New Year's Eve - Monday 31st. December

For this final program for 2012 I thought that I would feature the Top 20 for the year 1962 - a look at what were the most popular hits fifty years ago.
And here is what the DJs were playing and what we were buying back then, counting down from No. 1 to No. 20.......

1. Working For The Man - Roy Orbison
2. Ramblin' Rose - Nat "King" Cole
3. Multiplication - Bobby Darrin
4. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
5. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
6. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
7. The Lonely Bull - Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
8. Telstar - the Tornadoes
9. Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk
10. The Boys - the Shadows
11. Dance With The Guitar Man - Duane Eddy
12. The Swiss Maid - Del Shannon
13. I've Been Everywhere - Lucky Starr
14. The Cha Cha Cha - Bobby Rydell
15. Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
16. If I Didn't Have A Dime - Gene Pitney
17. Do You Want To Dance - Cliff Richard and the Shadows
18. Roses Are red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton
19. He's Not A Rebel - Vikki Carr
20. Big Girls Don't Cry - the Four Seasons

In addition to the above, the following were the Top 10 Australian Hits for that year:-

1. I've Been Everywhere - Lucky Starr (included above)
2. Si Senor - Rob E.G.
3. Sing - Johnny O'Keefe
4. Southern 'Rora - the Joy Boys
5. I Remember You - Frank Ifield
6. Wolverton Mountain - Kevin Shegog *
7. Get A Little Dirt On You Hands - the Delltones
8. 5-4-3-2-1-Zero - Rob E.G.
9. Girl From Wolverton Mountain - Dorothy Baker
10. Midnight Bus - Betty McQuade

I will be playing all of the above tracks (* sorry but I don't have this one) during the show, along with other hits from 1962.

I was prompted by a news item last night, in which the Red Cross were appealing for blood donors across the region, to feature a classic Hancock's Half-hour, "The Blood Donor", in the comedy spot following the 10:00 AM news and weather.
If you have not heard this previously, then you'll love it. And if you have heard it before then I'm sure you will enjoy the re-run.

Happy New Year to you all!