This week’s set of songs WHAT’S IN A NAME was selected from the plethora of Groups’ names that Rob and Mossy found amusing, interesting or nonsensical.

 

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* No Matter What – Bad Finger

* You’re Gonna Miss Me – 13th Floor Elevators

* More Today Than Yesterday – Spiral Staircase

* Hernando’s Hideaway – Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

* I’ll Play The Fool – Doctor Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band

* Hi De Ho – Blood Sweat and Tears

* Rachael – 18th Century Quartet

* Are You Looking At Me – The Ferrets

* Incense and Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock

* Surfin’ Bird – The Trashman

* Bumble Boogie – B Bumble & The Stingers

This week’s theme is Movement. Many types of Movement are captured in song titles. There is flying (Fly Me To The Moon), dancing (Let The Little Girl Dance), walking (Walkin’ Back To Happiness) and jumping (Jump) to name a few. Highlights include two early sixties’ favourites – ‘Poetry In Motion’ by Johnny Tillotson and ‘Runaway’ by the ill-fated, Del Shannon. The Aussie highlight is Johnny Chester with his cover of ‘Shakin’ All Over’.

 

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* Fly Me To The Moon – Patti Page

* Trip Stumble And Fall – Mamas & Papas

* Poetry In Motion – Johnny Tillotson

* Band On The Run – Wings

* Shakin’ All Over – Johnny Chester

* Jump – Van Halen

* The Stroll – The Diamonds

* Walkin’ Back To Happiness – Helen Shapiro

* Runaway – Del Shannon

* Let The Little Girl Dance – Grantley Dee

* Fallin’ – Connie Francis

* Raincoat In The River – Bryan Davies

JOY’s annual Radiothon has begun, where we spread the love to our wonderful listeners and invite them to join or renew as members. The theme for 2019 is Love JOY so Rob and Mossy (R&M) decided to have a LOVE IN featuring some great love songs. National Volunteer Week begins (20 -26 May) so R&M acknowledged all the JOY volunteers and were delighted to have a few join them in the studio.

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* I Just Called To Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder

* Love Is A Many Splendored Thing – Four Aces

* Through the Eyes of Love – Bobby & Laurie

* Everlasting Love – Town Criers

* Love Her Madly – Doors

* Loving You – Minnie Riperton

* Love Makes The World Go Around – Perry Como

* Good Lovin’ – The Rascals

* L.O.V.E – Peggy Lee

* Love is in the Air – John Paul Young

There are many songs written about movies, movie stars, movie characters or the movie experience. ‘Sad Movies’ by Sue Thompson, ‘Saturday Night at the Movies’ by The Drifters and ‘Western Movies’ by doo-wop group The Olympics capture the movie experience. The incredibly popular ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ (Kim Carnes) and Bertie Higgins tribute to great stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are highlights of the program. The Aussie highlight of the week is Brisbane’s The Go-Betweens and their tribute to Irish film star ‘Lee Remick’.

 

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* Can’t Stop The Music – Village People

* Sad Movies – Sue Thompson

* Hollywood Seven – Jon English

* Lee Remick – The Go-Betweens

* Arthur’s Theme – Christopher Cross

* Bette Davis Eyes – Kim Carnes

* Robert De Niro’s Waiting – Bananarama

* Key Largo – Bertie Higgins

* Movie Star – Harpo

* Saturday Night At The Movies – The Drifters

* Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames

* Western Movies – The Olympics

This week’s theme Australian Places in Songs covers a number of sites across the continent commencing with Lucky Starr‘s ‘I’ve Been Everywhere’. Most   of the  songs  identify specific places such as Queensland, Torquay, Byron Bay (Goanna‘s Razor’s Edge), Peter Allen‘s ‘Tenterfield Saddler’, Skyhooks’ ‘Toorak Cowboy’, Cold Chisel‘s ‘Bow River’ and the Beach Boys’ inclusion of  Narrabeen (the Sydney surfing beach) in their ‘Surfin USA’ rendition. Other songs rely on the narrative to identify their place of reference, such as Icehouse‘s ‘Great Southern Land’ (Australia), Margaret Roadknight’s ‘Girls in Our Town’ (Newcastle) and The Sports’ ‘Last House on the Left’ (Melbourne’s suburban north).

 

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* I’ve Been Everywhere – Lucky Starr

* Toorak Cowboy – Skyhooks

* Bow River – Cold Chisel

* Girls On The Avenue – Richard Clapton

* Santa Never Made It To Darwin – Bill and Boyd

* Great Southern Land – Icehouse

* Razor’s Edge – Goanna

* Tenterfield Saddler- Peter Allen

* Girls In Our Town – Margaret Roadknight

* Last House On The Left – The Sports

* Surfin’ USA –  Beach Boys

* Moreton Bay – Lionel Long

This week the theme is a simple one word theme: Don’t. Highlights include ex- Kiwi Dinah Lee with her big hit ‘Don’t You Know Yockomo’ and Australia’s King Of Pop John Farnham with ‘Don’t You Know It’s Magic’. The definitive song for this theme is Elvis‘s ballad ‘Don’t’. British legends Cliff Richard (We Don’t Talk Any More) and Petula Clark (Don’t Sleep In The Subway) are also featured. Not forgetting a searing rendition of the Animal’s hit “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’ by Nina Simone. The Aussie highlight is the impressive group The Ferrets with their big hit ‘Don’t Fall In Love’.

