Yesterday Once More

This week’s second hour presents some of Disco’s greats. Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States’ urban nightlife scene. Disco started as a mixture of music from venues popular with African Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Italian Americans and LGBTI Americans. Rob and Mossy have decided to include 2 Aussie artists of the week –John Farnham and Axiom- even though their songs are not  representative of the theme.

PLAYLIST

* Turn The Beat Around – Vicki Sue Robinson

* Upside Down – Diana Ross

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

* I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me – Bronski Beat

* Knock on Wood – Aimee Stewart

* Stomp – Johnson Bros

* High Energy – Evelyn Thomas

* Shake Your Groove Thing – Peaches and Herb

* Little Ray of Sunshine  – Axiom

* If I Can’t Have You – Yvonne Elliman

* I will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

The first hour of this week’s shows is Featured Artists presenting the Swedish group ABBA and the Australian group Air Supply.

ABBA, the pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They won the Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Waterloo’ in 1974. They went on to become one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1982, selling over 356 million records.

Air Supply is a soft rock duo, comprising singer-songwriter and guitarist Graham Russell  and lead vocalist Russell Hitchcock. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including 8 top-ten hits in the US in the early 1980s. They formed in Australia in 1975 and in December 2013 were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association Hall of Fame.

 

PLAYLIST

* Mama Mia – ABBA

* Bring Out The Magic – Air Supply

* Knowing Me Knowing You – ABBA

* Making Love (Out of Nothing At All) – Air Supply

* Fernando – ABBA

* Sweet Dreams – Air Supply

* Dancing Queen – ABBA

* All Out Of Love – Air Supply

* SOS – ABBA

* Even The Nights Are Better – Air Supply

* Love and Other Bruises – Air Supply

* Waterloo – ABBA

Songs about Regret are part of the wider theme of being in love and falling out of love. Most of these songs express a longing for what was once or a desire for something that hasn’t happened. The program includes legends Perry Como (For The Good Times), Joan Baez (Jesse) and Ray Charles (I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You) and Elvis (Marie’s The Name). John Farnham is here with an earlier hit ‘Comic Conversation’. The Aussie Highlight are those masters of emotional, tear jerking songs, Air Supply with one of their big hits ‘Here I Am’.

 

PLAYLIST

* Comic Conversation – Johnny Farnham

* For The Good Times – Perry Como

* I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You – Ray Charles

* Jesse – Joan Baez

* Can’t Get Used To Losin’ You – Andy WIlliams

* I’d Love You To Want Me – Lobo

* Song from ‘Moulin Rouge’ – Percy Faith Orchestra

* Here I Am – Air Supply

* Marie’s The Name (Of His Latest Flame) – Elvis Presley

* Sea Of Heartbreak – Don Gibson

* Girl Don’t Come – Sandie Shaw

* So Long Baby – Del Shannon

This week it’s Motley Music. Motley, a synonym for miscellaneous, mixed, assorted or varied gave us the opportunity to present some of our favourite songs. The UK and the USA hosted most of the artists while Jeff St John and The Id and John Paul Young were the Aussie representatives.

 

PLAYLIST

* Rock The Boat – Hues Corporation

* Hair – The Cowsills

* Baby Come Back – Player

* Love Hurts – Nazareth

* Sugar Baby Love – The Rubettes

* Vincent – Don McLean

* I Hate the Music – John Paul Young (Aussie Highlight)

* Without You – Nilsson

* You Were On My Mind – Crispian St Peters

* Big Time Operator – Jeff St John and The Id

* I Like It – Gerry and The Pacemakers

* My Boyfriend’s Back – The Angels

 

In this program we celebrate the music of the early rock n roll years. Many of the legends of rock n roll are featured: Jerry Lee Lewis (Great Balls Of Fire), Little Richard (Tutti Frutti), Elvis Presley (Heartbreak Hotel) and of course, Bill Haley (Rock Around The Clock). Throw in John Lennon‘s driving vocals on The Beatles’ tribute to this era (Rock N Roll Music). It was a very macho era so for balance we’ve included popular female singers Connie Francis (Stupid Cupid) and The Shirelles (Boys). The Greatest Rock N Roll Song Of All Time is also featured – Chuck Berry‘s ‘Johnny B Goode’.

PLAYLIST

* Be Bop A Lula – Gene Vincent

* In The Midnight Hour – Ray Brown & The Whispers

* Great Balls Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis

* At The Hop – Danny & The Juniors

* Sorry – Easybeats

* Rock N Roll Music – The Beatles

* Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry

* Tutti Frutti – Little Richard

* Stupid Cupid – Connie Francis

* Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley & The Comets

* Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley

* Boys – The Shirelles

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