Yesterday Once More

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

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.

 

PLAYLIST

 

* 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’.

 

PLAYLIST

* 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.

PLAYLIST

* 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’.

 

PLAYLIST

* 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).

 

PLAYLIST

 

* 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