Easter Day 31 March 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 775

Photo: Locomotive C 22 with vintage carriages, Tasmanian Transport Museum, Tasmania, Australia. (Photo: Yours Truly)

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Daniel O’Donnell – A Country Boy Like Me
Mike Wilkinson – The Old Ways Of Livin’ (2024)
Carter Kilgore – Ring of Fire
Tammy Lynn – Born Too Late (2024)
Lefty Frizzell – Saginaw Michigan
(Born this day 1928 in Corsicana, Texas, USA – William Orville Frizzell, alias Lefty Frizzell, country singer and songwriter. Died 1975.)
Tony Christie – Blue Bayou

Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Adelita
John D Loudermilk – The Language Of Love (1961)
(Born this day 1934 in Durham, North Carolina, USA – John D Loudermilk, 1960s singer and songwriter. Died 2016.)
Anne Murray – There Goes My Everything
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 9: Dee Clarke – Raindrops
Tres Chic – The Boxer (2024)
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass – The Lonely Bull (1962)
(Born This day 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA – Herb Alpert, trumpeter, band leader and recording industry executive. Turns 89.)
Kevin Sullivan – Three Ways (2024)


Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Dean Perrett – Close To Home (2023)
By Request: Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love
By Request: Bobby Goldsboro – Molly (1963)
By Request: Lonnie Lee – Starlight Starbright (1960)
By Request: Congregation – Softly Whispering I Love You
By Request: Elvis Presley – Way Down

Olympic Standard Orchestra – Papillon
Vanessa Bourne – No One Holds A Candle To You (2024)
Carrie Romero – Eyes In The Back Of My Heart (2024)
Racey – Runaround Sue
Kenny Rogers – Rueben James (1969)
Waikikis – A Little Bit Of Heaven

29 March 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 410

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Alan Gumm – Whiskey Under The Bridge (2024)
Anne Fraser – Beneath Australian Stars (2024)
Tony Christie – Mexico City
Astrid Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema (1964)
[Born this day 1940 in Bahia, Brazil – Astrud Weinert, alias Astrid Gilberto, singer famed for her samba and bossa nova music. Died 2023.]
Bill Anderson – I Love You Drops
Les Brown & His Band of Renown with Jo Ann Greer – Autumn Leaves

Ray Conniff & His Orchestra – Thanks For The Memory
Seekers – Someday Oneday (1965)
Dusty Springfield – You’ve Got A Friend
Eden Kane – Well I Ask You
[Born this day 1941 in Delhi, India – Richard Sarstedt alias Eden Kane, teen idol and pop singer of the early 1960s. Turns 84.]
Joe Moore – Kenny (2023)
The Welsh Whisperer – H M R C Let Me Be (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – All My Loving (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Judy Stone – Four Million Three Thousand Two Hundred And Twenty One Tears From Now (1964)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Cilla Black – Surround Yourself With Sorrow (1968)
Andy Williams – Up Up And Away
Elisabeth Grey – Don’t Stop The Dancing (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Guy Mitchell – My Truly Fair (1951)
Nancy Su – You Gave Me (2024)
Rob Breese – My People (2024)

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me
Dean Martin – Every Minute Every Hour (1964)
Vangelis – Chariots Of Fire (1981)
[Born this day 1943 in Volos, Greece – Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, alias Vangelis. Died 2022.]
Petula Clark – This Is My Song (1967)
Billy Thorpe – Most People I Know Think I’m Crazy (1972)
Allie Jean – Pretty On The Outside (2024)
James Last & His Orchestra – High Life In The Sun

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Tony Clarke – Good Morning Mr Morning (2024)
Felicia De-Ramus-Paul – Invitation To The Blues (2024)
Roger Tibbs – Bandy The Rodeo Clown (2024)
Pussycat – Smile (1977)
Bill Goodall – Love Is Blue (2023)

Frank Mills & His Orchestra – Memories (From Cats)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dusty Springfield – Stay Awhile (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Billy J Kramer – Little Children (1964)
Rosalind Clare – Faded Love (2024)
Ridge Banks – One Note At A Time (2024)
Jazz Kings – Rocking Gold (2023)

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

ALSO ON THIS DAY:

1932 – Sydney, New South Wales – Born, Patricia Lawman, alias Toni Lamond, singer, actress, dancer and comedienne who has been performing since the age of 10. She has starred in numerous Australian television programmes. Turns 92.

1965 – Hobart, Tasmania – The Tasman Bridge was officially opened.

