The Wayward Wind	1956	11	10/3/2024
Don McLean – Every Day		1	24/5/2024
Back Track:  Chris Strohfeld – When You’re Down On Your Luck	2018	4	21/7/2019
101 Strings Orchestra – Are You Lonesome Tonight		2	13/9/2024
Demis Roussos – So Dreamy		0
>>Sophia Loren – Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo		1	20/9/2019
Bill & Boyd – Chulu Chulu Lu	1975	1	9/12/2022
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
* Tornados – Exodus	1964	8	26/2/2021
* Eydie Gorme – I Want You To Meet My Baby	1964	6	16/8/2015
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire And Water	2024	0
Warren Kearney – There Will Never Be Anyone Else	2024	4	5/7/2024
> Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, alias Gogi Grant, born this day in 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  She was a 1950s pop singer who had many hits, including The Wayward Wind.  Died 2016. >> Sofia Villani Scicolone, alias Sophia Loren, born this day in 1934 in Naples, Italy.  She was an award-winning actress and one of the most popu;lar stars of the 1960s and 70s.  Turns 90. HOUR 2  10.00 ~ 11.00:
TRACK	YEAR OF RELEASE	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Kevin Sullivan – Three Ways	2024	2	31/3/2024	AUVW1 2400001
Charlie Adams – Fire Glow	2024	2	6/9/1924	AUJ3Z 2300004
Girls Next Door – Love Will Get You Through Times Of No Money	2024	2	11/8/2024	QZWLW 2400008
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Paul Evans & Curls – Sitting In The Back Seat	1959	8	11/10/2019
>>>Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle	1973	2	2/10/2015
Hazel & The Thief – The Olden Days	2024	0		QZNWZ 2414805
Max Harris & His Orchestra – Blues In The Night		0
By Request:  Tracy Byrd – Keeper Of The Stars		0
Dusty Springfield – Just A Little Loving		0
By Request:  Gallery – It’s so Nice To Be with You		1	25/12/2022
Back Track:  Victoria Eman – Captain Of The Ship	2017	6	28/10/2018
Michelle Murphy – Moon In The Water	2024	0		TCAIM 2477545
>>> Jim Croce, singer-songwriter, died this day in 1973 in a plane crash, aged 30.   HOUR 3  11.00 ~ 12.00:
TRACK	YEAR OF RELEASE	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED
Justin Jones – Country Roads	2024	1	13/9/2024
Gene Pitney – That Girl Belongs To Yesterday	1964	2	12/4/2024
Sandie Shaw – Those Were The Days	1968	2	26/2/2021
Lawrence Welk – The Clarinet Polka		0
Steve Bonham & Long Road – I Could Write A Book	2024	1	9/8/2024	GX7CU 2400001
Back Track:  Shavonne Aliphon – Always	2021	4	29/4/2022
Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra – What A Difference A Day Made Cha Cha		0
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
* Ray Conniff Singers – Invisible Tears	1964	1	3/9/2021
* Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go	1964	6	7/1/2022
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Rolling On	2024	0		TCAAW 1129204
Foster & Allen – Tie A Yellow Ribbon	2024	0
By Request:  Slim Dusty – Duncan	2024	17	8/9/2023
Slim Dusty – Sitting On The Old Front Verandah		7	9/9/2021

20 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:

1893  Near Brighton, Tasmania – The evening express train from Launceston to Hobart was deliberately derailed on the tall Horseshoe Bridge, which stood between Brighton Junction and Bridgewater Junction.

1906  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England – The Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania was launched.  She was the world’s largest ship until 1910, and for 20 years held the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.  She was withdrawn from service in September 1034 and sent to shipbreakers in Rosyth, Scotland, in July 1935.

1955  Hobart, Tasmania – A Melbourne contracting company prepared for construction of the  longest, pre-stressed concrete bridge in Australia at the time, which was intended to replace a timber bridge on the Sorell causeway.  This bridge was replaced, in turn, in 2002 by the current McGee Bridge.

1963  Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – The Federal Minister for the Interior, Mr Freeth, closed the valves of a £1.4 million, 25 metre high dam to impound the waters of the Molonglo River, to create Lake Burley Griffin.

Today’s Photo – Snow capped Mt Wellington, behind Hobart, during wintry conditions, taken from Bilton Bay, Claremont. September 2021

Music Unlimited
0600 ~ 0700 AEST

A programme of easy-listening music presented by Ian MacPhee from Studio B, Eastern Passage, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Because of the passing of Paul Meagher, the producer of Music Unlimited, this was the final edition, both here, and in Canada. The programme is now in indefinite recess.
As from next Sunday, Valley Sunrise returns to it’s former three-hour format on TYGA-FM 98.9.

