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6 December 2024

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 446, 

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

Today’s Photo: Table Cape, north-western Tasmania.

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Noel Briody – The Next Time I’m In Town202410 IEWBS 2400001
Glenn Levi – The Magic of Christmas20241124/11/2024USl4R 2492416
The Charlesys – I Can See The Dawn202410 CAGOO 2476787
Howie Brothers – Dunedoo202410  
Vanessa Bourne – Lies That Bind202410 USJ3V 2005022
Backtrack: Seleen McAlister – On The Inside201510  
Fausto Papetti – Misty 1130/10/2022 
Past Request 2021: Billy Paul – Me And Mrs Jones19731317/1/2021 
BORN this day 1896, New York, U.S.A. – Ira Gershwin, lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most popular songs of the 20th century, many of which became pop standards.  Died  1983.
Cliff Richard – Long Ago And Far Away 1122/6/2018 
Backtrack: Steve Bonham & Long Road – Sally In Blue Flames201810 QZW6A 2300135
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Beatles – I Feel Fine19641612/6/2020 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Kinks – All Day and All Of The Night19641428/10/2022 
Carol Chaney – A Million Stars at Blackbutt 1622/9/2023 
Steve Marquardt – Fort Worth202420  
By Request: Guy Mitchell – Pittsburgh Pennsylvania19522426/4/2015 
Dianne Coombes – Small Town With A Big Heart202420  
Michael Golding – Bringing Mary Home202420  
By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One196721028/1/2024 
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Frank Ifield – Lucky Devil196020  
Anthony Snape & Tommy Emmanuel – It’s Christmas Time202420  
Backtrack: Stephen R Cheney – Just Lucky I Guess20182813/9/2024 
Norman Candler Orchestra – Greensleeves 2221/2/2020 
Mireille Matthieu – Seuls Au Monde1968 213/4/2018 
BORN this day 1920, Concord, California, U.S.A. –Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist and composer. Died 2012.
Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five 20  
Scott McKone – Devils Wind 226/12/2020 
Backtrack: Unfinished Business – Eight Days A Week201930  
Past Request 2013: Bill Haley & Comets – Forty Cups of Coffee195730  
Brian Cadd – A Loving Man20243317/11/2024AUPEL 1700043
Seekers – Island of Dreams 3228/6/2019 
DIED this day 1988, Hendersonville,  Tennessee,  U.S.A. – Roy Orbison, singer-songwriter and musician, famous for his powerful voice and emotional ballads. Aged 52.
Roy Orbison – Ride Away19653511/11/2018 
Backtrack: Jason Carruthers – Proud To Be An Aussie202030  
Horst Jankowski & His Orchestra – Pink Balloon 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Julie Rogers – The Wedding196431410/12/2023 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Johnny Rivers – Mountain of Love19643912/2/2023 
BORN this day 1943, Edmonton, London, England. – Mike Smith, singer-songwriter, music producer and lead vocalist and keyboard player for the 60s rock group, The Dave Clark Five.  Died 2008.
Dave Clark Five – Everybody Knows19673224/11/2024 
Wendy Joy Ford – Good Medicine202030  
Foster & Allen – Rivers of Babylon 30  

6 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:

DIED THIS DAY:

2000 Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. – Wener Klemperer, actor and musician, whose career began in 1947 on Broadway.  He is best remembered as Colonel Klink in the television sitcom  Hogans Heroes.  Aged 80.

2013 Houghton Estate, South Africa. – Nelson Mandela, Nobel Prize Laureate and anti-apartheid activist who spent 27 years in prison before becoming President of South Africa. Aged 95.

EVENT:

1917  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – A French ship, S.S. Mont Blanc, which was loaded with munitions consigned to the battlegrounds of World War 1, collided with another vessel in the city’s harbour.  A fire broke out and ignited the caro, which then exploded.

The explosion, which was the largest caused by humans prior to the advent of nuclear weapons, obliterated a large part of the city.  This, plus a tsunami cause by the explosion, caused over 2,000 deaths, serious injuries to 9,000 others, left 25,000 homeless and shattered windows 100 kilometres away.  

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1 December 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 809
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s pic: Lake Plimsoll, western Tasmania. Photo: Yours Truly.

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Noel Briody – The Next Time I’m In Town202410 IEWBS 2400001
Nina La Vida – Phantom der Nacht20241122/11/2024DEZ92 2401817
Brian Cadd – A Loving Man2024111/12/2024AUPEL 1700043
By Request Today: Beach Boys – Kokomo19881228/4/2019 
Past Request 2023: Bob Lind – Elusive Butterfly19661612/11/2023 
Lee Sims – I’m The One That Ain’t Coming Back202410  
BORN this day 1932, Shoreditch, London, England – Terence Edward Parsons, alias Matt Monro, one of the most popular entertainers on the international music scene during the 1960s.  During his 30 year career, he sold over 100 million records.  Died 1985.
Matt Monro – I Love You Because 1122/9/2024 
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – My Guy’s Come Back 10  
Steel Skarecrow – I Only Want You For Christmas202410  
Backtrack: Joy Adams – Make The World Go Away2022149/9/2022NZRI1 2202031
Past Request 2018: Billy Ocean – Love Really Hurts Without You1976166/1/2023 
Chart-Topper this week in 1964: Herman’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good202411418/10/2024 
Ricky May – Mister Five By Five 211/9/2019 
Ron Christopher – All About The Song2024218/10/2023QZWKY 2400269
Backtrack: Studeo – Life’s A Journey20212425/6/2021 
Ronnie Milsap – Four Walls 2        0  
Trevor Loughrey – I’d Really Love To See You Tonight20242        0  
Hank Snow – Daisy A Day 20  
Box Tree Orchestra – Endless Love 20  
BORN this day 1945, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. – Bethany Ann Midler, alias Bette Midler, singer, actress and comedienne, also known informally as “The Divine Miss M”.  She has sold over 30 million records.  Turns 79 today.
Bette Midler – Hey There 2220/11/2020 
Past Request 2019: Bobby Vinton – Mr Lonely 21023/10/2020 
Rob Breese – It’s Me20242129/11/2024AUC8U 2400001
Backtrack: Richard Mulligan – Good Luck Charm20202611/10/2024 
Gilbert O’Sullivan – Oooh Baby197320  
Celia Bryce Band – Healing Wind20243129/11/2024 
By Request Today: Roy Orbison – California Blue 31120/10/2024 
Sandy Summers – Angel of the Morning202430 AUK2B 2300009
By Request Today: George Strait – The Cowboy Rides Away 314/10/2024 
Destiny Band Oz – Great Courage 3415/3/2020 
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra – The Redwing Polka 30  
Kara Ciezki – Medley~Sweet Dreams~Seven Nation Army~I Feel Love2024 0 TCAIO 2430756
Past Request 2012: Boris Gardiner – I Want To Wake Up With You19863325/11/2022 
Phoebe Hutchison – My Little Companion202430  
Victoria Eman – Beautiful202430 NLJ9A 2400002

1 DECEMBER IN HISTORY:

EVENTS

1864  Brisbane, Queensland – The Great Fire of Brisbane destroyed the city block bounded by Queen, George, Elizabeth and Albert Streets.  Fifty houses were lost, together with two banks, three hotels, and many other businesses.  The fire started in the cellar of a drapery store and quickly spread through the predominately wooden buildings.  No lives were lost. 

1955  Montgomery, Alabama U.S.A. – Seamstress Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, and was arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws.  This sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which resulted in a crippling financial deficit for the city’s public transit system, because the city’s black population formed the bulk of the system’s paying customers

1957  New South Wales – A bushfire destroyed much of the holiday towns of Leura and Wentworth Falls.  The entire population of Leura, 4,500 people, was evacuated.

1968  Blue Mountains, New South Wales – Bushfires in the Grose Valley and near Glenbrook threatened the towns of Lawson, Wentworth Falls, Leura and Katoomba.    

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29 November 2024

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 445, 

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

Today’s Photo: Early morning at the Redwater Creek Steam & Heritage Society, Sheffield, Tasmania.
Like to know more? Here’s the link (below).

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📷 Taken 1998, Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Rob Breese – It’s Me202410 AUC8U 2400001
Past Request 2020: Brenda Lee – Night And Day 1118/6/2017 
Albert Hammond – Love Isn’t Love Till  You Give It202410  
Donna Cunningham – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue2024111/11/2024 
Larissa Tormey & Remy O – Fire and Water20241525/10/2024IEJHJ 2400002
Backtrack: Victoria Eman – City Girl2017131/11/2019 
Living Guitars – Something Stupid 10  
John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do 1217/11/2024TCAHE 2397001
BORN this day 1941, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. – Jody Miller, country/pop singer, whose best known hits are He Walks Like A Man (1964) and Queen of the House  (1965).  Died  2022.
Jody Miller – He’s So Fine19711820/8/2023 
Past Request 2017: Boyzone – Words19991129/1/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Al Martino – We Could		1964125/4/2020 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack		19641421/1/2024 
By Request: Pat Boone – Moody River19611523/4/2023 
Sarah Riches – Finally Free20242118/8/2024 
Ron Christopher – Delayna202420 QZWKY 2400271
Celia Bryce Band – Healing Wind202420  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Benny Strong – If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked A Cake		1950229/4/2023 
Emma Jane – Gairbraid Avenue202420  
Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Fraulein2017275/9/2021 
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – C’Est Si Bon 2310/1/2020 
Michelle Little – Time To Sing202420 AUGBT 2414030
DIED this day 2016, Snell’s Beach, New Zealand – Ray Columbus, award-winning singer/songwriter, music manager and entertainer whose career spanned 6 decades.  He was lead singer for the 60s pop group Ray Columbus & The Invaders, whose best known hit was She’s A Mod.  Aged 74.
Ray Columbus & Invaders – She’s A Mod196421030/8/2024 
Backtrack: Brooks & Dunn – Boot Scootin’ Boogie20162129/10/2017 
Bruce Mackay Songwriting with Anthony Snape & Ashleigh Dallas – Dearie Me202420 AUL9L 2400005
Dianne Lindsay – Ladies Of The Land202420  
Courting Ghosts – Falling My Friend202430  
Chase Stevens – As Good As It Gets202430 CAJEZ 2400002
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real Estate20243317/11/2024AU2KV 2400022
Seekers – Don’t Think Twice 3228/6/2019 
Past Request 2018: Bobby Helms – My Special Angel19573511/11/2018 
Backtrack: Bill Goodall – Forty Miles of Bad Road20223226/1/2024 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Georgy Girl 3723/10/2022 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Shadows – Theme For Young Lovers196431410/12/2023 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Lorne Greene – Ringo19643912/2/2023 
Lance Birrell – Ghosts of the Pioneers20243224/11/2024AUGBT 2447112
Justin Landers – Rusty Austin Ute202430 AUJBV 2400002
Johnny Cash – Sunday Morning Coming Down19703718/12/2022 

29 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

DIED THIS DAY:

1981 Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A. – Natalia Zakharenko alias Natalie Wood, actress whose career began in movies at the age of four.  She became a successful child actor in films such as Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

A well received performance opposite James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause (1955) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award For Best Supporting Actress.  She later starred in the musicals West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962).  Natalie Wood drowned near Santa Catalina Island, California, at age 43.

1986 Davenport, Iowa, U.S.A. – Archibald Alexander Leach alias Cary Grant, actor named the second Greatest Male Star of all Time by the American Film Institute. Aged 82.

2001 Los Angeles, California U.S.A. – George Harrison, rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of the Beatles.  Aged 58.

EVENTS:

1947  New Zealand – All schools in the North Island were closed due to a polio epidemic.

1948  General Motors Holden launched the first Holden car.  And in 1998 General Motors Holden celebrated its 50th anniversary of building Holden cars

1960  Hobart, Tasmania – The final prisoners were transferred from the Campbell Street Gaol to the new Risdon Prison.  For the first time in over a century the Campbell Street Gaol was devoid of prisoners.  

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24 November 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 809
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s pic: Silo art, in Tasmania’s Fingal Valley

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Melanie Gills – The Last 100 Miles20241122/11/2024 
Lance Birrell – Ghosts Of The Pioneers2024111/11/2024AUGBT 2447112
Christine Clifford – You Can’t Say202410 AUP6F 2400003
By Request Today: Tornados – Telstar196211921/5/2023 
Past Request 2022: Beach Boys – Good Vibrations19641918/11/2022 
Andy Williams – Don’t You Believe It 10  
Backtrack: Dale Hooper – Thank God For Radio20191231/5/2024 
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Breakfast at Tiffanys 119/2/2018 
Bee Gees – Don’t Throw It Away 10  
Manhattan Transfer – Chanson D’Amour19761419/7/2020 
Past Request 2018: Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night196412319/7/2024 
Glenn Levi – The Magic of Christmas202410 USl4R 2492416
Kenny Archer – Whispering Winds2024117/10/2018 
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite20242317/11/2024 
Backtrack: Colin Harney – Penny Arcade2022232/8/2024 
Kerr Donnelly Band – Rockin’ Into Christmas20242122/11/2024 
Hazel & The Thief – I Want To Own A Farm with You20242        0 QZTBA 2420624
Backtrack: Andy Penkow – The Lone Drover20242        13/11/2024AUGBT 2435285
Peggy Gilchrist – Call of Kakadu20242122/11/2024 
Past Request 2016: Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – The Entertainer 261/10/2021 
Dean Martin – June In January195920  
John Gary – I Left My Heart In San Francisco 20  
Past Request 2023: Bill Haley & Comets – Forty Cups of Coffee19572124/11/2013 
Anita Winkler – Believe20242321/4/2023 
Lindsay Waddington & Brendan Radford – The Red Centre202420 AUZY4 2400020
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky2024338/11/2024 
By Request Today: Alabama – Angels Among Us 30  
By Request Today: Sandy Scott – Wallpaper Roses19673610/5/2020 
By Request Today: Bing Crosby – White Christmas 3911/8/2024 
Edward Woodward – Wednesday’s Child 3422/9/2023 
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Mr Sandman 30  
Michael Farrell & Rosalind Clare – Today I Started Loving You Again2024 0  
Billy McFarland – Wonderland By Night2024321/11/2024 
Manon – Je Ne Vois Que Toi20243215/11/2024 
By Request Today: James Blunt – You’re Beautiful 31121/1/2024 
Stephen Bennett – Meet Me Tonight202430 TCAIS 2442209
Backtrack: Marcella Tornabene – Summer Days20223722/10/2023 

24 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

BORN

1876  Maywood, Illinois, U.S.A. – Walter Burley Griffin, architect and landscape architect, best known for his role in designing the layout of Canberra.   He has also been credited with the development of the L-shaped house floor plan, the carport and the first use of reinforced concrete.  (d. 1937)

1941 Madras, India – Randolph Peter Best, the original drummer for the Beatles, replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962.  After working with a number of unsuccessful groups, he gave up music to work as a civil servant for 20 years, then started the Pete Best Band.  Turns 83

1942 Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland – Billy Connolly, comedian, musician, presenter and actor.  Originally employed as a welder in the local shipyards, he gave it up to pursue a career as a folk singer with the Humblebums, and subsequently as a soloist.  Turns 82

DIED

2019 Cambridge, England –  Vivian Leopold James BKA Clive James, expatriate Australian critic, broadcaster and poet.  Known for his English chat shows, he lived in England since 1962.  Aged 80

EVENTS

1917  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. – A bomb, which had been discovered next to a church and taken to the central police station by a social worker and a church janitor, exploded whilst being examined.  Nine police officers and a female civilian lost their lives.

1963  Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. – The alleged assassin of President John Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, was murdered by nightclub owner Jack Ruby in the basement of the police headquarters.

1968  Hobart, Tasmania – The city’s last trolley bus service ended with the completion of the final service between Huon Road in South Hobart and the city.

1971  Between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. – An unidentified man who called himself Dan Cooper parachuted from a plane he had hijacked, after collecting US$200,000 in ransom money.  He was never seen again and most of the money was never recovered.

Whilst it is thought that he didn’t survive the parachute jump, the case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history.

1993  Liverpool, England – Two 11-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were convicted of the torture and murder of 2-year-old James Bolger, and became the country’s youngest convicted murderers of the 20th century.

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23 November 2024

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 444, 22 November 2024

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

Today’s Photo: The former hotel in Parattah, in the Tasmanian midlands, which was for many decades, a vital refreshment stop for train passengers travelling between Hobart and Launceston, and vice-versa. Now a private residence, I believe it still appears much the same, today.
📷 Taken 1979, Yours Truly

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Michelle Murphy – Moon In The Water20241120/9/2024TCAIM 2477545
Past Request 2020: Bay City Rollers – I Only Want To Be With You1976148/10/2023 
Paul Jupe – Let’s Go Dancing202410  
By Request: Skyhooks – Blue Jeans197611421/7/2023 
Dennis Marsh – The Mirror202410  
Abby Grace – Once Upon A Time202410 CADXG 2024080
Backtrack: Jason Owen – Always On My Mind20191325/10/2019 
James Last & His Orchestra – Medley 1111/10/2020 
Ray Conniff Singers – Memories Are Made Of This 173/9/2021 
BORN this day 1899, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. – Hoagland Howard Carmichael, alias Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader.  Some of his best-known compositions are Stardust, The Nearness of You, Heart And Soul, and Georgia On My Mind.  He died in 1981.
Al Martino – Georgia On My Mind 154/5/2018 
Renee & Renato – Only You 1222/8/2014 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Manfred Mann – Sha La La19641324/11/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Heinz – The Beating Of My Heart1964141/2/2015 
By Request: Mills Brothers – Cab Driver1968112/1/2022 
Kerr Donnelly Band – Rockin’ Into Christmas202420  
David Hammerschlag – Take Me To A Country Town2024213/11/2024 
Toni West – It’s Not The Same20242210/11/2024UKBBL 2400009
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Gene Chandler – The Duke of Earl1961238/9/2024 
Chris Guenther – Long And Bitter Chill20242111/10/2024QMAAK 2430346
Backtrack: Graeme Clarke – Centralia20192230/4/2021 
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Petite Fleur 2118/10/2019 
Warwick & Young – Since I Saw You There202420  
BORN this day 1941, Hollis, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Terry Stafford, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1964 hit Suspicion.  Died 1996.
Terry Stafford – A Step Or Two Behind You19642118/1/2019 
Past Request 2020: Bee Gees – Spicks And Specks19662522/12/2023 
Peggy Gilchrist – Call of Kakadu202420  
Red Moore & Michael Gibson Orchestra – A Little Boy Called Smiley19562429/12/2023 
Melanie Gills – The Last 100 Miles202430  
Past Request 2015: Beach Boys – California Girls19653914/8/2022 
Brenda Lynn Allen – Live Your Dreams20243117/11/2024QZS7J 2404200
Nina La Vida – Phantom Der Nacht202430 DEZ92 2401817
DIED this day 1943, New York, U.S.A. – Lorenz Hart, lyricist of the Broadway songwriting duo, Rodgers & Hart.  Some of his best known compositions include Mountain Greenery, My Funny Valentine, This Can’t Be Love and Blue Moon.  Aged 48.
Rod Stewart – Blue Moon 3216/2/2024 
Roseann Sureda – Hanging On For Love202430  
Morton Gould & His Orchestras – Brazil 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Marianne Faithfull – As Tears Go By19643516/11/2014 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Dinah Lee – Reet Petite1964372/2/2016 
ON this day 1963, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. –  John F Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated during a motorcade through the city.  Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson subsequently succeeded to the Presidency.
Connie Francis – In The Summer Of His Years1963359/2/2024 
Owen Smith – Auburn Sun202430 AUM0A 2300004

22 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

ALSO BORN THIS DAY:


1898  Van Zandy County, Texas, U.S.A. – Wiley Post, the first pilot to fly solo around the world.  Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits.  Died 1935.

1932  New York, U.S.A. – Robert Vaughn, actor of stage, film and television, perhaps best known as the suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s drama The Man From U.N.C.L.E.  Died 2016.

DIED THIS DAY:

1954  Sydney, New South Wales – Henry Van de Sluice, alias Roy Rene, radio pioneer who, as Mo McCackey, was one of the best known Australian radio comedians of the 20th century.  Aged 63.

1980  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. – Mary Jane West, alias Mae West, actress, playwright and sex symbol whose career spanned 70 years,  She first appeared in vaudeville and later became an actress and comedienne.  Her first role on Broadway was in a self-penned play titled Sex, which was slated by critics, although tickets sold well.  The theatre was raided and the entire cast arrested.  Aged 87.

EVENT:

1946  A revolutionary new pen, capable of writing 20,000 words without refilling or smudging, went on sale.  The Biro was the invention of Hungarian journalist, Ladislas Biro.  It combined a rotating ball point with a tiny tube which held the ink.  Biro had previously fled to Argentina to escape Nazi rule, and had sold his invention two years previously to his English backer, H G Martin.

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17 November 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 808
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Palana Bay, Flinders Island.

[For the geographically unaware, Flinders Island is the largest of the Furneaux group, at the eastern end of Bass Strait.

These islands were originally a mountain range on the low “land bridge” which connected Tasmania to mainland Australia, until 10,000 years ago.

This photo was taken by a relative, in 1978. I assume the locality has changed little since then.]

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

Due to a technical hitch, today’s programme started off on last Sunday’s playlist; hence, the first two tracks were repeated from that day. I had to make the necessary corrections “on the run,” as the programme went to air.

TRACKRELEASE YEARHOURPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Irish Rovers – The Orange And The Green196811010/11/2024 
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite20241215/11/2024 
Lou T Josie – Just A Heartbeat Away202410  
Graham Oliver – I Don’t Know How I’ll Ever Get Over You20241228/6/2024 
Past Request 2019: Bachelors – I Believe19641712/4/2024 
Carpenters – For All We Know1971164/3/2022 
By Request Today:
Michael Crawford – Music Of The Night		 1513/8/2023 
Horst Jankowski & His Orchestra – Canadian Sunset 10  
Backtrack: Don Smythe – Long Way Till Tomorrow20201511/9/2020NZRI1 1903411
Sammie Soravia – OK To Be Alone20241115/11/2024 
Past Request 2013:
Barry McGuire – Eve of Destruction		 11315/10/2023 
Andy Williams – Blue Hawaii 10  
Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman196412213/9/2024 
Petula Clark – Love Me With All Your Heart19652319/11/2021 
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real Estate20242215/11/2024AU2KV 2400022
Liselotte van Dooren – Time To Lend A Hand202420  
John Michael Ferrari – Yes I Do20242        120/10/2024TCAHE 2397001
Backtrack: Allan Caswell – Sucking My Darling Dry20182        227/9/2019 
Peter Foldy – Bondi Junction 2423/6/2023 
Box Tree Orchestra – A Groovy Kind Of Love 20  
BORN THIS DAY 1944, Tipton, Missouri, U.S.A. – Harold Eugene Clark, alias Gene Clark, singer-songwriter and a founding member of the folk-rock group, The Byrds.  Died 1991.
Byrds – Ballad of the Easy Rider19692217/11/2023 
Frank Ifield – Days of Wine And Roses 20  
Past Request 2019:
Ashley Cook – Keeping The Past Alive		20192527/3/2020 
Brenda Lynn Allen – Live Your Dreams202420 QZS7J 2404200
DIED THIS DAY 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. – Donald Eugene Gibson, singer-songwriter and Country Music Hall of Fame Inductee, who had a string of hits from the late 1950s into the early 1970s.  Aged 75.
Don Gibson – I Love You Because 215/5/2019 
Rooftop Singers – Walk Right in19632133/9/2023 
Jerry Wallace – In The Misty Moonlight19643313/9/2024 
By Request Today: Slim Whitman – China Doll19673116/2/2022 
By Request Today: Olivia Newton John – Physical 3116/9/2018 
By Request Today: Judy Stone – 4,003,221 Tears From Now196431529/3/2024 
BORN THIS DAY 1938, Orillia, Ontario, Canada – Gordon Lightfoot, singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock and country music of the 1960s and 1970s.  Died 2023.
Gordon Lightfoot – Early Morning Rain 3117/11/2017 
Phoebe Hutchison – I Won’t Say I Miss You202430 AUK5B 2400001
Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Happy Song 30  
Past Request 2022: Axiom – A Little Ray of Sunshine19703830/10/2022 
Backtrack: Tom Curtin & Sara Storer – Speak Up2018323/8/2018 
Gary Kennedy – Dance With Me Molly20233519/7/2024 
Don Costa & His Orchestra – Never on Sunday 3519/9/2021 
Daniel O’Donnell – Beautiful Sunday 361/4/2018 

17 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

ALSO BORN THIS DAY:


1925  Winnetka, Illinoir, U.S.A. – Roy Harold Scherer Jr, alias Rock Hudson, film and television actor.  Died 1985.

1940 Swansea, Wales – Clifford William Cumberbatch Simons, alias William Simons, actor who had the role of P C Alf Ventress in the TV drama series, Heartbeat, for over a decade.  Died 2019.

DIED THIS DAY:

1970, Surbiton, London, Englamd – Naunton Wayne, actor who has appeared in numerous feature films.  Aged 69.

EVENTS:

1970  The Soviet Union landed Lunokhod 1 on the Moon’s Mare Imbrium, from the orbiting Luna 17 craft.  Lunokhod 1 was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world.  It resembled a toilet pan on eight independently operated wheels.

It travelled over 10½ kilometres on the Moon, at a top speed on 100 metres an hour, and it’s four cameras returned over 20,000 images.  It operated for 11 months, instead of the planned 3 months.

Contact with Lunokhod 1 was lost on 14 September 1971.

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15 November 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 443

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

Today’s Photo: Tromso, Norway.
📷Bonnie Fraser

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite2024HOUR 1110/11/2024 
By Request: Slim Dusty – Duncan HOUR 1184/10/2024 
By Request: Judy Garland – Somewhere Over The Rainbow1938HOUR 115/6/2022 
Bobby Goldsboro – Killing Me Softly With Her song HOUR 1224/7/2020 
Sammie Soravia – OK To Be Alone2024HOUR 10  
Garrett Gregory – She Don’t Need To Drink To Dance2024HOUR 113/11/2024 
Backtrack: Alan Dingo Byram – Green Door2020HOUR 1528/1/2022 
BORN this day 1905, Venice, Italy. – Annunzio Paolo Mantovani, Anglo-Italian orchestra conductor and entertainer, known for his cascading strings musical signature.  Died 1980.
Mantovani – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang HOUR 131/8/2014 
Ray Conniff Singers – Sundown HOUR 1315/5/2016 
BORN this day 1932, Epsom, Surrey, England – Petula Clark, singer, actress and composer whose 70+ year career began at age 9 on BBC Radio during World War 2.  She became famous during the 1960s for many hit 45s, including Downtown, I Know A Place, My Love, Colour My World and many more.  She has sold over 68 million records.  Turns 92.
Petula Clark – Sailor1961 530/1/2022 
Graham Oliver – Feelin’ Lonely2024 0  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Dean Martin – The Door Is Still Open To My Heart		1964HOUR 1624/11/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964 Sam Cooke – Cousin of Mine1964HOUR 1422/1/2021 
Bohemian Rogue – The Speakeasy2024HOUR 211/11/2024AUGBT 2442171
Weird Al Jankovic – Happy Birthday HOUR 20  
Manon – Je Ne Vois Que Toi2024HOUR 218/11/2024 
Col Thomson – Where Banjo Wrote Mailda2024HOUR 20  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore:
Jill Day – Happiness Street		1956HOUR 20  
Warren Kearney – Not So Straight Real Estate2024HOUR 211/11/2024AU2KV 2400022
Backtrack: Tyson Lucas – It’s OK To Be Me2019HOUR 2227/9/2019 
Tonio Rivera & His Orchestra – Cachita HOUR 20  
Past Request 2020:
Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Amazing Grace		1972HOUR 244/6/2021 
BORN this day 1932, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. – Clyde McPhatter, one of the most widley imitated Rhythm-and-Blues singers of the 50s and 60s.  (Died 1972).
Clyde McPhatter – A Lover’s Question1958HOUR 2913/6/2021 
Emmie Lee – Perfectly Imperfect2024HOUR 20  
Paul Ricketts – Sapper Smith2024HOUR 218/11/2024AUZY4 2400022
Past Request 2023: Apollo 100 – Joy1972HOUR 3929/10/2023 
Foster & Allen – Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes HOUR 30  
Roger Nicholas Chorale – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart HOUR 30  
Hein Simons – Wenn Der Sudwind Weht HOUR 30  
Heintje – I’m Your Little Boy HOUR 3514/5/2021 
Lisa Retrot – Calling All Angels2024HOUR 323/11/2024 
Pepe Jaramillo & His Latin American Rhythm – For Once In My Life HOUR 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Lucky Starr – The Three Trees		1964HOUR 342/11/2014 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Matt Monro – Walk Away		1964HOUR 31115/1/2023 
BORN this day 1945, Ballangen, Norway –  Anni-Fri Synni Princess Reuss of Plauen, widely known as Frida Lyngstad, Swedish pop and jazz singer, and former member of the group ABBA.  Turns 79.
ABBA – Hasta Manana1976HOUR 3716/12/2022 
Janie Fricke – Easy To Please HOUR 30  
Andy Stewart – By The Lochside HOUR 3413/9/2020 

15 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

EVENTS:

1901  Throughout Australia, farmers were combating a plague of furry animals, with the zoological name of Oryctolagus Cuniculus, which had spread throughout the country since being released on the property of Thomas Austin at Barwon Park, near Geelong, Victoria.  (Oryctolagus Cuniculus = the rabbit)

1959  Perth, West Australia – A century-old dream became a reality when the State’s Governor, Sir Charles Gairdner, opened a bridge across the Swan River at The Narrows.  It was then the longest pre-stressed concrete bridge in Australia.

1978  Melbourne, Victoria – The Westgate Bridge opened for traffic.

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10 November 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 807
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s photo: Tromso, Norway. Courtesy Bonnie Fraser.

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Irish Rovers – The Orange And The Green1968HOUR 1913/8/2021 
Nancy Su & Emelie – Swedish Dynamite2024HOUR 10  
By Request Today: Atlantics – Bombora1963HOUR 1128/11/2024 
Past Request 2022: Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett – It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere HOUR 1524/7/2022 
Don Allen – How Great Thou Art2024HOUR 10 USL4R 2404356
Backtrack: Alisha Smith – Wheels2019HOUR 1171/11/2024 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Wives And Lovers HOUR 1111/3/2022 
April Parkinson – Sounds Of The Fallen2023HOUR 147/5/2023 
Col Elliott – Only A Moment In Time2024HOUR 1313/10/2024USHM 91111450
Past Request 2018: Ali Mills – Dream Serenade2018HOUR 119/9/2018 
Connie Francis – Al Di La HOUR 10  
Frank Ifield – I’m A Fool To Care1962HOUR 10  
Daniel O’Donnell – I Believe HOUR 1110/11/2019 
Don Smythe – Daddy’s In Kandaha2020HOUR 2810/11/2023 
Eddie Rabbitt – The Wanderer HOUR 20  
Past Request 2014: Amen Corner – If Paradise Was Half As Nice HOUR 2116/11/2014 
Allison Durbin – Blue On Blue HOUR 2        58/11/2019 
Backtrack: Malcolm Doyle – A Thousand Fathoms Below2012HOUR 2        311/11/2022 
Kylie Adams-Collier – Montevideo Maru 19422018HOUR 2810/11/2023 
Henry Arland – Clarinets Waltz HOUR 2322/4/2022 
Jimmy Little – Yorta Yorta Man HOUR 20  
Emma Jene – The Beat Of A Drum2016HOUR 21611/11/2022 
Past Request 2018: Andy Stewart – A Scottish Soldier1961HOUR 21514/5/2021 
Toni West – It’s Not The Same2024HOUR 218/11/2024UKBBL 2400009
Past Request 2023: John Denver – Rocky Mountain High HOUR 22416/9/2023 
Craig Giles – Picture On The Mantle2017HOUR 31810/11/2023 
By Request Today: Foster & Allen – Rose Of My Heart HOUR 32912/5/2024 
By Request Today: Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never HOUR 31622/10/2023 
By Request Today: Geraldo & His Orchestra with Sally Douglas – Lili Marlene1942HOUR 3215/11/2019 
Past Request 2018: Andy Williams – Autumn Leaves HOUR 3231/5/2019 
Richard Clayderman – We Are The World HOUR 3225/12/2020 
By Request Today: Josh Turner – Your Man2005HOUR 335/5/2024 
Past Request 2019: Anne Murray – Could I Have This Dance HOUR 31121/6/2024 
Ken Lindsay – Gunner The Kelpie Hero2024HOUR 341/11/2024AUZY4 2400016
Dale Duncan – My Dog Nui Dat2016HOUR 3211/11/2022 

3 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

EVENTS:

1958  Lake Coniston, England – Speed ace Donald Campbell increased his water speed record from 384 kmh to 400 kmh in his hydroplane Bluebird.

1975  The freighter ship Edmund Fitzgerald sank suddenly during a storm on Lake Superior, one of the lakes bordering the U.S.A. and Canada, with the loss of all 29 crew on board.

1979  Mississauga, Ontario, Canada – A 106-waggon Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosives and poisonous chemicals, derailed, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history.

1980  The NASA space probe Voyager 1 started it’s closest approach to Saturn, and flew within 77,000 miles of the planet’s cloudtops, returning the first high resolution images of the planet.

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8 November 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 442

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

Today’s Photo: Tromso, Norway.
📷Bonnie Fraser

Today’s Playlist:

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem HOUR 10  
Past Request 2023: ABBA – S O S1975HOUR 11028/5/2023 
Past Request 2023: America – A Horse With No Name1972HOUR 1625/10/2024 
Paul Ricketts – Sapper Smith2024HOUR 10 AUZY4 2400022
Chris Guenther – Changing Of The Guard2024HOUR 10 QMAAK 2430348
Backtrack: Jack Viljoen – Good Morning Song2017HOUR 1316/3/2018 
Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes HOUR 10  
Guy Surtees – Jessie2024HOUR 10  
Patti Page – Try To Remember HOUR 124/12/2016 
BORN this day 1927, Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Clare Ann Fowler, alias Patti Page, the best-selling female artist of the 1950s.  Died 2013.
Moe Bandy – Only If There Is Another You2024HOUR 10  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Dinah Lee – Don’t You Know Yockomo		1964HOUR 1124/11/2017 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Beach Boys – When I Grow Up		1964HOUR 10  
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky2024HOUR 123/11/2024 
Paul O’Connor – Stay Young2024HOUR 20 TCAIT 2449499
Russell Kitchin – Gettin’ On Gettin’ By With you Gone2024HOUR 20  
Phil Salter – Can’t See For Looking2024HOUR 20  
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Stan Freberg – Sh-Boom1954HOUR 20  
Gone With The West – Colorado Cowboy2024HOUR 20 TCAIM 2424 21066
Backtrack: Jason Carruthers – Don’t Sell Australia Out2022HOUR 286/1/2023 
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra – Memories of You HOUR 20  
Past Request 2015: Anita Bryant – Paper Roses1960HOUR 2510/6/2016 
By Request: Joy Adams – Stubborn Pride2023HOUR 227/7/2023 
Leif Garrett – California Girls1977HOUR 2326/7/2015 
BORN this day 1961, Hollywood, California, U.S.A. –  Leif Per Nervik, alias Leif Garrett, singer, actor and 1970s teen idol.  Turns 63.
Toni West – It’s Not The Same2024HOUR 20 UKBBL 2400009
Lindsay Waddington & Brendan Radford – The Red Centre2024HOUR 213/11/2024AUZY4 2400020
Past Request 2023: Atlantics – Bombora1963HOUR 3113/9/2023 
Manon – Je Ne Vois Que Toi HOUR 30  
Briggs & Stark – Three Kisses2024HOUR 30  
Backtrack: Jim Reeves – From A Jack To A King HOUR 316/10/2023 
John Blades – Love Will Have To Wait2024HOUR 30 AU2KJ 2400001
Backtrack: Aly Cook – Not Pretty Enough2020HOUR 3329/11/2020 
Orchester Werner Tauber – Dolores HOUR 30  
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Supremes – Baby Love		1964HOUR 31417/7/2022 
60 Year Diamond Classic – Charting on this day 1964
Sandie Shaw – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me		1964HOUR 3524/11/2017 
Ivory Joe Hunter – Corrine Corrina1956HOUR 328/11/2019 
DIED this day 1974, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. –  Ivory Joe Hunter, rhythm and blues singer, pianist and songwriter.  Aged 60.
Brian Letton – In The Arms Of A Memory2024HOUR 30  
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3 November 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 806
0600 ~ 0900 AEDT

Today’s photo: 20th of October, and at the Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy, locomotive M 5 makes it’s first movements under it’s own steam after a massive overhaul.

THIS EDITION’S PLAYLIST

TRACKRELEASE YEARTIMEPREVIOUS PLAYSLAST PLAYEDISRC
David Hammerschlag – Take Me To A Country Town2024HOUR 10  
Past Request 2020: ABBA – Dance While The Music Still Goes On1973HOUR 1626/6/2022 
Past Request 2017: Albert Hammond – Give A Little Love1987HOUR 1316/7/2021 
By Request Today: John Williamson – True Blue HOUR 1825/9/2022 
The Songsmiths – The Lucky One2024HOUR 10 TCAIP2488887
Damien Johnson – Nobody Else But You2024HOUR 1120/10/2024 
Past Request 2020: Andre Rieu – Amazing Grace HOUR 128/3/2020 
Krzystof Groen – Dixon2024HOUR 10  
Garrett Gregory – She Don’t Need To Drink To Dance2024HOUR 10  
Past Request 2013: 19 0 1 – Fifteen Years Ago HOUR 1710/7/2022 
Neil Diamond – I’m A Believer HOUR 1514/10/2022 
Dean Martin – Gentle On My Mind1969HOUR 1223/3/2018 
Mike Hughes – If Ever I Need A Lady I’ll Call You2024HOUR 20  
Past Request 2013: Adam Brand – Grandpa’s Piano HOUR 232/2/2024 
Past Request 2017: Troy Cassar-Daly & Adam Harvey – Good Hearted Woman HOUR 2119/3/2017 
Spinners – Drunken Sailor HOUR 2        35/11/2023 
Andy Penkow – The Lone Drover2024HOUR 2        0 AUGBT2435285
Lindsay Waddington & Brendan Radford – The Red Centre2024HOUR 20 AUZY42400020
BBC Big Band – On The Sunny Side Of The Street HOUR 229/8/2013 
Patsy & Dave with Russell Morris – The Willow2024HOUR 2127/10/2024 
Brendan Radford – E J2024HOUR 20 AUGBT2447646
Village Stompers – Washington Square1963HOUR 2923/2/2024 
Jimmy Little – Royal Telephone1963HOUR 21722/9/2023 
Past Request 2020: Alan Jackson – Pop A Top HOUR 236/9/2020 
Allan Caswell – He Loves His Radio2024HOUR 30 AUGBT2444959
By Request Today: Pussycat – My Broken Souvenirs HOUR 3222/9/2024 
By Request Today: Elton John – Crocodile Rock HOUR 3630/4/2021 
Past Request 2024: Al Martino – Spanish Eyes1966HOUR 31112/5/2024 
Seekers – The Leaving of Liverpool HOUR 3611/6/2023 
Ronnie Kennedy – The Bluebell Polka HOUR 3516/9/2022 
Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Hello Dolly HOUR 3110/3/2019 
Lissa Retrot – Calling All Angels2024HOUR 3125/10/2024 
Past Request 2021: Aishling Rafferty – Love Me When I’m Old2021HOUR 3166/10/2023 
Ray Malcolm – Ghost Riders In The Sky2024HOUR 301/11/2024 

3 NOVEMBER IN HISTORY:

BORN:

1948  Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, England – Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie BKA Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress, successful since the early 1960s.  She is famous for her hits To Sir With Love, Shout, and for her Eurovision Song Contest winning entry Boom Bang a Bang.  

DIED:

2002  Market Deeping, England – Anthony James Donegan alias Lonnie Donegan, or The King of Skiffle, musician listed as England’s most influential recording artist prior to the Beatles. (Aged 71)

2006  Perpignan, France, Paul Mauriat, French musician and orchestra leader, who has sold over 40 million albums.  He is particularly known for his million selling No 1 hit of 1968,  Love Is Blue. (Aged 81)

2016  Beverley Hills, California, U.S.A.  – Katherine Laverne Starks alias Kay Starr, pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the 50s, best remembered for introducing two long running # 1 hits, Wheel of Fortune and The Rock and Roll Waltz.  (Aged 94)

EVENTS:

1927  Sydney, New South Wales – Forty lives were lost when the harbour ferry Greycliffe, which had 120 passengers aboard, sank three minutes after being cut in two during a collision with the Union Steamship Company steamer Tahiti.

1957  The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, with the first animal in space (a dog named Laika) on board.  Laika did not survive.

1960  Hobart, Tasmania –  Captain Robert Hall, an American Air Force pilot had the jet engine of his U 2 aircraft “flame out” and fail whilst flying high over the city.  As he dived to an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,600 metres) as a measure to restart the engine, he contacted Hobart airport to request Hobart commercial radio station 7HT to play recordings of El Paso and Night And Day.

The announcer on air at the time, John Burnley, duly played the pilot’s requests.  The jet engine was re-started and Captain Hall resumed his journey, the purpose of which was stated to be, to sample the upper air over Tasmania.

1973  Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. – The spaceprobe Mariner 10 was launched towards the planet Mercury.  On March 29 1974, it became the first Earthly spacecraft to reach that planet.

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