9 August 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 429

Three hours of beaut easy listening, with music, Indies and memories, not heard on mainstream radio.

TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s photo: Bad Berneck, Germany. Photo courtesy of Karin, a regular listener.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Kevin Sullivan – On The Run (2024)  (Debut)
Bill Shadler – I Never (2024) (Debut)
Zack Walsh – Walls Come Tumblin’ Down (2015)   (Debut)
Irish Rovers – Farewell To Nova Scotia  (Previous plays – 1. Last played  24-5-2020 Requested 1 x)
Anne Murray – Get Together (Debut)
Willie Nelson – I’ll Be Loving You Always (2022)  (Debut)

Buddy Bregman & His Orchestra – Anything Goes (Previous plays – 1. Last played  1-4-2022 )
Mike Sammes Singers – On A Slow Boat To China  (Debut)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Remember Me (2024)  (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 26-7-2024)
Pat Daly – Just Enough To Keep Me Hanging On (2024) (Debut)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Rob E G – When You’re Not Near (1964)  (Previous plays – 1. Last played 19-12-2021)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jan & Dean – The Little Old Lady From Pasadena (1964) (Previous plays – 2  Last played 3-8-2014)
Ashley Cook – Stand Up For Slim (2022)  (Previous plays – 3. Last played  23-6-2023 )

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Andy Martin – Mirrors Don’t Lie (2024)  (Debut)
Lyndel Lucas – Slow Dance (2024)  (Previous plays – 1. Last played  28-6-2024 )
Daniel O’Donnell – Little Arrows (2024)   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 11-7-2021 Requested 1 x)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Nat King Cole – Walking My Baby Back Home   (Debut)
Bill Anderson – Big Railroad Man (Debut)
Barry Thornton – Over Hilltop And Hollow     (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 1-5-2020)

Romantic Strings Orchestra – Moonlight Serenade  (Debut)
Ed Ames – How Deep Is The Ocean   (Debut)
Mike Wilkinson – Blue Collar Working Man (2018)    (Previous plays – 7.  Last played 18-6-2023.)
Kylie Adams-Collier – Hervey Bay (2024)  (Debut)
Marty Howard Chambers – Frown Upside Down (2024)    (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 28-6-2024)
Alan Gumm – Just Thank Me (Previous plays – 2. Last played  5-5-2024 )

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Soundtrack, The Happiest Millionaire – Fortuosity (1967)   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 11-10-2020)
Seekers – 59th Street Bridge Song   (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 13-11-2016)
Watling & Bates – Grandfather’s Watch (2024)   (Debut)
Sonny James – Clinging Vine (Debut)
(By Request) Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – The Point Of No Return (Previous plays – 3. Last played  3-11-2023
Johnny Chester – Send Me Some Lovin’ (2024)  (Debut)
Graeme Clarke & Sandy Shaw – Diamond Of The Desert (2019)  Previous plays – 4.  Last played 3-12-2021)

Capitol Symphony Orchestra – Minuet   (Debut)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody (1964)   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 25-12-2022)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Frank Ifield – I Should Care (1964)  (Debut)
Steve Bonham & Longroad – I Could Write A Book (2024) (Debut)
Town Criers – Any Old Time (1969   (Debut)

* Diamond Classics were on Top 40 charts around Australia on this day, 60 years ago (1964).

ON THIS DAY

1942  Solomon Islands – W W 2 – The heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra, with 84 crew, was lost in battle.

1945  Nagasaki, Japan – 39,000 people died instantly when the U.S. B 29 aircraft Bockscar dropped the atomic bomb Fat Man over the city.

1961  Sydney, New South Wales – Australia’s last coastal passenger liner, Manoora, arrived at the end of her final Australian voyage.  The ship had been requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1939 and fitted as an Armed Merchant Cruiser and, as HMAS Manoora, she took part in numerous military operations during World War 2.

The ship returned to civilian use in 1949 following a major refit.  After her final Australian voyage in 1961, she was sold to an Indonesian company and renamed Ambulombo.  She sank off Luzon in 1972, whilst being towed to a ship breakers yard.

1966  Hobart, Tasmania – Controversy erupted after the sudden enforcement of the 58-year-old Sunday Observance Act which required driving schools, entertainment establishments, Laundromats and other commercial businesses to cease operating on Sundays.

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4 August 2024

Today’s Photo – Locomotive C 22, originally used on the Tasmanian Government Railways, now preserved at the Tasmanian Transport Museum, Glenorchy. It operates on the first Sunday of each month. © Yours Truly

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST
Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

You can contact Ian at [email protected]

Valley Sunrise Edition 793
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Kevin Sullivan & Bill Chambers – High Country Snows (2024)  (Debut)
Daniel O’Donnell – Heartbeat  (Debut)
Toni West – It’s Too Late (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 19-7-2024)
Ray Conniff Singers – There’s A Kind of Hush    (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 19-7-2024)
Frank Sinatra – Taking A Chance On Love (1954)   (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 19-7-2013)
By Request: Alan Jackson – Kiss An Angel Good Morning (Debut)

101 Strings Orchestra – Speak Softly Love (Theme From The Godfather)  (Debut)
Steve Condon – In My Life (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 5-7-2024)
Justin Landers – Book Of Endless Wonder (2024)   (Debut)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 8: Sensations – Let Me In  (Debut)
Engelbert Humperdinck – Am I That Easy To Forget (1968)   (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 9-4-2021) 
Dean Martin – That’s Amore (1953)  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 16-8-2019)

Hour 2

Jade Hurley – What In The World’s Come Over You  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 7-3-2021)
By Request: Ricky Van Shelton – Just As I Am  (Debut)
By Request: Burl Ives – You Are My Sunshine   (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 19-7-2024 Requested 1 x)
By Request: Beatles – Get Back (1969)     (Previous plays – 11; Last Played 8-9-2023 Requested 4 x)
By Request: Al Jolson – Carolina In The Morning (1947)    (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 20-9-2020 Requested 4 x)
Andy Williams – Twilight Time  (Debut)

Mexicans – Winds of Barcelona  (Previous plays – 8; Last Played 24-3-2019)
Andy Martin – Crash Here Tonight On Me (2024)  (Debut)
Don Smythe – Always Wanting You (2018) (Previous plays – 5; Last Played 24-1-2021) 
Graeme Clarke – So Much Easier Said Than Done (2019)    (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 13-9-2019)
Slim Dusty – My Home On The Sunburnt Plains (1960)  (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 16-8-2019; Requested 1 x)
Seekers – Love Is Me Love Is You (1989)    (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 8-11-2020)

ON THIS DAY:

Born 1901 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. – Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter, composer, singer and actor, one of the most influential jazz personalities, whose career spanned 50 years from the 1920s.  Died 1971.

Born 1923 Sydney, New South Wales – Reginald Roy Grundy, pioneering Australian entrepreneur and media mogul, creator of many popular television programmes including Wheel of Fortune, Neighbours, Prisoner, and Sons and Daughters.  Died 2016.

