21 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 422

Today’s pic – The Derwent River near New Norfolk

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Human Nature – You Can’t Hurry Love (2024)
Jade Hurley – Oh Carol (Last played January 2022)
Hank Snow – Snowbird (Last played May 2021)
O C Smith – Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp  (1968) (Last played May 2017)
[Ocie Lee Smith born this day 1932 in Mansfield, Louisiana, USA. He was an pop singer who had a two major hits; Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp and Little Green Apples. Died 2001.]
Merri Winter – Dirt For Sale (2024)
Jim Ed Brown – Pop a Top (Last played June 2020)

Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Stardust (Last played August 2013)
Pete King Orchestra & Chorus – Zip A Dee Doo Dah 
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Last played December 2021)
[Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader and composer, died this day 1980, aged 56, in Majorca, Spain. Kaempfert penned numerous easy-listening hits, including Strangers In The Night; Moon Over Naples; Wonderland by Night; and the Joe Dowell/Elvis Presley hit, Wooden Heart.]
Jenifer Wrinkle – Living My Dreams (2024) (Last played December 2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy Fury – I Will (1964) (Last played June 2014)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kevin Shegog – Don’t Bug The Beatles (1964) (Last played January 2020)
Rosalind Clare – Seven Lonely Days (2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Ryan McGlynn – Star Of The County Down (2024)
Joe Kelly – The Road Runner (2024)
Alex Hood – The Service Song  (Last played September 2016)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Bing Crosby & Carole Richards – Sunshine Cake (1949) (Last played October 2016)
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V2393597
Ben Steneker & Anna McRose – Heart to Heart (2024)

Gary R Farmer – Rhythm of the Falling Rain (2024)
Anne Murray – Could I Have This Dance (Last played September 2019)
Highway 95 – Raise ‘Em High (2024)
Gordon Lightfoot – Ghosts of Cape Horn (Last played June 2024)
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Dreamin’ (2024) ISRC TCAAW1129204
Martin Charly – Honey On The Vine


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Sabrina Fallon – Rocky Top (2024)
Travelling Wilburys – Runaway (Last played February 2019)
Gert Bottcher – Fur Gaby Tu Ich Alles (Translated: I Do Everything For Gaby)
John Greene – Sail Away (2024)
Kamahl – Key Largo (Last played October 2020)
Andre Rieu – I Have A Dream (Last played December 2023)

Jazz Kings – Maria Elena
60 Year Diamond Classic: Cliff Richard – Constantly (1964) (Last played October 2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Louis Armstrong – Hello Dolly (1964) (Last played July 2019)
Ewelina Borkowska – Jolene (2024)
Neil Diamond – Yesterday’s Songs (2024) (Last played April 2023)
Marni Nixon & Pete King Orchestra – Buttons And Bows
Shaza Leigh with Lindsay Butler & Peggy Gilchrist – Blaze of Glory (2024)

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1952 Narrandera, New South Wales – Hundreds were rescued from flood waters which swept through the town and nearby Condoblin, Wagga and Forbes and over 6,000 were rendered homeless.

1952 Cessnock, New South Wales – The studio of local radio station 2CK was destroyed by fire, after a late evening announcer, who was rushing to catch a bus to his home in Maitland, left an electric heater on in the unattended building.  The station was closed down and the broadcasting licence was transferred to a new radio station, 2NM, which was launched on 14 January 1954 in Muswellbrook, 90 kilometres away.

1961 A Royal Air Force Vulcan aircraft made a record non-stop flight from Britain to Australia, covering the 19,300 km in only 20 hours, and with three aerial refuellings.    

1966 Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales – An attempt was made to assassinate the Federal Opposition leader, Arthur Calwell, as he left an anti-conscription meeting.  The closed window of his car shattered, but deflected the bullet, with Calwell receiving minor injuries.

BORN:

1974 Melbourne, Victoria – Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver, three time V8 Supercar champion and five time Bathurst 1000 winner. 

1982 St Mary’s Hospital, London, England – Prince William of Wales, elder son of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales respectively.

DIED:

1968 London, England – William Earl Johns, BKA Captain W E Johns, author of the Biggles series of adventure novels.  (Aged 75)

2019 London, England – Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, BKA William Simons, actor who had the role of PC Alf Ventress in the TV drama series Heartbeat for over a decade.  He has also appeared in Coronation Street, The Sweeney, Minder, Dempsey & Makepeace, Doctor Who and The Bill  (Aged 78)

16 June 2024

Today’s pic: Stephen Street, New Norfolk.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST

Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Included in this edition, the Sammy Davis Jr, Neil Young, Paul Mauriat, the Commodores, Kenny Rogers and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 786
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Jax Tonic – My Radio (2024)
Allan Caswell & Angus Gill – The Virus (2024) ISRC AUCJD 2400005
Peter Salata – That’s My Way Of Life (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – Rich Man Poor Man (2024)
Bill Eckelschott – The Dutchman’s Lament (Last Played 17-4-2020)
Bobby Limb – Harrigan (Last Played 11-9-2022)

Australian National Concert Orchestra – My Way
Crash Craddock – Boom Boom Baby (1960)
(William Wayne Craddock, alias Crash Craddock, born this day 1939 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. He was a rockabilly and country singer who gained popularity in Australia during the late 1950s. Turns 85.)
Paul Hudnott – Hey Mr Rainbow Man (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 1: Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V 2393597
John Williamson – Amazing Day
Shadows – The Boys (1963)
(John Rostill, bass guitar player for the Shadows, born this day 1942 in Birmingham, England. Died 1973.)

