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".

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 25th. March 2013

The program for today takes us back fifty-one years - to 1962 - and includes the following titles:-

1. He's A Rebel - Crystals
2. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
3. Big Girls Don't Cry - 4 Seasons
4. Green Onions - Booker T & MGs
5. Don't Hang Up - Orlons
6. All Alone Am I - Brenda Lee
7. Sherry - 4 Seasons
8. Surfin' Safari - Beach Boys
9. Popeye The Hitchhiker - Chubby Checker
10. Nothing Can Change This Love - Sam Cooke
11. Patches - Dickie Lee
12. Ramblin' Rose - Nat "King" Cole
13. You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells
14. Desafinado - Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
15. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
16. Next Door To An Angel - Neil Sedaka
17. Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney
18. Gina - Johnny Mathis
19. Ride! - Dee Dee Sharp
20. Return To Sender - Elvis Presley
21. Let's Dance - Chris Montez
22. Bobby's Girl - Marcie Blane
23. The Cha-Cha-Cha - Bobby Rydell
24. I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett
25. When My Little Girl Is Smiling - Jimmy Justice
26. Lie To Me - Brook Benton
27. Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker
28. Venus In Blue Jeans - Jimmy Clanton
29. I Was Such A Fool - Connie Francis
30. What Kind Of Love Is This - Joey Dee & Starliters
31. I Remember You - Frank Ifield (Australian singer - one of the first in the US charts)
32. Don't Ask Me To be Friends - Everly Brothers
33. Love Came To Me - Dion

The following Australian tracks from 1962 will also be featured:-

1. I've Been Everywhere - Lucky Starr
2. Si Senor - Rob E.G.
3. Southern 'Rora - Joy Boys
4. Sing - Johnny O'Keefe

Following the 10:00 AM news & weather I will present another classic Hancock's Half-hour comedy show.

Monday 4th. February - Different Times!

The program today will not only start at an earlier time but it will also be shorter.
This is due to the fact that for the first time in 20 years (i.e., since 1993) I am going to watch the American NFL Superbowl LIVE!!!

The last time that I was able to do this was the 1993 game, when Don Lane was the presenter and the games were shown here live on the ABC.

So.......today's program is starting an hour-and-a-half earlier than normal, at 7:30 AM, and will finish at 9:30, truncated to two hours instead of 3. (Normal time-slot is 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.)

I do hope that my regular listeners will forgive this shortened program, but now that I've been retired for nearly six months I don't have to feel guilty about taking time off work to watch a football game!

The two hours will be a mix of all that was good from the 1950s and 1960s charts but due to the abbreviated time I will not be including the regular half-hour comedy spot.
The playlist includes the following tracks that were receiving airplay in the Top Forty, 51 years ago, in the first week of February, 1962:-

• The Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee and the Starlighters
• Crying In The Rain - the Everly Brothers
• A Little Bitty Tear - Burl Ives
• Her Royal Majesty - James Darren
• Cotton Fields - the Highwaymen
• Multiplication - Bobby Darin
• Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
• Chip Chip - Gene McDaniels
• Norman - Sue Thompson
• I Know - Barbara George
• Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
• Irresistable You - Bobby Darin
• Baby It's You - the Shirrelles
• Break It To Me Gently - Brenda Lee
• The Twist - Chubby Checker
• The Wanderer - Dion
• Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball and the Jazzmen
• Town Without Pity - Gene Pitney
• Smokey Places - the Corsairs
• Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
• Let Me In - the Sensations

Please join me if you can.