1972 – Berlin, Germany – West Berliners were permitted to enter the walled-off eastern half of the city for the first time in 20 years.

1973 – Ho Chi Minh City (then Saigon) South Vietnam – The last U.S. combat soldiers left the city, following the end of the Vietnam War.

1974 – America’s Mariner 10 became the first space probe to fly past the planet Mercury and return close-up photographs.

1974 – Xian, China – Workmen and archaeologists uncovered a series of pits containing over 8,000 life-size, terra-cotta figures, depicting soldiers, chariots and horses. Considered to be one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, some of the figures, known as the Terra-Cotta Army, can be visited by foreign travellers.

24 March 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 774

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Tony Clarke – Good Morning Mr Morning (2024)
Tony Bennett & Elton John – Rags To Riches
Bee Gees – World (1967)
Anne Murray & Glen Campbell – You’re Easy To Love
Dermot O’Hara – Lonestar State of Mind (2024)
Charlie Landsborough – Close Your Eyes

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – Atlantis
The Long And Short Of It – Beside You (2024)
Warren Kearney – The Old Ways (2023)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 8: The Stringalongs – Wheels
Andy Williams – We’ve Only Just Begun
Brian Letton – She (2023)
101 Strings – Sweets For My Sweet


Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Anne Fraser – Beneath Australian Stars (2024)
By Request: John Williamson – Cootamundra Wattle
By Request: Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles
By Request: Judy Collins – Send In The Clowns
By Request: Pussycat – Mississippi

The Welsh Whisperer – H M R C Just Let Me Be (2024)
Brothers Four – All My Loving (1964)
Peter & Gordon – 500 Miles (1964)
Dionne Warwick – The April Fools
Jade Hurley & Pixie Jenkins – A Little Bit Country
Petula Clark – My Love (1965)
Lance Birrell – Aussie Medley (2023)

ON THIS DAY:

1960 – Hobart, Tasmania – Test transmissions from Hobart’s only commercial television station, TVT channel 6, which was yet to open, were clearly received over a wide area of southern Tasmania.

1965 – Photographs of the Moon, transmitted from the NASA spacecraft Ranger 9, were broadcast into millions of homes in the United States before the craft crashed into the Moon at 9,600 km/h.

1980 – Sydney, New South Wales – The Australian Olympic Committee announced it would send a delegation to the Moscow Olympic Games, despite objections by the-then Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser.

1989 – Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA – The bulk tanker Exxon Valdez spilt over 37,000 tonnesof crude oil after running aground. The spill, which polluted over 2,000 kilometres of coastline, is the second largest to occur in U S waters.

22 March 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 409

Photo: The River Derwent near Hayes, Tasmania, Australia. (Photo: Yours Truly)

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Crystal Gayle – Never Ending Song of Love
Tony Christie – Rhinestone Cowboy
Men At Work – Down Under (1981)
Kym Cormack – Aotearoa New Zealand (2024)
Sandy Summers – Run Today (2024)
Grady Martin & Slewfoot Five – More

101 Strings – San Francisco
Andy Williams – Without You
Roger Whittaker – Imagine
[Born this day 1936 in Nairobi, Kenya – Roger Whittaker, singer-songwriter and musician. Died 2023]
Warren Kearney & Peggie Nora – We Don’t Talk Anymore (2023)
Bee Gees – Don’t Forget To Remember (1969)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beach Boys – Fun Fun Fun (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dave Clark Five – Bits And Pieces (1964)

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

The Welsh Whisperer – H M R C Just Let Me Be (2024)
Lesley Gore – Here You Come Again
Jimmy Little – Never Never
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Ray Anthony Singers – At Last (1952)
Carylann – Try The World On Like A Pair Of Shoes (2019)
Ron Jenkins – Loves Me So (2024)

James Last & His Orchestra – The Last Waltz
Jazz Kings – Moanin’ (2023)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Singers – Love Changes Everything
[Born this day 1948 in Kensington, London, England – Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer of musical theatre, referred to as the most commercially successful composer in history. Turns 76 today.]
Guy Mitchell – Silver Moon Upon The Golden Sands (1950)
Bob Marshall – Cowboy Blessing (2024)
Terry Bennetts – Backing In The Van (2024)
Jokeria – Another Neon Bar (2024)
Dancing Ballroom Orchestra – Walking On A Sunday

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Chris “Boots” Lee – This Is Australia (2024)
Jason Carruthers – Goats Ahead Upon The Road (2022)
Blue Shamrocks – You Packed Away Your Records (2024)
Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup (1969)
Dianne Lindsay – When Rivers Run (2023)
Trevor Dawe – Buckaroo
Mark White & Matt Rogers – The Sound of Silence

Percy Faith & His Orchestra – Judy
60 Year Diamond Classic: Diane Renay – Blue Navy Blue (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Four Seasons – Dawn (1964)
Tiny Green Island – Walking On The Waves (2024)
Petula Clark – I Will Follow Him (1963)
Dave Caley – La Bamba (2023)

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

ALSO ON THIS DAY:

1931 – Australian National Airlines’ airliner Southern Cloud, which left Sydney for Melbourne at 8.30 a.m. with 6 passengers and 2 crew, was reported missing.  The aircraft was one of ten triple-engined aircraft which flew regular services within Australia.
An 18-day search by 20 aircraft failed to reveal its whereabouts and it remained a mystery until 26 October 1958, when a worker on the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric project accidentally discovered the it’s remains in mountainous terrain, 25 kilometres east of the direct Sydney-Melbourne route.

1942 – London, England – W W 2 – The BBC broadcast its first daily news bulletin to the French Resistance in Morse Code.

1968 – Two journalists died and 8 other people were injured when a helicopter crashlanded on a natural gas platform in Bass Strait, 24 km off Sale, Victoria

17 March 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 773

Photo: An 1820s colonial-era cottage, built by Irish exile James Austin, who ran a punt ferry which carried travellers, their horses and wagons across the nearby Derwent River. Overland travellers risked attack by bushrangers, during their long 220 km journey north, to Launceston.

This place became known, and still is known, as Austins Ferry.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Chris “Boots” Lee – You’ve Got To Stand For Something (2024)
Elisabeth Grey – Don’t Stop The Dancing (2024)
Fat Daddy Pussycat Orchestra – I Saw Her Standing There
Victoria Eman – Oceans (2024)
Nat King Cole – Wolverton Mountain (1962)
[Nathaniel Adams Coles, alias Nat King Cole, born this day 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. He owes most of his fame to his soft, baritone voice and was one of the first black Americans to host a television variety show. Nat King Cole’s popularity has remained high, decades after his untimely death on 15 February 1965.]
Kym Cormack – Aotearoa, New Zealand (2024)

Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra – Red Sails In The Sunset
Adam Wade – Take Good Care Of Her (1961)
[Patrick Henry Wade, alias Adam Wade, born this day 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. As a singer, drummer and television actor, he became famous for a series of hits in the early 1960s. Died 2022.]
Blue Echoes – Personality (1979)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 6: Chubby Checker – Pony Time
Platters – Harbour Lights (1960)
[Zola Taylor, born this day 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Zola was the only female member of the Platters from 1954 till 1962, when the group produced most of their popular singles. Died 2007.]
Tommy Makem – Canada My Own Land (2024)


Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Jewels And The Heist – Where Do We Go From Here (2024)
By Request: Bee Gees – Tragedy
By Request: Rosanne Cash – Tennessee Flat Top Box
By Request: 101 Strings Orchestra – Quando Quando Quando
By Request: John Williamson – Cootamundra Wattle

By Request: Lonnie Donegan – Have A Drink On Me
Terry Stafford – Suspicion (1964)
[Terry Stafford, died this day 1996 in Amarillo, Texas, USA. He was a singer/songwriter who had a major hit in 1964 with Suspicion. Aged 54.]
Caillin Joe – Love Me (2023)
Ferlin Husky – On The Wings Of A Dove (1961)
[Ferlin Husky, died this day 2011 in Westmoreland, Tennessee USA. He had major hits in the 1950s with A Dear John Letter and Forgive Me John, as well as On The Wings Of A Dove. Aged 85.]
David Curtis – After All These Years (2024)
Petula Clark – My Friend The Sea (1961)

ALSO ON THIS DAY:

1955 – Hobart, Tasmania – The city’s water supply situation was described as desperate, and reliant entirely on the Lake Fenton pipeline. 

1963 – Bali, Indonesia – An eruption of the volcano Mt Agung caused the loss of 11,000 lives.

1965 – Launceston, Tasmania – All 19 passengers and four crew escaped uninjured when a Fokker Friendship airliner crash-landed at Launceston Airport after one engine failed.

1967 – Long Beach, California, U.S.A. – Australia’s two domestic airlines, TAA and Ansett ANA, took delivery of their first Douglas DC 9 jet airliners.

1979 – Berwickshire, England – The Penmanshiel railway tunnel collapsed during re-construction, with the loss of two workmen.
Initially constructed in 1845, it was part of the East Coast Main Line, but after this collapse the ground was determined to be too unstable to recover the workmen’s bodies or rebuild the tunnel.
The tunnel was then sealed-up and the railway was diverted through a deep cutting, to the west of the hill. 

15 March 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 408

Header photo: An early colonial cottage, dating to the 1820s, built by exiled Irishman James Austin after his release. Location, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia.

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Parker & Johnson – The Trouble With Love (2024)
Gene Pitney – A Thousand Arms (1972)
Tom Jones – A Little You (1966)
Harry James & His Orchestra – By The Time I Get To Phoenix
[Born this day 1916, Harry James, Big Band era bandleader, active from 1939 till his death in 1983, aged 67]
Andy Williams – You’ve Got A Friend
Roger Whittaker – Paraguayan Whistler

Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra – Hopelessly Devoted To You
Pasadena Roof Orchestra – Sunday
Warren Kearney – Music Falling (2023)
Alan Gumm – Lady In Blue (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Roy Orbison – Borne On The Wind (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – Roll Over Beethoven (1964)
Swinging Brothers Revival – Back In Time

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Mary Gantley – Burning Love (2023)
Kevin Allum – The Legend That Is Chad Morgan (2024)
Terry Bennetts – Backing In The Van (2024)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Mitch Miller Orchestra & Singers – The Yellow Rose Of Texas (1955)
Kameron Mantell – Only The Lonely (2024)
Mike Wilkinson – The Old Ways Of Livin’ (2024)

Mex Greger & His Orchestra – Last Un Tanzen
Jazz Kings – On Green Dolphin Street (2023)
Dana – All Kinds Of Everything (1970)
[This day in 1970 – All Kinds of Everything, sung by Dana, won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland]
John Michael Ferrari – One Heck Of A Girl (2024)
Frankie Davidson – Hector The Trash Collector (1968)
[This day in 1975, Glasgow, Scotland: Troops were used to clear 70,000 tons of garbage which had accumulated during a 9-week refuse workers’ strike.]
Chad Morgan – You Just Can’t Win
Lonnie Donegan – My Old Man’s A Dustman (1960)

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Heartland Roots Band – Faithless Life
Chasing Twisters – You’re Melting Me (2024)
Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – Nothing Comes Easy (2024)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Singers – Any Dream Will Do
Elisabeth Grey – Don’t Stop The Dancing (2024)
Mrs Mills – In The Good Old Summertime

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Adios Muchachos
60 Year Diamond Classic: Pete Seeger – Little Boxes (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Connie Francis – Blue Winter (1964)
Siesta Standard Orchestra – I’m Through With Love
Victoria Eman & Indy – Hawaii Aloha (2017)
Bohemian Rogue & Pixie Jenkins – Outback Man (2023)
Ryan McGlynn – The Good Ship Kangaroo (2024)

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

10 March 2024 – STEAMFEST WEEKEND IN SHEFFIELD

Valley Sunrise Edition 772

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Ruby Jones – Feeling of Falling (2024)
Little Patti – I’ll Eat My Hat (1966)
Hermans Hermits – No Milk Today (1966)
Douglas Ray Jaffe – Love Again (2023)
Seekers – I Wish You Could Be Here
Mike Wilkinson – The Old Ways Of Living (2024)

Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra – C’Est Si Bon
Lavern Baker – Humpty Dumpty Heart (1957)
One For The Road – Love Story (2023)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 5: Del Shannon – Runaway
Gogi Grant – The Wayward Wind (1956) [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, alias Gogi Grant, 1950s pop singer, died this day 2016 aged 91.]
Slim Whitman – Happy Street
Neil Diamond – Kentucky Woman

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Demis Roussos – My Friend The Wind
By Request: Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb – Guilty
By Request: Johnny O’Keefe – Shout
By Request: Charlie Landsborough – My Forever Friend
By Request: Charley Pride – Just Between You and Me
By Request: Josh Turner – Your Man

Tres Chic – The Boxer (2024)
Ray Conniff Singers – Laughter In The Rain
Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – My Love
Warren Kearney – Il Trovador Solitaro (2023)
Mae McCoy & Her Neon Stars – One More Time (2023)
Blue Shamrocks – You Packed Away Your Records (2024)

ALSO DIED THIS DAY:

1988 Oxford, England – Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer, teen idol and youngest brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice (the Bee Gees) Aged 30.
1990 Sydney, New South Wales – Pat McDonald, television and radio actress remembered for her role as Dorrie Evans in the soapie Number 96. Aged 68.
1998 Los Angeles, California USA – Lloyd Bridges, actor who starred in various television series and 150 feature films. Aged 85.
2005 Kensington, London, England – David O’Mahoney, alias Dave Allen, Irish comedian who frequently made fun of political hypocrisy and religious authority. Aged 68.
2015 Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales – Stuart Wagstaff, pioneering Australian radio, television and stage entertainer. Aged 90.

3 March 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 771

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Albert Hammond – Brand New Day (1980)
Charley Pride – Is Anybody Going To San Antone (1970)
Craig Lloyd – Thank You Country (2024)
Engelbert Humperdinck – A Winter World Of Love (1969)
Star Trek Theme
[Born this day 1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – James Doohan, actor best known for this role as “Scotty” in the television series Star Trek. Died 2005]
Christine Bauer – Call Me (2024)

Conway Twitty – Hello Darlin’ (1971)
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes – Up Where We Belong (1982)
[Born this day 1947 in Seattle, Washington State, USA – Jennifer Warnes, singer and songwriter. Turns 77.]
Toni West – I Won’t Crumble With You If You Fall (2024)
Billboard Top 20 of 1961 – No 4: Roy Orbison – Crying
Danny Kaye – Wonderful Copenhagen (1952)
[Died this day 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA – David Kaminsky, alias Danny Kaye, actor, singer, dancer and comedian. aged 76.]
Abby Grace – Get Over That Thang (2024)

Hour 2 (8.00 ~ 9.00):

Fisherman’s Friends – Strike The Bell
By Request: Bee Gees – New York Mining Disaster 1941 (1967)
By Request: Olivia Newton John – If You Love Me Let Me Know (1974)
By Request: Patrick O’Hagan – When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
By Request: Marty Robbins – Red River Valley
By Request: Brothers Four – Greenfields (1960)

Al Caiola – You Don’t Know Me
Ray Malcolm – With These Hands (2024)
By Request: Slim Dusty – Looking Forward Looking Back
Bill Pidgley – After all These Years (2024)
Clayton Saunders – Black Sheep (2024)

ON THIS DAY

1854 – Australia’s first telegraph line opened between Melbourne and Williamstown.  Work was already in progress on an extension to Geelong and Port Phillip Heads.

1911 – Palmerston, Northern Territory, was re-named Darwin after the evolutionist, Charles Darwin.

1911 – BORN Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.  – Harlean Harlow Carpenter alias Jean Harlow, film actress and sex symbol of the 1930s.  Known as the “Platinum Blonde” and the “Blonde Bombshell” due to her platinum blonde hair, Harlow was ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time by the American Film Institute. (d. 1937)

1947 – Western Junction, Tasmania – An RAAF Mosquito aircraft participating in an aerial pageant over-ran the airport runway, ploughed through two fences and hopped a railway cutting before coming to rest.

1960 Hobart, Tasmania – The State’s first television signal was transmitted by TVT channel 6 from the station’s newly completed building on Mt Wellington.  The transmission consisted of a static test pattern in the form of a grid.  

1 March 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 406

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1 (9.00 ~ 10.00):

Rosalind Clare – Back In Baby’s Arms (2024)
Jason Owen – Leaving On A Jet Plane (2019)
Jax Tonic – Sitting Here On A Beach (2023)
Glen Miller & His Orchestra – The Woodpecker Song
[Born this day 1904 in Clarinda, Iowa, USA – Alton Glen Miller, jazz musician, arranger, composer, bandleader of the swing era. He was aboard a plane which disappeared without trace over the English Channel in 1944.)
Jazz Kings – East Of The Sun (2023)
Matt Monro – Answer Me

Joe Loss & His Orchestra – Kissin’ Cha Cha
Edward Woodward – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Harry Belafonte – The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) (1956)
[Born this day 1927 in New York, USA – Harry Belafonte, musician, singer, actor and social activist, known as “The King of Calypso.” Died 2023]
Fats Domino – I’m In Love Again (1956)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Bobby Goldsboro – See The Funny Little Clown
60 Year Diamond Classic: Rob E G – Carmen
Fisherman’s Friends – Strike The Bell

Hour 2 (10.00 ~ 11.00):

Muriel O’Connor & Fran Curry – Clap Your Hands (2024)
Dave Lawlor – Mississippi (2024)
Jim Haynes – Cheryl Went Feral (2012)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Anthony Perkins – The Prettiest Girl In School (1958)
Jimmy Little – Boomerang
[Born this day 1937 in Cummeragunja Mission, New South Wales – Jimmy Little, Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher. Died 2012]
Anne Fraser – Under Australian Stars (2024)
Stanley Sokol & Polkateers – Pennsylvania Polka

Victoria Eman – Oceans (2024)
Ron Jenkins – Loves Me So (2024)
Adrian Payne – Go Back (2024)
Austin McKedy – Slow Train To Oklahoma (2024)
Cassandra – Don’t Change Me (2021)
Nishida Hikaru – Sukiyaki

Hour 3 (11.00 ~ 12.00):

Bette Midler – In The Mood (1973)
Abby Grace – Ship of Dreams (2023)
James Taylor – Fire and Rain (2021)
Andrew Dean & Farm Machine – In My Memory (2024)
Slim Dusty – G’Day G’Day (1988)
By Request: Tommy James & Shondells – Crimson and Clover (1969)

Jimmy Shand & His Band – The Northern Lights of Aberdeen (Instrumental)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – From Me To You
60 Year Diamond Classic: Frank Ifield – Don’t Blame Me
Dave Caley – Before The Next Teardrop Falls (2024)
Al Martino – A Man Without Love
Colin Paul – Ride That Train (2021)
Paul & Paula – So Fine (1963)
19 0 1 – John Durack

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

ON THIS DAY

1910 – King County, Washington, USA – The worst avalanche in United States history buried a great Northern Railway train, with the loss of 96 lives

1932 – East Amwell, New Jersey, USA – Charles Lindburgh III, the infant son of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, was kidnapped from his family home. The child’s body was located two months later and, two years later, Bruno Hauptmann was arrested and charged. He was executed by electric chair in 1936, proclaiming his innocence.

1954 – Adelaide, South Australia, was rocked by a severe earthquake which caused extensive damage.

1957 – Hobart, Tasmania – During an exhibition on fire safety at the Hobart City Hall, fire broke out in the rear of the building.

1964 – Sydney, New South Wales – Three North Shore schools banned beatle-related clothing, haircuts and records – AND banned pupils from singing Beatles songs around the school – and whilst on the way to and from school!
Meanwhile, in the city, two butcher’s assistants donned Beatles wigs for a joke – and increased their employer’s takings substantially.

25 February 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 770

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Matchbox – When You Ask About Love (1980)
Ray Malcolm – Before The Next Teardrop Falls (2023)
George Strait – I Just Want To Dance With You (1998)
Jack Watson – Nothing’s Going To Stop Us Now (2024)
Faron Young – Hello Walls
(Born this day 1932 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA – Faron Young, country singer and songwriter. Died 1996)
Gene McDaniels – Spanish Lace (1962)

Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
George Harrison – My Sweet Lord
(Born this day 1943 in Liverpool, England – George Harrison, rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and former lead guitarist of the Beatles. Died 2001)
Delltones – Come A Little Bit Closer (1963)
(Born this day 1940 in Sydney, New South Wales, Ian James Wilson, alias Peewee Wilson, singer and actor, and baritone member of the Delltones. Turns 84 today.)
The Billboard Top 20 of 1961: No 3  The Highwaymen – Michael Row The Boat Ashore
Glen Campbell – Southern Nights (1977)
Ronnie Milsap – Carolina Dreams

Hour 2 – 0800 ~ 0900:

The Welsh Whisperer – H M R C Just Let Me Be (2024)
By Request: Jim Reeves – I Love You Because (1964)
By Request: Danny Williams – A Garden In The Rain
By Request: Peggy Wood – Climb Every Mountain (From the movie The Sound of Music)
New Vaudeville Band – Finchley Central (1967)
John Gary – Georgia On My Mind

Warren Kearney – She Was There (2023)
Alan Gumm – Me And Annie Murphy (2024)
Kathy Kirby – I’ll Catch The Sun (1969)
Seekers – This Little Light Of Mine
Jazz Kings – I Love Being Here With You (2023)
Jade Hurley – Georgie

23 February 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 405 – Music Marathon from 6 a.m. through to Midday

Today’s Playlist. The first three hours, sitting in for Bruce Lamb, the regular Friday breakky presenter.

Today’s photo: The Don River Railway, based in Devonport, northern Tasmania, made a visit to the Derwent Valley in 1991. Their train, hauled by a pair of Stephenson & Hawthorn engines coupled tender-to-tender in an unusual arrangement, is arriving at the New Norfolk Railway Station.

Hour 1 – 0600 ~ 0700:

Downtown Mystic – Eyes Of The World (2024)
Jason Owen – Needles And Pins (2023)
Penny McLean – Big Bad Boy (1976)
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: ABBA – Ring Ring (1973, 1976)
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: David Bowie – The Laughing Gnome (1974)
Frank DeVol & His Orchestra – Mame

Taylor Brothers – Because You Care (2024)
James Taylor – It’s Only A Paper Moon
Anne Murray – Things
Jade Hurley – Another Saturday Night
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Bill Anderson – Easy Come Easy Go .
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Jimmy Little – One Road
Joe Reisman & His Orchestra – Theme From Zorba The Greek

Hour 2 – 0700 ~ 0800:

Shavonne Aliphon – No One Will Ever Know (2017)
Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles (1988)
Crowded House – Sister Madly (1989)
Petula Clark – For All We Know (1971)
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Charles Aznavour – The Old Fashioned Way
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Bob Dylan – Knocking On Heaven’s Door

Joel Herron & His Orchestra – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Rosalind Clare – Faded Love (2024)
Steve Marquardt – L O V E (2024)
Glen Campbell – Honey Come Back (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Proud Mary (1969)
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Bachelors – Diane
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Acker Bilk – The Harem
Rob Breese – My People (2024)

Hour 3 – 0800 ~ 0900:

Donald O’Connor & Carole Richards – It’s A Lovely Day Today (1953)
Allan Gumm – The Fields of Athenry (2024)
Rebel Hearts – Lullaby of London (2024)
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Alvin Stardust – My Coo Ca Choo
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Elvis Presley – Fool
Slim Dusty – Indian Pacific (1977)

Ferrante & Teicher – Quiet Village
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Cilla Black – Anyone Who Had A Heart
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Major Lance – Um Um Um Um Um
John Derosa – Hey Rock and Roll (2024)
Josh Powell-Fussell – When Chad Morgan Came To Town (2024)
Chad Morgan – In A Cemetery
Village Stompers – Washington Square (1963)

Hour 4 – 0900 ~ 1000:

Inge Augustina – Lambada (2023)
Barbara Mandrell – Sleeping Single In A Double Bed (1978)
Charlie Rich – Rolling With The Flow (1977)
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Bette Midler – Chapel Of Love
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Bobby Goldsboro – Summer, The First Time
Wallace Mair – I’ll Take You Home (2024)

Warren Kearney & Peggy Nora – We Don’t Talk Anymore (2023)
Johnny Pearson & His Orchestra – Piano Parchment (Theme to the original, 1980s series of All Creatures Great And Small)
Died this day 1995 in Thirlby, North Yorkshire, England – James Wight, alias James Herriott, veterinarian and author known for his semi-autobiographical stories, upon which the television series All Creatures Great And Small is based. He was aged 78.
Michael Cahill – The Fugitive (2024)
Ellinor Springstrike – Never Too Late (2020)
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Beatles – Please Please Me
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Dusty Springfield – I Only Want To Be With You


Hour 5 – 1000 ~ 1100:

The Welsh Whisperer – H M R C Just Let Me Be (2024)
Kameron Mantell – Only The Lonely (2024)
Ray Malcolm – Before The Next Teardrop Falls (2023)
Don Cornell – Hold My Hand (1954)
Died this day 2004 in Aventura, Florida, USA – Luigi Varlaro, alias Don Cornell, 1940s and 50s singer who sold over 50 million records. He was aged 84.
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Charley Pride – Me And Bobby McGee
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Pablo Beltran Ruiz & His Orchestra – La Mucura
Rick Nelson – I Rise I Fall (1963)
Neil Young – Harvest Moon (1992)
David Hobson – Skye Boat Song
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Jody Miller – He Walks Like A Man
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Searchers – Needles And Pins
101 Strings – Penny Lane

Hour 6 – 1100 ~ 1200:

