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14 February 2025

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 456

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.

Today’s Photo: Retired diesel-electric locomotive, coupled to vintage carriages, awaits it’s turn of duty at the Don River Railway’s 50th Anniversary celebrations this week.

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Don River Railway.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Foster & Allen – Ring of Fire 1228/7/2019 
Toni West – Dismissed In A Heartbeat2025112/2/2025UKBBL 2400012
Steve Cheers – Nobody’s Home20241217/1/2025AUZV4 2200002
Dave Caley – Too Good To Be Forgot20241131/1/2025US9BH 2400033
 Ray Malcolm – Speak Softly Love202510  
By Request Today:
Shavonne Aliphon – No One Will Ever Know (By Request)		20191323/2/2024 
Backtrack: Sarah Kate Landy – When Will I Be Loved20161528/8/2016 
Mario Ruiz Armengol & His Orchestra – Palabras de Mujer 10  
Anne Murray – Where Do You Go to When You Dream 10  
Warren Kearney – Don’t Close Your Eyes202510  
Backtrack: Shane Warren – Old Draught Horse20151327/10/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Beaumarks – Clap Your Hands		19651614/9/2018 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Sue Thompson – Paper Tiger		19651126/2/2023 
John Gilheaney -The Photos On The Wall20252131/1/2025TCAJD 2584152
Irish Rovers – Ireland Boys Hooray 20  
Louise Morrissey – Keeping Time202520  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Tommy Bruce & The Bruisers – Ain’t Misbehavin’		196020  
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia20252124/1/2025 
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – Am I Losing You2019234/8/2019 
Chucho Zarsoza & His Orchestra – Maria Elena 20  
Smokey Dawson – Cool Water 2119/3/2023 
The Charlesys – Whenever You’re Around2025219/2/2025CBEYJ 2458063
Dave Crimmen – For A Venture20232121/7/2023 
Kent Gill – Get Rhythm20232430/6/2023QZWM3 230001
Sean Delamus – The Dancing Years202021311/6/2023 
Slim Dusty – Larrikin’s Landing 30  
Don Allen – Whiskey And Guitars2024319/2/2025 
David Maguire – Inside Out202530  
Electric Light Orchestra – Livin’ Thing19773126/3/2017 
Shelley Minson – Riverbank Red202530 AUUHB 2400023
Backtrack: Graham Rodger – Ghosts of the Murranji20153924/1/2025 
Mrs Mills – Candy Floss 3316/5/2021 
Chamaco Dominguez Orchestra & Chorus – Desafinado 322/7/2023 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Matt Monro – Softly As I Leave You		196530  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Gerry & Pacemakers – You’re The Reason		1965318/3/2019 
Celine Dion – Because You Loved Me 30  
Inge Augustina – Lambada 3523/2/2024 
Horst Jankowski & His Orchestra – Jumping Jack 3114/4/2024 

14 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:

1779 – Captain James Cook, British explorer, the navigator and cartographer, who made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to his three expeditions to the Pacific, was speared to death by natives in Kealakekua Bay, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) at the age of 50.  He had achieved the first recorded European  landings on eastern Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and  made the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. 

1951  Europe – The Brenner Pass and the St. Gotthard railways linking Italy with Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and France, were blocked by snow up to 10 metres (35 feet) deep.

1955  Hobart, Tasmania – The Premier (Mr Robert Cosgrove) announced that a new bridge would be built across the Derwent.  Geologic conditions caused a previous proposal for a tunnel to be ruled out as impossible. 

1966  Decimal currency was introduced throughout Australia.    W

DIED 1988 Palm Springs, California, U.S.A. –  Frederick Loewe, composer who collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on the Broadway musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot, both of which were made into films. (Aged 86)  

DIED 1999 Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A. – Buddy Knox, singer, songwriter and recording star of the 50s and 60s.  (Aged 65)

DIED 2008 Sydney, New South Wales – Herbert Henry Brown, alias Smokey Dawson, Australian country singer and radio serial star, whose career started with his first single in 1941.  His final album was recorded  in 1992, by which time, he was the world’s oldest recording artist.  Smokey Dawson performed and marched in annual ANZAC Day commemorations until his death, a month before what would have been his 95th birthday

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9 February 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 820
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Photo: Hyde Park, London, England, 1981. Photographer, Darrell Smith