Hour 2

Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
By Request: Nat King Cole – Smile (Last Played 13-3-2022 as a request)
By Request: Johnny Horton – All For The Love Of A Girl
By Request: Ricky May & Bob Barnard – Just A Couple Of Dudes (Last played by me, on another radio station 31-1-2011.)
By Request: Reg Lindsay – Highwayman (Last Played 23-2-2020 as a request)
By Request: Bay City Rollers – Money Honey

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before
Warren Kearney – The Hill (2024)
By Request: Monty Python – Always Look On The Bright Side
Ben Ransom – The Wedding Song (2015) (Last Played 15-11-2015)
Watling & Bates – Love Was (2024)
Frank Ifield – Wolverton Mountain

ON THIS DAY:

BORN :

1890 Ulverston, Lancashire, England – Arthur Stanley Jefferson alias Stan Laurel, comic actor, writer and film director, famous as half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy.  His career started during the silent film of the early 20th century and extended after World War II. Died 1965.

1915 Highgate, London, England – Dennis Anthony John Sharp, BKA Anthony Sharp, stage, movie and television actor, frequently cast as an aristocrat, appearing in productions such as The Flockton Flyer, Upstairs Downstairs, Man About The House, George and Mildred and To The Manor Born.  Died 1984.

1938 Sunderland, County Durham, England – James Bolam, actor and singer, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in the television series When The Boat Comes In; as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads  and more recently as Jack Halford in New Tricks.

1951 London, England – John Lewis, alias John Salthouse, former professional footballer and actor, best known for his role as Detective Inspector Roy Galloway in the long-running police drama The Bill

EVENTS:

1947 The worst floods since 1916 swept the Derwent and Huon Valleys, with main roads flooded by 2 metres of water at Hayes and Bushy Park.

1963 Baikonur, Kazakhstan – The Soviet Union launched the first woman to enter space, Valentina Tereshkova, into Earth orbit aboard Vostok 6 The mission lasted almost three days, completing 48 orbits. +

1967 Melbourne, Victoria – Toyota Australia announced the introduction to Australia of a new small car, the Toyota Corolla.  The car was described as a two-door, four seater with Italian styling, having an 1100 cc motor and a four-speed all-synchromesh manual transmission.  Although it did not have a radio or heater as standard equipment, it was stated that there was enough interior room for four tall Australians.

14 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 421

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Sara Storer – Under Darwin Stars (2024)
Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024)
Kel-Anne Brandt – Let Music Give You Wings (2019)
Burl Ives – Mr In-Between  (1962)
[Burl Ives born this day 1909 in Hunt City, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and singer and had a number of top hits, including Marianne, It’s My Funny Way Of Laughing, A Little Bitty Tear and Mary-Anne Regrets. Died 1995.]
Cliff Richard – Theme From A Summer Place
David Garrick – Mrs Applebee (1966)

Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Under Paris Skies (Last played June 2020)
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You  (ISRC USDY4 2460648)
Harry Secombe – They Call The Wind Maria (From Paint Your Wagon) (Last played November 2020)
[Alan Jay Lerner, composer and lyricist, died this day 1986, aged 67, in New York, USA. Lerner, together with Frederick Loewe, created some of the most popular works in musicals for stage and film – including the musical Paint Your Wagon.]
Edward Woodward – The Windmills Of Your Mind (2024) (Last played December 2019)
By request: Elvis Presley – Bossa Nova Baby (1963) (Last played November 2013)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Ian Turpie – The Decimal Point (1964) (Last played March 2018)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Rob E G – Tim Buc Tu (1964) (Last played August 2016)
John Gilheaney – Everybody Say Yeah (2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Cassandra – Mr Rainbow Man (2024)
Bunky Christiansen – If I Knew Then (2013)
Richard Mulligan – Judy (2021) 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Ted Heath & His Orchestra – Hot Toddy (1953)
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – The Midnight Cowboy (Last played September 2018)
(Henry Mancini died this day 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an Italian-American composer, conductor and arranger, well remembered for his film and television scores, including the Pink Panther theme, the Peter Gunn theme and his biggest hit, Moon River. Aged 70.)
Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Something Stupid (2024)
Francoise Hardy – That’ll Be The Day
(Francoise Hardy died a few days ago, June 11th, in Paris, France.)

Anthony Baxter – Pride of New England (2024)
Ashley Cook – Diamonds From The Moon (2024)
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil (2024)
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Annette & Kim – Even If I Tried (2024)
E Power Biggs – Hungarian Dance No 5 (Last played September 2019)


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Bridget Pross – All About You (2015)
Ollie Austin – Walking The Floor Over You
Tedd Graves – Mansion Tumble Down (2024)
Judith Durham – The Olive Tree (1967) (Last played December 2019)
Rod Stewart – What A Wonderful World (Last played January 2020)
John & Nienke – Because I Love You Too (2024)

Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Catalania
60 Year Diamond Classic: Merseybeats – Don’t Look Around (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Peter & Gordon – Nobody I Know (1964)
Sammie Soravia – Take Care Of You (2024)
Rick Ferrett – Stand Tall (2024)
Kathy Kirby – You’re The One (1964)

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1883 A railway connection was made between Albury, New South Wales, and Wodonga, Victoria, completing the Sydney to Melbourne rail link.

1887 South Australia was linked to New South Wales with the opening of a railway between Port Pirie and the New South Wales border town of Cockburn

1893 Kalgoorlie, West Australia – Paddy Hannan discovered gold and, in the ensuing gold rush, over 700 men were prospecting in the area three days later

1919 John Alcock Brown and Arthur Whitten Brown departed St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada on the first non-stop trans-Atlantic in a modified World War I Vickers Vimy bomber.  They flew for 15 hours 57 minutes at an average speed of 185 km/h at altitudes varying between sea level and 3,700 m (12,000 ft) before crash-landing near Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
Their aircraft, which was rebuilt by the Vickers Company is displayed in the London Science Museum in South Kensington, London.

1962 Sydney, New South Wales – A QANTAS Boeing 707 airliner named City of Sydney landed after the longest non-stop flight by an Australian commercial aircraft, having flown from Singapore in 9 hours 33 minutes. 

1969 Wiley Park, Sydney, New South Wales –  A fire partially destroyed the Roselands shopping centre, then the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.  The $2 million blaze was first noticed by police on road patrol in a helicopter.

9 June 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:

Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Included in this edition, the Supremes, Floyd Cramer, Johnny Mathis, Herb Alpert and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 785

Today’s photo: The Shop In The Bush, St Helens, north-east Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Lucky Starr – Good Morning Time (2024)
Gordon Lightfoot – Ghosts of Cape Horn (Last played December 2021)
Johnny Mathis – Crazy
Westlake & Guy with Tom Savage – Homeward Bound (2024)  ISRC AUN4Q 2400001
Daryl Somers – Night And Day
(Born this day 1891 in Peru, Indiana, U.S.A., Cole Porter, composer and songwriter whose works include musical comedies Kiss Me Kate, Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was A Lady, and Anything goes, as well as numerous songs such as Night And Day, I Get A Kick Out Of You, and I’ve Got You Under My Skin. Died 1964.)
Bob Britton & Lamplighters – I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire

Hank Levine Orchestra – You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me
Les Paul – Nola (1950)
(Born this day 1915 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Lester William Polsfuss, alias Les Paul, guitarist, songwriter and inventor. Les Paul pioneered the development of the solid-body Electric guitar which is used extensively in rock and roll. His early experiments with overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were amongst the first to attract widespread attention. Died 2009.)
Celia Bryce Band – Peacemaker (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 20:  Sue Thompson – Sad Movies Make Me Cry (Last played November 2017)
Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024) 
James Last Orchestra – Plaisir D’Amour)  (Last played March 2015)
(Died this day 2015 in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A., Hans Last, alias James Last, composer and Big Band leader, who has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. Aged 86.)


Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024)
By Request: Willie Nelson – Just Breathe
By Request: Baccara – Yes Sir I Can Boogie (Last played June 2022)
By Request: Beatles – Let It Be (1970) (Eighth time requested, Last played April 2022)
By Request: Frank Ifield – The Wayward Wind (1963)
Michael Junior – Edelweiss

Anne Murray – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
Bobby Goldsboro – Yesterday (Last played March 2018)
By Request: Doris Day – The Black Hills of Dakota (1953) (Last played April 2020)
Richie Love – Come Back (2024)
Verdelle Smith – Tar And Cement (1966)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1781  Wylam, Northumberland, England – George Stephenson, civil and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, thereby becoming known as the “Father of Railways”.  His railway gauge of 4 feet 8½ inches (1,435 mm) remains the world’s standard gauge. Died 1848.   

1930  Melbourne, Victoria – Terry Norris, Australian actor who appeared in many productions, including Bellbird, Cop Shop and The Last of the Australians.  He left his acting career for a 10-year stint in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 1982 and 1992.  Died 2023.

1934 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. – Jack Leroy Wilson, Jr. BKA Jackie Wilson, singer acclaimed as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history  Died 1984.

1936 Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales – Peter Wherrett, motoring journalist and racing car driver, who hosted the ABC’s motoring programme Torque between 1973 and 1980.  Died 2009.

1949 County Down, Northern Ireland – Diane Craig, actress who has appeared in many Australian television productions, including Division Four, Cop Shop, The Young Doctors, The Henderson Kids, Home And Away. Turns 75.


DIED ON THIS DAY:

1961  Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria – Jeannie Gunn, novelist and teacher, otherwise known as  Mrs Aeneas Gunn, author of the 1908 novel  We of The Never Never, which told of her time living in the Northern Territory.  The book sold over 300,000 copies over 30 years, was translated into German, and by 1990 had sold over a million.  Aged 91.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1928 Brisbane, Queensland – Charles Kingsford-Smith completed the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.   He was accompanied by co-pilot Charles Ulm, navigator Harry Lyon and radio operator James Warner.

1945 London, England – The RAF announced the De Havilland Vampire jet fighter, the first powered by a single jet engine.  Capable of 800 k.p.h., the Vampire was the first jet aircraft to fly the Atlantic Ocean.  The Vampire remained in service with the RAAF until 1970, and with the  RAN until 1971.

1955 Hobart, Tasmania – The first diesel road rollers, intended to replace the large steam rollers used on road construction sites hitherto, arrived from England.   

1979 Sydney, New South Wales – The Ghost Train fun ride at Luna Park caught fire and resulted in seven deaths.  The cause of the fire was never determined.

ODD SPOTS – 1968:

Sandy Bay, Tasmania – A four year old boy emptied a glass of tomato juice into  the goldfish bowl and told his mother that he was making the fish take their vitamins “just like you make me.”

Naples, Italy – Master pianist Arthur Rubenstein was in the midst of a concert when a piano wire snapped .  Unperturbed, the elderly maestro rose from his seat, apologised for the interruption, leaned over the grand piano, fixed the wire, and resumed the concert to massive applause.

Southsea, England – Reverend David Churchman, an Anglican clergyman, delivered sermons once a month through a ventriloquist’s dummy. He said that “We have to think of new ways of communicating with the congregation.”

7 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 420

Today’s pic: Taken in the Shop In The Bush, about 10 km from St Helens in Tasmania’s north-east, during my recent break there.

