When life appears a little gloomy and faded we can always seek a Rainbow in the form of an uplifting and motivating song. This week we look at the RAINBOW theme from the LGBTI perspective and songs re rainbows and colours. The Rainbow Flag comprises six colours that are often associated with “diversity” within the LGBTIQ community: Red – Life / Orange – Healing / Yellow – Sunlight / Green – Nature / Blue – Harmony  Purple – Spirit. The Wizard of Oz‘s ‘Over the Rainbow’ is a reminder that whatever the situation we’ll always find our happiness somewhere over the rainbow where bluebirds fly.

PLAYLIST

* Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John

* The Orange and The Green – Irish Rovers

* Over the Rainbow -Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs

* Sumiregusa (Wild Violet) – Enya

* Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt

* Mood Indigo – Ella Fitzgerald

* Deep Purple – Nino Tempo & April Stevens

* Rainbow – Russ Hamilton

* Today’s Teardrops – Col Joye  AUSSIE HIGHLIGHT

* And Her name Is Scarlett – De Kroo Bros

* Swingin’ On A Rainbow – Frankie Avalon

* Yellow River – Jigsaw

Today’s theme is a happy one – ‘Smiling And Laughing‘.  It features songs from Leo Sayer (I Hear The Laughter), Neil Sedaka (Laughter In The Rain) and The Monkees (Laugh). Class acts include Peggy Lee (I’m Gonna Laugh That Man Right Out Of My Life) and Patsy Cline (When You Need A Laugh). LGBTI favourite Johnny Mathis turns up again (A Certain Smile). Excellent Melbourne group The Strangers are the Aussie highlight of the week with their popular hit ‘Melanie Makes Me Smile’.

 

PLAYLIST

* I Hear The Laughter – Leo Sayer

* Laughter In The Rain – Neil Sedaka

* Laugh Man – Harry Chapin

* Make Me Smile – Chicago

* Melanie Makes Me Smile  – The Strangers

* Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

* I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life – Peggy Lee

* I’ll Never Smile Again – Daddy Cool

* A Certain Smile – Johnny Mathis

* When You Need A Laugh – Patsy Cline

* When My Little Girl Is Smiling – The Drifters

* Laugh – The Monkees

Each program we present is a time capsule reflecting the viewpoints and values of a past era. This program is the fifth in our ‘Guys And Dolls‘ theme. All the songs in the program present the prevailing binary construct of gender which was prevalent back then. Today we are more enlightened and accept and celebrate diverse gender identities. Songs featured are Barry Manilow‘s poignant ‘Mandy’, Mike Nesmith‘s quirky ‘Joanne’ and Wayne Fontana‘s song about his wife ‘Pamela Pamela’. The Aussie highlight of the week is Adelaide band The Twilights’ ‘Cathy Come Home’.

 

PLAYLIST

 

* Joanne – Mike Nesmith and The First National Band

* Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean

* Valerie – Steve Winwood

* Mandy – Barry Manilow

* Stephen – Neil Sedaka

* Frankie – Connie Francis

* Message to Michael – Dionne Warwick

* Judy Judy Judy – Johnny Tillotson

* I Can’t Let Maggie Go – Honeybus

* Julia – Ted Mulry

* Cathy Come Home – The Twilights

* Pamela Pamela – Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders

Were they ‘the years of confusion and doubt’ as Pat Boone sings in ‘Twixt Twelve And Twenty’ or do most of us sail through them relatively unscathed? Certainly the phenomenon of ‘teenagers’ reached a climax in the 50s and 60s. Singers and songwriters were quick to cash in on this new market. All songs in the program are evidence of this focus on teenage romance (A Teenager In Love), teenage worries and angst (Summerime Blues) (At Seventeen) and adults reaction to teenage behaviour (Kids). The Aussie highlight is a great song about a teenage boy losing his virginity – Mondo Rock‘s big hit ‘Come Said The Boy’.

PLAYLIST

* Kids – Kirby Stone Four

* Are You Old Enough? – Dragon

* A Teenager In Love – Dion & The Belmonts

* I’m 18 – Alice Cooper

* Come Said The Boy – Mondo Rock

* Hey Nineteen – Steely Dan

* Twixt Twelve And Twenty – Pat Boone

* At Seventeen – Janis Ian

* Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran

* Only Sixteen – Dr Hook

* You’re Sixteen – Johnny Burnette

* Teen Angel – Mark Dinning

JOY to the world as Rob and Mossy celebrate their 7th year anniversary of presenting Yesterday Once More (YOM). We acknowledge with a huge THANK YOU our wonderful listeners, the YOM support team (Basam, Cory, Julia, Marcus and Tamsin) and members of the JOY family. The play list this week comprises Mossy’s selection of songs from 1957 / ’67 / ’77 and some of Rob’s all time, personal favorites.

PLAYLIST

* Happy Anniversary – Little River Band

* Real Men – Joe Jackson

* I Just Want To Be Your Everything – Andy Gibb

* A Touch of Paradise – John Farnham

* Chances Are – Johnny Mathis

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

* Here you Come Again – Dolly Parton

* Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush

* Happy Together – The Turtles

* America – Simon and Garfunkel

* Fascination – Jane Morgan

* Love Came to Me – Dion

Mossy’s blonde locks and Rob’s silver fox look provide a visual backdrop to this week’s theme ‘Silver And White’. Prominent artists are David Bowie (White Light White Heat), Cream (White Room) and The Beatles (Maxwell’s Silver Hammer). There is a poignant song about getting old, written in 1876 (Silver Threads Among The Gold) by Irish duo Foster & Allen.  Tommy Steele pops up with his cute ‘Little White Bull’. The Aussie highlight is an early INXS track (Shabooh Shoobah – Black And White).

PLAYLIST

* Black And White – Three Dog Night

* White Silver Sands – Don Rondo

* White Room – Cream

* Shabooh – Shoobah – Black And White (INXS)

* Silvery Moon – Sherbet

* Little White Bull – Tommy Steele

* White Light White Heat – David Bowie

* Silver Threads Among The Gold – Foster & Allen

* Hi Ho Silver Lining – Jeff Beck

* A White Sport Coat – Marty Robbins

* Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – Beatles

* Silver Threads And Golden Needles – Springfields

Songwriters have long been writing and singers trilling about various aspects of the body, quite oft as a romantic attachment. This week’s theme ABOUT THE BODY includes a variety of songs ranging from the crooning sounds of Tony Bennett‘s ‘I left My Heart In San Francisco’ to the boisterous Rod Stewart‘s ‘Hot Legs’. Australians Lyn Randell and Colin Cook sing about the head and heart while Aussie Highlight of the week, Olivia Newton-John is arming up.

PLAYLIST

* I’ve Got You Under My Skin – The Four Seasons

* Lucky Lips – Cliff Richard

* Can I Trust Your Arms – Olivia Newton- John

* Heart – Colin Cook and the Strangers

* Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me A While) – Doobie Bros

* Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka

* I Left My Heart In San Francisco – Tony Bennett

* You Need Hands – Eydie Gormé

* Hot Legs – Rod Stewart

* Going Out of My Head -Lyn Randell

* I Want To Hold Your Hand – Beatles

* Your Nose Is Gonna Grow – Johnny Crawford

This week’s program is designed to inject some much needed HEAT into our listener’s cold Melbourne winter.  There is a great array of bright, toe tapping songs in this program. Innovative tracks from Buffy Sainte-Marie (He’s A Keeper Of The Fire) to popular jazz vocalist of the 40s and 50s Kay Starr (I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm). Other highlights include Jose Feliciano‘s knockout version of the Doors’ classic ‘Light My Fire’. Donna Summer (Heat Wave) and Billy Joel (We Didn’t Start The Fire) are also featured. The Aussie highlight is Melbourne’s own handsome rocker Merv Benton (I Got Burned).

 

PLAYLIST

* He’s A Keeper Of The Fire – Buffy Sainte-Marie

* The Heat Is On – Glen Frey

* Warm Ride – Graham Bonnet

* Hot August Night – Neil Diamond

* I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm – Kay Starr

* We Didn’t Start The Fire – Billy Joel

* Light My Fire – Jose Feliciano

* Hot Stuff – Donna Summer

* I Got Burned – Merv Benton

* Heat Wave – Donna Summer

* Fire – Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

* This Wheel’s On Fire – Flake

This week’s theme POP SONGS IN CINEMA comprises songs that have been selected for inclusion in a film’s score, or have been especially written for a film, such as ‘Moon River’ which Mercer and Mancini wrote for Audrey Hepburn’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. A chart topper from the ’60’s, ‘Yesterday’s Man’ features in the film The Boat that Rocked.

PLAYLIST

* We Are the Champions – Queen

* Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton

* The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore -Walker Bros

* Wind Beneath My Wings – Colleen Hewitt

* Crocodile Rock – Elton John

* Mrs Robinson – Simon and Garfunkle

* Lady Marmalade – Pattie La Belle

* Moon River – Jerry Butler

* Hopelessly Devoted To You – Olivia Newton John

* Son of a Preacher man – Dusty Springfield

* Yesterday Man – Chris Andrews

* A little Boy Called Smiley – Red Perksey Orchestra and Choir

This week’s theme is a real challenge for listeners. What do songs like Personality (Lloyd Price), Imagine (John Lennon) and Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band) have in common? The answer is they are all abstract words.  The Aussie highlight of the week is Australian Crawl’s Reckless.

PLAYLIST

* Emotion – Samantha Sang

* Friendly Persuasion – Pat Boone

* Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band

* Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps – Doris Day

* Heartlight – Neil Diamond

* Moments to Remember – Four Lads

* All or Nothing – Marcie & The Cookies

* Reckless – Australian Crawl

* Pride – Ray Brown & The Whispers

* Imagine – John Lennon

* Help – The Beatles

* Personality – Lloyd Price