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4 February 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 767

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Rodney Vincent – Young Man’s Job (2023)
Kameron Mantell – Only The Lonely (2024)
Ray Malcolm – Before The Next Teardrop Falls (2023)
Julie Anthony – Walking On Thin Air
Mark White & Matt Rogers – Time In A Bottle
Rick Nelson – I Rise I Fall

Pablo Beltran Ruiz & His Orchestra – La Mucura
Carpenters – Close To You [Karen Carpenter died this day 1983 in Downey,California, U.S.A., aged 32.]
Jazz Kings – Ferry Cross The Mersey (2024)
The Billboard Top 20 of 1961: No 1 – Bobby Lewis – Tossing And Turning (1961)
Billy Joel – My Life (1979)
Bobby Mackey – Me Love You Long Time (2023)

Hour 2:

Brian Heywood – Fools Gold (2023)
By Request: Peter Allen – Tenterfield Saddler
By Request: Charley Pride – Just Between You and Me
By Request: Doris Day – Secret Love (1954)
John Denver – City Of New Orleans
Floyd Cramer – San Antonio Rose

By Request: Jack Scott – What Ijn The World’s Come Over You (1960)
Bent Fabric – Alley Cat (1962)
Stacey Breen – Remember Me (2023)
Jonathan King – Everyone’s Gone To The Moon (1965)
Joe Dowell – Wooden Heart (1961) [Joe Dowell died this day in 2016 in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A., aged 76]
Liv Maessen – The Love Moth (1969)
John Willliamson – The Station Cook

On 4 February:

1864 – Launceston, Tasmania – Kings Bridge, which spans the Cataract Gorge to link Trevallyn and the West Tamar with the city, was opened.

1892 – The Strahan – Zeehan railway opened, to provide an essential link between the Queenstown-Strahan Abt railway and the Emu Bay Railway which connected Zeehan with Burnie, on the north coast.  The Strahan – Zeehan railway closed in 1960, and part of it’s formation was eventually used for construction of a new road.

1972 – The U.S. space probe Mariner 9 became the first human-made object to enter orbit around another planet, and transmitted some of the earliest close-up photographs of the planet Mars.  It’s last contact with Earth was on 27 October 1972, when it was abandoned. The spacecraft was due to enter the Martian atmosphere and crash in 2020.

Born On 4 February:

1906 – Streator, Illinois, U.S.A. – Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer best known for discovering the dwarf planet Pluto in 1930, and many asteroids.  He also called for serious scientific research of unidentified flying objects. Some of his ashes are aboard the New Horizons spacecraft, which was launched in 2006 to flyby Pluto. Died 1997.

2 February 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 402

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Muriel O’Connor & Fran Curry – Clap Your Hands (2024)
Jazz Kings – Rockin’ Gold (2024 – From the CD album Blue Jazz)
Adam Brand – Grandpa’s Piano (2013)
Jimmy Little – Velvet Waters
Seekers – I’ll Never Find Another You (1989 remake with Julie Anthony)
Grady Martin & Slewfoot Five – Misty

Magic Trumpets – Tornero
Andy Cooney – These Are My Mountains
Nick Berry – Heartbeat
Warren Kearney – Welcome To My World (From the CD album of the same name)
Eamonn Jackson – Tonight Carmen
60 Year Diamond Classic: Andy Williams – A Fool Never Learns (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Delltones – Hanging Five (1964)

Hour 2:

Frankie Laine – High Noon (Remake)
Bob Marshall – Cowboy Blessing (2023)
Bobby Goldsboro – Hello Summertime
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Doris Day – Que Sera Sera (1956)
John Williamson & Norma Murphy – When We Were Kids
James Blundell – Kimberley Moon

European Showband – Moonglow
Victoria Eman – Just An Illusion (2023)
David Maguire – One And All (2023)
Troy Cassar-Daly – Something About Trains
Abby Grace – Senses Of The Sea
Ray Malcolm – Before The Next Teardrop Falls
Graeme Clarke – One On The Right

Hour 3:

Connie Francis – Jealous Heart
Sandy Scott – Amarillo
Greta Ziller – Cross My Fingers (2023)
Elegants – Little Star (1958)
Michael Junior – War Ich Zauberer (Translated: I Was A Magician)

Mantovani – Midnight Blue
Tiny Green Island – Walking On The Waves (2024)
Jamie Donnelly – I Know Who Holds Tomorrow (2023)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Dixiebelles – Southtown USA (1964)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Hank Snow – 90 Miles An Hour (1963)
Parker & Johnson – The Trouble with Love (2024)

On 2 February:

1899 – Melbourne, Victoria – A conference between the Premiers of each Australian colony agreed that a national capital should be established in New South Wales, between Sydney and Melbourne;

1951 – Bridgewater, Tasmania – The recently completed railway station was destroyed by fire;

1964 – The American space probe Ranger 6 crashed into the moon as planned, but it’s six television cameras failed to send any photographs of the lunar surface.

Born On 2 February:

1927 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. – Stan Getz, jazz saxophone player, known as “The Sound” because of his warm, lyrical tone. Died 1991.

1944 – Wallasey, Cheshire, England – Geoffrey Hughes, actor best known as Onslow in the television sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, and as Vernon Scripps in the drama series Heartbeat.  Died 2012.

1947 – Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S.A. – Ferrah Leni Fawcett alias Farrah Fawcett, actress, artist and multiple Golden Globe and Emmy award nominee, who rose to international fame when she appeared as private investigator Jill Munroe in the first season of the TV series Charlie’s Angels, in 1976.  Died 2009.

1956 – London, England – Philip Franks, best known as Charlie in the TV series The Darling Buds of May, and as Sergeant Raymond Craddock in the drama series Heartbeat. Turns 68.

1963 – Liverpool, England – Stephen McGann, actor best known for his role as Dr Patrick Turner in the BBC drama series Call The Midwife. Turns 61.

Died On 2 February:

1969 – Midhurst, Sussex, England – Boris Karloff, actor who starred as Frankenstein’s monster in the Frankenstein film series.  Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films, and for his portrayal of Frankenstein’s monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939).   Aged 81.

1987 – Munich, Germany – Alistair MacLean, novelist who wrote successful thrillers, the best known of which are The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare, both having been made into successful films.  He also wrote two novels under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. Aged 64.

1996 – Beverley Hills, California, U.S.A. – Eugene Curran Kelly alias Gene Kelly, dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer, who was a major exponent of 20th century filmed dance.  Kelly was known for his energetic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters which he played on screen. Aged 83.

28 January 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 766

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Foster & Allen – Katie Daley
The Woodpickers – Big Jim Stomps (2024)
Pat Boone – Speedy Gonzales (1962)
Doug Figgs – Horses Dogs and Kins (2023)
Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore (1962) [Bernard Stanley Bilk, alias Acker Bilk, born this day 1929 in Pensford, Somerset, England. Famed for his goatee, bowler hat, striped waistcoat and lower-register clarinet music. Stranger On The Shore was his biggest hit. Died 2014.)
John Michael Ferrari – One Heck Of A Girl (2024)

Vic Damone & Nelson Riddle Orchestra – Games That Lovers Play
Larissa Tormey – In The Bleak Mid-Winter (2023)
Dave Caley – Before The Next Teardrop Falls (2024)
The Billboard Top 20 of 1960: No 20 – Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely (1960)
Platters – Harbour Lights (1960)
Jazz Kings – Rocking Gold (From their new CD Blue Jazz) (2024)
Lindsay Butler – Wheels

Hour 2:

Trevor Knight – I Am Australian
By Request: Michael Crawford – On Eagle’s Wings
By Request: Seekers – The Carnival Is Over (1965)
By Request: Charlie Landsborough – My Forever Friend
Toni West – Ride That Train (2021)

By Request: Air Supply – Making Love Out Of Nothing
By Request: Roy Orbison – Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)
101 Strings – My Cherie Amor
Kaye Ballard – Fly Me To The Moon (1954)
Lena Martell – I Want To Give
By Request: Connie Francis – Lipstick On Your Collar (1959)

In Motoring On This Day:

1896 England – Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person recorded to be convicted of speeding.  He was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h).

1938 Germany – The World Land Speed Record on a public road was broken by Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes Benz W195 on the Reichs-Autobahn A5, when he reached a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph).

1955 Hobart, Tasmania – Police were seeking public help to trace a utility which had crashed into a house in Tregear Street, Derwent Park.  Although the utility knocked a hole in the wall of the house, two young boys whose beds were sent skidding across the floor inside, slept through the incident and were uninjured. Their father, Mr Kenneth Evans, also knew nothing of the crash until he went outside to collect his newspaper at 6.30 a.m.