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Watling & Bates – Love Was (2024)  ISRC AUHNE 2300005
Nnancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Peter Salata – That’s My Way Of Life (2024)
Dean Martin – Shutters And Boards (Last played February 2015)
[Born this day 1917, Steubenville, Ohio, USA, Dino Paul Crocetti, alias Dean Martin, actor, comedian and singer with many hit singles to his name, including Memories Are Made Of This, Volare, That’s Amore, and Everybody Loves Somebody. Died 1995.]
Foster & Allen – Gentle On My Mind (Last played August 2016)
Shadows – Dakota

Arthur Greenslade & His Orchestra – Lemon Tree
Jim Reeves – Mexicali Rose (Last played August 2021)
Matt Monro – Born Free (1966 – Southern Tasmania, No 8)
[Born this day 1931, Marylebone, London, England – Virginia McKenna, actress noted for her roles in A Town Like Alice in 1956; Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) and as Joy Adamson in Born Free (1966). Turns 93 today]
Warren Kearney – The Hill (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Cilla Black – You’re My World (1964 – Southern Tasmania, No 1)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy Thorpe & Aztecs – Poison Ivy (1964 – Southern Tasmania, No 2)
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Alouette

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Paul Hudnott – Mister Rainbow Man (2024)
Alan Caswell & Angus Gill – The Virus (2024) ISRC AUCJD2400005
Jax Tonic – My Radio  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Vaughan Monroe – Ballerina (1947)
Tom Jones – Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings (1967 – Southern Tasmania, No 3. Last played August 2021)
Anne Fraser – Uncle John’s Guitar (2024)
Col Millington – Midnight Flyer

101 Strings Orchestra – Baby Love
Colin Buchanan – What I Love About Country (2024)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – You’re The One Who Tore Our Love Apart (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – Rich Man Poor Man (2024)
Annette & Kin – Try A Little Kindness (2024)  ISRC NZRI 11302883
Mister Walkie Talkie – Boogie Woogie Baby (1977)
Winifred Atwell – The Coronation Rag (1954)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Jason McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024)
Abby Grace – Me Myself and I (2024)
Peter Reeves – Beer O’Clock (2024) ISRC USCGJ 2465565
Roger Whittaker – Every Time Is Going To Be The Last Time (Last played July 2019)
Conway Twitty & Joni Lee – Don’t Cry Joni
Sonny Morgan – Learning How To Love Again (2024)
Leroy Anderson Orchestra – The Typewriter

Ray Davis & His Button Down Brass – A Swinging Safari
60 Year Diamond Classic: Brian Poole & Tremeloes – Someone Someone (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Al Martino – Tears And Roses (1964. First played August 2016, requested 7 times, last played June 2019.)
Ray Malcolm – With These Hands (2024)
Lynn Anderson – Snowbird
Brendan McMahon – When I See You Tonight (2024)
Jade Hurley – But I Do

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1906 Clydebank Scotland – The liner RMS Lusitania was launched and christened at the John Brown & Co Ltd, shipyard.  After being torpedoed by a German submarine 19 km off the coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915, she sank in eighteen minutes, with the loss of 1,198 of the 1,959 people aboard. The sinking of this vessel resulted in America’s entry into World War 1.

1962 Bellerive, Tasmania – Plans for an American-style, ultra-modern, drive-in shopping centre were announced by the General Manager of an investing insurance company.  Estimated to cost £500,000, construction of the shopping centre, to be known as Rosny Regional, was scheduled to begin on 14 acres (5.6 HA) of land purchased from the Rosny Golf Club late the following year.  +

1968 Wellington, New Zealand – The New Zealand Government sent a protest to France over continuing French atmospheric nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.

1991 Luzon, Philippines – Mt Pinatubo erupted, generating an ash column 7 kilometres high.  This was the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20^th century, after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta, Alaska.

2 June 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:

Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Post-production by Ron Bickle, of community radio CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Valley Sunrise Edition 784

Today’s photo: Taken on the waterfront at St Helens, north-east Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Dave Caley – The Wild Ones
Paul Hudnott – Mister Rainbow Man (2024)
Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Jo Allen Christi – Grandpa’s Fishing Hole (2024) ISRC QZK6L2359942
Jimmy Jones – Handy Man (1960)
(Jimmy Jones – Born this day 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., singer, songwriter and one-hit-wonder with his 1960 hit, Handy Man. Died 2012.)
John DeRosa – Hey Rock and Roll (2024)

Melbourne Pops Orchestra conducted by Tommy Tycho – Fernando
Sammy Kaye Orchestra – Diane
(Sammy Kaye – Died this day 1987 in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. He was a band leader and songwriter of the Big Band era, famed for the tag line “Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye.” Aged 77
Ewelina Borkowska – Jolene (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 19: Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024) ISRC AUZY42300048
Rosalind Clare – Back In Baby’s Arms (2024) ISRC USJ3V2393597
Toni West & Ray Malcolm – Island In The Stream (2021)

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Buckinghams – Kind Of A Drag (1967)
By Request: John Williamson – Cootamundra Wattle
By Request: Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To (1969)
By Request: Charley Pride – Just Between You And Me
By Request: Vera Lynn – I’ll Be Seeing You
Jo Powell – You Never Asked Me (2024) ISRC AUZY42400002

By Request: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Morgen
By Request: Beatles – Yellow Submarine (1966)
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You (2024) ISRC USDY42460648
Archies – Bang Shang A Lang (1968)
Graham Rodger – The Wellshot Hotel (2024)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1904  Bansag, Austria-Hungary – Johnny Weissmuller, 1920s Olympic swimmer, winner of five gold medals and one bronze medal.  He became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in movies, a role he played 12 times.  Although many other actors have also played Tarzan, Weissmuller is by far the best known with his distinctive, undulating yell. Died 1984.

