Baby Boomer returns to TLC, Yamba.

  

From Monday 3rd. of May, the Baby Boomer Radio show returns to TLC 93.5, going to air between 12 midday and 2:00 PM, Mondays and Fridays.

 

The Baby Boomer Radio Show returns!

Yes, indeed it has!
Not to TLC-FM 100.3 in Yamba, however, but to Valley FM 89.5 in the ACT.

This is the station where I first became involved in community radio, back at the beginning of this century and even when I moved here to Yamba in 2014 I would record the local show, edit it down to an hour and that would then be aired on Valley FM later in the week.
A similar procedure will be used for the revived program and whilst the program kicks off in a one-hour format, within a couple of weeks it will be extended to a two-hour show.

So commencing on Tuesday 3rd. December the new Baby Boomer will go to air at 1800 (6:00 PM) and will be replayed at 2105 (9:05 PM) each Thursday.

Format will be similar to what I've been doing for the past umpteen years; a veritable smörgåsbord of music with Top Forty hits from the Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, the occasional wander into the Nineties, Easy Listening, and every so often a snippet of comedy from some of the classic BBC radio shows of the 1950s and 1960s.

If you are a Baby Boomer then please join me and enjoy a relaxing trip down memory lane.
If you are a young whipper-snapper you just might hear something that you will enjoy!

After five-and-a-half years the Baby Boomer Radio Show on TLCFM 100.3 came to a close on Friday 1st. November.

(It had already finished on Valley FM 89.5 more than six month's previously.)

Should it ever be revived then I will advise here.

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Now on Monday & Friday in both Yamba and Canberra.

The Baby Boomer Radio Show may now be heard on TWO Community Radio stations........

It is broadcast live from TLCFM 100.3 in Yamba each Monday & Friday between Noon and 2:00 PM......

 .....and in edited sessions it may be heard on Valley FM 89.5 in Canberra each Monday and Friday morning between 9:00 and 10:00 AM.

You may also tune in by the internet streaming service available at each station's website (links to stations above).

Program for Wednesday 16th. July 2014

Today we revisit the 4BC Top Forty of exactly 52 years ago - the week of 15th. July 1962.

I will be playing every one of the 40 Hit Tunes listed on the playlist shown above, so come and relive exactly what we were listening to over fifty years ago!

The Comedy Spot at 2:00 PM will feature another classic BBC "Hancock's Half-hour".

Program for Wednesday 9th. July

The Baby Boomer Radio Show - 12:00 Noon to 3:30 PM this Wednesday.

We revisit this week in 1963 and the Top Forty playlist from Brisbane radio station 4BC.

I have every song listed bar one - that of Connie Francis, "If My Pillow Could Talk", so I will be presenting 39 out of the 40. Not bad after 51 years!

In the 2:00 PM Comedy Spot it will be a Hancock's Half-hour, this one from the 8th. December 1959 and entitled "The Poetry Society".
It features Bill Kerr, Sid James and, of course, Tony Hancock. (L to R, below).

Relocating to Yamba, NSW

From May 21st. the Baby-Boomer Radio Show will be heard on 2TLC (The Lower Clarence) 100.3, the community radio station located in Yamba, on the mouth of the Clarence River.

The program is scheduled for Wednesday afternoons, from midday until 4:00 PM, and will follow the same format as has been presented for the past several years in Canberra.

Please join me and wallow in the deep end of the nostalgia pool of pop music and radio comedy from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Monday morning show now having a holiday

With Spring just over the hill I have decided to give the Monday-morning "Baby Boomer Radio Show" a holiday for the immediate future......maybe until the end of Summer next year.

This decision has been brought about by the fact that, after a year of retirement lifestyle, I can spend more time in the warmer seasons outside in the yard and Daylight Saving helps to add to the desire to do so.

However, the Friday afternoon show will continue and in fact it will have an hour tacked on, giving 4 hours of air-time in lieu of 3.
The program will start two hour's earlier - at 12 Noon - and run through to 4 o'clock and, if the mood strikes, I may even take it through to 5 o'clock on occasions.

The format remains the same - a mix of the pops and hits from the 50s through to the 80s - with the 60s as the core - and Easy Listening and Comedy in there as well.

So join me for the final Monday program at 9:00 AM 26th. August and the first new Friday program on 30th. August.

Updating

The Baby-Boomer Radio Show has been running now since October 2012, with the core of each program being the hits of the 1950s through 1970s.

Therefore I have decided that, as the general format of my program is now widely known, I won't be providing advance information for every show, only those which will include any changes or additions to the core content.

So this Friday's show - 28th. June 2013 will feature - at 2:30 PM - the final episode in Series One of The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy.

Tune in each Monday at 9:00 AM and each Friday at 2:00 PM for three hours of nostalgia as I take you back to the golden years of pop music.

Friday 21st. June 2013

It's back to the 1950s today, with a selection of hits from 1950 through to 1960.
Listen to how the music changed once Rock & Roll came into being in the mid 50s and evolved as the 1960s dawned.

The half-hour comedy spot at 2:30 PM features Episode 5 of the continuing Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series, the BBC radio show created in 1978.

Monday, 17th. June 2013

A bit of the 1970s is the focus for today's program, with a lucky-dip of hits from throughout that decade.
In addition, I will be including a selection of 1950s, 1960s and Easy Listening tracks for your enjoyment.

The Comedy Half-hour from 9:30 AM will feature another classic Goon Show, today's being entitled "The Personal Narrative of Captain Neddy Seagoon, RN", first aired by the BBC on the 22nd. November, 1956.
This is the full-length show, which includes the musical interludes by Max Geldray, harmonicarist extraordinaire, and Ray Ellington and his group.

Friday 14th. June 2013

What does a pretty girl (she is wearing something underneath that short dress, isn't she?) on an Italian motor-scooter have to do with today's program?
Absolutely nothing - other than the fact that I will now have to include Besame Mucho in the music line-up!
I have two versions available - an instrumental by Ray Conniff and his orchestra and a vocal arrangement by Julie London. Maybe I should include both in the three-hour show.

That will set the theme for today's session - a mixed bag of everything good from the golden years of pop music.

And don't forget that, at 2:30 PM - the new time-slot - it will be Episode 4 of  The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, the radio serial (of Douglas Adams' book) created by the BBC in 1978.

Join me, all you Baby-boomers, for a fun afternoon!!

Program for Monday 10th. June 2013

The program today will feature a mix of all things good from the Fifties and Sixties, along with Easy Listening tracks and some comedy snippets.

The regular comedy half-hour will be included but now moves from just after the 10:00 AM news & weather to 9:30 AM - a half-hour earlier.

As mentioned on air last Friday, I will be featuring a selection of British (BBC) 1950s comedy shows in this spot on Mondays, whilst the Friday spot (now also a half-hour earlier - at 2:30 PM) will continue with the current Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (HHGTTG) until the full series is played out. That's about 21 Fridays left to go!

So, in today's spot I will have an episode of one of the most brilliant odd-ball comedy series ever to appear on radio - or anywhere else for that matter - The Goon Show.
Today's episode, entitled The Great Statue Debate, was first broadcast on the 24th. of March 1958.
The show includes the musical interludes from Max Geldray, harmonicarist extraordinaire, and Ray Ellington and his trio.

Join me from 9:00 AM until midday for laughs and baby-boomer music!

Friday 7th. June = 7th. June 1962

Today we revisit this date in 1962 and enjoy what was in the Top Forty exactly 51 years ago.

The playlist will include the following (listed in alphabetical order by artist's first name):-

• Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk
• Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Ben E. King
• I'll Never Dance Again - Bobby Rydell
• Sharing You - Bobby Vee
• Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton
• Sealed With A Kiss - Brian Hyland
• Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson
• Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter
• Second-Hand Love - Connie Francis
• Uptown - the Crystals
• The Stripper - David Rose Orchestra
• Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
• Get A Little Dirt On You Hands - the Delltones
• Lovers Who Wander - Dion
• Al Di La - Emilio Pericoli
• Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca
• That's Old-Fashioned - the Everly Brothers
• Pailisades Park - Freddie Cannon
• (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney
• She Cried - Jay and the Americans
• Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson
• It Keeps Right On Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson
• Playboy - the Marvelettes
• The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells
• The Wah-Watusi - the Orlons
• I Sold My Heart To The Junkman - Pattie Labelle
• I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
• Theme from 'Doctor Kildare' - Richard Chamberlain
• Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabares
• Soldier Boy - the Shirelles
• Have A Good Time - Sue Thompson
• Old Rivers - Walter Brennan

Following the 3:00 PM news & weather update I will present the third episode in the series of The Hitch-hikers Guide To The Galaxy.

Monday 3rd. June - Winter's first program!

The focus today is the 1960s, with a selection from right across that decade.
The playlist includes the following:-

• A Hard Day's Night - the Beatles (1964)
• Abraham, Martin & John - Dion & the Belmonts (1968)
• Boom Boom Baby - Crash Craddock (1960)
• Candy Girl - the Four Seasons (1963)
• Devil Woman - Marty Robbins (1962)
• Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers (1964)
• Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela (1968)
• Hey Paula - Paul & Paula (1962)
• Hey There, Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (1969)
• Hopeless - Andy Williams (1963)
• I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield (1964)
• I Wanna Be Around - Tony Bennett (1963)
• If I Fell - the Beatles (1964)
• Juliet - the Four Pennies (1964)
• Just One Look - Doris Troy (1963)
• Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark (1968)
• Linda - Jan & Dean (1963)
• Mexico - Bob Moore (1961)
• Midnight Mary - Joey Powers (1963)
• Ode To Billy Joe - the Ventures (1967)
• Rhythm Of The Rain - the Cascades (1963)
• Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welch (1963)
• Step Inside Love - Cilla Black (1968)
• Surfin' Bird - the Trashmen (1963)
• Talk To Me - Sunny & the Sunglows (1963)
• The Carnival Is Over - the Seekers (1965)
• Under The Boardwalk - the Drifters (1964)
• Winchester Cathedral - the New Vaudeville Band (1966)
• Wonderful, Wonderful - the Tymes (1963)
• You'll Never Get To Heaven - Dionne Warwick (1964)

