Yesterday Once More

The focal point for this week’s theme is the vocal range and capacity of the following artists…

THE VOICES show commences with the distinctive angelic soprano of Nana Mouskouri displayed in The White Rose of Athens followed by the ‘Caruso’ of rock music, the bel canto tenor Roy Orbison singing In Dreams. The combination of mezzo soprano Aretha Franklin and baritone George Michael scored a Grammy for their song Í knew You Were Waiting. John Farnham, with his recognizable tenor voice, supports his imaginative interpretation of the Beatles’ Help.

Award winning performer Daryl Braithwaite achieved gold with his One Summer score. Two of our favourite LGBTIQ+ performers include the romantic, soulful tenor of Johnny Mathis with his version of I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face and the distinctive mezzo soprano of Dusty Springfield with her delivery of You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me. Smooth voiced baritone Al Martino features in the devotional song Mary In The Morning and the beautiful high tenor voice of Jerry Vale in Pretend You Don’t See Her. The undeniable voice of Mama Cass leads the Mamas and Papas through their song Words of Love and the wonderful low contralto voice of Cher is evident in her version of the Shoop Shoop Song. The final song (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am belongs to the sassy jazz  pop singer Nancy Wilson.

 

PLAYLIST

* White Rose Of Athens – Nana Mouskouri

* In Dreams – Roy Orbison

* I Knew You Were Waiting – Aretha Franklin & George Michael

* I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – Johnny Mathis

* One Summer – Daryl Braithwaite

* Help – Johnny Farnham

* Spanish Eyes – Al Martino

* You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me -Dusty Springfield

* Shoop Shoop Song – Cher

* Pretend You Don’t See Her – Jerry Vale

* Words of Love – Mama Cass Elliott

* You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am – Nancy Wilson

This week we have a guest. Prudence is a presenter on another community radio station and a golfing friend of Mossy’s. She is also an avid listener to ‘Yesterday Once More’. Among Prudence’s ‘bucket list’ is a desire to travel to Antarctica. Unfortunately due to the pandemic she hasn’t been able to go so we are bringing ‘Antarctica’ to her. Instead of our regular theme we start with the Vangelis’ track ‘Antarctica’ and later a rather weird song from John Cale – ‘Antarctica Starts Here’. Continuing the theme of cold, ice and snow are Grateful Dead‘s ‘Cold Rain And Snow’ and Aussie band’s Mondo Rock with the Ross Wilson classic ‘Cool World’. Olivia Newton-John contributes with a nice ballad ‘Angels In The Snow’ while the program ends with another Aussie, Liv Maesson and her hit ‘Snowbird’.

This week it’s the Musical Instruments’ time to shine. The focus is not on the song or the singers but rather the musical instruments that contribute to the various and different sounds in songs.  Familiar and not so familiar devices are represented. Mossy showcases the Trumpet in Penny Lane, the Flute in Living in the Past, the Bagpipes in It’s A Long Way To The Top, the Violin in Livin’ Thing, the universally used Harmonica in I Was Made To Love Her and Sailor’s Glass of Champagne using their custom-designed Nickelodeon comprising two upright pianos, two synthesizers, mini organs and glockenspiels.

Rob’s interesting line-up includes the Penny Whistle in You Can Call Me Al, the Harpsicord in Come On-A My Place, the Ocarina in Wild Thing, the Theremin in Good Vibrations, Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Jews Harp in Doggett’s Gap and one of the oldest instruments, the drums in Let There Be Drums.

 

THE PLAYLIST

* Penny Lane – Beatles

* Wild Thing – The Troggs

* It’s a Long Way to The Top – ACDC

* Good Vibrations – Beach Boys

* It’s a Living Thing – ELO

* You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon

* Living in The Past – Jethro Tull

* Let There Be Drums – Sandy Nelson

* I Was Made to Love Her – Stevie Wonder

* Come on a My House – Rosemary Clooney

* Glass of Champagne – Sailor

* Doggett’s Gap – Buffy Saint Marie

This week Rob and Mossy are presenting songs from some memorable years in their lives. They are also placing these years in a worldwide context. For Rob years like 1978 (birth of his daughter) spiked a memory by Axiom‘s ‘Little Ray Of Sunshine’, 1967 (his arrival in Melbourne) listening to Johnny Rivers singing ‘Baby I Need Your Lovin’ and 1959, always etched in his memory due to the death of his father and linked to Sarah Vaughan‘s big hit ‘Broken Hearted Melody’. For Mossy her songs were reminders of her first trip to Melbourne, starting a teaching degree, traveling to Darwin and other incidents. her most memorable songs were ‘Revolution’ by The Beatles, ‘What A Fool Believes’ by the Doobie Bros and ‘Don’t Pull Your Love’ from Hamilton, Joe F and Reynolds.

PLAYLIST

* It Was A Very Good Year – Frank Sinatra

* Close To Me – The Cure

* Walk This Way – Aerosmith

* A Little Ray Of Sunshine – Axiom

* Revolution – The Beatles

* Baby I Need Your Lovin’ – Johnny Rivers

* What A Fool Believes – Dobbie Bros

* State Of Independence – Donna Summer

* Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter – Herman’s Hermits

* Walkin’ In The Rain – Johnny Ray

* Don’t Pull Your Love – Hamilton/Joe F/Reynolds

* Broken Hearted Melody – Sarah Vaughan

* Volare – Bobby Rydell

The platform for this week’s song selection focuses on three of the classical elements EARTH WIND and FIRE.  Super star Carole King starts the show with her reported sexually aggressive song ‘I feel the Earth Move’. Local lads the Delltones deliver a great cover of ‘Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands’, the Bee Gees are discovering that the ‘World’ is round and the doo wop group the Penguins present their only hit song ‘Earth Angel’.

The show heats up with Jose Feliciano’s beautiful version of the Doors’ ‘Light My Fire’, the dance group Trammps deliver ‘Disco Inferno’, Johnny Cash sings about the ‘Ring of Fire’, written by his wife June Carter and the group Blood Sweat and Tears featuring the robust voice of David Clayton-Thomas rendering a soulful cover of  James Taylor’s ‘Fire and Rain’.

Australian favourite Colleen Hewitt presents her 1983 version of ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’, baritone Harve Presnall  introduces ‘They Call The Wind Maria’ from the film Paint Your Wagon, The Association is tripping about with ‘Windy’ and the show closes with Australian Frank Ifield’s unique voice referring to the ‘Wayward Wind’.

 

PLAYLIST

* I feel The Earth Move – Carole King

* Wind Beneath My Wings – Colleen Hewitt

* Disco Inferno – The Trammps

* Light My Fire – Jose Feliciano

* They Call The Wind Maria – Harve Presnall

* Fire & Rain – Blood Sweat & Tears

* Get A little Dirt on Your Hands – The Delltones

* World – Bee Gees

* Windy – The Association

* Earth Angel – Penguins

* Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash

* The Wayward Wind – Frank Ifield

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