1948  Sioux City, Iowa – Jerry Mathers, former child actor who portrayed Theodore Cleaver, aka “Beaver” in the early American television sitcom Leave It To Beaver between 1957 and 1963. Turns 76.

1971 Auckland, New Zealand – Joel Tobeck, one-time radio breakfast programme weatherman, also a dancer, singer and actor, who appeared as Chief Superintendent Matthew Lawson in the ABC television series, The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Turns 53.


DIED ON THIS DAY:

1990 New York, U.S.A. – Reginald Carey Harrison alias Rex Harrison, Academy award winning actor of stage and screen. Aged 82.

2001  Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A. – Imogene Coca, comic actress who started out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, but studied ballet with the intention of a serious career in music and dance.  She graduated to decades of stage musical revues and cabaret. She also had a celebrated career as a television comedienne. Aged 92.

2008  Archer, Florida, U.S.A. – Ellas Otha Bates, alias Bo Diddley, rock and roll vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and inventor. Aged 79.

2008  Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. – Melchor Gastón Ferrer alias Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director and film producer. Aged 90.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1953 Westminster, England – The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey.  This was the first to be televised around the world.

1960 Hobart, Tasmania – The Australian Broadcasting Commission’s first Tasmanian television station, ABT channel 2, was officially opened by Dame Enid Lyons, Tasmanian Resident Commissioner for the ABC.
The names of the personalities who would regularly be seen were announced.  They were;  Don Lette;  Barry Fraser;  Bob Wilcox;  Ken Short;  and John Baldwin.

1965 The first contingent of Australian troops arrived in South Vietnam.

1966 American space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the Moon’s Oceanus Procellarum, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft land on another world.

1985 The RO-RO ferry Empress of Australia made its final voyage across Bass Strait, between Devonport and Melbourne.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 BOURNEMOUTH, England – Hotel manager Brian Tokely was looking for someone who could throw a stone from his hotel, into the sea, so he could legally advertise his hotel as being “a stone’s throw from the sea.”

1968 SIDERNO, Italy – There was amazement, joy and new heartbreak after Giuseppe Caccamo failed to return, after joining the Italian army 26 years previously. His wife and two children donned black mourning dress and prayed for him.
Then in 1968, Giuseppe turned up, home, but wouldn’t say what he had been doing since 1942, nor where he had been. After a big party – Giuseppe disappeared again.

1968 LONDON, England – A skin specialist, Dr Ian Seddon, warned that girls wearing mini-skirts who worked in cold offices and shops were at risk of getting chill-blains on their thighs and bottoms, if they worked near open doors.

31 May 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 419

Today’s pic: Taken at the Bay of Fires, in Tasmania’s north-east, during my break there last week. The vapour trail is from a Sydney, or Brisbane, to Hobart direct flight which passed overhead.

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Noel Flynn – Too Good Of A Day To Say Goodbye (2024)
Bushwackers – Friend For Life (2024)
John Williamson & Beccy Cole – It’s All About Love
Jim Reeves – Stand At Your Window
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Francisco Cavez & His Orchestra – Midnight In Brazil

101 Strings Orchestra – Andante From Violin Concerto In E Minor
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil (2024)
Peter Paul & Mary – Puff The Magic Dragon (1963)
[Born this day 1938, New York, USA, Peter Yarrow, singer famed for his role with the 60s music trio Peter Paul & Mary. Yarrow co-wrote, with Leonard Lipton, one of the group’s most famous songs – Puff The Magic Dragon.]
Anthony Baxter – Pride Of New England (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Can’t Buy Me Love (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kathy Kirby – You’re The One (1964)
Alisha Smith – Redwing
Johnny Cash – When Papa Played The Dobro

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Stacey Breen – Everybody Loves A Winner (2024)
Taylor Brothers – Walking In The Sunshine (2024) ISRC GBSVC2400202
Charlie Adams – It’s A Good Life (2024) ISRC AUJ3Z2300001
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:  Phil Harris – The Thing (1950)
Diana Trask – Oh Boy (1974)
Bill Anderson – Green Green (1964)

George Melachrino Strings – Villa Villa
Tammy Lynn – Evergreen (2024)
Graeme Connors – A Child Of This Land
Jade Hurley – Burning Bridges
Cass Williams – Walkin’ Old Floors (2024) ISRC QZDA82419935
George Baker Selection – Fly Away Little Paraquayo

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Lance Friend – Ned Kelly Said (2024)
Dale Hooper – Thank God For Radio (2024)
Warren Kearney – Welcome To My World (2004)
Apollo 100 – A Walk In The Black Forest (1974)
Yvonne & The Stars – De Hele Stad
Ashley Cook – Diamonds From The Moon (2024)

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – The Honeymoon Song
60 Year Diamond Classic: Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – The Summer Song (1964) [Played in Error]
60 Year Diamond Classic: Ray Charles Singers – Love Me With All Your Heart (1964)
Cathy Dobson – Sundowner Drive (2024)
Tommy Fleming – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde – Yesterday’s Gone (1964) [Intended play, above.]
Fisherman’s Friends – Strike The Bell

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

BORN:

1926 Nowingi, Victoria – Patricia Jean Adam-Smith, BKA Patsy Adam-Smith, author and historian whose research took her to over 60 countries.  Died 2001.

1930 San Francisco, California, U.S.A. – Clinton Eastwood, BKA Clint Eastwood, film actor, director, producer and composer, known for his roles in violent action and western films. 


EVENTS:

1878 Mutton Bird Island, near Port Campbell, Victoria – The clipper ship Loch Ard was wrecked, with the loss of 50 lives.  Only two of the 54 on board survived, Eva Carmichael, a passenger, and Thomas Pearce, an apprentice.  Pearce made it to shore, but returned to the rough water to rescue Carmichael, who clung to a spar for many hours.