 

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* Don’t You Know Yockomo – Dinah Lee

* Don’t Fall In Love – The Ferrets

* Don’t You Know It’s Magic – John Farnham

* Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – Nina Simone

* Don’t Bring Me Down – ELO

* We Don’t Talk Any More – Cliff Richard

* Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry & The Pacemakers

* Don’t Sleep In The Subway – Petula Clark

* Don’t Cross The River – America

* Don’t – Elvis Presley

* Don’t Pull Your Love – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

* You Don’t Know Me – Jerry Vale

For those who grew up without television the radio or wireless was a major source of information and entertainment. For years the radio has been a great medium for listening to our favourite songs and disc jockeys (DJs). This week’s theme RADIO looks at songs that include the word radio in their lyrics (Starman),or talk about the value of the radio (Radio Radio) and that of DJs (DJ saved my Life). The song Misty is included as it’s a focal aspect in the Clint Eastwood film ‘Play Misty For Me’. The Master’s Apprentices are the AUSSIE HIGHLIGHT of the week with their song ‘Turn Up Your Radio’.

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* Starman – David Bowie

* Don’t Play That Song – Ben E King

* On the Radio – Donna Summer

* Wired for Sound – Cliff Richard

* Radio Radio – Elvis Costello and the Attractions

* Last Night a DJ Saved My Life – The  Indeep

* Radio Ga Ga – Queen

* Angie Baby – Helen Reddy

* Turn Up Your Radio – Masters Apprentices

* Transistor Sister- Freddie Cannon

* Misty – Johnny Mathis

* Radio and TV – Everly Brothers

Inspired by the whistling prowess of Tim (Queen Of The Night) Perry we found that there were many songs which employed whistling as a component. The most obvious are ‘I Whistle A Happy Tune’ from ‘The King And I’ sung by Dame Julie Andrews and the popular instrumental tune of the fifties ‘The Happy Whistler’ performed by Don Robertson. Two great C&W cross over singers Marty Robbins (The Story Of My Life) and Guy Mitchell (Singing The Blues) both use whistling to great effect. There is a wonderful song from Gene Pitney (Only Love Can Break A heart) and the quirky ‘Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life’ from The Monty Python Gang.

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• Centrefold – J Geils Band

• I Whistle A Happy Tune – Julie Andrews

• Goodbye Stranger – Supertramp

• Only Love Can Break A Heart – Gene Pitney

• Can’t Smile Without You – Barry Manilow

• Magic Moments – Perry Como

• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life – Monty Python Gang

• The Story Of My Life – Marty Robbins

• 20 Miles – Ray Brown & The Whispers

• The Happy Whistler – Don Robertson

• Daydream – Lovin’ Spoonful

• Singing The Blues – Guy Mitchell

The term ‘one hit wonder’ or ONCE AT THE TOP (this week’s theme) is most commonly used regarding ‘musical performers’ who may have had only one hit single which in turn eclipses their other material. This week provides a variety of performances that have either reached the top spot or featured in the top 10 of charts. They include the great duo of Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta with sales of over 15 million copies, the animated group The Archies and the Dutch group Shocking Blue‘s ‘Venus’. Axiom is the Aussie Highlight.

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* Kung Foo Fighting – Carl Douglas

* So Much In Love – Cheek

* My Sharona – The Knack

* Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles

* Arkansas Grass – Axiom

* Slice of Heaven – Dave Dobbyn and Herbs

* You’re The One that I Want – Olivia Newton John /John Travolta

* Sugar Sugar – The Archies

* Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield

* Venus – Shocking Blue

* Rockin’ Robin – Bobby Day

* To Know Him Is To Love Him – Teddy Bears

This week’s theme is Denial (i.e unwillingness to face the truth). Several songs deal explicitly with this theme. The classic denial song is 10CC‘s ‘I’m Not In Love’. Other songs are ‘It Must Be Him’ (Vicki Carr) and ‘No Not Much’ (The Four Lads). Probably the singer who revels the most in Denial songs is Shirley Bassey (Never Never Never). More implicit depictions of Denial are found in songs like ‘Smoke Gets In Your Eyes’ (The Platters) and ‘Woman Woman’ (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap). Today’s Aussie highlight is the good song ‘You Weren’t In Love With Me’ by Billy Field.

PLAYLIST

* I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Credence Clearwater Revival

* Face It Girl It’s Over – Nancy Wilson

* Would I Lie To You – Eurhythmics

* You Weren’t In Love With Me – Billy Field

* Escape (Pina Colada Song) – Rupert Holmes

* I’m Not In Love – 10CC

* Never Never Never -Shirley Bassey

* Woman Woman – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

* It Must Be Him –  Vicki Carr

* No Not Much – Four Lads

* Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – The Platters

* Pretend You Don’t See Her – Jerry Vale