Today’s Playlist

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Sara Storer – Under Darwin Stars2024122/2/2025 
Charting this day 1978
Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star		1977-1978123/12/2017 
Charting this day 1978
Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Pina Colada Song)		1977-19781627/5/2022 
The Charlesys – Whenever You’re Around202510 CBEYJ 2458063
Val Doonican – A Little Bit Of You 165/5/2023 
By Request Today:
Kenny Rogers – You Decorated My Life		 10  
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Under The Bridges of Paris 1111/10/2024 
Shadows – Heartbeat 1122/1/2023 
BORN THIS DAY:
1940 BORN Palmers Green, North London, England – Brian Bennett, drummer, pianist, composer, arranger, record producer best known as the drummer of the British rock and roll group, the Shadows
Carole King – It Might As Well Rain Until September1962-19721139/4/2023 
BORN THIS DAY:
1942 New York U.S.A. – Carol Klein alias Carole King, singer, songwriter, and pianist who, with her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two-dozen hits during the 1960s, many of which became standards.
By Request Today: Beatles – Yellow Submarine19681122/6/2024 
Edward Nass – Memory Lane20171317/1/2025 
By Request Today:
Vanessa Bourne – Together But Alone		2025147/2/2025 
Don Allen – Whiskey And Guitars202420  
Charting this day 1978
ABBA – Gimme Gimme Gimme		1977-19782114/5/2017 
Eric Diamond – All Of Me20242        231/1/2025 
Eric Read – Bribie Island Breeze20212        411/2/2022 
Sarah Riches – We Need To Talk2024213/1/2025 
Jade Hurley – It’s Four In The Morning 276/11/2022 
Oscar Volk Orchestra – Excerpt From Faust19782225/12/2016 
Charting this day 1978
Kermit the Frog – The Rainbow Connection		197820  
Kamahl – Guantanamera 2212/1/2025 
Charting this day 1978
Colleen Hewett – Dreaming My Dreams With You		19782320/4/2018 
Destiny Band Oz – Missing You20192615/12/2017 
Tomas Jackman – Only You20242117/1/2025IEATQ 2400001
Jeff Orson – Missing You Soon202530 QT3TB 2425080
Eric Bogle – Aussie Barbecue 3513/10/2023 
Bill Haley & His Comets – You Hit The Wrong Note Billygoat19573125/7/2014 
DIED THIS DAY:
1981 Harlingen, Texas, U.S.A. – William John Clifton Haley alias Bill Haley, one of the first American rock and roll musicians, credited with popularizing rock and roll in the early 50s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and their hit song Rock Around The Clock  (Aged 55)
Lawson Vallery – Somebody Somewhere202530  
Rein Vallinga – Delilah20243112/1/2025 
Joanne & Gillian Vogel – Shut The Gate 325/2/2021 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – All Alone Am I 315/7/2019 
DIED THIS DAY:
1976 Encino, California, U.S.A. –  Percy Faith, Canadian-born bandleader, composer and orchestra conductor, known for his arrangements of pop standards. He has often been credited with creating the “easy listening” or “mood music” format, which was part of American popular music in the 50s and well into the 60s. Aged 67.
Mills Brothers – Cab Driver19683222/11/2024 
Tony Cook – Little Things20223227/5/2022 
Peter Allen – I Still Call Australia Home198031326/1/2025 
Alex Hood – The Typical Australian Rag 3222/7/2016 
Nina La Vida – Phantom Der Nacht2025321/12/2024 

9 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1945 Fedje Island, Norway – In a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat, HMS Venturer sank the German submarine U-864 two nautical miles off the coast.  It was later discovered that U-864 was carrying 1,867 steel canisters containing mercury, destined for Japan.

In 2003, it was noticed that the canisters had seriously rusted and that mercury was already leaking from some, contaminating sea life and posing a severe environmental threat.

Although one of the canisters was recovered, removal of the remaining canisters or raising of the wreck is extremely dangerous, because of the unexploded torpedoes aboard.

In 2024 the Norwegian Government decided to retrieve as much of the mercury as possible in 2026, before capping the wreck with 100,000 cubic metres of sand and rock.

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7 February 2025

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 455

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.

Today’s Photo: The Queenstown Railway Station, West Coast Wilderness Railway, Tasmania

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Yours Truly.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Phil Salter – Fields of Dreams202510 AUD0K 2500001
Highway 95 – She Believes202510 AUL0G 2400013
Dean Perrett – Slim’s Guitar202510 AUZY4 2400030
Change of Key – Digital Highway202410  
 Daniel O’Donnell – Save The Last Dance For Me 1120/5/2018 
Backtrack: Tyson Lucas – It’s O K To Be Me20191315/11/2024 
101 Strings Orchestra – Perfidia 10  
Engelbert Humperdinck – South of the Border 10  
By Request Today: Platters – One In A Million1957141/11/2024 
Tony Christie – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings 10  
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – Without Love20171216/11/2018 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Georgie Fame – Yeh Yeh		19651626/2/2016 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Ray Brown & Whispers – Twenty Miles		1965185/11/2021 
Col Joye – There Goes My Everything1967285/10/2018 
The Charlesys – I Can See The Dawn2024216/12/2024CAGOO 2476787
Bohemian Rogue – Tide202520 AUGBT 2488904
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Michael Holliday – Hot Diggety		195620  
Anthony Snape & Ashleigh Dallas – Dearie Me20242129/11/2024AUL9L 2400005
Backtrack: Smiley Martin – 8.03 to 8.3020212321/1/2022 
Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Leap Frog 20  
Alice Benfer – Everlasting Cactus2024213/1/2025AUHIB 2300005
Shaza Leigh – Behind Closed Doors202520  
Jim Reeves – There’s A Heartache Following Me 2110/11/2019 
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl2024232/2/2025USY3E 2400250
Julie Healy – My Lovely Glenamaddy 2731/1/2025 
Eric Diamond – I Can’t Give You Anything But Love20243127/12/2024 
Christine Clifford – You Can’t Say20243215/12/2024AUP6F 2400003
Ron Christopher – Letter to Ramona202430 QZWKY 2400267
Seekers – Come The Day19683924/11/2023 
Backtrack: Vanessa Bourne – Together But Alone20213310/12/2021 
Wayne Newton – Red Roses For A Blue Lady1966389/4/2017 
Mantovani – The Skaters Waltz 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Gerry & Pacemakers – Ferry Cross The Mersey		196531922/9/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Peter Paul & Mary – For Loving Me		19653730/12/2022 
Bob Marshall – You Just Can’t See Him From The Road20243113/12/2024 
Chloe Sweeney – Good Hearted Woman2024325/1/2025TCAIZ 2492155

7 FEBRUARY IN HISTORY:

1938 Melbourne, Victoria  – A propeller blade which fell from an aircraft flying overhead, crashed through the roof over a platform at the Flinders Street Railway Station.  There were no injuries.

1940  Throughout England – The country’s worst known blizzard blocked 2,400 km of railway, stranded scores of trains, brought down hundreds of kilometres of electrical cables, and paralysed the country from Land’s End to John O’Groats with snowdrifts up to 5 metres deep

1952  London, England – The former Princess Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom the day after the death of her father, King George VI.

1964  New York, U.S.A. – “Beatlemania” arrived in the United States with the Beatles receiving a tumultuous reception from throngs of screaming fans at JFK International Airport.   

1967  Southern Tasmania – The Black Tuesday bushfires claimed 63 lives, left thousands homeless and caused millions of dollars of damage. 

1969  Violet Town, Victoria – The Southern Aurora express train collided with a freight train after it’s driver suffered a heart attack, resulting in 9 deaths.   Victorian locomotives were later fitted with a driver-vigilance safety system. 

1979  The planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the first time since either planet was known to science. Pluto returned to its normal outer position in February 1999, and will not move inside Neptune’s orbit again until 2236.

1990  Moscow, U.S.S.R. – The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agreed to give up its monopoly on power, paving the way for the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

2009 Northern and Eastern Victoria – The  disastrous Black Saturday bushfires left 173 dead, hundreds injured and thousands homeless.  Property damage was estimated at $1,266 million.

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2 February 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 819
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Photo: The Derwent River at New Norfolk.

Today’s Playlist

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You20241231/1/2025QMFME 2483340
By Request Today: Kenny Rogers – Through The Years 1911/2/2024 
Charting this day 1978
Neil Diamond – Desiree		1977167/7/2023 
Charting this day 1978
Leif Garrett – Surfing U S A		19771617/7/2020 
By Request Today: Hot Chocolate – Everyone’s A Winner 1225/8/2019 
Nick Berry – Heartbeat 1192/2/2024 
BORN THIS DAY:
1944 Wallasey, Cheshire, England – Geoffrey Hughes, actor best known as Onslow in the television sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, and as Vernon Scripps in the drama series Heartbeat.  Died 2012.
1956 London, England – Philip Franks, best known as Charlie in the original TV series The Darling Buds of May, and as Sergeant Raymond Craddock in the drama series Heartbeat.  Turns 69.
Richard Clayderman – Woman In Love 1122/10/2021 
Tracey Davis & Alan Percy – Help Me Make It Through The Night2018123/1/2025 
John Denver – Annie’s Song1974132/11/2018 
Past Request: Foster & Allen – Maggie 11217/7/2020 
Charting this day 1978
Paul McCartney & Wings – Mull of Kintyre		197811021/1/2024 
Charley Pride – Millers Cave 1517/1/2025 
Anthony Newley – Strawberry Fair 20  
By Request Today:
Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl		 2616/6/2024 
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl20242        231/1/2025USY3E 2400250
Xani – Dreaming of You20222        315/7/2022 
Patsy Cline – South of the Border1961245/3/2023 
Highway 95 – Ain’t Giving Up On You202420 AUL0G 2400008
Charting this day 1978
Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache		19782514/2/2020 
Henry Arland – Around The World 2212/10/2018 
The Lonesome Six – It’s Time I Started Walking202420  
Past Request: Jimmy Durante – The Bluebird of Happiness 21010/2/2023 
Charting this day 1978
ABBA – The Name Of The Game		19772720/1/2023 
Toni West – Dismissed In A Heartbeat202520 UKBBL 2400012
Sara Storer – Under Darwin Stars20242114/6/2024 
Geoff Taggart – A Dance For Fools202530  
Past Request: Frank Sinatra – My Way19693917/1/2025 
Warren Kearney – The Pearly Gates Bridge20203226/2/2021 
Sarah Rose – Cinderella2024313/1/2025 
Johnny Burnette – Dreamin’1960381/8/2021 
Dutch Mandolin Orchestra – Stephanie Gavotte 3118/8/2017 
Past Request: Isla Grant – Sorry 3921/11/2021 
Shadows – Walk Don’t Run 3211/6/2023 
Audra Watt – The Good Of It20243319/1/2025 
Edward Nass – I Don’t Need Google2017322/2/2018 
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31 January 2025

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 454

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.

