Yesterday Once More

Yes we’ve done it! We’ve reached our Ninth birthday! And as a special treat for our regular, loyal listeners we’ve asked some of them to put together this program by selecting the songs. They have chosen many outstanding singers such as Stevie Wonder (You Are the Sunshine of My Life), Peggy Lee (Is That All There Is?), Tom Jones (What’s New Pussycat), John Lennon (Imagine) and others. Unusual requests include ‘Pilot of the Airwaves’ (Charlie Dore) and ‘So Much In Love’ (Mighty Avengers). There is the classic ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ and the haunting Aussie anthem about the Vietnam War with Redgum‘s ‘I Was Only 19’.

PLAYLIST

* You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder

* Pilot Of The Airwaves – Charlie Dore

* A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Procol Harum

* Living In The Past – Jethro Tull

* Is That All There Is? – Peggy Lee

* I Was Only 19 – Redgum

* Imagine – John Lennon

* Words – Bee Gees

* Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – Connie Francis

* Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me – Mel Carter

* What’s New Pussycat? – Tom Jones

* So Much In Love – Mighty Avengers

LET’S REMEMBER this week showcases the wonderful songs of English performer Petula Clark (CBE) and instrumentals from the master guitarist American Duane Eddy.

Petula’s long career started during World War II as a child entertainer on the BBC. Her first number one hit was in 1954 with the 1960s giving her over 15 consecutive top 40 charters and international hits including those sung in five European languages. Over the decades she hosted her own TV shows, won 2 Grammys, performed on stage and in films and sold around 70 million records.

Duane, one of the most influential guitarists of the time and renowned for his unique twangy sound was most successful during the 1950s and early 60s. He had numerous top 10 international hits and as his career progressed, he became more popular in the UK than in the US. In 1960 he was voted the UK’s Number One World Musical Personality ousting Elvis Presley. Duane’s biggest hit ‘Because They’re Young’ featured in the film of the same name in which he made a cameo appearance. He went on to sell 12 million records, acted in several Westerns and in 1986 received a Grammy for his remake of ‘Peter Gunn’.

PLAYLIST

* Sign of the Times – Petula Clark

* Forty Miles of Bad Road – Duane Eddy

* This is My Song – Petula Clark

* Downtown – Petula Clark

* Rebel Rouser – Duane Eddy

* Ballad of Paladin -Duane Eddy

* Kiss Me Goodbye – Petula Clark

* Pepe – Duane Eddy

* I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love – Petula Clark

* Shazam – Duane Eddy

* My Love – Petula Clark

* Because They’re Young – Duane Eddy

This week’s program creates an atmosphere of ‘noir’. The term embraces urban landscapes, mood and atmosphere, crime figures/secret agents/private eyes and rainy or foggy weather. Most noir films were in black and white. We attempt to evoke all these ‘noirish’ elements through our selection of music. Setting the scene early is the atmospheric ‘Harlem Nocturne’ an instrumental from The Viscounts. Several songs are about criminals (Mack The Knife, Ma Baker and Mr Kiss Bang Bang) or secret agents/private eyes (Secret Agent Man and Peter Gunn). Other songs evoke the ‘noirish’ atmosphere such as Ralph McTell‘s ‘Streets Of London’ or Simon & Garfunkel‘s ‘Bleecker St’.

 

PLAYLIST

* Black Is Black – La Belle Epoque

* Harlem Nocturne – The Viscounts

* Mack The Knife – Louis Armstrong

* The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace

* Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers

* Theme from ‘The Third Man’ – Anton Karas

* Streets Of London – Ralph McTell

* Ma Baker – Boney M

* The Man In The Raincoat – Marion Marlowe

* Bleecker St – Simon & Garfunkel

* Mr Kiss Bang Bang – Shirley Bassey

* Peter Gunn theme – Duane Eddy

This was a special week for Rob and Mossy as it was the inaugural Yesterday Once More broadcast from the new JOY studios situated in the Victorian Pride Centre (VPC) in St Kilda. The theme TRUE BLUE is an all Australian show featuring a couple of icons such as Slim Dusty, the first Australian to have an international hit and ‘True Blue’ John Williamson who has sold 4 million albums. Others in the set include the legendry Chrissy Amphlett & the Divinyls, Queenslanders the Go-Betweens and Tony Worsely and singer/actor Jeff Phillips. The late‘70s promotional songs ‘Up There Cazaly’ and ‘C’mon Aussie C’mon’ are now popular Australian anthems. The Executives, Gary Shearston and the Town Criers from the ‘60s and the ‘70s group Mississippi complete the Playlist.