Born 1926 Manley, New South Wales – Maurice Fields, Australian comedian and actor, known for his appearances in Australian television series, Bellbird, The Box, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors and Hey Hey It’s Saturday.  Died 1995.

EVENTS THIS DAY:

1914 London, England – The United Kingdom declared war on Germany, following Germany’s invasion of Belgium.  Australia consequently entered World War 1, while the United States declared neutrality

1944 Amsterdam, Holland – A tip from an informer led the Gestapo to a sealed-off room in a warehouse where they found and arrested Jewish diarist, Anne Frank and her family.

1953 Victoria – Australia’s first jet fighter aircraft, the Sabre, underwent its first test flight.  The plane was a modified version of the original American model

1966 Hobart, Tasmania – Driving schools, a model slot-car racing venue and a Jazz Club were threatened with prosecution under the 58 year old Sunday Observance Act which was being brought to bear on all businesses which traded on Sundays.  The Premier (Mr Reece) later refused to declare an amnesty for any business which failed to comply.  

2 August 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 428

Three hours of beaut easy listening, with music, Indies and memories, not heard on mainstream radio.

TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live/

Today’s photo: Two generations, retired fire trucks in the Tasmania Fire Service building, Transport Museum, Glenorchy.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Sarah Riches – Alibi (2024)  (Previous plays – 1. Last played 23-6-2024)
Eddie Leroy Cunningham – Strong As Steel (2024) (Debut)
Sandy Summers- Devil In Her Heart (2023)   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 3-12-2023)

BORN this day 1912 in Stanmore, New South Wales – Gwen Plumb, pioneering Australian stage, radio and television actress, whose first well known role was in the ABC radio serial, Blue Hills. Died 2002.
BORN this day 1932 in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland – Peter O’Toole, actor of stage and screen who achieved stardom in 1962 with the role of T E Lawrence in Laurence of Arabia. Died 2013.

RCA Symphony Orchestra – Lawrence of Arabia Theme (1962) (Previous plays – 3. Last played  2-8-2015)
Al Martino – Harbour Lights (Debut)
Francine Honey – Hold On (2022)  (Previous plays – 4. Last played 24-6-2022)

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Sunrise Sunset (Debut)
Nana Mouskouri – Les Ruban Rouges (Scarlet Ribbons)  (Debut)

BORN this day 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria – Anne Phelan, award-winning television actress who appeared in many productions during the 1960s – 1980s. Died 2019.

Daniel O’Donnell – From A Jack To A King  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 20-4-2012)
Runaway Dixie – Under Territory Skies (2024) (Debut)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Delltones – Paper Doll (1964)  (Previous plays – 3. Last played 7-6-2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Millie – Sweet William (1964) (Previous plays – 6  Last played 8-4-2022)
Rodeo Nights – Favourite Records (2024)  (Debut)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Men Of The Village – Another Start (2024)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 30-6-2024)
Don Allen – Suzanne (2024)  (Debut)
Bohemian Rogue – Love Does Funny Things (2024)   (Previous plays – 01.  Last played 28-7-2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Johnny Cash – Hey Porter (1955)   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 24-6-2022)
Seekers – The Circle of Love (1989)  (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 24-11-2023)
Dean Perrett – A Big Thing In A Small Town (2024)     (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 28-7-2024)

Magic Trumpets – Theme From Love Story  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 17-4-2015)
Robert Goulet – Love Is Blue   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 4-11-2022)
Damian Davis – Today’s Teardrops (2023)    (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 19-1-2024.)
By Request: Elvis Presley – Follow That Dream  (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 15-7-2022. Requested 2 x)
Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again (2024)    (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 21-7-2024)
By Request: Joy Adams – It’s Illegal It’s Immoral (Debut)
Bob Marshall – Cowboy Blessing (2024) (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 7-7-2024)
Owen Smith – That Old Hills Hoist (2024)   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 26-7-2024)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Kevin Sullivan – Against The Tide (2024)   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 20-11-2020)
Val Doonican – Heaven Is My Woman’s Love (1973)   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 6-5-2018. Requested 1 x)
Girls Next Door – Love Will Get You Through Times Of No Money (2024)   (Debut)
Markus Schoffl – Forever Love (Debut)
Ben Steneker & Anna McRose – Heart To Heart (2024)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 21-6-2024)
Rod Williams – A Fencer From The Outback (2020)  Previous plays – 1.  Last played 26-2-2021)

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – El Rancho Grand   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 27-12-2015)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jim Reeves – Waltzing On Top Of The World (1964)   Previous plays – 6.  Last played 18-6-2023. Requested 5 x)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Little Patti – He’s My Boy (1964)  (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 12-7-2024)
Col Elliott – Only A Moment In Time (2024) (Debut)
Jason Owen – Be Back Home Again (2019)    (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 14-8-2020)
Colin Harney – Penny Arcade (2022) Previous plays – 2.  Last played 9-12-2022)


* Diamond Classics were on Top 40 charts around Australia on this day, 60 years ago (1964).

ON THIS DAY

1962  Hobart, Tasmania  – A 27 year old Yugoslav migrant, Anton Masnec, was sentenced to death after being found guilty of the murder of Helma Huxley, better known as Taffy The Bee Man near Longley, in the Huon Valley.  The sentence was commuted. 

1968  Hobart, Tasmania – The first Holden Monaro, the HK series, was released for sale in the State.

1990  Iraq invaded Kuwait, leading to conflict with coalition forces in the Gulf War.

1997  Thredbo, New South Wales – Stuart Diver was rescued from the wreckage of a ski lodge after it had been destroyed by a landslide which claimed 18 lives.  He was the only survivor.

28 July 2024

Today’s Photo – Taken recently in Bensheim, Germany. Courtesy of listener Karin

Music Unlimited 0600 ~ 0700 AEST
Hosted by Ian MacPhee from Studio B in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

You can contact Ian at [email protected]

Valley Sunrise Edition 792
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

John Gilheaney – Everybody Say Yeah (2024)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 14-6-2024)
Bohemian Rogue – Love Does Funny Things (2024)  (Debut)
Mark Knopfler & Emmy-Lou Harris – Beachcombing  (Debut)
Andy Williams – Lonely Street    (Debut)
Dean Martin – I Will (1965)   (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 30-11-2018)
Ella Fitzgerald – It’s A Lovely Day Today (1958)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 25-4-2021)

Simon May Orchestra – The East Enders Theme (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 20-3-2016)
By Request: Michael Crawford – On Eagles Wings  (Previous plays – 12; Last Played 28-1-2024; Requested 12 x)
Hayley Westenra – Both Sides Now   (Debut)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 7: Little Eva – Locomotion  (Previous plays – 7; Last Played 15-9-2019)
Dean Perrett – A Big Thing In A Small Town (2024)  (Debut) 
Seekers – Keep A Dream In Your Pocket (1989)  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 16-8-2019)