Valley Sunrise Edition 799
0700 ~ 0900 AEST

Today’s Playlist:

HOUR 1  7.00 ~ 8.00:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Kevin Sullivan – That’s What It Means	2024	1	1/9/2024	AUVW1 2400002
Sarah Riches – Alibi	2024	3	11/8/2024
The Charlesys – Will It Be You	2024	0		CACWV 2459223
(By Request)  Willie Nelson – Just Breathe		1	9/6/2024
Eric Jupp Orchestra – Adios Mariquita Linda		5	17/12/2017
Olivia Newton-John – If We Try	1973	1	23/7/2017
Ray Malcolm – Is There Something On Your Mind	2024	3	1/9/2024
Top 20 Billboard Tracks 1962 No. 14:  Freddy Cannon – Palisades Park	1962	0
Frank Sinatra Jr – Who Cares		0
Chris Guenther – Forty Two New Orleans	2024	0		QMAAK 2430351
Seekers – All I Can Remember	1968	4	1/4/2016
HOUR 2  8.00 ~ 9.00:
TRACK	YEAR OF RELEASE	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again	2024	3	2/8/2024	IEXWD 2400001
(By Request)  Pussycat – Mississippi	1976	34	23/8/2024
(By Request)  Gerry & Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey	1965	17	18/6/2023
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away		2	21/9/2018
Leigh Warren – I’d Do It All Over Again	2024	0		USHM9 2418591
(By Request)  Graeme Clarke – Old Dogs Children and Watermelon Wine	2019	5	14/11/2021
Beverley Hills Orchestra – Peyton Place Theme		1	8/9/2017
Johnny Chester – Send Me Some Lovin’	2024	3	30/8/2024	AUMEV 2498189
Ray Conniff Singers- Making Our Dreams Come True		1	16/2/2014
Slim Dusty – Gum Trees By The Roadway		4	6/1/2019
Redgum – Spirit Of The Land		4	24/4/2020

15 SEPTEMBER IN HISTORY:

1830  Lancashire, England – The Liverpool to Manchester railway opened.  This was the world’s first inter-city passenger railway, in which all trains were timetabled and hauled for most of the distance by steam locomotives.
William Huskisson, English Member of Parliament and financier, became the first recorded railway passenger fatality when he was struck by the Stephenson locomotive Rocket, after he disobeyed instructions to remain aboard the train he was travelling in. 

1907  Murwillumbah, New South Wales – A massive fire destroyed over 60 of the mainly-wooden buildings in the town, which housed most of the town’s businesses.  The town had no water supply and no fire brigade.

1916  France – World War 1 –  Tanks were used for the first time in combat, by the British Army, at the Battle of the Somme.

1957  Interlaken, Tasmania – Fifty people were stranded by heavy snow drifts, which trapped 14  vehicles for two days.  A further 30 people were similarly stranded in the Arthurs Lake area.

1964 Melbourne, Victoria – 15,000 turned out in a demonstration to protest against Premier Bolte’s plan to introduce a State Income Tax.

From The Friends of 105.9 FM, Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada

In Loving Memory of Paul Meagher (alias ” Paul Marr”).

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Paul Meagher, an integral part of our radio station family.

Paul was more than just a colleague — he was a friend, mentor, and a driving force behind our station’s success and history.

Paul brought passion, dedication, and a unique spirit that touched the lives of everyone he worked with and every listener who tuned in.

During this difficult time, our thoughts and deepest sympathies go out to Paul’s family, friends, and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him.
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Paul was the producer of Music Unlimited, heard each Sunday at 6.00 a.m. on TYGA-FM 98.9.

With his passing, the future of Music Unlimited is very much in doubt; next Sunday’s edition will likely be the last.

Paul was a passionate, lifelong radio man, very well respected at Seaside FM, the station where he voluntarily served after a long career in commercial radio, and in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Although I never had the privilege of meeting him in person, his warmth of character was apparent, even from the opposite side of the world, here in New Norfolk.

Deepest condolences go to Paul’s relatives, colleagues, friends and listeners, from everyone in TYGA-FM.

The playlist for Friday Morning Radio 13th September 2024, appears below.