PLAYLIST

* My Aim is to Please You – Executives

* Sometime Lovin’ – Gary Shearston

* Pleasure & Pain – Divinyls

* Cattle & Cane – Go-Betweens

* Baby it’s You – Jeff Phillips

* True Blue – John Williams

* Love Me Again – Town Criers

* Pub With no Beer – Slim Dusty

* Kings of the World – Mississippi

* Up There Cazaly – Mike Brady

* Velvet Waters – Tony Worsely

* C’mon Aussie C’mon – Mojo Singers

In this week’s program Rob and Mossy have chosen what they consider to be some of the best voices in pop music history. The program starts with the enigmatic Nina Simone (Break Down And Let It All Out) with her pure diction and growling vocals and concludes with the mellifluous tones of Dean Martin (Arrivederci Roma). Vocal purity and honesty are trademarks of Karen Carpenter (Solitaire), velvet precision from LGBTIQ+ performer, Johnny Mathis (Misty) and the soaring, goose bump tenor of Tony Williams (Only You), lead singer of The Platters. Another LGBTIQ+ favourite is Freddy Mercury who sings a restrained, lovely ballad (Love Of My Life) fronting Queen. Aussie contributions are the King Of Pop from 1969-73, John Farnham (One Is The Loneliest Number) the soulful voice of Doug Parkinson (I’ll Be Around) and Marcia Hines (I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself). An unusual inclusion is the French singer, Edith Piaf with her signature song, Non Je Ne Regrette Rien.

PLAYLIST

* Break Down And Let It All Out – Nina Simone

* I’ll Be Around – Doug Parkinson

* Misty – Johnny Mathis

* River Deep Mountain High – Ike and Tina Turner

* Solitaire – The Carpenters

* I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – Marcia Hines

* One (Is The Loneliest Number) – Johnny Farnham

* Love Of My Life – Queen

* Only You – The Platters

* Gypsies Tramps And Thieves – Cher

* Non Je Ne Regrette Rien – Edith Piaf

* Arrivederci Roma – Dean Martin

In this week’s program Rob and Mossy have chosen what they consider to be some of the best voices in pop music history. The program starts with the enigmatic Nina Simone (Break Down And Let It All Out) with her pure diction and growling vocals and concludes with the mellifluous tones of Dean Martin (Arrivederci Roma). Vocal purity and honesty are trademarks of Karen Carpenter (Solitaire), velvet precision from LGBTIQ+ performer, Johnny Mathis (Misty) and the soaring, goose bump tenor of Tony Williams (Only You), lead singer of The Platters. Another LGBTIQ+ favourite is Freddy Mercury who sings a restrained, lovely ballad (Love Of My Life) fronting Queen. Aussie contributions are the King Of Pop from 1969-73, John Farnham (One Is The Loneliest Number) the soulful voice of Doug Parkinson (I’ll Be Around) and Marcia Hines (I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself). An unusual inclusion is the French singer, Edith Piaf with her signature song, Non Je Ne Regrette Rien.

 

PLAYLIST

* Break Down And Let It All Out – Nina Simone

* I’ll Be Around – Doug Parkinson

* Misty – Johnny Mathis

* River Deep Mountain High – Ike and Tina Turner

* Solitaire – The Carpenters

* I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – Marcia Hines

* One (Is The Loneliest Number) – Johnny Farnham

* Love Of My Life – Queen

* Only You – The Platters

* Gypsies Tramps And Thieves – Cher

* Non Je Ne Regrette Rien – Edith Piaf

* Arrivederci Roma – Dean Martin

The BRITISH INVASION was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States giving rise to “counterculture” on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Australia too eagerly embraced this new sensation. This week’s score includes high profilers such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Zombies, the Kinks, the Hollies, the Animals, Spencer Davis Group and the Searchers. The US group the Buckinghams  was included as a bit of fun. To gain popularity they purposefully adopted a name reflective of the British invasion. The Move who later transitioned into the Electric Light Orchestra, Little Millie, and the Honeycombs complete the playlist.