1889 Johnstown, Pennsylvania U.S.A. – Over 2,200 lives were lost when the South Fork Dam failed and sent an 18 metre wall of water over the town.

1927 The last Ford Model T left the assembly after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

1937 The first episode of a new radio serial, Dad And Dave, based on Steele Rudd’s book On Our Selection, was broadcast throughout Australia.

1942 Japanese midget submarines began a series of attacks in Sydney Harbour.

1963 Tasmania ended its coldest May on record, with Hobart shivering with the lowest minimum temperature for the month since 1902.  The -0.5 C minimum recorded at the Weather Bureau was the second lowest on record for the city. 

1968 New Norfolk, Tasmania – The 150^th anniversary of the start of construction of the first road between Hobart and New Norfolk was celebrated by an assemblage at Willow Court, including a sentry in full uniform who sheltered in the original sentry box.

26 May 2024

I’m back after a few days’ R n R in fabulous St Helens, in Tasmania’s north-east. Great weather, great people, great food.

Thanks to Nigel Jones for sitting in for me on Friday morning, when I’m normally on air.

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:
Every Sunday morning, great easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Valley Sunrise Edition 783

Today’s photo: Fishing vessels tied up at St Helens.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Foster & Allen – Memories Are Made Of This
Richard Mulligan – Coat Of Many Colours (2021)
Desert Mulga Band – Karnta Nyuntu (2021)
Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby (1975)
Peggy Lee with Mel Torme & Mellomen – The Old Master Painter (1950)
(Peggy Lee – Born this day 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S.A. as Norma Deloris Egstrom. She was a jazz and pop singer, songwriter and actress, whose career spanned nearly 70 years. Died 2002.)
Edward Woodward – Smile

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Alouette
Miles Davis – Time After Time
(Miles Davis – Born this day 1926 in Alton, Illinois, U.S.A. He was a trumpeter, band leader and composer one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Died 1991)
Ray Malcolm – Don’t Close Your Eyes (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 18: Connie Francis – Where The Boys Are
Bunky Christiansen – Silver Wings (2013)
Cumberland River Project – In Line (2024)

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

ABBA – Put On Your White Sombrero (1980)
By Request: Beatles – In My Life (1965)
By Request: Johnny Horton – When It’s Springtime In Alaska (1961)
By Request: Shirley Bassey – I (1964)
By Request: Shirley Thoms – Just A Boy I Used To Know

Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Tangerine
Andy Williams – Be Mine Tonight
Catherine Marx – Being Close To You (2024)
Winifred Atwell – Coronation Rag
Graeme Connors – Pacifica
Steve Sparrow – Now And Forever (2024)

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1886 Seredzius, Lithuania – Asa Yoelson alias Al Jolson, singer, comedian and actor who, in his heyday, was dubbed “The World’s Greatest Entertainer”. (Died 1950)

1904  Wigan, England – George Formby, singer and comedian, popular star of stage and screen, remembered for playing the banjo ukelele and as a singer of light, comical songs. (Died 1961)

1906  Bhamo, Burma – John Dease, Australian actor, radio presenter and quizmaster of the 1940s and 50s best remembered for the radio programme The Quiz Kids, the format of which involved a panel of Sydney childen aged between 11 and 15 who answered questions sent in by listeners around Australia.    (Died 1979)

1907 Winterset, Iowa, U.S.A. – Marion Mitchell Morrison BKA John Wayne, Academy-Award winning American film actor, director and producer. (Died 1979)

1908 Semley, Wiltshire, England – Robert Morley, actor often cast in supporting roles, as a pompous English gentleman representing The Establishment. (Died 1992)

DIED ON THIS DAY:

2005 Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Eddie Albert, actor who appeared in many movies and television series, including the 1960s television sitcom Green Acres and the soapie Falcon Crest. (Aged 99)

2018  Houston, Texas, U.S.A. – Alan Bean, fourth man to set foot on the moon and Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo 12 mission in 1969. He completed two moon walks and assisted crewmates Dick Gordon and Pete Conrad with lunar surface experiments, and with the installation of the first nuclear power generator station on the moon.  (Aged 86)

2020  Tony Scannell, actor best known for his role as DS Ted Roach in the long-running police drama The Bill  (Aged 74)

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1940 Dunkirk, France – Allied forces began a massive evacuation of over 338,000 soldiers during a pause in an overpowering attack by the German Army. Over 40,000 men were taken prisoner, or left to find their own way back to England, via Spain.

1969 Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.

1970 The Soviet Tupolev TU-144 became the first commercial plane to exceed Mach 2, or double the speed of sound.  This aircraft cruised at 16,000 metres (or 52,000 feet) at a speed of 2,000 km/h (or Mach 1.6).
A total of 16 Tupolev TU-144s were built, but they were only used for 55 passenger flights, before being used for 47 cargo flights until 1983. A major problem was the interior noise level, which was high enough to make conversation between passengers impossible.
Only two of these aircraft survive, both as museum exhibits in Zhukovski, near Moscow. 




 

19 May 2024

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700:

Every Sunday morning, easy listening from Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher, ex-professional broadcasters with over 50 years’ experience each, from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Included in this edition, Elvis Presley; Jimmie Rodgers; the Everly Brothers; Burl Ives; and much more.

