Yesterday Once More

This week’s songlist comprises songs that refer to our planet’s natural land and sea scapes taking you up hill ‘Wolverton Mountain‘ and down dale, ‘Suddenly There’s a Valley’. Launching the set is Duran Duran’s ‘Planet Earth‘. From there we travel across land, ‘I am a Rock’, water, ‘I Told The Brook’, seas with Queen’s ‘Seven Seas of Rhye‘ and then David Bowie has us looking at earth from above with his wonderful ‘Space Oddity’.

As JOY was celebrating Trans Awareness this weekend, Rob was able to relate the happy, positive journey of his ex-partner’s transition from Didi to Luna. 

SONGLIST

* Planet Earth – Duran Duran

* Earth Angels – The Penguins

* I Told the Brook – Billy Thorpe

* Space Oddity – David Bowie

* I Am a Rock – Simon and Garfunkel

* Great Southern Land – Icehouse

* Rivers of Babylon – Boney M

* Suddenly There’s a Valley – Jo Stafford

* Seven Seas of Rhye – Queen

* Wolverton Mountain – Kevin Shegog

* To the Ends of the Earth – Englebert Humperdink

* Cry Me a River – Julie London

Over time our values and expressed attitudes change. These changes are often demonstrated through the lyrics of songs. Today’s program is a snapshot of values and attitudes from the past which are foreign and even, tasteless and offensive today. The most glaring examples include the Crystals‘ song ‘He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)’, Napoleon IV’s novelty song ‘They’re Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha’ and considered the most ‘sexist song ever’, ‘Wives And Lovers’ sung by Jack Jones. Surprisingly, this song was written by famous songwriters, Bacharach & David. There is also overt racial stereotyping in Pat Boone‘s ‘Speedy Gonzales’ and overt physical prejudice in Queen‘s ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’

PLAYLIST

* Ain’t Gonna Bump (With No Fat Woman) – Joe Tex

* The Wanderer – Dion

* Short People – Randy Newman

* Are You Old Enough? – Dragon

* Getting Better – The Beatles

* Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette

* Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen

* Speedy Gonzales – Pat Boone

* In The Summertime – The Mixtures

* They’re Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha – Napoleon IV

* He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) – The Crystals

* Wives And Lovers – Jack Jones

The Swinging Sixties was a youth movement emphasizing the new and modern, often seen as creating a cultural revolution. This timeframe has been named as the most defining decade of the 20th Century in British history and is famed for its iconic fashion and ground-breaking music. This week we present some of that music and artists including the Fab Four who were at the forefront of those changing times. The group “Hush“ is this week’s Aussie Highlight.

PLAYLIST

* Hold Me – P J Proby

* House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals

* My Guy – Mary Wells

* Yeh Yeh – Georgie Fame

* Glad all Over – Hush

* The Air That I Breathe – Hollies

* Baby Come Back – The Equals

* Diamonds – Jet Harris and Tony Meehan

* Do You Want to Know A Secret – Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas

* When You Walk In The Room -The Searchers

* With Love From Me To You – Beatles

* I Belong With You – Bobby and Laurie

 

This week’s program begins with the amusing 60s hit from Mike Sarne, with help from Wendy Richards, (Come Outside). Other big names include Ella Fitzgerald (Laughing On The Outside) and a more mature offering from Neil Sedaka (Standing On The Inside). Wonderful harmonies are provided by The Everly Bros (Crying In The Rain) and The Beatles (We Can Work It Out). Australia is represented by The Mixtures (In The Summertime) and teenage pop star of the 60s, Lynne Randell (Going Out Of My Head).

PLAYLIST

* Come Outside – Mike Sarne/Wendy Richards

* I’m Looking Out The Window – Cliff Richard

* Laughing On The Outside – Ella Fitzgerald

* Walk Right In – Rooftop Singers

* Let Me In – Dinah Lee

* In The Summertime – The Mixtures

* Standing On The Inside -Neil Sedaka

* We Can Work It Out – Beatles

* School Is Out – Gary US Bonds

* Going Out Of My Head -Lynne Randell

* Fools Rush In – Brook Benton

* Crying In The Rain – Everly Bros

This week Rob is joined by his old friend, Henri who is a lover of classical music. So the chosen theme is pop songs which use classical pieces as their melodies. The result is songs of excellent quality. Starting with Procol Harum‘s debut single ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ the program moves through some wonderful singers such as Jo Stafford (No Other Love) and Randy Crawford (One Day I’ll Fly Away). Perhaps the most commercially sounding song is the Toys ‘A Lover’s Concerto’ based on a Bach Minuet. The Seekers are represented twice with ‘The Carnival Is Over’ and ‘Emerald City’.

 

PLAYLIST

* A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Procol Harum

* The Carnival Is Over – The Seekers

* Those Were The Days – Mary Hopkin

* Annie’s Song – John Denver

* No Other Love – Jo Stafford

* Stranger In Paradise – Tony Bennett

* One Day I’ll Fly Away – Randy Crawford

* None But The Lonely Heart – Frank SInatra

* Emerald City – The Seekers

* A Fifth Of Beethoven – Walter Murphy

* A Lover’s Concerto – The Toys

* Surrender – Elvis Presley

‘Love’ is the most popular theme by far in pop music songs. This week we present an array of ‘Amore’ and ‘Love’ songs. We start with Dean Martin‘s signature song from the fifties ‘That’s Amore’. Other popular singers include Ben E King (Amor), Jose Feliciano (Adios Amour) and Gene Pitney (Only Love Can Break A Heart). Two interesting songs from the fifties are the one hit wonder by Phil Phillips (Sea Of Love) and the original ‘Chanson D’Amour’ from the Fontane Sisters. Aussie singer Bobby Cookson presents a nice rendition of the Ray Peterson hit ‘I Could Have Loved You So Well’.