Andy Gibb – I Just Want To Be Your Everything (1977)
Gloria Estefan – Don’t Wanna Lose You (1989)
Engelbert Humperdinck – Gentle On My Mind
New Vaudeville Band – Finchley Central (1967)
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Katja Ebstein – The Star of Mykonos
50 Year Gold – Charted on this day 1974: Perry Como – For The Good Times

Pete King & His Orchestra – What Have They Done To The Rain
Toni West – I Won’t Crumble With You If You Fall (2024)
Chris Boots Lee – You’ve Got To Stand For Something (2024)
60 Year Diamond – Charted on this day 1964: Rivieras – California Sun
Jazz Kings – Out Of Nowhere

18 February 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 769

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Muriel Connor & Fran Curry – Lipstick On Your Collar (2024)
Rodney Vincent – Young Man’s Job (2023)
Bunky Christiansen – Mary In The Morning (2023)
Martin O’Neill – Let Love Win (2023)
Juice Newton – Angel Of The Morning (1981) [Judith Kay Newton, alias Juice Newton, born this day 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA]
Don Gibson – Blue Blue Day (1958)

Melbourne Pops Orchestra – For The Good Times
John Travolta – Greased Lightning [John Travolta, born this day 1954 in Engelwood, New Jersey, USA]
Cowsills – Rain, The Park and Other Things (1967)
The Billboard Top 20 of 1961: No 2 – Patsy Cline – I Fall To Pieces (1961)
Engelbert Humperdinck – Gentle On My Mind
BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Dr Who Theme [Jacqueline Hill, actress who had the role of Barbara Wright , the first companion to appear in the first series of Dr Who, died this day 1993 in London, England, aged 63.]

Hour 2:

Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner (1969)
By Request: P J Proby – When I Fall In Love
By Request: Jimmy Little – Baby Blue
By Request: Silver Studs – Happy Days
By Request: Pixie Lott – Hold Me In Your Arms
By Request: Alan Jackson – Remember When

By Request: Slim Dusty – We’ve Done Us Proud
Kathy Kirby – I’ll Catch The Sun (1969)
Roger Tibbs – Out Among The Stars (2024)
Jack Watson – Nothing’s Going To Stop Us Now (2024)
Norma O’Hara Murphy & Brian Stitt – Just An Old Cattle Dog (2023)

16 February 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 404

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Alan Gumm – Lady In Blue (2024)
Parker & Johnson – Cowboy Sons (2024)
Bill Jackson – Precious Cargo (2024)
Colleen Hewett – The Wind Beneath My Wings (1983)
Cornelius Brothers – It’s Too Late To Turn Back Now (1972)
Jazz Kings – East Of The Sun (2023)

European Show Band – Strangers In The Night
Barbra Streisand – Clear Sailing
David Curtis – After All These Years (2024)
Anne Fraser – She Sand The Harmony (2024)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Al Martino – I Love You More and More Every Day (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Gerry & Pacemakers – I’m The One (1964)
Eddie Tapp – Old Doc Brown (1968)

Hour 2:

Lance Birrell – Gone Gone Gone
Adele Leigh with Richard Benson & His Orchestra – Getting To Know You
Sandy Scott – Be My Love
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Ruby Murray – When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1957)
By Request: Elvis Presley – Return To Sender (1961)
Lesley Gore – That’s The Way Boys Are (1964) [Lesley Gore, died this day 2015 in Manhattan, New York, USA, aged 68]
Brian Heywood – Fatal Shore (2024)
Jim Reeves – One Dozen Roses

Joe Loss & His Orchestra -Walking Cha Cha
Victoria Eman – Oceans (2024)
Clive Culbertson – How Can You Say (2023)
Dionne Warwick – Trains And Boats and Planes (1966)
Chris Boots Lee – If Only Your Eyes Could Lie (2023)

Hour 3:

David Lee Roth – California Girls (1985)
Susan Blee – Always Remember Us This Way (2023)
Doug Figgs – Horses Dogs And Kids (2021)
Rod Stewart & Eric Clapton – Blue Moon
Mel Blanc – I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat (1951)
Alexander Brothers – The Lass O’Bon Accord
Norma O’Hara Murphy & Brian Stitt – Just An Old Cattle Dog (2023)

New Downbeat Orchestra – Piano Concerto
60 Year Diamond Classic: Ned Miller – Big Love (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jackie DeShannon – When You Walk In The Room (1964)
Sorensen – When We Were Young (2023)
Johnny Tillotson – Talk Back Trembling Lips (1963)
Al Martino – Adios Mexico