Valley Sunrise Edition 782

Today’s photo: The Close, St Matthews Anglican Church, New Norfolk.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Noel Flynn – Too Good Of A Day To Say Goodbye (2024)
Ashley Cook – Diamonds From The Moon (2024)
Anne Murray – There Goes My Everything
Paul McNeilly – Australia’s Sunny Soil (2024)
Alma Cogan – The Story Of My Life (1958)
(Alma Cogan – Born this day 1932 in Golders Green, London, England as Alma Angela Cohen. She was a pop singer of the 1950s and 60s, and the most consistently successful female singer in the U.K. Died 1966.)
Jim Reeves – Golden Memories And Silver Tears (1967)

101 Strings Orchestra – Penny Lane
Kathy Kirby – Please Help Me I’m Falling (1969)
(Kathy Kirby – Died this day 2011 in London, England. She is best known for her 1964 cover of Doris Day’s Secret Love, and for Dance On, a vocal version of the Shadows’ hit of 1963. She represented the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, in which she came second. Her appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe. She was aged 72.)
Taylor Brothers – Walking In The Sunshine (2024) ISRC GBSVC2400202
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 17: Ferrante & Teicher – Exodus
Calla Markwell with Ronnie Ogden & His Orchestra – Heat Wave
Jimmy Little – Ring Of Fire
Amy Leigh – And I Wonder (2024)

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Tony Bennett – Rags To Riches (1953)
By Request: Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy
By Request: Pussycat – Mississippi
By Request: Olivia Newton-John – Help Me Make It Through The Night
By Request: Slim Whitman – Indian Love Call

By Request: Elvis Presley – Little Egypt
By Request: Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go
Graeme Connors – 60 Summers
Walk Don’t Run – Saturday Night In Nashville (2024)
Jade Hurley – Always
Christie – Yellow River (1970)
Alisha Smith – Winter Winds

BORN ON THIS DAY:

1861 Melbourne, Victoria  – Helen Porter Mitchell alias Dame Nellie Melba, one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century, and the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. Died 1931.

1932 Golders Green, London, England –Alma Cogan, pop singer of the 50s and early 60s, and the highest paid British female entertainer of her era. Died 1966.

1961 Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland – Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin alias Enya, singer, instrumentalist and composer.


DIED ON THIS DAY:

1915 Shrapnel Gully, Turkey – Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, known as “Simpson, the man with the donkey.” who retrieved numerous wounded soldiers and saved many troops’ lives during the Gallipoli landing.  Aged 22.

2002  Sydney, New South Wales – John Gorton, 19^th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from January 1968 until March 1971, when he voted himself out of office after a motion of confidence at a Liberal Party caucus meeting was tied. Aged 90.

2011  London, England – Kathleen O’Rourke alias Kathy Kirby, pop singer, best known for her cover of Doris Day’s Secret Love, and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision song Contest, in which she came in second.  Her appearance often drew comparisons with Marilyn Monroe.  Aged 72.  

2014 Gold Coast, Queensland – John Arthur Brabham alias Sir Jack Brabham, Australian racing car driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966 and founder of the Brabham racing team.  Aged 88.

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1950 South Amboy, New Jersey, U.S.A. – More than 420 tons of munitions and other explosives consigned to Pakistan, exploded as they were being transferred from railway trucks to barges, causing the loss of 35 lives and injuring hundreds.
The explosion was heard 50 km away, damaged most of the town’s 2,700 buildings, and destroyed the town’s power supply. The company which manufactured the explosives later faced 9,000 charges.

1953  Melbourne, Victoria – The 100,000^th Holden car came off the production line at Fishermen’s Bend.

1961  The Soviet probe Venera 1 became the first man-made object to approach another planet when it passed within 100,000 km of Venus.  However, contact with Venera 1 had been lost a month previously, so it did not send any data.

ODD SPOT:

1969 – England – An prisoner, serving seven years for armed robbery, who escaped from Dartmoor Gaol, decided to ask a Plymouth resident about borrowing his car.
His cheek was rewarded with a free ride “home” when he knocked on the door of Leonard Blaney, an ex-policeman, who became suspicious.

1969 – Hobart, Tasmania – A car rental agency must have set a record for the shortest life of a registered car. It was delivered from the dealer with 2 miles (3 kilometres) on the odometer. After half an hour, and one more mile (1.6 km) the car was a write-off.

17 May 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 417

Today’s pic: An autumn scene at the New Norfolk Railway Station, now the base for the Derwent Valley Railway Society.

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Ruby Jones – Feeling of Falling (2024)
Roget Tibbs – Bandy The Rodeo Clown (2024)
Ian MacNamara – Learning To Smile
Jamie Donnelly – I’ll Fly Away (2024)
Richard Mulligan – Marian’s Song (2019)
Acker Bilk – Misty

Montmartre Strings – Bright Eyes
Ray Conniff Singers – Theme From Love Story
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Waters (1970)
Tammy Lynn – Born Too Late (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Frankie Valli & Four Seasons – Ronnie (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Mary Wells – My Guy (1964)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
By Request: Elvis Presley – Return To Sender (1963)
Elliott Ambrose – Breakfast In Texas (2024)
Toni West – I’ll Catch Up To You Later (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Four Lads – Istanbul Not Constantinople (1953)
Kym Cormack – Aotearoa New Zealand (2024)
Lindsay Waddington – When I Think Of Home (2024)

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – The Syncopated Clock
Aaron Bozwell – He Wears Her Rings Above His Heart (2024)
The Long And Short Of It – Beside You (2024)
By Request: Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World (1968)
Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light (2024)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Sisters In Song – Go Rosie Go (2024)
Gert Postma – Livin’ On Love (2024)
Slim Dusty & The Travelling Country Band – The Three Rivers Hotel (1976)
Hein Simons – Herzens Melodie
Matt Monro – Strangers In The Night
Harry Secombe – This Is My Song

Central Band of the Royal Air Force – The Dambusters March
60 Year Diamond Classic: Cliff Richard – I Only Have Eyes For You (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Frank Ifield – Angry At The Big Oak Tree (1964)
Andy Williams – One Day Of Your Life
Paddy Canavan – My Own Carrickmore (2024)
Jason McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024)
A B C Showband – The Muppets Theme

The 60 Year Diamond Classics were charting, as 45 rpm singles, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY:

BORN:

1911 Boyle, Country Roscommon, Ireland – Maureen O’Sullivan, actress considered to be Ireland’s first film star.  She appeared in numerous movies, but is probably best known for her role as Jane in the Johnny Weismuller Tarzan movies. Died 1998.

1936 Dodge City, Kansas, U.S.A.  –  Dennis Hopper, actor, film-maker and artist who made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films, Rebel Without A Cause (1955) and Giant (1956).  Died 2010.

1961 Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland – Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin alias Enya, singer, instrumentalist and composer.

DIED:

1992 Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. – Lawrence Welk, American musician, bandleader and television host.  Aged 89

2012 Naples, Florida, U.S.A. – LaDonna Adrian Gaines alias Donna Summer, singer who became famous during the “disco” era of the seventies. Aged 63.

2013 Melbourne, Victoria – Penne Hackforth-Jones, actress and biographer, who appeared in many Australian productions including Bellbird, Homicide, Division Four, A Country Practice. Aged 63.

2022 Paris, France – Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou alias Vangelis, musician and composer of electronic jazz, progressive, ambient and orchestral music, best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots Of Fire. He also penned scores for the films Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Aged 79.


EVENTS:

1943 Germany – W W 2 – The Dambuster Raids by the Royal Air Force  No 617 Squadron took place against dams in the Ruhr and Eder Valleys, creating floods which claimed 1,500 lives.

1952 Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania –  Flooding swept away a bridge spanning the Apsley River, marooning 130 people in the Coles Bay area.  Fishing boats ferried supplies to the locality from nearby Swansea until a temporary replacement bridge was built.

1957 Ralphs Bay, Tasmania –  The tallest structure of the time in Tasmania, a steel radio mast 200 metres high, was under construction.  The mast was to be used by both Hobart ABC radio stations, 7ZR and 7ZL.

1959 One crewman died and the remaining ten had a five hour row to shore when a 272 tonne motor vessel, Blythe Star, caught fire and sank in Bass Strait, off Burnie. 

1965 Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – A 20 year old stowaway was discovered inside a wooden crate, after it was flown from Melbourne.  The stowaway, a homesick Welsh man who was unable to pay the air fares to return home, was charged with illegally entering the U.S.A. and faced deportation – to England!

1969 The Soviet space probe Venera 6 jettisoned a capsule, which was designed to analyse the atmosphere of the planet Venus  as it descended to the surface. The capsule returned data to Earth, until it was crushed by the planet’s extreme atmospheric pressure. 

ODD SPOT:

1969 – Dumfries, Scotland – A murderer who escaped from prison by clinging beneath a bread delivery van, was recaptured 25 kilometres away, when he tried to hitch a ride. The approaching vehicle, was a police car.

Also in 1969 – Hobart, Tasmania – A Hobart man who took a drive into the country, had his highly polished car damaged when a ram attacked it’s reflection. Nearby cars which had a coating of dust, weren’t touched.

12 May 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 781

Today’s photo: Taken at St Matthews Anglican Church, New Norfolk.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

James Blundell – The Great Divide (2020)
Inge Augustina – Something Stupid (2022)
Kamahl – The Sounds of Goodbye (1969)
Daniel O’Donnell – The Minute You’re Gone
Carpenters – Close To You (1970)
[Born on this day 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA – Burt Bacharach, pianist, composer and music producer known for numerous hit songs and compositions from the mid 50s through the 80s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Includes “Close To You” which was a No 1 for Carpenters. Died 2023]
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Chapel By The Sea
Debbie Reynolds – Put On Your Pretty Skirt

Acker Bilk – Morning Has Broken
Billy Swan – I Can Help (1974)
[Born this day 1942 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA – William Lance Swan, alias Billy Swan, singer and songwriter, best known here, for his hit single, “I Can Help.” Turns 82]
Hein Simons – Alpenrosen
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 16, Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow 
Perry Como – Caterina (1962)
[Died this day 2001 in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, USA – Pierino Roland Como, alias Perry Como, singer and television personality. Aged 88.]
Toni west – I’ll Catch Up With You Later (2024)
Owen Mac – Heather On The Hill

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Andy Williams – In The Summertime
By Request: P J Proby – Somewhere
By Request: Beatles – The Long And Winding Road
By Request: Ernest Tubb – Waltz Across Texas
By Request: Al Martino – Spanish Eyes (1966)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Rose Of My Heart

Victoria, Vanessa &Charmaine Eman – Love Letter (2024)
Engelbert Humperdinck – Misty Blue
Julie Anthony – Last Night I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All
Bill Shadler – Love Me Like It’s The Last Time (2023)
Alana Wilkinson – Square One (2024)
Jim Reeves – Not Until The Next Time
Alice Benfer – Old Felt Hat (2024)

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1962 – Weybridge, Surrey, England – A new airliner, the Vickers VC 10, made its first test flight.  This was the first clean-wing airliner with four engines mounted beside the tail and it later set the record for an Atlantic crossing by a sub-sonic airliner, of 5 hours and 1 minute.  This record was held for 41 years, until a Boeing 747 shaved 5 minutes off with the help of a storm in 2020.

1965 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashed on the Moon.  Following a mid-course correction, a gyroscope problem caused the spacecraft to start spinning and a loss of control which result in the crash.  An observatory on Earth noted a large dust cloud at the impact site which lasted ten minutes.