Friday, 13 September 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 434

Three hours of music, Indies and memories, not heard on mainstream radio on TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or On-line, at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s photo:  Part of Austins Ferry, Old Beach (across the Derwent River) and Gunner’s Quoin from Poimena Hill, Austins Ferry.

Today’s Playlist:

HOUR 1  9.00 ~ 10.00:

TRACK	RELEASE YEAR	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Paul Ricketts – Just Like My Old Man	2024	1	1/9/2024	AUZY4 2400012
Tim Lane – Now That You’re Gone	2024	0		QZNWU 2217497
Lon – Ride On	2024	0
Al Martino – Theme From The Godfather		0
Helena Mace – Home	2024	0
Stephen R Cheney – Just Lucky I Guess	2018	6	30/8/2024
101 Strings – Are You Lonesome Tonight	2019	1	4/5/2018
The Shadows – Trains And Boats And Planes		4	6/7/2018
Madonna – Crazy For You	1985	7	16/8/2020
Dick Haymes – Love Letters Richard Benjamin Haymes, alias Dick Haymes, born this day in 1918 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  He became an actor and one of the most popular vocalists of the 1940s and 50s.  Died 1980.	1945	1	28/3/2021
Chet Atkins – Country Gentleman		2	20/6/2021
(By Request)  John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air	1977	8	24/2/2023
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
# Elvis Presley – Kissing Cousins	1964	5	15/9/2017
# Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman	1964	21	23/4/2023
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Northern Lights of Aberdeen		14	1/3/2024
HOUR 2  10.00 ~ 11.00:
TRACK	YEAR OF RELEASE	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Curtis Magee & Shaun Cuddy – Real Good Friends	2024	0		TCAIK 2420166
Glenn Levi – All Good Things Must Have An End	2024	2	1/9/1924	USDY4 2402664
Shirley Llewellyn – A Girl Named Shirl	2022	0
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Louis Prima & Keely Smith – Hey Boy Hey Girl	1959	0
Mel Torme – Three Little Words Melvin Howard Torme, alias Mel Torme, born this day in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.  He became a musician, drummer, composer and actor.  Died 1999.	1947	1	31/1/2016
Shadows – Tonight		0
Adrian Payne & Mary Anne Burton – End Of The Beginning	2024	0
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley~Brazilian Love Song~Maruzzella~Lovely Friday		1	4/10/2019
Neil Diamond – Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon	1967	3	4/12/2016
Roger Whittaker – The Green Green Grass Of Home Roger Whittaker, died this day in 2023 in Toulouse, France.  He was a singer-songwriter with record sales over 55 million.  He was aged 87.		0
Graeme Clarke – Wrong Road Again	2024	8	14/5/2021
Rod Williams – A Little Country Schoolhouse By The Lane	2024	4	30/8/2024
Carole King – School Bells Are Ringing	1963	1	30/8/2024
HOUR 3  11.00 ~ 12.00:
TRACK	YEAR OF RELEASE	PREVIOUS PLAYS	LAST PLAYED	ISRC
Andy Martin – I’m Blue I’m Lonesome	2024	1	30/8/2024
Tony Clarke – Not that Kind of Fool	2024	1	6/9/2024	QZ825 1857501
Clayton Saunders – Slim Dusty	2024	0
Slim Dusty – When You’re Short Of A Quid		1	24/5/2020	QZTAX 2451832
Isla Grant – The Old Accordeon Man		0
Spinners – A-Rovin’		2	10/10/2014
Les Reed Orchestra – Delilah		3	15/2/2019
60 YEAR DIAMOND CLASSICS  –  Charting this day in 1964
# Bachelors – I Wouldn’t Trade You	1964	4	22/9/2019
# Jerry Wallace – In The Misty Moonlight	1964	2	15/12/2023
Rae Leigh – The War That Stole My Daddy’s Life	2024	0		QZTB3 2498152
Rob Breese – Thargominda Sunset	2024	1	30/8/2024	AUC8U-2400002
Justin Jones – Country Roads	2024	0

THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1915 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory – The Federal Government first imposed Income Tax – as a wartime measure.

1926 Murulla, New South Wales – The State’s worst railway disaster to that date occurred when 12 good waggons broke away from a train and, with failed brakes, rolled downhill for some kilometres, ultimately colliding at high speed with the following Moree-Sydney overnight mail train. This caused a toll of 26 fatalities, and 38 injured.

1954 Scottsdale, Tasmania – Radio station 7DY, which was formerly based in Derby, commenced transmission from Scottsdale under the new callsign of 7SD.