 

PLAYLIST

* Have I the Right – The Honeycombs

* A Well Respected Man – The Kinks

* Keep On Running – Spencer Davis Group

* When I Was Young – The Animals

* Long Cool Woman in a Red Dress – The Hollies

* Blackberry Way – The Move

* All My Loving – The Beatles

* Time Is On My Side – Rolling Stones

* Kind of a Drag – The Buckinghams

* She’s Not There – The Zombies

* My Boy Lollipop – Little Millie Small

* When You Walk in the Room – The Searchers

 

This week Rob and Mossy have indulged themselves by playing their own choice of songs. Rob dips into his adolescence to find three of his favourites: ‘My Prayer’ by The Platters, ‘Little Darlin’ by The Diamonds and ‘To Know Him Is To Love Him’ from Phil Spector’s first group, The Teddy Bears. Add two great Aussie tracks: ‘This Guy’s in Love With You’ by The Reels and Peter Allen‘s iconic ‘Tenterfield Saddler’ and a smooth rendition of ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’ from Art Garfunkel. Mossy offers up tempo tracks from The Ritchie Family (Best Disco In Town), ‘Mississippi’ from Dutch group, Pussycat and the driving ‘Judy In Disguise’ (John Fred And His Playboys). Mossy dips into her adolescence with ‘Sugar Shack’ (Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs) and shows her liking for Wings (Band On The Run). Her Aussie contribution is The Sports performing ‘Who Listens to the Radio?’

 

PLAYLIST

* I Only Have Eyes For You – Art Garfunkel

* Best Disco In Town – The Ritchie Family

* This Guy’s In Love With You – The Reels

* Who Listens To The Radio? – The Sports

* Tenterfield Saddler – Peter Allen

* Band On The Run – Wings

* My Prayer – The Platters

* Mississippi – Pussycat

* Little Darlin’ – The Diamonds

* Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs

* To Know Him Is To Love Him – The Teddy Bears

* Judy In Disguise – John Fred & His Playboys

This week Yesterday Once More pays tribute to 2 exceptional entertainers. Under the theme LET’S REMEMBER we present the music of Miss Peggy Lee and the wonderful Stevie Wonder. Peggy’s prowess included singer / song writer / composer and actor. During her career spanning 7 decades she was nominated for 13 Grammys, had the number 1 hit Manana in 1958, won the 1958 Record and Song of the Year Fever, and was the 1959 Best Contemporary Vocal Performer with Is That All There Is. Little Stevie Wonder was the youngest (at 13 years old) to top the charts with his composition Fingertips. As one of the most successful songwriters and musicians, Stevie Wonder’s composition Part Time Lover made him the first artist to have a number 1 song in 4 different charts in 1985. He holds the record for the most Grammys (25) won by a solo artist, has sold over 100 million records and Rolling Stone lists him as the 9th greatest singer of all time.

 

PLAYLIST

* You are the Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder

* It’s a Good Day – Peggy Lee

* Superstition – Stevie Wonder

* Fever – Peggy Lee

* Is That All There Is – Peggy Lee

* Part Time Lover – Stevie Wonder

* Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder

* Black Coffee – Peggy Lee

* My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder

* Manana – Peggy Lee

* For Once in My Life – Stevie Wonder

* I’m a Woman – Peggy Lee

This week’s show is presented by Rob and Mossy with a special guest, Clayton. Clayton was responsible for ensuring Yesterday Once More went to air in the dark days of Victoria’s lockdown last year. In this week’s program we are taking you on a journey by ‘Going Up The Country’ with Canned Heat, ‘Hitchin’ A Ride’ with Vanity Fare and ‘Rockin’ Down The Highway’ with the Doobie Bros. On the way we will drop in on Mrs Johnson at the ‘Harper Valley PTA’, hear Aussie trouper, Margaret Roadknight sing about the ‘Girls In Our Town’ and take a breather at a holy village (Village Of St Bernadette) with Andy Williams. Taking John Denver‘s ‘Country Roads’ we will finish at Paul Anka‘s ‘My Home Town’.

 

PLAYLIST

* Going Up The Country – Canned Heat

* Rockin’ Down The Highway – Doobie Bros

* Life In A Northern Town – Dream Academy

* Hitchin’ A Ride – Vanity Fare

* Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C Riley

* Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver

* Village Of St Bernadette – Andy WIlliams

* Jump In My Car – Ted Mulry Gang

* Girls In Our Town – Margaret Roadknight

* Tobacco Road – Nashville Teens

* My Home Town – Paul Anka

* Light Across The Valley – Hans Poulsen