This week we said farewell to statewide lockdowns and to entertainment icon, Bert Newton. This program is packed with music ‘legends’. Introducing the show is Jamaican-American icon, Harry Belafonte, who introduced calypso music to the world among many other achievements. His ‘Jamaica Farewell’ was a huge hit world wide. Other ‘legends’ include Perry Como (For The Good Times), Elton John (Candle In The Wind), Ray Charles (Hit The Road Jack) and Joni Mitchell with her quirky ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ and The Beatles (Hello Goodbye). Singer/songwriter Paul Simon presents one of his solo hits ’50 Ways To Leave Your Lover’ and the band Chicago is included with their poignant ‘If You Leave Me Now’. Aussie legend Col Joye celebrates over 60 active years in the Australian music scene with one of his big hits, ‘Bye Bye Baby’. Concluding the program are catchy songs from Del Shannon (So Long Baby) and The Four Seasons ‘Bye Bye Baby’ (Goodbye).

 

PLAYLIST

* Jamaica Farewell – Harry Belafonte

* Hello Goodbye – Beatles

* For The Good Times – Perry Como

* Candle In The Wind – Elton John

* Goodbye -Mary Hopkin

* 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover – Paul Simon

* Bye Bye Baby – Col Joye

* If You Leave Me Now – Chicago

* Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles

* Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell

* So Long Baby – Del Shannon

* Bye Bye Baby (Goodbye) – Four Seasons

The joy of belonging to a family or living in a home environment where you are loved underpins the DOMESTIC BLISS aspect of this week’s theme, while being unfaithful to a partner denotes the INFIDELITY angle. Bobby Goldsboro, Patti Austin, Dixie Cups, Julie Rogers, Keith Moon and OC Smith provide songs of domestic happiness, while betrayal or deceit are portrayed in the songs of Crosby, Stills & Nash, Rupert Holmes, Olivia Newton John, Stevie Wonder, Dionne Warwick and Marty Robbins.

PLAYLIST

* Love The One You’re With – Crosby Stills & Nash

* Watching Scotty Grow – Bobby Goldsboro

* Pina Colada Song – Rupert Holmes

* I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John

* Every Home Should Have One – Patti Austin

* Little Green Apples – O C Smith

* Part Time Lover – Stevie Wonder

* Devil Woman – Marty Robbins

* Chapel of Love – Dixie Cups

* The Wedding – Julie Rogers

* When I’m 64 – Keith Moon

* Walk on By – Dionne Warwick

This week Rob and Mossy have dipped into their vast collections and produced some gems. Rob proves that his ‘blind’ spot in the 70s and 80s wasn’t quite as dim as it seemed. He discovered Rod Stewart‘s wonderful album ‘Atlantic Crossing’ and features the poignant ‘I Don’t Want To Talk About It’ from that album. He also became enthused by Style Council‘s funky ‘The Big Boss Groove’ and discovered a lovely song from David Essex (A Winter’s Tale’). Starting the program is the ‘delicious’ ‘Good Morning How Are You?’ from Aussie trio The Moir Sisters. Mossy waxes enthusiastically about Aussie band Sherbet ‘Can You Feel It?’ and Joan Armatrading‘s ‘Drop The Pilot’. She includes two famous Aussie ex pats – Kylie with her early hit ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ and Peter Allen‘s ‘I Go To Rio’. The program ends with two legends, Buddy Holly (True Love Ways) and Cliff Richard (Congratulations).

 

PLAYLIST

* Good Morning How Are You? – Moir Sisters

* I Should Be So Lucky – Kylie Minogue

* The Big Boss Groove – The Style Council

* Can You Feel It Baby? – Sherbet

* A Winter’s Tale – David Essex

* I Go To Rio – Peter Allen

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

* Drop The Pilot – Joan Armatrading

* My Special Angel – Bobby Helms

* Touch Me – The Doors

* True Love Ways – Buddy Holly

* Congratulations – Cliff Richard

Borrowing the name from a school room activity, this week’s theme of SHOW and TELL incorporates songs with show and tell either in their titles or inferenced within the songs. Artists include Australia’s Billy Thorpe, 1977 Grammy award winners Leo Sayer and the husband and wife duo, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jnr,the renamed Jacksons (previously the Jackson 5), US rock group Steely Dan,  US pop group the Exciters and US soul singer Al Wilson.