PLAYLIST

* That’s Amore – Dean Martin

* Adios Amour – Jose Feliciano

* Best Of My Love – The Emotions

* Sea Of Love – Phil Phillips

* Love The One You’re With – Isley Bros

* Amor – Ben E King

* I’m Stone In Love With You – Johnny Mathis

* Only Love Can Break A Heart – Gene Pitney

* Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane

* Chanson D’Amour – Fontane Sisters

* The Way They Play – The Twilights

* I Could Have Loved You So Well – Bobby Cookson

Today Rob shares the microphone with our efficient pod caster Julia and we bid a sad farewell to our wonderful newsreader, Tamsin. The theme is Everyday Objects. Two generic songs about things head the program: ‘Things’ by Bobby Darin and the ‘Sound Of Music’ favourite from Julie Andrews (My Favourite Things). Other objects include a book (My Colouring Book) from legend, Barbra Streisand, candles (Sixteen Candles) from doo-wop group, The Crests and a single bed (S-S-S Single Bed) from English group, Fox. The Beatles chime in with ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ and there is a classic fresh- sounding fifties song ‘Green Door’ by Jim Lowe.

 

PLAYLIST

* Things – Bobby Darin

* My Favourite Things – Julie Andrews

* My Colouring Book – Barbra Streisand

* Bottle Of Wine – The Fireballs

* Sixteen Candles – The Crests

* While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Beatles

* One Small Photograph – Kevin Shegog

* S-S-S Single Bed – Fox

* James Hold The Ladder Steady – Sue Thompson

* Transistor – Booka Hyland

* Green Door – Jim Lowe

* Silver Threads And Golden Needles – The Springfields

1967 was an eventful year. We lost a Prime Minister at Portsea; Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was released; Elvis married Priscilla and Rob came to Melbourne to live. Popular songs were Itchycoo Park (Small Faces), Creeque Alley (Mamas & Papas) and the great Aretha with ‘Respect’. The Aussie highlight is Australia’s no 1 pop singer at the time, Melbourne’s Normie Rowe with his big hit ‘It’s Not Easy’.

PLAYLIST

* Itchycoo Park – Small Faces

* Lightning’s Girl – Nancy SInatra

* The Rain The Park And Other Things – Cowsills

* Love Is All Around – The Troggs

* The Happening -The Supremes

* It’s Not Easy – Normie Rowe

* Creeque Alley – Mamas & Papas

* Release Me – Engelbert Humperdinck

* Respect – Aretha Franklin

* Ciao Baby – Lynne Randell

* Kind Of A Drag – The Buckinghams

* The Letter – Box Tops

Today Rob is joined by long time member and doyen of JOY, Harriet. There are some very good voices featured in this program: Bee Gees (World), Sam Cooke (What A Wonderful World), Jimmie Rodgers (The World I Used To Know) and Jack Scott (What In The World’s Come Over You). Aussie band Mondo Rock and songwriter, Ross Wilson presents ‘Cool World’. The program concludes with the optimistic song (What A Wonderful World) from the great Satchmo, Louis Armstrong.

PLAYLIST

* Cool World – Mondo Rock

* I’m On The Top Of The World – Carpenters

* Two Different Worlds – Dick Haymes

* I Wouldn’t Have Missed It For The World – Ronnie Milsap

* What In The World’s Come Over You – Jack Scott

* Wild World – Cat Stevens

* World – Bee Gees

* I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing – New Seekers

* The World I Used To Know – Jimmie Rodgers

* Wonderful World – Sam Cooke

* Young World – Ricky Nelson

* Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

This week’s show features two wonderful British acts. The first is the sensational Welsh entertainer and singer, Dame Shirley Bassey and secondly one of the best, if not the best Rock and Roll bands of all time, the Rolling Stones.

Shirley, whose career began in the mid-1950s, is best known for both her powerful voice and for her recordings of themes from James Bond films. She is considered one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the second half of the 20th century.

The Rolling Stones who formed in London in 1962 were at the forefront of the British Invasion of bands popular in the 60’s. They were identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of that time.  Now, nearly six decades later their popularity has not waned as they continue to perform and entertain on the global stage.

PLAYLIST

*  Satisfaction – Rolling Stones

* I Who Have Nothing – Shirley Bassey

* 19th Nervous Breakdown – Rolling Stones

* Kiss Me, Honey Honey Kiss Me – Shirley Bassey

* The Last Time – Rolling Stones

* This Is My Life – Shirley Bassey

* It’s All Over Now – Rolling Stones

* Big Spender – Shirley Bassey

* Ruby Tuesday – Rolling Stones

* What Now My Love – Shirley Bassey

* Get Off My Cloud – Rolling Stones

* Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey