Monday 27th. May - Back 50 Years to 1963

For today's show I am going back fifty years - to 1963 and a look at and listen to what was receiving airplay during the twelve months of that year.

The playlist will feature the following songs (listed alphabetically, not necessarily in playing order):-

• As Usual - Brenda Lee
• Be My Baby - the Ronettes
• Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison
• Bombora - the Atlantics (Australian)
• Come A Little Bit Closer - the Delltones (Australian)
• Danke Shoen -Wayne Newton
• Eighteen Yellow Roses - Bobby Darin
• Fifty-five Days At Peking - Rob E G (Australian)
• Hangin' Five - the Delltones (Australian)
• Hello Muddah Hello Fuddah - Allen Sherman
• Hey Little Cobra - the Rip Chords
• Hey Little Girl - Major Lance
• James Hold The Ladder Steady - Sue Thompson
• Maria Elena - Los Indios Tabajares
• Move Baby Move - Johnny O'Keefe (Australian)
• Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
• So Much In Love - the Tymes
• Spanish Lace - Gene McDaniels
• Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
• Surfside - Digger Revell & the Denvermen (Australian)
• Talk Back Trembling Lips - Johnny Tillotson
• Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer - Nat King Cole
• Walk Right In - the Rooftop Singers
• Washington Square - the Village Stompers
• What Will Mary Say - Johnny Mathis
• You Don't Own Me - Leslie Gore
• You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful & You're Mine - Johnny Burnette

Today I will be presenting my final Hancock's Half-hour as the comedy feature which follows the 10:00 AM news & weather.

Today's show comes from the 29th. April 1958, features the full team of Kenneth Williams, Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Sid James and Hattie Jacques (left-to-right, above) and is entitled "The Grappling Game", in which Sid James is a wrestling promoter and Tony, Bill and Hattie attend the opening night. Kenneth Williams plays a multitude of roles, as usual!

So this will bring the Hancock's Half-hour radio presentations to a close for the time being.
Having played two per week since October 2012 I have exhausted the supply!

Therefore, starting next Friday, the 31st. May, I will present the first half-hour episode in the complete "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" radio series, as produced by the BBC in the 1990s.
Subsequent episodes will be featured in the regular Monday and Friday programs until exhausted (there are 24 episodes).

If you are a fan of the Douglas Adams books you will love this show, in which Peter Jones plays "the book".