Rock immortals the Rolling Stones, the distinctive voice of Rod Stewart, the pop and jazz singer Helen Shapiro, the Fab Four and a British heart throb of the 70’s Peter Frampton complete the lineup.

 

PLAYLIST

* I Told the Brook – Billy Thorpe

* Tell Me What He Said – Helen Shapiro

* Have I Told Lately That I Love You – Rod Stewart

* Showbiz Kids – Steely Dan

* You Don’t Have to be a Star (To be in my Show) – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jnr

* Show Me the Way – Peter Frampton

* Show You the Way to Go – The Jacksons

* Show & Tell – Al Wilson

* The Show Must Go On – Leo Sayer

* Tell Me – Rolling Stones

* Tell Me Why – Beatles

* Tell Him – The Exciters

In 1984 Australia voted ‘Advance Australia Fair’ to be our national anthem. This year (2021) some changes were made to the lyrics to better reflect our times and to include First Australians. In particular the opening line is now ‘Australians all let us rejoice/For we are one and free’. However, the line ‘Our home is girt by sea’ remains as an anachronism because of the presence of the archaic word ‘girt’. Today’s program once again highlights some unique Aussie talent. The opening song is our own acclaimed punk band The Saints (I’m Stranded).

Other songs feature well known singers Olivia Newton-John (Banks Of The Ohio), Helen Reddy (Delta Dawn) and the Masters Apprentices with their classic ‘Because I Love You’. Included too are Cold Chisel (Standing on the Outside) and Richard Clapton (Girls On The Avenue). An oddity is the inclusion of American singer Jimmie Rodgers’ version of our own ‘Waltzing Matilda’.

 

PLAYLIST

* I’m Stranded – The Saints

* Banks Of The Ohio – Olivia Newton-John

* Because i Love You – Masters Apprentices

* Reputation – Wendy & The Rockets

* Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy

* Girls On The Avenue – Richard Clapton

* Standing On The Outside – Cold Chisel

* Bombora – The Atlantics

* Waltzing Matilda – Jimmie Rodgers

* The Loved One – The Loved Ones

* That’s A Hoedown – Lynne Randell

* Hide And Seek – Somebody’s Image

Given the space rocketing adventures of recent months we thought it timely to present some heavenly songs. This week’s theme of SPACE is heralded in by the Carpenters wonderful cover version of ‘Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft’.  Songs referring to planets include Duran Duran’s first hit single ‘This is Planet Earth’ and ‘Venus’ by Dutch group Shocking Blue.  Pattie Page is wanting to ‘fly [me] to the moon’.

Credence Clearwater Revival’s metaphorical song sees a ‘Bad Moon Rising’ and the group Starbuck is observing the constellations in ‘Moonlight Feels Right’.  References to the sun are exhibited in Fifth Dimension’s the ‘Age of Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In’ (from the musical Hair) and the Beatles ‘Here Comes the Sun’.  Madonna’s self-penned top five hit sees her finding her ‘Lucky Star’, Australian Lonnie Lee sees brightness in the stars and the Steve Miller Band refers to a space cowboy.

 

PLAYLIST

* Carpenters – Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

* Duran Duran – This is Planet Earth

* Fifth Dimension – Age of Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In

* Madonna – Lucky Star

* Shocking Blue – Venus

* Steve Miller Band – The Joker

* Starbuck – Moonlight Feels Right

* The Beatles – Here Comes the Sun

* Fly Me to the Moon – Pattie Page

* Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising

* Lonnie Lee – Starlight Starbright

Commemorating this year’s ‘International Day of Peace’ today’s program re-visits the era of the peace and anti-war movement of the late 60s and 70s. This was the era when popular song lyrics became the voices of protest for the first time in history. The era saw legends emerge like Bob Dylan (Masters Of War) and Joan Baez (We Shall Overcome) who became leaders in the peace movement. The era also produced great creativity in song writing of classic songs like Buffy Sainte Marie‘s ‘Universal Soldier” (sung here by Donovan) and Barry McGuire‘s rendition of ‘Eve Of Destruction’ possibly the most nihilistic and pessimistic song ever to make No 1 on the charts. In Australia too, the anti-war/peace movement was strong and we produced our own classics denigrating the Vietnam War such as Johnny Young‘s ‘Smiley” (sung here by Ronnie Burns) and Redgum‘s searing indictment ‘I Was Only 19’.

PLAYLIST

* Masters Of War – Bob Dylan

* Universal Soldier – Donovan

* Give Peace A Chance – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

* Smiley – Ronnie Burns

* Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire

* Peace Train – Cat Stevens

* I Was Only 19 – Redgum

* Oliver’s Army – Elvis Costello & The Attractions

* We Shall Overcome – Joan Baez

* Arkansas Grass – Axiom

* Good News Week – Hedgehoppers Anonymous

* Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

Shirley Ellis’s song The Name Game is the backdrop for this week’s theme with songs portraying people’s names. The playlist includes Axioms’ Samantha, Beach Boys’ Wendy, the Four Pennies’ UK number 1 hit Juliet, Conway Twitty’s upbeat cover of Nat King Cole’s Mona Lisa and a lovely version of Cindy Oh Cindy by Eddie Fisher. The country and western genre is represented by Dolly Parton’s Robert, Sammi Smith’s When Michael Calls, and Col Joye’s Rockin’ Rollin’ Clementine. The Surfaris’ Surfer Joe is riding the waves while the Coasters’Charlie Brown is playing the classroom clown. Boz Scaggs purposely created the name Lido so that he could shuffle through the song.

 

PLAYLIST

* The Name Game – Shirley Ellis

* Mona Lisa – Conway Twitty

* Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs

* Cindy Oh Cindy – Eddie Fisher

* Samantha – Axiom

* Robert – Dolly Parton

* Surfer Joe – Surfaris

* (Rockin’ Rollin’) Clementine – Col Joye & the Joy Boys

* Juliet – Four Pennies

* When Michael Calls – Sammi Smith

* Wendy – Beach Boys

* Charlie Brown – Coasters

 

HOPE AND INSPIRATION– In order to uplift your spirits during this time of crisis this week we’re cheering you up with some uplifting and forward-looking songs. Katrina & The Waves set the tone with their bright offering ‘Walking On Sunshine’. This is followed by Elton‘s stoic and defiant ‘I’m Still Standing’. The Righteous Brothers sing their big ballad ‘Soul & Inspiration’ while Aussie singer Linda George, reprises Ruby And The Romantics’ ‘Our Day Will Come’. Popular ‘seventies band Journey exhorts us to ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ while Irish group The Bachelors, echoes a similar sentiment in the quasi – religious song ‘I Believe’.  LGBTIQ+ listeners will remember the AIDS crisis (our last pandemic) and the song of hope ‘That’s What Friends Are For’ from Dionne Warwick and friends. Class is provided by legend Dinah Washington who sings of ‘Trouble In Mind’ but sums up our message ‘I’m blue/But I won’t be blue always/’Cos that sun’s gonna shine in my backdoor sometimes’.

 

PLAYLIST

* Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves

* I’m Still Standing – Elton John

* That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick & Friends

* Reach Out And Touch – Diana Ross

* Soul And Inspiration – Righteous Bros

* I Hope I Never – Split Enz

* Our Day Will Come – Linda George

* Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

* Trouble In Mind – Dinah Washington

* Helplessly Hoping – Crosby Stills & Nash

* I Believe – The Bachelors

* When Will I Be Loved – Linda Ronstadt

LET’S REMEMBER this week applauds the wonderful achievements of Miss Connie Francis and The Yardbirds. Connie is an American pop singer and former actress of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Her popularity had her topping the Billboard Hot 100 musical charts many times as well as recording a number of songs in various European languages. The Yardbirds was an English blues and rock group which had a number of top 40 hits in the mid 1960’s. Exceptional guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page were band members during various phases of the group’s popularity. Yardbirds, reportedly were instrumental in introducing psychedelic music to the pop charts.

 

PLAYLIST

* For Your Love – Yardbirds

* My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own – Connie Francis

* Louise – Yardbirds

* Malaguena – Connie Francis

* I’m a Man – Yardbirds

* Lipstick on Your Collar – Connie Francis

* Over Under Sideways Down – Yardbirds

* Among My Souvenirs – Connie Francis

* Heartful of Soul – Yardbirds

* Who’s Sorry Now – Connie Francis

* Shape of Things – Yardbirds

* Stupid Cupid – Connie Francis