1968  Melbourne, Victoria – Details of the new model HK series Holden range were released by General Motors-Holden.

The Top 20 Billboard tracks of 1960:

No 1 Percy Faith & His Orchestra – A Summer Place;
No 2 Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go;
No 3 Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown;
No 4 Johnny Preston – Running Bear;
No 5 Mark Dinning – Teen Angel;
No 6 Brenda Lee – I’m Sorry;
No 7 Elvis Presley – It’s Now Or Never;
No 8 Jimmy Jones – Handy Man;
No 9 Elvis Presley – Stuck On You;
No 10 Chubby Checker – The Twist;
No 11 Connie Francis – Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool;
No 12 Bobby Rydell – Wild One;
No 13 Brothers Four – Green Fields;
No 14 Jack Scott – What In The World’s Come Over You
No 15 Marty Robbins – El Paso
No 16 Hollywood Argyles – Alley Oop
No 17 Connie Francis – My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
No 18 Brenda Lee – Sweet Nothin’s
No 19 Brian Hyland – The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
No 20 Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely

Most of the above have now been played during Valley Sunrise over the past 5 months!

26 January 2024

Friday Morning Radio, Australia Day Edition 401 – All Australian Artists

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Wirrinyga Band – Dreamtime Shadows
The Band That Never Was – Ten Thousand Miles Away
Lionel Long – The Ballad of Cobb And Co
Oodgeroo Noonuccle – Civilisation
Trevor Knight – I Love A Sunburnt Country
Warren Kearney – She Was There

Frank Coughlan & His Dixielanders – The Jersey Bounce
Sandy Scott – Spanish Eyes
Lee Kernaghan – Listen To The Radio
Norma O’Hara Murphy & Brian Stitt – Just An Old Cattle Dog
Graeme Connors – The Great Australian Dream
Bill Goodall – Forty Miles Of Bad Road

Hour 2:

Steve Sparrow – Big Old Land Australia (2023)
Rod McCormack, Charley Boyter, Peter Simpson – Alabama Jubilee (2023)
Ian MacNamara – Holden Ute
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Bryan Davies – Dream Girl (1961)
Charlie’s Attic – Mamma (2023)
Alisha Smith – Blue Gums Calling Me Back Home

Cobbers with City of Melbourne Pipe Band – Bushland Dreaming (1979)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Baepa
Craig Lloyd – I Call Australia Home (2023)
Buddy Williams – The Camden Train
Slim Dusty & Joy McKean – Our Wedding Waltz
Anne Fraser – She Sang The Harmony
By Request: Ali Mills – Waltjim Bat Matilda

Hour 3:

Wayfarers – The Aussie Barbecue
Noel Murphy – Murphy and The Bricks
Redgum – The Driver’s Dog
Jazz Kings – East Of The Sun (2023)
Judith Durham – When Perth Is On The East Side
John Sidney – Near You

Norma O’Hara Murphy – Sydney Or The Bush
Tommy Emmanuel – Countrywide
Douglas Gamley & His Orchestra – Love Is A Simple Thing
Rodney Vincent – Some Sunday Morning
Seekers – I Am Australian
Sydney Youth Orchestra & Conservatorium of Music Chorale – Song Of Australia

21 January 2024

Valley Sunrise Edition 765

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Eamonn Jackson – Just The Way I Am (2023)
Benny Hill – Ernie (1971) [Benny Hill, actor, comedian and singer born this day in 1924, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Died 1992.]
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – Tennessee Birdwalk (1970)
Chris Boots Lee – If Only Your Eyes Could Lie (2023)
Mac Davis – Tequila Sheila [Mac Davis, singer and songwriter, born this day 1942 in Lubbock, Texas. Died 2020]
Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite (1957) [Jackie Wilson, rhythm and blues and rock singer, died this day 1984 in Mt Holly, New Jersey, U.S.A., aged 49]

Perry Botkin Jr & His Orchestra – Happiness Is
Peggy Lee – Manana (1948) [Peggy Lee, jazz and pop singer, songwriter and actress for nearly 70 years, died this day 2002 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.]
Guy Mitchell – When Blinky Blows (1955)
The Billboard Top 20 of 1960: No 19 – Brian Hyland – The Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (1960)
Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – La Golondrina
RnR Ranch Girls – On The Road Again (2022)
Shangri Las – The Leader Of The Pack (1964) [Mary Weiss, lead singer, died last Friday, aged 75.]

Hour 2:

Julie Anthony – The Only Way Out
By Request: Paul McCartney – Mull of Kintyre
By Request: Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger (1964)
By Request: Foster & Allen – The Green Hills of Ireland
John Denver – Daddy What’s A Train
Warren Kearney & Peggy Nora – We Don’t Talk Any More

By Request: Foster & Allen – Old Loves Never Die
By Request: James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Charles Gerhardt & His Orchestra – Love Changes Everything
Sisters In Country – My Heart’s Already There
Reels – Bad Moon Rising
Frank Sinatra – Pass Me By (1965)

19 January 2024

Friday Morning Radio Edition 400

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Lloyd Back – Try A Little Kindness (2023)
Adam Brand – Grandpa’s Piano (2013)
Emily Lubitz – Like I Do (2022)
Michael Buble – All I Do Is Dream Of You
Roger Whittaker – My World
Carol Markstrom – Route 66

Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra – Wheeling Free
Vic Damone & Nelson Riddle Orchestra – Games That Lovers Play
60 Year Diamond Classic:  Town & Country Brothers – Sandy Sandy (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic:  Dave Clark Five – Glad All Over (1963)
Dancing Ballroom Orchestra – I Need Your Love

Hour 2:

Johnny Cash – One Piece At A Time (1976)
Celine Dion – Another Year Has Gone By
Patrizio Buanne – Alta Marea
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Stargazers – It’s The Milkman (1957)
John – First Snow (2021)
Val Doonican – Here’s That Rainy Day

James Last & His Orchestra – Medley
Bobby Goldsboro – By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Warren Kearney – We Don’t Talk Anymore (2023)
BBC Big Band – Take The A Train
Jon English – All Together Now
Ashley Cook – The Sydney Jillaroo (2022)

Hour 3:

ABBA – Take A Chance On Me (1977)
Norma O’Hara Murphy – Kosciusko (2023)
Charlie Landsborough – Love You Every Second
Patti Page – Fly Me To The Moon
Chris “Boots” Lee – This Is Australia (2023)
Nana Mouskouri – Heimweh Nach Wind Und Meer

Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains – Arrivederci Roma
60 Year Diamond Classic:  Village Stompers – Washington Square (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic:  Beatles – Love Me Do (1964)
Suzanne O’Boyle – Wayfaring Stranger (2023)
Damian Davis – Today’s Teardrops (2023)
Dean Perrett – Close To Home (2023)

BORN This Day:

1935 – Bondi Junction, New South Wales – Johnny O’Keefe, rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s hits such as Wild One, Shout and She’s My Baby.  In his twenty-year career, O’Keefe released over 50 singles, 50 EPs and 100 albums. Died 1978.

1939 – Shenandoah, Iowa, U.S.A. – Phil Everly, one of the Everly Brothers, rock and roll performers known for steel string guitars and close harmony singing.  Their greatest period was between 1957 and 1965.   Died 2014.

1942 – Salisbury, Wiltshire, England – Michael Crawford, acclaimed actor and singer who has won numerous awards, covering radio, television, film, and stagework on London’s West End and on Broadway in New York City.  He is famed for originating the title role in The Phantom Of The Opera, as well as playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 70s British sitcom, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. Turn 82.

1943 – Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.A. – Janis Joplin, singer, songwriter and music arranger who rose to prominence in the late 60s as the lead singer of Big Brother And The Holding Company and later, as a solo artist. Died 1970.

1944 – Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.  – Michele Ann Marie Fabares alias Shelley Fabares, actress and singer known for her role as Donna Reed’s oldest child, “Mary Stone,” on The Donna Reed Show from 1958 to 1963.  Her Top 40 hit, Johnny Angel  sold over one-million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Turns 80.

1944 – Bethnal Green, London, England – Laurie London, pop singer of the late 50s whose only hit record He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands reached #2 on the American Billboard chart. Turns 80.

1946 – Sevierville, Tennessee U.S.A. – Dolly Parton, singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music. Turns 78.

DIED This Day:

1998 – Jackson, Tennessee U.S.A. – Carl Perkins, rockabilly musician whose recording career began in 1954. His best known song was Blue Suede Shoes.  Aged 65.

2006 – Reston, Virginia, U.S.A. – Wilson Pickett, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and soul singer and songwriter. Aged 64.

15 January

1868 – Tasmania: The first sod was turned for construction of the Launceston and Western Railway, the first steam railway in the State, which ran between Launceston and Deloraine.

1919 – Massachusetts, U.S.A.: A large tank of molasses burst, sending a wave of molasses through Boston streets, causing the loss of 21 lives and injuring 150 others.

1939 – Eastern Victoria: Over 40 perished in the State’s worst bushfires to that date.

1955 – England: Blizzard conditions wrought havoc to transport throughout the country.

1957 – Tasmania: Bushfires, fanned by gale force winds threatened homes in Eaglehawk Neck, St Helens and St Marys and cut telephone communications with Hobart.

1990 – Port Campbell, Victoria: Portion of an arched rock formation on the coast, known as London Bridge, collapsed into the sea and marooned two tourists who were at the seaward end.  They were subsequently rescued by helicopter.

1997 – Glenorchy, Tasmania: The Derwent Park railway station (see photo) was destroyed overnight by fire.

2004 – Adelaide, South Australia: The first through goods train to Darwin, departed.

2009 – New York, U.S.A.: U.S. Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport.  All passengers and crew members survived.

New Year’s Eve 31 December 2023

Valley Sunrise, Edition 762

Hour 1:

Sandy Scott & Tommy Tycho Orchestra – Heaven Is My Woman’s Love
John Denver – Steel Rails [John Denver, born this day 1943 in Roswell, New Mexico. Died 1997.]
John Rowles – Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Daniel O’Donnell & Mary Duff – Save Your Love
Rick Nelson – I Rise I Fall [Rick Nelson, died this day in De Kalb, Texas, USA, aged 45.]
Floyd Cramer – San Antonio Rose [Floyd Cramer, died this day 1997 Nashville Tennessee, USA, aged 64.]

Ray Conniff Singers – Strangers In The Night
Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole – Unforgettable [Natalie Cole, died this day 2015 in Los Angeles, California USA, aged 65.]
Sandpipers – Things We Said Today
The Top 20 Billboard Tracks of 1960 – No 16: Hollywood Argyles – Alley Oop
Warren Kearney – There Will Never Be Anyone Else But You
Melbourne Pops Orchestra – Dancing Queen
David Rose Orchestra – Bonanza Theme

Hour 2:

Lloyd Back – Try A Little Kindness
By Request: Chantays – Pipeline (1963)
By Request: Julie Covington – Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (1978)
By Request: – Johnny Tillotson – You Can Never Stop Me Loving You
Colin Paul – Ride That Train (2021)
Richard Clayderman – Take My Breath Away

Wayfarers – The Marvellous Toy
Rod McCormack, Charley Poyter, Peter Simpson – Alabama Jubilee (2023)
By Request: Slim Dusty – The Lights On The Hill
Delltones – Sitting In The Moonlight (1963)
Neil Sedaka – Stupid Cupid (1959)
Ganggalang – Sounds of Then

On This Day, 1964: Mt Kosciusko, New South Wales – 21 people were trapped in mid-air and two empty chairs plunged 10 metres to the ground when a chairlift cable dislodged from its tower.  The stranded people were eventually rescued with a rope which was fired over the cable with a spear-gun. 

1968: Near Port Hedland, West Australia – In Australia’s third-worst civil aviation disaster, a Viscount airliner of MacRobertson Miller Airlines crashed with the loss of all 26 aboard.

1991: Moscow, Russia – The former Soviet Union was officially dissolved.

29 December 2023

Friday Morning Radio, Edition 397

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Ray Malcolm – Before The Next Teardrop Falls (2023)
Victoria Eman – Here In Christmas Town (2023)
Lloyd Back – Try A Little Kindness (2023)
Destiny Band Oz – All Alone (2022)
The Mom And Dads – The Rangers Waltz (1971)
Dean Martin – Little Old Wine Drinker Me (1967)

Frank Mills & His Orchestra – A Classical Rock
Stacey Breen – Remember Me (2023)
Ray Conniff Singers – Love Is All Around
Roger Whittaker – I Don’t Believe In If Anymore (1971)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Lesley Gore – Run Bobby Run (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Beatles – I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963)
Danny Stain & Ashleigh Watson – Ring Of Fire (2018)
Andy Stewart – Lassie Come And Dance With Me

Hour 2:

Kelan Browne – New Way To Light Up An Old Flame (2023)
New World – Sister Jane (1972)
Warren Kearney – There’ll Never Be Anyone Else But You (From his CD Welcome To My World)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Red Moore & Michael Gibson Orchestra – A Little Boy Called Smiley (1956)
Moody Blues – Go Now (1965) (Ray Thomas, flautist, singer and composer with the Moody Blues, born this day 1941 in Stourport-on-Severn, England)
David Maguire – One And All (2023)

Apollo 100 – A Walk In The Black Forest
Nat King Cole – To The Ends Of The Earth (1956)
Marianne Faithfull – Come and Stay With Me (1965) (Marianne Faithfull, born this day 1946 in Hampstead, London, England)
Doug Allen Nash – Let The Train Blow The Whistle (2016)
Roger Tibbs – Out Among The Stars (2023)
Chris Moore – The Tranzalpine Waltz
Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Anna

Hour 3:

Mae McCoy & Her Neon Stars – At Sundown (2023)
Brian Heywood – Fools Gold (2023)
Rod Williams – Little Country Schoolhouse By The Lane (2020)
Cazna Goodall – Lazy Moon (2017)
Jamie Donnelly – Come Into My Life (2023)
Andre Rieu – I Have A Dream

Paul Bateman & His Orchestra – Heartbreaker
60 Year Diamond Classic: Murmaids – Popsicles And Icicles (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Searchers – Sugar and Spice (1963)
Carrie Haskins – First Time (2023)
Matt Flinders – All Of A Sudden (1970)
Cara McGillion – She’s In Love With The Boy (2023)

This Edition’s photo – Taken in 1974 from Pulpit Rock, near New Norfolk, before the cessation of passenger services on the Tasmanian railways. An articulated DP Class railcar passes The Rocks, upon approach to New Norfolk with a scheduled service.

24 December 2023, Christmas Eve

Edition 761, Valley Sunrise

Today’s Playlist:

Hour 1:

Bruce Woodley – With My Swag On My Shoulder
Eamonn Jackson – Tonight Carmen
Bill & Boyd – Santa Never Made It Into Darwin (1975)
(For uninitiated readers, this song was written after the city of Darwin was destroyed early Christmas Day, 1974.)
Victoria Eman – Here In Christmas Town (2023)
Robert Goulet – I Remember You
Brian May & ABC Melbourne Showband – Till There Was You

NEW! Larissa Tormey – In The Bleak Midwinter (2023)
New Zealand Maori Chorale with Wiki Baker – Po Atarau (See On This Day below.)
Bette Midler – Tenderly
The Billboard Top 20 Tracks of 1960 – No 15: Marty Robbins – El Paso (1960)
Warren Kearney – Christmas Our Way (2023)
101 Strings – 59th Street Bridge Song

Hour 2:

Tony Clarke – Hallelujah It’s Christmas (2023)
By Request: Boney M – Mary’s Boy Child
By Request: John Lennon – Happy Christmas War Is Over
By Request: Cats & Dogs – Jingle Bells
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band – Early Morning Train (1969)
By Request: Foster & Allen – Rose Of My Heart

By Request: Ray Conniff Singers – The Little Drummer Boy
Daryl Wayne Dasher – Buckaroo Christmas Eve
Maurie & Marty Fields – An Aussie Bush Christmas
Bucko & Champs – The North Wind
Merilyn Steele – Merry Christmas Anyway

On This Day:

1953  New Zealand’s worst-ever railway disaster occurred after the pylons of the Tangiwai railway bridge were weakened by a lahar, or flash flood in the Whangaehu River, only minutes before the Wellington – Auckland overnight express was to cross.

A passing motorist attempted to warn the train driver as the train approached, but although the driver applied the emergency brakes, the train could not be stopped in time and the bridge collapsed beneath its weight.  Of 285 passengers and crew aboard, 151 were lost.

To all my regular – and irregular – listeners, thanks for your support and have a great Christmas. Other TYGA-FM volunteers are staffing the studio around the clock from now, through to midnight Boxing Day (26th). Please support them also, by giving them a phone call, or by requesting a favourite track. The phone number is 6261 2000.

Thanks also to Ian MacPhee and Paul Meagher of community radio CFEP Seaside FM in Eastern Passage, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; also Ron Bickle of CFTA Radio Tantramar, Amherst, Nova Scotia, for their valuable work with Music Unlimited through this year and past years.

You can hear Music Unlimited between 6.00 and 7.00 every Sunday morning, in Australia ONLY on TYGA-FM 98.9.

22 December 2023

Edition 396, Friday Morning Radio

Today’s Playlist

Hour 1:

Tommy B – Bed Of Roses (2021)
Mountain Rio – Rockabilly Christmas (2023)
Tom Curtain – When The Rain Comes Down (2023)
Bruce Mackay – Schoey and Jess (2023)
Angus Gill & Melinda Schneider – Don’t Get Your Tinsel In A Tangle (2022)
By Request: Elvis Presley & Sara Evans – Silent Night
Tito Lecuona & His Orchestra – Frenesi

Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five – He’ll Have To Go
Acoustic Bloom – Christmas Eve (2023)
Andre Kostelanetz – Games That Lovers Play
(Born this day 1901 in St Petersburgh, Russia – Andre Kostelanetz, American popular orchestra conductor and arranger, a pioneer of easy listening music. Kostelanetz was known for arranging and recording light classical pieces for mass audiences, and orchestral versions of songs and show tunes from Broadway.  Over 50 million of his recordings were sold and his works became staples of beautiful music radio stations. Died 1980.)
Brothers Four – And I Love Her
60 Year Diamond Classic: Bing Crosby – Do You Hear What I Hear (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Jerry Vale – Camelot (1963)
Billy Joel – My Life

Hour 2:

Tommy Fleming & Irish Concert Orchestra – The Boxer
Cowboy Bob Wallace – Christmas O Christmas (2023)
Victoria Eman – Here In Christmas Town (2023)
They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore: Eddie Cochran – Sittin’ In The Balcony (1957)
Bee Gees – Spicks And Specks (1966)
(Born this day 1949 in Douglas, Isle of Man – Twins, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb, musicians and singer-songwriters, of the Bee Gees, together with their brother Barry.  The trio got their start in Australia, found major success in England. (Maurice died 12 Jan 2003 age 53;   Robin died 20 May 2012 age 62.)
Shaza Leigh – Why I Love December (2023)

Lindsay Waddington – A Magical Christmas (2022)
Texettes – Land That We Love (2023)
Ames Brothers – Melodie D’Amour (1957)
(Died this day 2007 in 2007 Hesse, Germany – Joseph Urick, alias Joe Ames, of the very popular 1950s singing quartet the Ames Brothers, who had million selling hits such as The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, You You You, Tammy and Melodie D’Amour.  Aged 86)
ABBA – Another Town Another Train (1973)
Margot Eskens – Auch Matrosen Haben Heimweh

Hour 3:

Abby Grace – Heavy Mental (2023)
Mary Gantley – Burning Love (2023)
Richard Mulligan – Christmas In Cantubber
Slim Dusty – Christmas On The Station
Richard Chamberlain – Three Stars Will Shine Tonight (1962)
Larissa Tormey – Special Christmas (2019)
Seekers – Building Bridges (1989)

Isla Grant – Flying High
60 Year Diamond Classic: Trini Lopez – Kansas City (1963)
60 Year Diamond Classic: Shadows – Geronimo (1963)
Toni Fisher – West Of The Wall (1961)
Glenn Levi – Christmas In Australia (2022)
Amber Lawrence – Aussie Aussie Christmas

* Diamond Classics are tracks which were released on 45 rpm singles, and which were charting in Hobart, on this day 60 years ago.

ON THIS DAY (22 December):

1943  Hobart, Tasmania – The floating concrete pontoon bridge across the Derwent between Hobart and Bellerive was opened.  Crossing it was subject to a toll payment, which was discontinued on 31 December 1948.  This was the first bridge of it’s type in the world and remained in use until the opening of the Tasman Bridge on 17 August 1964.

1964  Palmdale, California, U.S.A. – The first flight of the SR-71 Blackbird aircraft took place.  This was an advanced, long range, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft, which operated at high speeds and altitudes to allow it to outrace threats.  If an approaching missile was detected, the standard evasive action was simply to accelerate.  The SR-71 was in service with the U.S. Air Force until 1998, during which time, 12 of the 32 aircraft were destroyed in accidents, but none were lost to hostile action.