THE ONLY WAY IS UP comprises songs that incorporate ’up’ in their titles. Included are the US groups Creedence Clearwater Revival, KC & The Sunshine Band and the Doo Wop band The Drifters. Australia is represented by Mental as Anything and the Masters’ Apprentices. Two greats from the 50’s Frankie Lane and Johnny Ray team up for a duet performance as do Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warne. Twelve time Grammy winner Paul McCartney, holder of six Grammys Billy Joel and the Fifth Dimension, one time Grammy winner Diana Ross and Wham one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s add to the list.

PLAYLIST

* Uptown Girl – Billy Joel

* Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warne

* Coming Up – Wings

* Give it Up – KC &The Sunshine Band

* Turn Up Your Radio – Masters  Apprentices

* Live it Up – Mental s Anything

* Upside Down – Diana Ross

* Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Wham

* Up Around the Bend – Creedence Clearwater Revival

* Up Up & Away – Fifth Dimension

* Up on The Roof – Drifters

* Up Above My Head – Frankie Laine & Johnny Ray

THE ONLY WAY IS UP comprises songs that incorporate ’up’ in their titles. Included are the US groups Creedence Clearwater Revival, KC & The Sunshine Band and the Doo Wop band The Drifters. Australia is represented by Mental as Anything and the Masters’ Apprentices. Two greats from the 50’s Frankie Lane and Johnny Ray team up for a duet performance as do Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warne. Twelve time Grammy winner Paul McCartney, holder of six Grammys Billy Joel and the Fifth Dimension, one time Grammy winner Diana Ross and Wham one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s add to the list.

 

PLAYLIST

* Uptown Girl – Billy Joel

* Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warne

* Coming Up – Wings

* Give it Up – KC &The Sunshine Band

* Turn Up Your Radio – Masters  Apprentices

* Live it Up – Mental s Anything

* Upside Down – Diana Ross

* Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Wham

* Up Around the Bend – Creedence Clearwater Revival

* Up Up & Away – Fifth Dimension

* Up on The Roof – Drifters

* Up Above My Head – Frankie Laine & Johnny Ray

WANT AND NEED

Two words similar in meaning, but often misused. They are but a small example of the intricacies of our English language. Songwriters have gleefully latched onto these two words as expressions of strong feelings. Johnny Rivers begins the program with his lament Baby I Need Your Lovin’ followed by Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta singing one of the hits from Grease, You’re The One That I Want. Heartfelt ballads such as I Don’t Want To Talk About it from Rod Stewart,  I Need You from America and When I Need You from Leo Sayer tug at our emotional strings. In a lighter vein, Cyndi Lauper bounces in with her catchy Girls Just Want To Have Fun and Elvis’s I Need Your Love Tonight. Finally, The Beatles sing the international anthemic All You Need is Love.

 

PLAYLIST

* Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – Johnny Rivers

* Your’e The One That I Want – Olivia Newton-John/John Travolta

* I Don’t Want To Talk About It – Rod Stewart

* I Need You – America

* Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper

* When I Need You – Leo Sayer

* All You Need Is Love – The Beatles

* Ai Don’t Want To Be Alone Tonight – Dr Hook

* Baby I’m A Want You -Bread

* Need Your Loving Tonight – Queen

* I Need Your Love Tonight – Elvia Presley

* I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party – The Beatles

This has been a sad week with the loss of the acknowledged, greatest living composer, Burt Bacharach.  In respect and a salute to his wonderful talent we commence the show with one of his most popular songs I Say a Little Prayer for You performed by Dionne Warwick.

The remaining songs are presented under the theme AUSTRALIS comprising Australian artists.

Pseudo Echo, The Delltones , Renee Geyer, Kevin Shegog, DianaTrask and Lyn Randell present some great covers while Cold Chisel, The Angels, Johnny Ashcroft, the Mixtures, Alison McCallum and Eurogliders deliver original material.

 

PLAYLIST

* I Say a Little Prayer for You – Dionne Warwick

* Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again– The Angels

* Heart – Lyn Randell

* Funky Town – Pseudo Echo

* Little Boy Lost – Johnny Ashcroft

* Crazy – Renee Geyer

* 16 Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands – Delltones

* Breakfast at Sweethearts – Cold Chisel

* Wolverton Mountain – Kevin Shegog

* Heaven Must Be There – Eurogliders

* Superman – Alison McCallum

* Pushbike Song – Mixtures

* Long Ago Last Summer – Diana Trask

INSECTS

They make up approximately 90% of the world’s animal life forms. They are vital to our planet’s ecology, but sometimes they are a pest to Man. One of the nicest insects is the butterfly and Bob Lind used it as a metaphor for love in his beautiful song Elusive Butterfly. Andy Williams takes a different approach to a butterfly in his fifties hit Butterfly. Funky James Brown has Ants In My Pants while the Rolling Stones posit the two enemies in The Spider And The Fly. The old operatic song Glow Worm Is revived by the harmonious Mills Bros. Tony Bennett‘s Firefly extends this insect. Finallly the insect as enemy is demonstrated in the quirky Boll Weevil Song sung by Brook Benton.

 

PLAYLIST

* Glow Worm – Mills Bros

* Ants In My Pants – James Brown

* Ballad Of John And Yoko – Beatles

* The Spider And The Fly – Rolling Stones

* Elusive Butterfly – Bob Lind

* The Mosquito – The Doors

* The Boll Weevil Song – Brook Benton

* Tigers And Fireflies – Lynsey de Paul

* Butterfly – Andy Williams

* Spanish Flea – Herb Alpert Orch

* Firefly – Tony Bennett

* The Birds And The Bees – Jewel Akens

This week’s Playlist comprises songs from the soundtrack of AMERICAN GRAFFITI.

American Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford and Cindy Williams. The film received widespread critical acclaim, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and includes 41 original songs. It has become one of the most profitable films ever.

PLAYLIST

* Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey

* Little Darlin’ – The Diamonds

* Booker T – Green Onions

* Teen Angel – Mark Dinning

* She’s So Fine – Flash Cadillac

* 16 Candles – The Crests

* Why Do Fools fall in Love – Frankie Lyman

* Ain’t That a Shame – Fats Domino

* Surfin’ Safari – Beach Boys

* Party Doll – Buddy Knox

* Peppermint Twist – Joey Dee & The Starlighters

* Love Potion Number 9 – The Clovers

 

On this sad day we pay tribute to our own Aussie soul singer Renee Geyer.

Songwriters have a somewhat predilection for writing songs about being truthful and lying or being deceitful. However, this theme has produced some memorable songs. Perhaps the biggest classic is the Eagle’s epic Lyin’ Eyes. Other singers of note are Fleetwood Mac with Little Lies, legend Buddy Holly with the stunning True Love Ways and popular Gene Pitney realistically telling us that True Love Never Runs Smooth. 

 

PLAYLIST

* Lies Lies Lies – Thompson Twins

* Little Lies – Fleetwood Mac

* True Love Ways – Buddy Holly

* Would I Lie To You ? – Eurythmics

* True Love – Billy Field

* Lyin’ Eyes – Eagles

* Lies – The Knickerbockers

* Honesty – Billy Joel

* True Love Never Runs Smooth – Gene Pitney

* I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John

* Little White Lies – Pat Boone

This week we farewell Lisa Marie Presley, Jeff Beck and Robbie Backman and salute two wonderful singers Dolly Parton and Normie Rowe under the banner LET’S REMEMBER.

Dolly Parton is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman. Dolly made her  album debut in 1967 with Hello, I’m Dolly and a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner. With a career spanning over 50 years, Dolly has been described as a “country music legend” and has sold more than 100 million records making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time. She has had 25 singles reach # 1 on Billboard’s country music charts, 44 Top10 country albums, 12 Grammys and has composed over 3,000 songs,

Norman (Normie) Rowe AM is an Australian singer and songwriter of pop music and an actor of theatre and soap opera. As a singer he was credited for his edgy tenor voice and dynamic stage presence. Backed by his band, The Playboys, Normie became the most popular solo performer of the mid 1960s and his double-sided hit Que Sera Sera / Shakin’ All Over was one of the most successful Australian singles of the 1960s. Between 1965 and 1967 Normie was Australia’s most popular male star but his career was cut short when he was drafted for National Service in late 1967.

 

PLAYLIST

* Here You Come Again – Dolly

* It’s Not Easy – Normie

* Islands in the Stream – Dolly & Kenny Rogers

* It Ain’t Necessarily So – Normie

* Do I Ever Cross Your Mind – Dolly

* Que Sera Sera – Normie

* I Will Always Love You – Dolly

* Shakin’ All Over – Normie

* Jolene – Dolly

* Ooh La La – Normie

* 9 to 5 – Dolly

I Who Have Nothing – Normie

Today’s program features songs which utilise the harmonica. The versatile instrument evokes many moods such as the yearning, haunting sound on The Hollies’ He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother to the jaunty My Babe from blues singer, Little Walter and the growling sound of Barry McGuire on Eve Of Destruction. Prominent harmonica afficionados Bob Dylan (Mr Tambourine Man) and Stevie Wonder (I Was Made To Love Her) are also featured. And of course who can forget John Lennon’s harmonica prowess on the Beatles’ Love Me Do.

 

PLAYLIST

* Heart Of Gold – Neil Young

* He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother – The Hollies

* Piano Man – Billy Joel

* There Must Be An Angel – Eurythmics

* Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire

* Take The Long Way Home – Supertramp

* Mr Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan

* Long Train Runnin’ – Doobie Bros

* The Good The Bad And The Ugly – Hugo Montenegro Orchestra

* I Was Made To Love Her – Stevie Wonder

* My Babe – Little Walter

* Love Me Do – Beatles

Welcome to the new year of 2023 and more enjoyable times with Rob and Mossy’s Yesterday Once More.

Working around a non-definitive theme for January 1st we chose songs that are uplifting, positive and inspirational.

Rob’s selection included the English group Small Faces and 5 different and interesting soloists including Australian John Paul Young, America’s Laini Kazan, Bill Withers, Daniel Boone and Bob Luman.

Mossy’s songs comprised 6 fabulous groups with Australia’s Master’s Apprentices starting the show followed by, America’s KC and the Sunshine Band, Earth Wind and Fire, Village People, Sweden’s ABBA and US group the Four Seasons.

 

PLAYLIST

* Turn Up Your Radio – Masters Apprentices

* Lazy Sunday Afternoon – Small Faces

* Give It Up – KC & the Sunshine Band

* Love is in the Air – John Paul Young

* September – Earth Wind & Fire

* Feelin’ Good – Laini Kazan

* YMCA – Village People

* Lovely Day – Bill Withers

* Dancing Queen – ABBA

* Beautiful Sunday – Daniel Boone

* Hang On – 4 Seasons

* Let’s Think About Livin’ – Bob Luman