Hour 2

John Rowles – Massachusetts  (Previous plays – 10; Last Played 25-5-2018)
By Request: Gotye & Kimbra – Somebody I Used To Know (Debut)
Alan Rudd – Please Help Me I’m Falling (2024)  (Debut)
By Request: Foster & Allen – As Usual  (Debut)
Neil Anthony – Our Shangri La (2024)  (Debut)
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – The Great Escape March  (Previous plays – 7; Last Played 26-4-2019)

Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Moon Over Naples  (Previous plays – 11; Last Played 30-10-2020)
Sandy Scott with Tommy Tycho Orchestra – Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 16-6-2019)
By Request: Charlie Landsborough – Part Of Me (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 29-12-2017) 
Cathy Dobson – Everybody Knows (2024)  (Debut)
Blue Echoes – Da Doo Ron Ron (1979)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-4-2013)
Duane Eddy – Detour  (Debut)

ON THIS DAY:

Born 1901 in Island Pond, Vermont, U.S.A. – Hubert Prior Vallée BKA Rudy Vallee, singer, actor and bandleader whose career started in the mid-1920s. Died 1986.

Born 1902 Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission near Alice Springs, Northern Territory – Albert Namatjira, prominent Aboriginal artist.  Reproductions of his paintings, often colourful depictions of the Australian landscape, hang in many homes throughout the country.  Died 1959.

Born 1922 Brussels, Belgium – Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer, who developed underwater exploration vehicles. For many years, he was one of only two people (along with Lieut Don Walsh of the United States Navy) to have explored the deepest part of any ocean, the Challenger Deep, part of the Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific Ocean.  Died 2008.

EVENTS THIS DAY:

1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia after Serbia rejected an ultimatum sent by Austria, following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, setting off a chain of events which culminated in the First World War.

1945 New York, U.S.A. – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.

1948 London, England – The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foiled an attempted bullion robbery by nine men in the “Battle of London Airport”.  In the melee between cudgel-wielding crooks and truncheon-armed police, seven of the criminals were injured.  All were sentenced to upwards of 5 years’ hard labour.

1964 London, England – Queen Victoria Street, in the heart of the city, was evacuated and closed after an unexploded World War 2 German bomb was found between Charing Cross and Aldgate railway stations.  Soon after its discovery, a truck fell into the excavation and landed on the bomb, upside down.  The bomb was eventually removed for safe disposal.

1999 Interlaken, Switzerland – Eighteen tourists, including 14 Australians, perished when a storm sent a wall of water through a narrow gorge.  Swiss police later investigated whether the Adventure tour organisers should be charged for criminal negligence.

26 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 427

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

TYGA-FM, 98.9 on the dial, or on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live


Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Lee Ann Kelly – Fall Before You Fly (2024) (Debut)
Hoons Fron Straylia – Just The Way (2024) (Debut)
Lindsay Waddington – Kakadu (2022)   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 15-9-2023)
BORN this day 1941 in Nashville Tennessee U.S.A. – Bobby Hebb, African-American singer-songwriter, best known for penning and recording of Sunny. (d. 2021)
Bobby Hebb – Sunny (1966) (Previous plays – 5. Last played  26-7-2020)
Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner – That’s What Made Me Love You (Debut)
Alice Benfer – If Teardrops Were Silver (2021)  (Previous plays – 4. Last played 15-9-2023)

London Symphony Orchestra – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (Debut)
Andy Williams – Walk Hand In Hand  (Debut)
BORN this day 1941 in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A. – Alfred Jesse Smith, alias Brenton Wood, singer-songwriter, best known for his 1967 single Gimme A Little Sign. Turns 83.
Brenton Wood – Gimme A Little Sign (1967) (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 12-2-2023)
Terry Stafford – Follow The Rainbow (1964) (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 14-4-2023)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Four Seasons – Alone (1964)  (Previous plays – 2. Last played 4-11-2022)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Komm Gibb Mir Deine Hand (1964) (Previous plays – 7  Last played 17-6-2022)
Andy Martin – Corrine Corrina (2024)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 19-7-2024)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Walk Don’t Run – Old Georgia Train (2024)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 7-7-2024)
Sisters In Country – Down Under Girls (2024)  (Debut)
Terry Bennetts & Lee Foster – That’s The Kind Of Life I Live (2024)   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 21-7-2024)
By Request: Bobby Vinton – Roses Are Red (1962)   (Previous plays – 11.  Last played 7-7-2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Burl Ives – On Top Of Old Smokey (1951)  (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 21-6-2019)
DIED this day 1950 in London, England – Freddy Gardner, jazz and dance band musician of the 1930s and 40s, a virtuoso of clarinet and the entire saxophone family. Aged 39.
Freddy Gardner – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1940)     (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 23-12-2018)
Kingston Trio & Brothers Four – Whisky In The Jar   (Debut)

Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra with Myron Floren – It’s A Small World Polka   (Debut)
Aly Cook – Unknown Memories (2017)   (Previous plays – 6.  Last played 29-12-2017)
DIED this day 2023 in Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland – Sinead O’Connor, singer-songwriter, who rose to fame in the late 1980s, and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with Nothing Compares To You. Aged 56.
Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares To You (1990)    (Previous plays – 8.  Last played 21-7-2024. Requested 6 x)
Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024)    (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 21-7-2024)
Shelley Jones Band – Love Is Like A River (2024)  (Debut)
Owen Smith – That Old Hills Hoist (2024)   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 21-7-2024)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Kevin Sullivan – Journey (2024)   (Previous plays – 8.  Last played 21-7-2024. Requested 6 x)
By Request:  Roy Orbison – California Blue   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 3-4-2022. Requested 4 x)
Stephen Stokes – The Love Bug (2024)   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 7-7-2024.)
Caoimhe Murney – Hillbilly Girl (2024) (Debut)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Remember Me (2024)  (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 21-7-2024)
Warren Kearney – Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair (2024)  Previous plays – 2.  Last played 19-7-2024. Requested 1 x)

E Power Biggs – Marche Militaire (Schubert)   (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 19-11-2017)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Animals – House Of The Rising Sun (1964)   Previous plays – 7.  Last played 18-9-2015. Requested 1 x)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Kravats – Puppet Strings (1964)  (Previous plays – 6.  Last played 27-3-2015)
By Request:  Ray Malcolm – Is There Something On Your Mind (2024)    (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 5-7-2024)
Joe Allen Christi – Grandpa’s Fishing Hole (2024)    (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 12-7-2024)
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Snowbird    (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 13-8-2021)

* Diamond Classics were on Top 40 charts around Australia on this day, 60 years ago (1964).

21 July 2024

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.

You can contact Ian at [email protected]

Today’s pic – A recent sunrise over the Meehan Range in the Derwent Valley. Photo: Yours Truly

Valley Sunrise Edition 791
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Daniel O’Donnell – Never Ending Song of Love  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 5-3-2017)
Dave Caley – The Wild Ones  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-7-2024)
By Request: Colleen Hewett – The Wind Beneath My Wings  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 16-2-2024)
Terry Bennetts & Lee Forster – That’s The Kind of Life I Live (2024)    (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again (2024)   (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Shannonside Ceili Band – An Irish Lullaby (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 8-11-2019)

Percy Faith Strings – The Fool On The Hill (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 3-11-2013)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Remember Me (2024)   (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Owen Smith – That Old Hills Hoist (2024)  (Debut)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 6: Shelley Fabares – Johnny Angel  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 19-1-2018)
Hermans Hermits – Dream On (1965)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 14-5-2021 as a request) 
BORN this day 1937 in Dougherty, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Katherine Laverne Starks, alias Kay Starr, pop and jazz singer, very successful in the 1950s, who introduced two long-running Number 1 hits, Wheel of Fortune and the Rock and Roll Waltz.  Died 2016.
Kay Starr – Wheel of Fortune (1952)  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 21-7-2017)

Hour 2

Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-7-2024)
By Request: Bill Anderson – Quits (Debut)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine  (Previous plays – 9; Last Played 19-7-2024; Requested 8 x)
By Request: Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares To You  (Previous plays – 7; Last Played 8-12-2023; Requested 5 x)
By Request: Buddy Holly – True Love Ways (1960)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 19-6-2020)

Martin Charly – Honey On The Vine  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 21-6-2024)
101 Strings Orchestra – As Time Goes By  (Debut)
Shaza Leigh – Our Father’s Choice (2024)  (Debut) 
Chris “Boots” Lee – My Greatest Claim To Fame (2024)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-7-2024)
Cat Stevens – Another Saturday Night (1974)  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 11-6-2021)

ON THIS DAY:

Also born this day 1922 in Keighley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England – Isobel Mary Sugden, alias Mollie Sugden, actress known for her role as saleswoman Mrs Slocombe in the television sit-com Are You Being Served from 1972 till 1983. Died 2009.

Born this day 1948 in Marylebone, London, England – Steven Demetre Georgiou, alias Cat Stevens, aliasYusuf Islam, singer-songwriter, and musician.  Turns 76.

19 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 426

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

First Hour – including the latest Roadworks Update, and a Diamond Classic Twin-spin around 9.50;

Second Hour – including They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore, and Sky High (which planets can be seen, cloud permitting);

Third Hour – including a Tasmania Police update and another Diamond Classic Twin-spin around 11.35;

Half-hourly weather updates.

98.9 on the dial, or on-line at www.tygafm.org.au/listen-live

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Williamson Branch with Carl Jackson – Southern Nights (2024) (Debut)
Andy Martin – Corrine Corrina (2024) (Debut)
Aaron Bozwell – Gonna Make A Memory (2022)  (Debut)
BORN this day 1925 in Nevada, Missouri U.S.A. – Eva Sue McKee, alias Sue Thompson, pop and country singer who had several million selling hits during the 1960s, particularly with Sad Movies Make Me Cry and Norman. (d. 2021)
Sue Thompson – James Hold The Ladder Steady (1962) (Previous play as request – 24-8-2014)
Tommy Edwards – It’s All In The Game (1958)  (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 16-5-2021)
Graeme Clarke – There’s Only The Two Of Us Here (2019)  (Previous plays – 2. Last played 6-9-2019)

James Last & His Orchestra – Amapola (Previous plays – 5. Last played 22-9-2017)
Renee & Renato – Falling In Love (Debut)
BORN this day 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A. – George Hamilton IV, country singer who started performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to pop-country and folk music. Some of his biggest hits were Abilene (1963), Fort Worth Dallas or Houston (1964) and Canadian Pacific (1969).  Died 2014)
George Hamilton IV – Abilene (1963) (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 4-8-2023)
Andrew Ryan – Beauty Of The Bush (2023) (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 30-6-2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Swinging Blue Jeans – You’re No Good (1964)  (Previous plays – 3. Last played 22-2-2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (1964) (Previous plays – 22  Last played 21-5-2023 Requested 11 x)
Norma O’Hara Murphy – Drifting Down The Darling  (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 15-9-2023)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Chloe Winters – Delta Dawn (2024)  (Debut)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Nobody’s Darling But Mine  (Previous plays – 8  Last played 24-11-2023 Requested 7 x)
Ami Leigh – You Give Me Such A Feeling (2024)   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 14-7-2024)
Gary Kennedy – Dance With Me Molly (2023)   (Previous plays – 4.  Last played 23-6-2023)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Barry Mann – Who Put The Bomp (1961)  (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 27-8-2017 when requested.)
Dianne Coombes – Start Where You Are (2024)     (Debut)
Ray Price – In The Misty Moonlight (1964)   (Debut)

Roberto Delgado & His Orchestra- Save Your Kisses For Me   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 24-1-2021)
Julie Healy – The End Of The Rainbow (2022)  (Debut)
Daniel O’Donnell & Mary Duff – Yes Mr Peters    (Debut)
Ray Conniff Singers – There’s A Kind of Hush   (Debut)
Ollie Austin – Ribbon of Darkness   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 20-11-2020)
Gayle O’Neil – Open Arms (2019)   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 1-12-2019)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Bill Anderson – I Love You Drops   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 29-3-2024)
By Request: Warren Kearney – Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair (2024)   (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 12-7-2024)
One For The Road with Seamus Moore – The Transit Van (2024)   (Debut)
Anthony Baxter – Pride of New England (2024)   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 14-6-2024)
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon (1975)   (Debut)
Sonny James – You’re The Reason I’m Living (1971)  (Debut)
Emma Jene – Do You Remember   (Previous plays – 7.  Last played 21-9-2018)

Otto Bredl & Jiggs Whigham – C’Est Magnifique   (Previous plays – 2.  Last played 22-5-2016)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dusty Springfield – Wishin’ and Hopin’ (1964)  (Previous plays – 11.  Last played 18-2-2022)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jack Jones – The First Night of the Full Moon (1964)  (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 7-1-2024)
Toni West – It’s Too Late (2024)  (Debut)
Town Criers – Everlasting Love (1968)  (Debut)
Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Stein Song  (Debut)


FROM A LISTENER…….

Janine writes: Thank you for the request….that man (Warren Kearney – Ray) has the most calming voice….I love that song… I have had much enjoyment from your program today, great tunes…. Dance with me Molly by an Australian singer (Gary Kennedy – Ray) was just beautiful…also You’re The Reason by Sonny James…
I would vote you number one presenter every week….

ODD SPOTS

1968 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Two Syrian pilots who landed their Soviet-made Mig planes on the Betzet airfield in northern Israel told their interrogators that they were on a training flight, and mistook the Israeli airfield for one in Latakia, Syria.

1968 – Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Eleven year old Pari Hera found an interesting, oval piece of metal on the edge of the school ground, so presented his find to the headmaster. The headmaster took one look, and immediately called Army explosive experts. It was a live hand grenade.

1968 – And a Claremont (Tasmania) woman received a letter from her globe-trotting son, saying he had spent a night in gaol, in a small Mexican town. The local police had heard that the assassin of Dr Martin Luther King was in the locality, so until they checked, all Europeans went to gaol.

14 July 2024

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.

You can contact Ian at [email protected]

Today’s pic – A frosty sunrise over the Faulkner range in the Derwent Valley. Photo: Yours Truly

Valley Sunrise Edition 790
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Mike McClellan – Song and Dance Man (Previous plays – 5; Last Played 2-1-2022)
Ami Leigh – You Give Me Such A Feeling (2024)  
Shaun Cuddy – Dance In Tubbercurry (2024)
Ray Conniff Singers – Seasons In The Sun (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 4-10-2015)
Jim Reeves – The Search Is Ended  
By Request: Glen Campbell – Rhinestone Cowboy (Previous plays – 18; Previous requests 8; Last Played 7-4-2024 as a request)

Max Harris Orchestra – Blues In The Night (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 7-4-2023)
Judith Durham – Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man Of Mine
Ricky May – That Cat Is High
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 5: David Rose Orchestra – The Stripper  (Previous plays – 5; Last Played 4-3-2018)
Frank Sinatra – Forget Domani (1965)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 12-4-2020 as a request) 
Peter Smokie Dawson – Daddy Had A Workshop (2024) ISRC AU-LAH-2300004


Hour 2

Seekers – Someday Oneday (with Julie Anthony lead) (1996)
By Request: Elvis Presley – Hound Dog (Previous plays – 7; Previous requests 5; Last Played 15-5-2022 as a request)
By Request: Charley Pride – I Can’t Believe That You’ve Stopped Loving Me
By Request: Mrs Mills – My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
Acoustic Bloom – She (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 7-7-2024) ISRC IEWLW2400002
Sandpipers – All My Loving  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 17-7-2016)

Otto Bredl & Jiggs Whigham – Lovely Lady  (Previous plays – 1; Last Played 13-1-2017)
By Request: Daniel O’Donnell – I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen
Andrew Dean & Farm Machine – Soaking Up The Rays (2024)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 11-8-2023) ISRC QZHNA2406138
Glenn Jones – Elva’s Eyes (2024)
Runaway Dixie – Territory Skies (2024) ISRC AUJLF2400086
Foster & Allen – Medley~A World Of Our Own~You Are My Sunshine~This Land Is Your Land  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 1-5-2020)

ON THIS DAY:

Born this day 1910 in Melrose, New Mexico, U.S.A. – William Hanna, animator, television director and producer, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of children worldwide for much of the 20th century. Died 2001.

Born this day 1912 in Okemah, Oklahoma, U.S.A. – Woodrow Wilson Guthrie alias Woody Guthrie, singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children’s songs and ballads.  Died 1967.

Born this day 1944 in Waverley, New South Wales – Margaret Anne Jones-Owen, alias Margaret Pomeranz, Australian film producer and critic, and television personality.

Born this day 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria – John Wood, Gold Logie Award-winning Australian actor, best known today for his recent role as businessman Patrick Tyneman in the ABC drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries.

EVENTS:

1902 Venice, Italy – The original Campanile, or bell tower, of St Mark’s Basilica, then one of the oldest towers in Italy, collapsed.  It dated to the year 902, and was 98 metres high. It was rebuilt to a similar design in 1912.

1945 Charlotte Pass, New South Wales – Recorded the lowest temperature in Australia at the time, of -22.2 C  (-8 F).  This record was broken in the same place on 29^th June 1994, when a new low of -23.0 (-9.4 F) was recorded.

1965 The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to return images from another planet as it approached and flew past Mars.  The photographs it transmitted, of an apparently dead world caused a change of thinking by scientists as to life on Mars.  Communications with Mariner 4 were terminated in December 1967 and the space craft is now derelict, in orbit around the Sun.    

12 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 425

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Dave Caley – The Wild Ones (2024)
Jo Allen Christi – Grandpa’s Fishing Hole (2024)  ISRC QZK6L2359942
Caoimhe Murney – Wrong Road Again (2024)  ISRC IEXWD2400001
BORN this day 1895 in New York City U.S.A. – Oscar Hammerstein II, co-writer and lyricist of over 850 songs in collaboration with composers Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Sigmund Romberg and Richard Rodgers.  The final song he wrote was Edelweiss, for the musical The Sound of Music. (d. 1960)
Michael Junior – Edelweiss
Chris Boots Lee – My Greatest Claim To Fame (2024)  
Jim Reeves – I Won’t Come In While He’s There  (Previous plays – 2. Last played 29-1-2021)

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Brazilia Carnaval
Francoise Hardy – La Maison Ou J’ai Grandi (The House Where I Grew Up) (Previous plays – 1. Last played 7-6-2015)
BORN this day 1907 in Major Plains, Victoria – Ernest Edward Dunlop, alias Sir Ernest “Weary” Dunlop, surgeon renowned for his leadership whilst a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese army during World War 2.  Died 1993)
BORN this day 1952 in Clarendon, Jamaica – Elizabeth Mitchell, original lead singer of the 1970s disco band Boney M. Turns 72 today.
Boney M – Jimmy (1981) (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 11-9-2015)
Tony Clarke – It’s Like (2024) 
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jimmie Rodgers – The World I Used To Know (1964)  (Previous plays – 10. Last played 21-8-2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Little Patti – He’s My Boy (1964) (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 11-7-2014)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Lloyd Back – Flowers (2024)  ISRC AUZY4-23-00048
Al Grant – Rosa Rio   (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 20-11-2022)
Lena Martell – Hasta Manana
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Kenneth McKellar – Roamin’ In The Gloamin’ (1959)  (Previous plays – 5.  Last played 8-8-2021 when requested.)
DIED this day 1982 London, England – Kenneth More, actor and star of numerous movies, including Genevieve (1953);  Reach For The Sky in which he portrayed the legless fighter ace Douglas Bader in 1956;  Sink The Bismarck (1960);  and the television series The Forsyte Saga in 1967  (Aged 68)
DIED this day 1998 Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A. – James Corbitt Morris, alias Jimmie Driftwood, folk songwriter and musician.  He wrote over 6,000 songs, including the Johnny Horton hit, The Battle of New Orleans.  Aged 91.
DIED this day 2004 Gold Coast, Queensland – George Mallaby, Australian actor best known for his role as Detective Peter Barnes in the Crawford Productions series Homicide.  (Age 64)
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Victory (“Homicide” TV Theme)    (Previous plays – 9.  Last played 4-11-2022)
Daniel O’Donnell – A Fool Such As I

Francis Goya – Natacha
Westlake & Tom Savage – Shine Down On Me (2024)  ISRC AU-N4Q-24-00002
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Remember Me (2024)  ISRC  USJ3V2393595
Andy Williams – Domino
Bridget Pross – Husky Eyes (2024)  USCGH2034455
Terry Bennetts & Lee Forster – That’s The Kind Of Life I Live (2024)
Shadows – Dakota

