Monday April 1st. - Back to April 1st. 1964!

By this date in 1964 the "British Invasion" had been underway for over three months and the chart for the week ending on the 31st. March 1964 reflects the fact that the tide had turned in a big way: The American influence had reduced significantly and there were very few US artists in the Top Twenty, let alone the Top Forty.

The playlist for today's program takes us back to the last week of March/first week of April 1964 and the tracks will include the following:-

• Can't Buy Me Love - the Beatles
• Do You Want To Know A Secret - the Beatles
• Hello, Dolly - Louis Armstrong
• Twist And Shout - the Beatles
• She Loves You - the Beatles
• The Shoop-Shoop Song (In His Kiss) - Betty Everett
• I Want To Hold Your Hand - the Beatles
• Glad All Over - the Dave Clark Five
• Dawn (Go Away) - the Four Seasons
• Stay - the Four Seasons
• The Way You Do The Things You Do - the Temptations
• Suspicion - Terry Stafford
• Please Please Me - the Beatles
• Bits And Pieces - the Dave Clark Five
• All My Loving - the Beatles
• My Heart Belongs To Only You - Bobby Vinton
• That's The Way Boys Are - Leslie Gore
• Yo Me Pregunto - the Valrays
• From Me To You - the Beatles
• Shangri-La - Vic Dana
• Ronnie - the Four Seasons
• Stay Awhile - Dusty Springfield
• My Guy - Mary Wells
• Wish Someone Would Care - Irma Thomas
• Forever - Pete Drake & his Talking Guitar
• Little Children - Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas
• I'll Find You - Valerie & Nick

Also included will be the following Aussie-produced and performed hits from across the year of 1964. These were in the Top 10 Australian records for that year:-

• Poison Ivy - Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
• Don't You Know, Yokomo - Dinah Lee
• She Wears My Ring - Johnny O'Keefe
• Four Million etc ....Tears - Judy Stone
• White Rabbit - Peter Posa
• She's A Mod - Ray Columbus & the Invaders
• Reet Petite - Dinah Lee
• Mashed Potato - Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
• About Love - Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
• Teeny - Johnny Chester.

The regular Comedy Spot following the 10:00 Am news & weather will feature another Hancock's Half-hour from the 1960's, today's being "Hancock's War", first broadcast on13th. May 1958.

Please join me in the time machine for a trip back to the best days of radio entertainment.