Today’s Photo: Moonrise over the Derwent Valley, 31 January 2018.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Caroline J Harte – If This Ain’t Love20241319/1/2025TCAJB 2406935
Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You20241124/1/2025QMFME 2483340
Andrew Shipp – Still My Number One20241331/1/2025  AUM3N 2400001
Past Request:
Merle Haggard – Silver Wings		181/5/2020
Past Request:
Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls		 1975194/6/2021 
Backtrack: Warren Kearney & Peggie Nora – We Don’t Talk Anymore202111122/3/2024 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Scotland The Bravo 10 
Doris Day – High Hopes 10 
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl20241124/1/2025USY3E 2400250
Backtrack:  Sandy Rasmussen – Queen of Hearts201510 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965:
Canadian Sweethearts – Blowing In The Wind		19651210/4/2020 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965:
Val Doonican – Walk Tall		196519 7/11/2021 
Eric Diamond – All Of Me20242124/1/2025 
Paul Hudnott – On The Prowl20242224/1/2025 
Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine21021/7/2024
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Russ Conway – Side Saddle		19592816/9/2018  
Giants of Latin – Sometimes 20 
Backtrack: The English Rain – Need Your Love Tonight20222417/4/2022 
Alfred Hause & His Orchestra – Popcorn 20 
By Request Today: Dean Martin – I Walk The Line242/8/2019 
Caroline Loberto – Don’t Say Love20242219/1/2025 
The Charlesys – She’s Away20242224/1/2015 CALVP 2454180
Clint Bradley – Soul of the West20242212/1/2025 
Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution20242319/1/2025 
Annette & Kim – Try A Little Kindness227/6/2024 
Chad Morgan – The Farmyard Yodel2230/12/2018 
Johnny Gregory Orchestra & Chorus – Happy Days Are Here Again 30  
By Request Today:
Chad Morgan – The Tough Cane Cutter From The Isis		30  
Dave Caley – Too Good To Be Forgot202430 US9BH 2400033
John Michael Ferrari – Are You Ready For Love 202430  TCAAW1129204
Horst Jankowski – A Walk In Bavaria30  
Carmel Charlton – Heartwood20243324/1/2025AUOUL 2400001
Waikikis – Hawaii Tattoo351/10/2021
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
P J Proby – Somewhere		19653166/10/2024 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Gerry & Pacemakers – I’ll Be There		19653107/1/2024 
Julie Healy – My Lovely Glenamaddy20193610/4/2020 
John Gilheaney – The Photos On The Wall2025 30  TCAJD 2584152
Teresa Brewer – Second Hand Rose19633145/12/2023
Orchestral Sounds – Fool On The Hill3217/9/2021

31 JANUARY IN HISTORY:

EVENTS:

1918 A series of collisions amongst Royal Navy ships on a misty Scottish night, known as the Battle of May Island, led to the loss of over a hundred lives and two submarines, plus damage to another five warships, all of which were on their way to fleet exercises in the North Sea.
Details of the incident, the subsequent investigation and court martial were kept secret, with much of the information not released until the 1990s.

1942  Darwin, Northern Territory – W W 2 – A QANTAS flying boat was shot down by a Japanese aircraft, with the loss of 31 lives.

1953  A combination of a high spring tide, a severe storm and a tidal surge of the North Sea breached sea defences and caused extensive flooding in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and resulted in 1,835 deaths.  

1957  Burnie, Tasmania – Hundreds of people in Burnie saw television for the first time during the evening, when a radio retailer placed a television receiver in his shop window.  The receiver, which was tuned to a Melbourne channel, gave near perfect reception.

1958  Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, was launched into orbit.  It returned scientific data until May 23rd, 1958, when its batteries died.  Explorer 1 orbited the Earth more than 58,000 times over the following 12 years and ultimately re-entered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean on March 31, 1970.

1961  Launceston, Tasmania – A fire tore through a timber yard in the eastern suburbs, destroying two sawmills and joinery, plumbing and tinsmithing workshops.  Damage was estimated at £60,000. 

1984  Sydney, New South Wales – After being cornered by police during a bank hold-up, a gunman took 10 hostages, and escaped by car.  A car and helicopter chase ended when the gunman was trapped by the raising of the Spit Bridge. The gunman wounded two police officers before being fatally shot by police.

2003  Near Waterfall, New South Wales – A Tangara intercity electric train derailed whilst travelling at excessive speed, resulting in the deaths of 6 passengers.  An inquiry determined that the driver had previously succumbed to a coronary.

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26 January 2025


Australia Day Sunrise Edition 818
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

A special programme reflecting Australia Day 2025, on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

The Playlist…

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Wirrinyga Band – Dreamtime Shadows 1826/1/2024 
Denis Gibbons – Botany Bay 1223/6/2019 
Ryans Fancy – Far Away In Australia 1820/2/2022 
By Request Today: John Farnham – The Voice 1628/8/2022 
The Bushranger – The Bushranger 1427/8/2021 
Jimmy Little – My Country 1125/10/2019 
By Request Today: Peter Allen – I Still Call Australia Home 11218/6/2023 
Reg Poole – I Love This Land Australia19871325/9/2015 
Norma O’Hara Murphy – This Van Diemens Land 1426/7/2020 
Colin Buchanan – The Local District Show 1614/7/2023 
John Williamson – You Come Back to Tassie 1416/7/2021 
John Sidney – Near You 1226/1/2024 
Lance Friend – My Home Australia20232319/2/2023 
Alisha Smith – Darwin The Big Heart Of The North20162321/7/2017 
Runaway Dixie – Territory Skies2024212/8/2024 
Penny Davies & Roger Ilott – Beside A Railway Line 2325/8/2023 
Col Millington – Jindabyne 2228/7/2023 
Chad Morgan – The Party In The Local Hotel 246/6/2021 
Bill Eckelschott – The Dutchman’s Lament 2316/6/2024 
By Request Today: Peter Allen – The Tenterfield Saddler1972244/2/2024 
Desert Mulga Band – Karnta Nyuntu 2719/5/2024 
Bushlark – Tasmania20212113/8/2021 
Rod Williams – A Big Wide Country20202428/8/2022 
Lee Kernaghan – The Boys From The Bush 2324/12/2021 
James Blundell – Kimberley Moon 242/2/2024 
Graeme Clarke – Wrong Road Again 2913/9/2024 
Slim Dusty – G’day G’day1988361/3/2024 
19 0 1 – Along The Road To Gundagai 3118/12/2023 
Ali Mills – Waltjim Bat Matilda 378/3/2024 
Clelia Adams – Looking Forward Looking Back202231029/9/2024 
Two Man Band – Hobart Just A Day Away19833424/11/2023 
Oodgeroo Noonuccle – Civilisation 3726/1/2024 
Bill Goodall – The White Rabbit 331/9/2024 
Lindsay Butler & Barry Thornton – Home Among The Gum Trees 30  
Jazz Kings – Maria Elena 334/10/2024 
John Williamson – The Boomerang Cafe2024335/6/2022 
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil20243414/6/2024 
Slim Dusty – The Band Played Waltzing Matilda 3428/4/2024 
Seekers – I Am Australian 3826/1/2024 

26 JANUARY IN HISTORY:

EVENTS THIS DAY

1788 Port Jackson, New South Wales – A British fleet of 11 convict ships, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the Australian continent.  

1808  The New South Wales Corps deposed the Governor of New South Wales, Captain William Bligh, during the Rum Rebellion. Bligh, known for his authoritarian rule, was found hiding beneath his bed.

1924 Melbourne’s first radio station, 3AR, commenced transmission, as an “A” Class station, sponsored by public licence fees.  In 1928, the Federal Government-owned National Broadcasting Service took over all “A” Class radio stations in the country.  In 1932, the National Broadcasting Service and the Australian Broadcasting Company, which had been supplying programmes, were merged to form the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

1925 Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales – Radio station 2EU became the first “B”class  radio station in Australia upon its launch. The “B” Class were predecessors to commercial stations.  This station’s call-sign related to the station’s owner, Electrical Utilities, but it was later directed to change to 2UE because, over the air the callsign “2EU” sounded like “who are you?” 

1988 Sydney, New South Wales – Over 1½ million people crowded Sydney Harbour to watch a re-enactment of the arrival of the First Fleet, 200 years previously.  Meanwhile beneath the white cliffs of Dover in Britain, Burnum Burnum, Aboriginal actor and activist, raised the Aboriginal flag claimed Britain for the Australian Aboriginal people.

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24 January 2025

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 453

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.

Today’s Photo: The TYGA-FM studio, New Norfolk.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Paul Hudnott – On The Prowl2024113/1/2025 
Gary Jay & The Fire – Riverview Tavern20241219/1/2025QT368 2400014 
Eric Diamond – All Of Me202410  
Carmel Charlton – Heartwood20241212/1/2025AUOUL 2400001
Past Request:
John Rowles – Massachusetts		 11128/7/2024 
Backtrack: Lynchburg – La Chica Bella20221810/11/2023 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Sunrise Sunset 1216/8/2024 
Andy Williams – Seasons In The Sun 1112/1/2025 
By Request Today: Tony Clarke – Not That Kind Of Fool20241322/9/2023QZ825 1857501
Ray Stevens – Everything Is Beautiful19701130/7/2021 
BORN 1939 Clarkdale, Georgia, U.S.A. – Harold Ray Ragsdale, alias Ray Stevens, country and pop singer-songwriter, known for his novelty songs.  Turns 86.
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Annie’s Song20191327/11/2020 
By Request Today: Ray Charles – Crying Time 10  
Glen Dee – While You’re Not There2024143/11/2019 
Allan Caswell – Honey All I Need Is You202420 QMFME 2483340
Pete O’Brien – Indiana Girl202420 USY3E 2400250
The Charlesys – She’s Away2024213/1/2025CALVP 2454180
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
McGuire Sisters – Tiptoe Through the Tulips		195620  
Robert Goulet – What A Wonderful World 227/1/2022 
Backtrack: Larry Mattson – Candlelight And Wine20232220/8/2023 
Roberto Delgado – Sirtaki In Athens 2516/12/2022 
Neil Diamond – Beautiful Noise1977296/8/2021 
1941 BORN New York U.S.A. – Neil Diamond, singer-songwriter who scored many hits worldwide during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.  Turns 84.
Craig Woodward – Be Brave20242212/1/2025 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Tommy Roe – Party Girl		19652318/1/2015 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Rob E G – Hawaii Tattoo		19652103/3/2023 
Dean Martin – Down Home19652110/8/2018 
Camillus Egerton – Adalida2021249/1/2022 
Ron Christopher – That Rockabilly Thing2024348/1/2023 
By Request Today: Pussycat – Mississippi197633722/12/2024 
Al Martino – This Is My Song 30  
Kathy Carver – My Country My Australia202530  
Graham Rodger – Ghosts of the Murranji20153830/12/2022 
Manuel & The Music of the Mountains – The Carioca 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Lucille Starr – Sukiyaki		1964-196530  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1965
Marvin Gaye – How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You		1964-1965372/4/2023 
By Request Today: Glen Dee – Especially For You20173524/11/2023 
By Request Today: Neil Young – Harvest Moon19923922/12/2024 
Roger Whittaker & Stephanie Taylor – Take Me To the Stars 30  

24 JANUARY IN HISTORY:

BORN:

1884 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales – Sir Thomas Alfred Blamey, Australian Army General of the First and Second World Wars.  In 1945, he signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on behalf of Australia and, a few days later, accepted the Japanese surrender in Morotai.  Died 1951.

1917 Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Ernest Borgnine, actor of television and the big screen, whose career spanned nearly six decades.  On television, he is best remembered for his role as Quinton McHale in the 1962-66 sitcom McHales Navy.  Died 2012.

EVENTS:

1898 The North-East Dundas Railway, in western Tasmania, opened between Zeehan and Montezuma

1903  Kalgoorlie, WA received its first water supply from the Mundaring Weir with the completion of the 566 km pipeline.

1978  The Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, burned up as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris from its nuclear reactor over Canada’s Northwest Territories. Only 1% of the wreckage was recovered.

1986  The Voyager 2 spacecraft, which was launched by NASA in 1977 to explore the outer planets, made its closest approach, within 81,500 km, of Uranus. It transmitted thousands of photographs, and an immense amount of scientific data on the planet, its moons and the rings surrounding it.

Voyager 2 is still operating and communicating with the Deep Space Network on Earth from interstellar space, over 18 billion km away.  It is expected to continue transmitting for another few years, and is destined to wander the stars for eternity.

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19 January 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 817
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s Playlist

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Kevin Sullivan – The Piano Player20241412/1/2025AUVW1 2400006
Charting this day 1976
ABBA – S O S		1975-19761118/11/2024 
Charting this day 1976
George Baker Selection – Una Paloma Blanca		1975-197611122/12/2024 
Ray Conniff Singers – Sweet Caroline 10  
Frank DeVol Orchestra & Chorus – Mister Sandman 10  
By Request Today:
Michael Crawford – Love Changes Everything		 1216/8/2024 
Johnny O’Keefe – I’m Counting On You196111118/4/2021 
BORN 1935 Bondi Junction, New South Wales – Johnny O’Keefe, often referred to by his initials, “J.O.K.” or by his nickname, “The Wild One,” rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s hits such as Wild One, Shout and She’s My Baby.  In his twenty-year career, O’Keefe released over 50 singles, 50 EPs and 100 albums. Died 1978.
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Stein Song 1119/7/2024 
By Request Today:
Lulu – To Sir With Love		19681108/8/2021 
Everly Brothers – Till I Kissed Ya19591310/3/2023 
BORN 1939 Shenandoah, Iowa, U.S.A. – Phil Everly, one of the duo the Everly Brothers, rock and roll performers known for steel string guitars and close harmony singing.  The Everly Brothers were a highly successful rock and roll duo whose greatest period was between 1957 and 1965.   Died 2014.
Backtrack:
Jack Viljoen – Banjolina		20201618/12/2020 
By Request Today:
Merle Haggard – Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star		 1220/12/2024 
Charting this day 1976
Glen Campbell – Country Boy		1975-1976157/10/2022 
Caroline J Harte – If This Ain’t Love20242210/1/2025TCAJB 2406935
Michael Crawford – Any Dream Will Do 2315/9/2023 
BORN 1942  Salisbury, Wiltshire, England – Michael Crawford, acclaimed actor and singer who has won numerous awards, covering radio, television, film, and stagework on London’s West End and on Broadway.  He is famed for originating the title role in The Phantom Of The Opera, as well as playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 70s British sitcom, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Calypso2017245/1/2025 
Audra Watt – The Good Of It20242212/1/2025 
Past Request 6 Times:
Jim Reeves – Dear Hearts And Gentle People		 267/11/2021 
Charting this day 1976
Dr Hook – Only Sixteen		1975-19762216/6/2019 
101 Strings Orchestra – The Blue Danube 20  
Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution20242212/1/2025 
Past Request 17 Times:
Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville		197722129/9/2024 
BORN 1931 St Polten, Austria – Edith Zuser alias Lolita, pop singer,   who began singing in local clubs while working as a kindergarten teacher. She began her recording career in 1957, and in December, 1959, she recorded her only gold record, Seeman, Deine Heimat ist das Meer.  This was one of only a handful of records sung in a language other than English, to be successful in Ausralian Top 40s.  Lolita died June 30, 2010 in Salzburg, Austria.
Charting this day 1976
John Denver – I’m Sorry		1975-19762222/11/2019 
Gary Jay & The Fire – Riverview Tavern2024215/1/2025QT3682 400014
Eric Jupp Orchestra – Power Drive19692926/3/2021 
Backtrack: Jeff Brown – Pretty Bush Sheila2019327/4/2019 
Andrew Shipp – Still My Number One20243129/12/2024AUM3N 2400001
Engelbert Humperdinck – Too Beautiful To Last 30  
Judy Stone – Ladybird 3129/9/2023 
Graeme Connors – Tropicali 3215/9/2023 
Caroline Loberto – Don’t Say Love20243118/10/2024 
Lawrence Welk Orchestra – Apples And Bananas 30  
Past Request 9 Times:
Heintje – When The Summer Comes		 31325/7/2021 
Clint Bradley – Soul Of The West20243110/1/2025 
By Request Today:
Lonnie Donegan – My Old Man’s A Dustman		196031115/3/2024 
Seekers – Circle Of Love1997332/8/2024 
Bill Goodall – Johnny Guitar20233126/3/2023 

EVENTS on this day:


1977 Miami, Florida, U.S.A. – Despite the ordinarily tropical climate, snow fell for the only time in the city’s recorded history. In the United States, snow has fallen further south only on the high mountains in Hawaii

1978 Emden, Germany – The last German-made Volkswagen Beetle left the VW plant, but production continued in Latin America, until 2003.

2006 The New Horizons probe was launched by NASA at 58,536 km/h, the fastest launch speed ever recorded for a man-made object.  It passed Jupiter on February 28, 2007, and Saturn’s orbit on June 8, 2008. It arrived at Pluto on July 14, 2015, and became the first spacecraft to study the planet Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, Hydra.  It has since continued into the Kuiper Belt, to study various bodies there.

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17 January 2025

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 452

Three hours of music, Indies and memories not heard on mainstream radio.

Today’s Photo: Primeval mosses and fungus, western Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Jason McCahill – Bonaparte’s Retreat2024115/1/2025 
Ray Conniff Singers – Mame 10  
Marilyn King & Miller Sisters – Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree 10  
Charlie’s Attic – Sleepy Old Town20241110/1/2025 
Past Request:
 Foster & Allen – After All These Years		 1729/9/2024 
Backtrack: Vanessa Delaine – One Girl Band20201431/7/2020 
Rod Stewart – Sailing197512425/8/2024 
Luiz Gonzalez Perez & His Tropical Orchestra – Marta 10  
Lee Ann Kelly – Remember Me Beautiful202410  
Eartha Kitt – Just An Old Fashioned Girl19581718/9/2022 
BORN 1927 North, South Carolina, U.S.A. – Eartha Kitt, actress, singer and cabaret star noted for her highly distinctive singing style.   Her hits include Let’s Do It, C’Est Si Bon, Just an Old Fashioned Girl and Under The Bridges of Paris.   Died 2008.
Backtrack: Shavonne Aliphon – In My Mind2021132/4/2021 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Canadian Sweethearts – We’re Gonna Stand Upon The Mountain1964-1965118/3/2019 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Barron Knights – The House of Johann Strauss1964-196511116/4/2023 
Steve Cheers – Nobody’s Home2024215/1/2025AUZV4 2200002
By Request Today: Stone Poneys – Different Drum19672123/3/2018 
Steve Cal – Find Me A Rainbow202420 AUQ8U 2400001
Michael Golding – Bringing Mary Home2024216/12/2024 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Dinah Shore – Three Little Sisters		194220  
Tomas Jackson – Only You202420 IEATQ 2400001
Backtrack: Rachael McDonald – Some20172225/1/2019 
Max Harris Orchestra – Blues In The Night 20  
Lolita – Sailor196022030/6/2024 
BORN 1931 St Polten, Austria – Edith Zuser BKA Lolita, pop singer,   who began singing in local clubs while working as a kindergarten teacher. She began her recording career in 1957, and in December, 1959, she recorded her only gold record, Seeman, Deine Heimat ist das Meer.  This was one of only a handful of records sung in a language other than English, to be successful in Ausralian Top 40s.  Lolita died June 30, 2010 in Salzburg, Austria.
Seekers (Live) – I’ll Never Find Another You~With My Swag On My Shoulder1968215/1/2020 
Past Request: Elvis Presley – Easy Come Easy Go1967289/6/2023 
Past Request: Frank Sinatra – My Way1969287/8/2022 
Ron Christopher – Los Diablos Tejanos 30 QZWKY 2400268
Col Elliott – See How Things Have Changed20243129/12/2024USCGJ 1244287
Slim Dusty – Sitting On The Old Front Verandah 3719/9/2021 
Horst Wende’s Accordeon Band – Those Were The Days 325/8/2018 
Renee Geyer – I Got Rhythm 326/12/2019 
Backtrack: Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Stardust 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Searchers – What Have They Done To the Rain1964-19653312/1/2020 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Jimmie Rodgers – English Country Garden1964-19653725/12/2020 
Victoria Eman – Tiny Christmas Tree202430 NLJ9A 2400004
Edward Nass – Memory Lane 3225/12/2018 
Charley Pride – Millers Cave 3421/2/2021 

17 JANUARY IN HISTORY:

BORN:

1820 Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England – Anne Bronte, novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Bronte literary family.  Died 1849.

1899 Ealing, London, England – Nevil Shute Norway alias Nevil Shute, novelist and aeronautical engineer.  Died 1960.

1923 London, England – Kathleen Mary Corkery alias Carol Raye, Australian-based theatre and television actress and comedienne.  Died 2024.

1933 New York, U.S.A. – Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz alias Shari Lewis, ventriloquist, puppeteer and childrens’ television show hostess, of the 1960s and 1990s. .  Died 1998.

1942 Mittagong, New South Wales – Ita Buttrose, journalist, businesswoman and founding editor of Cleo, a magazine aimed at young single women, and later, editor of the Australian Womens’ Weekly.  Former chairperson of the ABC.

DIED:

1997  Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A. – Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer who discovered the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, and many asteroids.  Some of his ashes are aboard the New Horizons spacecraft, which was launched in 2006 to flyby Pluto.  Aged 90.

2019 England – Windsor Davies, actor, well known for his role as Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the 70s television sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum.  Aged 88.

2020    Bath, England – Derek Fowlds, actor best known for his roles as civil servant Bernard Woolley in the popular British television comedies Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, but more recently as Oscar Blaketon in the long-running police drama Heartbeat.  Aged 82.

2023 Geelong, Victoria – Renee Geyer, soul, pop and rhythm and blues singer.  Aged 69.

EVENTS:

1889 Cloncurry, Queensland – Recorded Australia’s highest temperature to that date;  52.7 C.

1912  Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.

1940  London, England – The Thames River froze for the first time since 1888.

1952  Hobart, Tasmania – Elephants from a visiting circus were used to remove a building, to enable a start to be made on construction of the new Hobart railway station.

1966  Near Palomares, Spain – An American B-52 bomber aircraft collided with a Stratotanker, dropping four unarmed 70-kiloton nuclear bombs. 

1968  Melbourne, Victoria – The Seekers were named Australians of the Year.

1980  Aviation history was made when Australia’s first female commercial pilot commenced duty.  Debbie Wardley, aged 26, co-piloted a Fokker Friendship owned by Ansett Airlines on a return flight from Alice Springs to Darwin.  This marked the conclusion of a 15-month legal battle which had previously prevented her from taking the controls.

2004  Darwin, Northern Territory – The first freight train arrived from Adelaide, after the extension of the Central Australian Railway from  Alice Springs opened.

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12 January 2025

Valley Sunrise Edition 816
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

I invite you to start Sunday, my way on TYGA-FM 98.9 and on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s pic: Rugged Western Tasmania. Frenchman’s Cap, the peak at the centre-right of the horizon, is a long-distance landmark. Photo: Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Neil Diamond – I’m A Believer19671710/1/2025 
Charting this day 1972 Benny Hill – Ernie1971-21721/1/2024 
Charting this day 1972
Sherbet – Free The People		1971-21115/9/2023 
By Request Today: Cilla Black – You’re My World19641117/6/2024 
Clint Bradley – Soul Of The West20241110/1/2025 
Sonny Morgan – Beach Solution20241110/1/2025 
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra – One 1321/1/2018 
By Request Today: Easybeats – Friday On My Mind196611529/12/2024 
Sandy Rasmussen – Take These Chains From My Heart201510  
Past Request 2014 ~ 2015 Rein Vallinga – Delilah202410  
By Request Today:
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Telstar		 114/9/2016 
Past Request 2015 ~ 2018 Crystal Gayle – River Road 1916/3/2018 
Charting this day 1972
Mom & Dads – The Ranger’s Waltz		1971-21829/12/2023 
Craig Woodward – Be Brave20242110/1/2025 
Glenn Yarborough – Love Came A’Tricklin’ Down19652            211/8/2023 
BORN 1930  Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S.A. – Glenn Yarborough, folk singer and the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963.  He has also had a successful solo career.  Died 2016.
Backtrack: Emma Jene – Higher Than The Clouds20162             719/1/2018 
Terry Bennetts – Backing In The Van20242510/1/2025 
Past Request 2017 ~ 2019
Daniel O’Donnell – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore		 21917/3/2023 
Charting this day 1974
Charley Pride – Wings Of A Dove		1971-221511/2/2022 
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – The Peanut Vendor 2128/12/2012 
Des O’Connor – Red Roses For A Blue Lady 2827/1/2023 
BORN 1932 Stepney, East London, England – Desmond Bernard O’Connor BKA Des O’Connor, broadcaster and singer, who has recorded thirty six albums and has had four top ten singles.  Died 2020.
Past Request 2015 ~ 2020
Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat Song		19572121/3/2024 
Audra Watt – The Good Of It20242110/1/2025 
Anthony Baxter – Christmas Day At Hanging Rock20242210/1/2025 
Gloria Estefan – I’m Not Giving You Up 20  
ABC Showband – Weekend Magazine 225/1/2025 
Kevin Sullivan – The Piano Player20243210/1/2025AUVW1 2400006
Past Request 2013 ~ 2016
Elvis Presley – The Green Green Grass of Home		19753815/9/2019 
Marty Robbins – Melba From Melbourne 3210/1/2025 
By Request Today:
Tony Christie – Train To Yesterday		 3310/1/2025 
Carmel Charlton – Heartwood20243110/1/2025AUOUL 2400001
Long John Baldry – Let The Heartaches Begin19683512/1/2024 
BORN 1941 East Haddon, Northamptonshire, England – John William Baldry alias Long John Baldry on account of his height of 2.01m, blues singer and actor who sang with many British musicians, including Rod Stewart and Elton John.  He enjoyed pop success in the UK where Let The Heartaches Begin which reached No. 1 in 1967.  Died 2005.
Simon May Orchestra – Holiday Suite 359/7/2021 
Andy Williams – Seasons In The Sun 30  
Kamahl – Guantanamera 314/10/2019 
Backtrack: Geoff Williams – Across The Ditch20243620/10/2024 
Shaun Connery & The Sounds – Walking Talking Dolly20243210/1/2025 

12 JANUARY IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1934   Perth West Australia – The temperature rose to 43.4 C during the hottest January day for 37 years.  Exactly 44 years later, in 1978, the city had it’s hottest day then on record, at 44.7 C.  That, in turn was exceeded on 23 February 1991, when a maximum of 46.7 C was recorded.

1950  London, England – 64 crewmen perished when the submarine Truculent collided with a Swedish oil tanker in the Thames Estuary and sank

1955 South Australia – Many homes were destroyed by major bushfires near Adelaide, including the vice-regal summer house in Marble Hill. 

1965  Wanda Beach, Sydney, New South Wales – A double homicide occurred in which two 15-year-old girls, Christine Sharrock and Marriane Schmidt, were murdered.  This case has never been solved despite an unprecedented £10,000 reward.    

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