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Kevin Sullivan – Journey (2024) (Previous plays – 3. Last played 21-6-2024) ISRC AUVW12400004
Foster & Allen – Devil Woman
Engelbert Humperdinck – The Way It Used To Be   (Previous plays – 3.  Last played 25-3-2022)
Roger Whittaker – Nur Ein Tag Im Paradies (Just One Day In Paradise)  
Warren Kearney – Worry Is Like A Rocking Chair (2024) 
Hank Snow – Ghost Trains

Shahin & Sepehr – One Thousand And One Nights 
60 Year Diamond Classic: Patsy Cline – Love Letters In The Sand (1964)  (Previous plays – 1.  Last played 6-8-2021)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dixiecups – Chapel Of Love (1964)  (Previous plays – 11.  Last played 18-2-2022)
Petula Clark – Who Am I
Four Lads – Put A Light In The Window (1958)  (Previous plays – 6.  Last played 10-2-2019)
Tony Christie – I Can’t Stop Loving You

Today’s pic – Sunrise over northern Tasmania at 35,000 feet (give or take a few). Yours Truly

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.

Valley Sunrise Edition 789
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Bob Marshall – Cowboy Blessing  ISRC QZWKY 2400191
Anne Murray – Sittin’ Back Lovin’ You  
Stephen Stokes – The Love Bug (2024) ISRC TCAHD 2326810
Cass Williams – Walking Old Floors (2024) ISRC QZDA 82419935
Les Paul & Mary Ford – Johnny Is The Boy For Me  (Previous plays – 3; Last Played 1-3-2019)
(Iris Colleen Summers, alias Mary Ford, was born this day 1924 in El Monte, California, USA. She was a guitarist and singer who, with her husband Les Paul, had 16 Top Ten hits during the first half of the 1950s. In 1951 alone, the sold six million records – a major achievement for those days. Died 1977)
The Jazz Kings – Sing A Little Song  (Previous plays – 6; Last Played 15-9-2023)
Anne Fraser – Uncle John’s Guitar (2024) (Previous plays – 2)

Joel Herron & His Orchestra – The Last Time I Saw Paris
Norman Luboff Choir – Breezing Along (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 2-8-2013)
Rachael Leahcar – Smile (2012)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 22-2-2019)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 4: Bobby Vinton – Roses Are Red (Previous plays – 10; Last Played 7-10-2022)
Acoustic Bloom – She (2024)  ISRC IEWLW2400002
Ringo Starr – After All These Years   
(Richard Starkey, alias Ringo Starr, was born this day 1940 in Liverpool, England. He was a musician, song-writer, actor, and famed as the drummer for The Beatles. Turns 84.)


Hour 2

Walk Don’t Run – Old Georgia Train (2024)
By Request: Kingston Trio – Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley (1961)  (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 16-4-2021)
By Request: Lighthouse Family – High
By Request: Julie Covington – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina  (Previous plays – 10; Previously requested – 5 Last Played 31-12-2023)
By Request: U 2 – Beautiful Day (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 14-1-2024)

Ebba Forsberg – Hold Me (2024)
Australian National Concert Orchestra – Love’s Theme (Previous plays – 2; Last Played 6-3-2015)
Sandy Scott – A Man Without Love
Mike McClellan – All I’ve Got Is Love  (Previous plays – 4; Last Played 30-3-2014)


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1952 The liner SS United States passed Bishop’s Rock, at the westernmost tip of the Scilly Isles, during her maiden voyage from New York, breaking the trans-Atlantic speed record with a time of 3 days, 10 hours, 42 minutes, to take the record as the fastest passenger ship in the world. SS United States has bene laid up in Philadelphia, in a stripped condition, for many years, her future remains uncertain.

1960 Sydney, New South Wales – In one of Australia’s most infamous crimes, 8-year-old Graeme Thorne was kidnapped and held for ransom after his father won £100,000 in a lottery. Graeme’s body was found, hidden on vacant ground in the suburb of Seaforth, six weeks later.
A massive police investigation, which used pioneering forensic techniques, culminated three months later in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) of a Hungarian immigrant to Australia, Istvan Baranjay, alias Stephen Bradley.
Baranjay was aboard a ship bound for England with his own wife and three children. He was extradited to Sydney and sentenced to life imprisonment in Goulburn gaol, where he died in 1968.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – A New Norfolk man called at the local police station to pay the registration on his car. He glanced through the police station window, in time to see his car moving off – driverless. He ran out and chased it, but the car came first – through a police officer’s front fence!

1968 – Toronto, Canada – A young woman, who was fleeing on a bicycle after making an unsuccessful attempt to rob a bank, was also unsuccessful with her escape bid. She was arrested after her bicycle skidded on a piece of watermelon rind..

1968 – Vareza Dal Parma, Brazil – Vincente Pinto, who claimed to be 113 years of age, had a remarkably eventful life. The latest occurred in a power station when he received a 13,000 volt shock, which knocked him out.
He had allegedly survived four rattle snake bites; numerous falls from horses; several bull gorings; and a number of severe burns.

5 July 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 424

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Lloyd Back – Try A Little Kindness (2023) (Played 4 times previously. Last played 19-1-2024)
Paul Hudnott – New Life On The Land (2024) (Played 2 times previously. Last played 14-6-2024)
Merri Winter – Dirt For Sale (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
By Request: Ollie Austin – Walking The Floor Over You
Huey Lewis & The News – Whole Lotta Lovin’ (1986) USA (Last played 5-7-2020)
[Hugh Anthony Cregg III, alias Huey Lewis, actor and musician, born this day 1950 in New York, U.S.A. Turns 74 today.]
Cassandra – Your Blue Eyes (2024) (Last played 14-6-2024)
Gary R Farmer – Listen To The Rhythm (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)

Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Islands In The Stream
John Gary – While We’re Young
Warren Kearney – Never Be Anyone Else But You (2023) (Played 4 times previously. Last played 14-1-2024)
Anne Fraser – Uncle John’s Guitar (2024) (Last played 7-6-2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Chuck Berry – No Particular Place To Go (1964)  (Last played 18-10-2020)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beach Boys – I Get Around (1964) (Played 6 times previously. Last played 29-5-2020)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Ryan McGlynn – Star Of The County Down (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
Shaza Leigh, Lindsay Butler, Peggy Gilchrist – Blaze of Glory (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
Ray Malcolm – Is There Something On Your Mind (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Kay Kyser – The Woody Woodpecker Song (1948)  (Played 12 times previously. Last played 17-11-2023)
By Request:  Elvis Presley – His Latest Flame (1961) (Played 10 times previously. Last played 2-4-2021)
Harry James & His Orchestra – Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Last played 17-3-2023)
Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole – Unforgettable (Played 5 times previously. Last played 9-2-2024)

Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – The Windmills Of Your Mind
Acoustic Bloom – She (2024) ISRC IEWLW2400002
By Request:  Mel Blanc – I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat (Played 6 times previously. Last played 16-2-2024)
Steve Condon – In My Life (2024) (Last played 28-6-2024)
Frankie Laine – High Noon (Played 5 times previously. Last played 2-2-2024)
Hay Mack – Monet Sky (2024) ISRC QMAAK2417373

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Joe Kelly – The Road Runner (2024) (Played 3 times previously. Last played 21-6-2024)
By Request: Pussycat – Mississippi (Played 32 times previously, requested 27 times. Last played 19-5-2024)
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024) (Played 2 times previously. Last played 28-6-2024) ISRC NLJ9A2300007
Celia Bryce Band – Peacemaker (2024) (Last played 9-6-2024)
Magic Trumpets – Dolannes Melodie  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 22-9-2017)
John Greene – Sail Away (2024) (Last played 21-6-2024)
Ron Baker – Touch (2024) ISRC QZ ZP22401234

By Request: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Morgen   (Played 4 times previously. Last played 2-6-2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Gene Pitney – Cornflower Blue (1964)  (Last played 26-9-2021 – By Request)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Terry Stafford – I’ll Touch A Star (1964)  (Played 11 times previously. Last played 3-12-2023)
Kerr Donnelly Band – My Poor Heart (2024)
Rosalind Clare – Seven Lonely Days (2024)  (Last played 21-6-2024)

From Karin, listening in Perth, West Australia, today:
Lovely program this morning with some great Newbies & Oldies & a surprise track from Magic Trumpets with “Dolannes Melody” so nice to listen to, good to hear it also triggered some of your memories  Thank you so much DJ Ray for including this awesome Trumpet Solo for me ♡

30 June 2024

Today’s pic – The Derwent River near Dromedary

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.

Valley Sunrise Edition 788
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Ray Conniff Singers – Don’t Sleep In The Subway  (Last Played 23-1-2022)
Men Of The Village – Another Start (2024)  ISRC NLH2N 24 00010
Foster & Allen – Wand-rin’ Star
Bernie O’Brien – Rosanna (2022)
Chet Atkins – White Silver Sands  (Last Played 23-9-2016)
(Chester Atkins, alias Chet Atkins, died this day 2001 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a guitarist and record producer who, with Owen Bradley, created the smooth country music style known as the Nashville Sound. Aged 77.)
The Jazz Kings – Sing A Little Song  (Played 6 times previously)

European Show Band – Sentimental Over You  (Last Played 23-8-2013)
Nat King Cole – The Girl From Ipanema
Rachael Leahcar – Nights In White Satin (2012)   (Last Played 10-3-2017)
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 3: Dee Dee Sharp – Mashed Potato Time
Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound (1966)  (Last Played 4-10-2022)
Lolita – Sailor (1960)  (Played 19 times previously, last Played 30-6-2023)
(Edith Zuser, alias Lolita, died this day 2010 in Salzburg, Austria. Lolita was a pop singer who began singing in local clubs whist working as a kindergarten teacher. Her recording career began in 1957 and in December 1959, recorded her only Gold record – Sailor. Aged 79.)
Andrew Ryan – Beauty Of The Bush (2023)

Hour 2

Bill Anderson – Country D J (1963)
By Request: Beatles – In My Life (1965)  (Played 8 times previously, requested 7 times. Last Played 19-5-2024)
By Request: Destiny Band Oz – It’s The Gift (Played 10 times previously, requested 5 times. Last Played 7-5-2023)
By Request: Isla Grant – Will You Walk With Me  (Played 9 times previously, requested 4 times. Last Played 1-12-2019)
By Request: Winifred Atwell – The Black And White Rag (1952) (Played 11 times previously, requested 5 times. Last Played 16-7-2023)
By Request: Beatles – P S I Love You (Played 10 times previously, requested 8 times. Last Played 12-11-2023)

John Glenn – The Blue Side of Lonesome
Zac Griffith – My River Runs To You (2024)  ISRC GBSVC 2400202
Slim Dusty – Pay Day At The Pub
James Blundell & James Reyne – Way Out West  (Last Played 30-5-2014)


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS ON THIS DAY:

1886 Montreal, Canada – The first transcontinental train trip across the country departed.  Operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it arrived in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.

1894 London, England  – Tower Bridge was officially opened by the-then Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII.  It’s total construction cost was £1,184,000, or a little over £100 million in today’s values.  Each of its two opening bascules, or roadway sections, weigh over 1,000 tonnes.

1927 Sydney, New South Wales – Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm completed a record-breaking circumnavigation flight around Australia in 10 days, 5 hours and 15 minutes.  Their 7 year old plane had an open cockpit, rudimentary navigation aids and therefore could be flown only in daylight.

1940 Sydney, New South Wales – The flying boat Aotearoa arrived from Auckland carrying nine passengers and 40,000 letters, making the first such flight for Tasman Empire Airways Ltd.  The flight had taken nearly nine hours.

1947 New Town, Tasmania – A bulldozer turned the first soil for construction of the first stage of a new northern outlet road from Cornelian Bay Road to Berriedale. (Stage 1 of the Brooker Highway.)

1947 Masterton, New Zealand – The country faced the worst flooding for 50 years after 10 inches (254mm) of rain fell in 24 hours in the Wairarapa district.  Heavy damage was caused to highways and bridges, while the main trunk railway was inundated, halting Wellington – Auckland train services.

1960 Moonah, Tasmania – Prompt action by staff at the Bowen Road Primary School saved the lives of several children who had swallowed morphine sulphate tablets.  They were rushed to hospital by the headmaster, Mr Groom, in his own car and treated in the outpatients section.  

1965 Woodmans Point, near Fremantle, West Australia – The 10-man crew of a 320 ton explosives carrier, Blythe Star, abandoned the ship after it ran aground in heavy seas.  Authorities did not consider the ship, which was laden with 12,000 tons of gelignite and other explosives, was in danger of exploding.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – Fergus Falls, Minnesota, U.S.A. – When a railway waggon containing powdered dog food arrived at a concrete mixing plant, it was unloaded and transferred to the mixing machinery. The mistake wasn’t discovered until the mix was used in a footpath, and didn’t harden.

1968 – Port Moresby, New Guinea – A local villager was walking to his home in Madang when a cow started to chase him. When he ran into a copra drying shed, the cow followed.
He jumped into a nearby river, and the cow followed. He gave the cow “the slip” by squeezing between two boulders – then discovered he was stuck. He spent the night calling for help before his son rescued him.

1968 – Hobart, Tasmania. – A motorist’s view of parking meter attendants changed when one said he was “sorry” he had to book him. The motorist went to the Town Hall with haste, to pay his dollar fine.

AMENDED

28 June 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 423

The Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Chasing Twisters – All The Way To Deja Vu (2024)
Don Joy & Melanie Lynn – I Know What I Said (2024)
Frank Ifield – Crazy (1963)
John Inman – Are You Being Served  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 8-3-2024)
[John Inman, born this day 1935 in Preston, Lancashire, England, best remembered as the actor who portrayed Mr Humphries in the 1970s/80s sitcom Are You Being Served. His earlier career in clothing retail served him well for this role in a menswear department. Died 2007.]
Chad Morgan – Three Ply Coffin
Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl (1970)  (Played 3 times previously. Last played 3-6-2018)

Geoff Love & His Orchestra – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Andy Williams – Charade
Renee & Renato – Save Your Love (1982) [Renato Pagliari, born this day in Rome, Italy. Died 2009]  (Played 13 times previously. Last played 31-3-2023)
Bee Gees – Warm Ride (1977)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Tornados – Monte Carlo (1964)  (Played 6 times previously. Last played 27-8-2021)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Gene Pitney – Yesterday’s Hero (1964) (Played 2 times previously. Last played 20-7-2014)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Jax Tonic – Sitting Here On A Beach (2023)
Graham Oliver – I Don’t Know How I’ll Ever Get Over You (2024)
Foster & Allen – Take Me Home Country Roads
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Sheb Wooley – The Purple People Eater (1958)  (Played 12 times previously. Last played 17-11-2023)
Lyndel Lucas – Slow Dance (2024)
Steve Condon – In My Life (2024)

Orchestral Sounds – Spanish Flea
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024)
Bob Marshall – Father’s Day (2024)
Anne Fraser – She Sang The Harmony (2024)
Slim Dusty – I Don’t Want No Woman Around
By Request: Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – The French Song  (Played 3 times previously. Last played 6-8-2021)
Sean Cuddy – Dance In Tubbercurry (2024)
Hayley Westenra – Pokarekare Ana


Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Silverline – Let The Rain Fall (2024)
Bunky Christiansen – Cradle of Love (2016) QMEU 32111938
Jason Carruthers – Storm On The Mountain (2020)
Max Bygraves – Tiny Bubbles  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 23-8-2015)
Max Howard Chambers – Frown Upside Down (2024)
Stephen Stokes – A Peace Cry (2024) IEWLB2400001

David Whitaker & His Orchestra – Good Morning Starshine   (Last played 25-8-2013)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beach Boys – Don’t Worry Baby (1964)  (Played 8 times previously. Last played 19-7-2019)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Lucille Starr – The French Song (1964)  (Played 11 times previously. Last played 27-8-2021)
ABBA – Put On Your White Sombrero (1980)
Cowsills – Indian Lake (1968)  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 11-11-2022)
Ray Malcolm – California Blue (2023)  (Played 5 times previously. Last played 26-11-2023)

From Karin, listening in Perth, West Australia, today, regarding Tiny Bubbles:
I was tuned in to another great Friday Morning Radio Show & your inviting company. Some wonderful tracks were played & then the notorious “Antioxidant” was mentioned, of course with my name attached.    Thank you DJ Ray for playing this uplifting “Bubbles Song” for me, I’ve enjoyed the tunes with a smile on my face ♡

From Janine, listening in the Derwent Valley today:
Oh this takes me back & warms my heart. Tiny Bubbles I have a clear vision of sitting watching the sunset in Maui sipping a wine & listening to a gorgeous Hawaiian native singing this song …..it was a memory that will never leave me….. Don’t ever think no one is enjoying your program how could they not….you play such diverse music something for everyone… I wouldn’t be the only one experiencing these great memories all because of your music…..take care…

16 June 2024

Today’s pic: Sunrise, Bilton Bay, Claremont.

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.

Valley Sunrise Edition 787
0700 ~ 0900 AEST – PLAYLIST

Hour 1

Jasin McCahill – Thank God I’m A Country Boy (2024)
John Michael Ferrari – I Keep Dreaming (2024) ISRC TCAAW 1129204
Victoria Eman & Franz Lippert – I Drink Too (2024)
Bill Anderson – Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (1962)
Johnny Cash & June Carter – Daddy Sang Bass (1969)  (Last Played 23-9-2020)
(June Carter, born this day 1929 in Scott County, Virginia, USA. She was a singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, musician, comedienne and author, second wife of Johnny Cash. Died 2003.)
Ronnie Kennedy – Lara’s Theme (Last Played 4-8-2023)

Lawrence Welk Orchestra – Champagne Time
Andy Williams – And Roses And Roses
Joy Adams – Best Mum In The World (2024) ISRC USJ3V 2393597
Billboard Top 20 of 1962 – No 2: Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
Daniel O’Donnell – And Then I Kissed You
Adam Faith – As You Like It (1962) (Last Played 29-9-2017)
(Adam Faith, born this day 1940 in East Acton, London, England, as Terence Nelhams-Wright. He was a teen idol, singer, actor, and financial jornalist, who became the first English artist to lodge his first seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first English acts to regularly record original songs. Died 2003.)

Hour 2

Sarah Riches – Alibi (2024)
By Request: Righteous Brothers – Unchained Melody (1965)  (Last Played 16-4-2023)
By Request: Slim Dusty – We’ve Done Us Proud (Requested 20 times previously)
By Request: Shadows – Apache (1960)  (Requested 18 times previously.)
By Request: Jazz Kings – Maria Elena


By Request: Michael Crawford – She Used To Be Mine
Ronnie Aldrich & London Festival Orchestra – The Entertainer
Taylor Brothers – Walking In The Sunshine (2024) ISRC GBSVC 2400202
Freddie Quinn – La Paloma
Charlie Adams – It’s A Good Life (2015) ISRC AUJ3Z 2300001


ON THIS DAY:

EVENTS:

1931 Roosevelt Field, Long Island, U.S.A. – Wiley Post and Tasmanian Harold Gatty took off in a single engine plane in an attempt to circumnavigate the world.  Their flight set a record for aerial circumnavigation, covering 24,903 km in 8 days, 15 hours, and 51 minutes.

1942 Wales, U.K. – One of Germany’s latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf FW-190, was captured intact when it’s pilot mistakenly landed at RAF Pembrey.

ODD SPOTS:

1968 – London, England – England’s only female High Court Judge, Justice Elizabeth Lane, gave a decree nisi in the Divorce Court to John Deane (58), a carpenter, whose wife (Florence) attacked him each time he returned from the local pub.
Justice Lane said men should be able to stop for a few beers after work. She said the wife’s conduct was cruel and Mr Deane was unable to lead a peaceful life.

1968 – Chester, England – The local council ordered restaurant owner Bill White to remove a sign “White’s Eat Inn” because it was racist. Mr White said he wasn’t going to change his name.

1968 – Los Angeles, U.S.A. – Fourteen year old Craig Elliott got out of his bunk in his parent’s camper, and wandered out the door, while the camper was moving at 80 km/h! A highway patrol car, which happened to be behind, took Craig to hospital, but his injuries were limited to bruises. Craig’s mother said he had been sleep-walking since the age of three.

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)