 

Episode 2 of THHGTTG will be aired after the 10:00 news & weather update.
Grad your towel and join the gang for the continuing adventures of Arthur Dent & Ford Prefect.

Program for Friday 31st. - Back to the Fifties.

A selection of goodies from the Nineteen-Fifties is on the menu today and will include the following hits:-

• A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine (1956)
• Born Too Late - the Shannons (1958)
• Bye Bye Baby - Col Joye (1959) AUSTRALIAN
• Cannonball - Duane Eddy (1958)
• Chantilly Lace - the Big Bopper (1958)
• Ginger Bread - Frankie Avalon (1958)
• Gonna Get Along Without You Now - the Keynotes (1957) - Live, from Take It From Here.
• Happy Go Lucky Me - Paul Evans (1960)
• I See The Moon - the Stargazers (1954)
• It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards (1954)
• Lisbon Antigua - Nelson Riddle (1956)
• Lonely Guitar - Annette Funicello (1959) Two versions of the same song.
• Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson (1958)
• Moritat - the Dick Hyman Trio (1956)
• Mountain Greenery - Max Geldray (1956) Live, from The Goon Show 11-Oct-1956.
• My Blue Heaven - Fats Domino (1956)
• My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own - Connie Francis (1960)
• Rag Mop - Lionel Hampton (1950)
• Seven Lonely Days - Georgia Gibbs (1953)
• So Tough - Johnny O'Keefe (1958) AUSTRALIAN
• Splish Splash - Bobby Darin (1958)
• Stardust - Ray Conniff (1956)
• The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher (1959)
• The Twist - Chubby Checker (1960 & 1962)
• There's Only One Of You - the Four Lads (1958)
• Walkin' My Baby Back Home - Johnny Ray (1952)
• Whole Lotta Loving - Fats Domino (1958)
• Wishing For Your Love - the Voxpoppers (1958)
• You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford (1953)
• You Need Hands - Eydie Gorme (1958)
• You Are The Limit - the Delltones (1961) AUSTRALIAN

As mentioned in the last entry (for Monday 27th. May) I will be presenting the first episode in the BBC radio series, "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" in the half-hour immediately following the 3:00 PM news & weather.

Grab your towels, don your PJs and dressing-gown and prepare yourself for some whacky trans-universal comedy from the pen of Douglas Adams.

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".

For Friday 24th. May, back to 1964!

What a year this was - the first full year since the commenement of the "Top Forty" during which the Australian airwaves and the record stores featured more British artists than American.
The British Invasion had finally arrived and the predominantly American influence diminished almost overnight.

Today I am featuring a cross-section of artists and their songs from 1964 and the playlist will be made up of the following (listed in alphabetical order by song name):-

• A Fool Never Learns - Andy Williams
• Ain't That Good News - Sam Cooke
• All My Loving - the Beatles
• Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
• Baby I Love You - the Ronettes
• Bits & Pieces - the Dave Clark Five
• James Bond theme - John Barry
• Bread & Butter - the Newbeats
• Dawn (Go Away) - the Four Seasons
• Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
• Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin
• Have I The Right - the Honeycombs
• Hawaii Tattoo - the Waikikis
• How Do You Do It - Gerry & the Pacemakers
• I Want To Love Him So Bad - the Jellybeans
• I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
• In The Misty Moonlight - Jerry Wallace
• Juliet - the Four Pennies
• Just Like Romeo & Juliet - the Reflections
• Little Old Lady From Pasadena - Jan & Dean
• Memphis (Tennessee) - Johnny Rivers
• No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry
• Nobody I Know - Peter & Gordon
• Reet Petite - Dinah Lee
• Ringo - Lorne Green
• She Wears My Ring - Johnny O'Keefe
• She's A Mod - Ray Columbus & the Invaders
• Such A Night - Elvis Presley
• Talkin' About My Baby - the Impressions
• Tell Me Why - Bobby Vinton
• That's The Way Boys Are - Lesley Gore
• Time Is On My Side - the Rolling Stones
• White Rabbit - Peter Posa
• Willow Weep For Me - Chad & Jeremy

The Comedy Spot which follows the 3:00 PM news & weather update is another in the classic Hancock's Half-hour radio series.
Today's show comes from the 13th. January 1957 and is entitled "Almost A Gentleman".
It features the "full" cast - Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jacques.

Program for Monday 20th. May 2013

The major world-wide headline of 1961 was that relating to the launch, orbit and successful recovery of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - and the so-called "space race" between the USSR and the USA entered a new phase.

Meanwhile, down here on earth we were listening to a plethora of musical hits from the USA; there was no competition when it came to the source of the vast majority of the records that were bought and received air-play here in Australia. America provided more than 90% of our popular music.

On the 20th. of May 1961 our transistor radios were blasting out the following hits (I have listed them in alphabetical order), and it is these that I will blasting forth during my program tomorrow morning:-

• A Hundred Pounds Of Clay - Gene McDaniels
• African Waltz - Johnny Dankworth
• Barbara Ann - the Regents
• Blue Moon - the Marcels
• Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart - Connie Francis
• I Don't Know Why I Love You (But I Do) - Clarence "Frogman" Henry
• Daddy's Home - Shep & the Limelites
• Funny - Maxine Brown
• Good Goodbye So So Long - the Bob Knight Four
• Heart And Soul - the Cleftones
• I Feel So Bad - Elvis Presley
• I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott
• Little Devil - Neil Sedaka
• Mama Said - the Shirelles
• Moody River - Pat Boone
• Mother-In-Law - Ernie K Doe
• On The Rebound - Floyd Cramer
• Portrait Of My Love - Steve Lawrence
• Quarter To Three - Gary "US" Bonds
• Raindrops - Dee Clark
• Rama Lama Ding Dong - the Edsels
• Runaway - Del Shannon
• Running Scared - Roy Orbison
• Some Kind Of Wonderful - the Drifters
• Stand By Me - Ben E King
• Take Good Care Of Her - Adam Wade
• That Old Black Magic - Bobby Rydell
• The Charanga - Merv Griffin
• Those Oldies But Goodies - Little Caesar & the Romans
• Tonight I Fell In Love - the Tokens
• Tossin' And Turnin' - Bobby Lewis
• Tragedy - the Fleetwoods
• Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
• Trust In Me - Etta James
• You Can Depend On Me - Brenda Lee
• You Always Hurt The One You Love - Clarence "Frogman" Henry

The Comedy Spot which follows the 10:00 AM news & weather will be another in the classic Hancock's Half-hour series, today's from 30th. December 1956 and entitled "The Diary".

Ladies Day.....Friday 17th. May 2013

The focus for today's program is on the female artists of the 1950s and 1960s.
So the following songs and artists will be included in the playlist:-

• Are You Looking For A Sweetheart - Kitty Kallen (1950s)
• Billy - Kathy Linden (1958)
• Blonde-Headed Stompie-Wompie Real Gone Surfer Boy - Little Patty (1963)
• Born Too Late - the Poni-Tails (1958)
• Bumble Bee - Laverne Baker (1960)
• Ciao Baby - Lynn RAndell (1960s)
• Comes-A-Long-A-Love - Kay Starr (1950s)
• Don'cha Go 'Way Mad - Lucy AnnPolk (1950s)
• Everybody Loves A Lover - Doris Day (1958)
• Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis (1960)
• Half As Much - Rosemary Clooney (1952)
• Hallelujah, I Love Him So - Dinah Lee (1965)
• He's Mine - Millie Small (1960)
• He's Not A Rebel - Vicki Carr (1962)
• Hi-Lilli Hi-Lo - Dinah Shore (1953)
• How High The Moon - Lola Albright (1958)
• How Much Is That Doggy In The Window - Lita Roza (1950s)
• I Love How You Love Me - the Paris Sisters (1961)
• I'll Never Fall In Love Agaian - Dionne Warwick (1969)
• I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain - Dorothy Baker (1962)
• I've Told Every Little Star - Linda Scott (1961)
• Jeepers Creepers - Hayley Mills (1962)
• Johnny Angel - Shelley Fabares (1962)
• Knock Knock, Who's There - Liv Maessen (1970)
• Left Right Out Of Your Heart - Patti Page (1958)
• Lollipop - the Chordettes (1958)
• Love Me To Pieces - Jill Corey (1957)
• Mr. Lee - the Bobettes (1957)
• Music Music Music - Teresa Brewer (1950)
• Picnic - Shalley Fabares (1962)
• Pineapple Princess - Annette Funicello (1960)
• Puppet On A String - Sandie Shaw (1967)
• Sugar In The Morning - the McGuire Sisters (1958)

In addition to the above, following the 3:00 PM news & weather will be another classic Hancock's Half-hour, this one from the 14th. October 1956 and entitled "Back From Holiday", featuring Tony Hancock, Sid James, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams.