Yesterday Once More

The Italian Influence So many singers (especially in the USA) have Italian backgrounds. This program features some of them. The program starts with Frankie Valli and his solo hit Can’t Take My Eyes Off You. Prominent female singers are Cindi Lauper ( Time After Time), Madonna (La Isla Bonita) and Connie Francis (Besame Mucho). One genuine Italian singer Umberto Tozzi sings his smash Italian hit Ti...

This week’s theme SITES & SIGHTS embrace songs that refer to various things located on, in or around the house. A substantial aspect of the house is the roof and the Supremes and Drifters are up there enjoying the views. It’s hard to imagine someone Dancing on the Ceiling but Grammy award winning Lionel Ritchie popularized the idea. While the Hollies are looking through windows the Diamonds ar...

Pop songs from the ANTIPODES (Australia and New Zealand) span decades of iconic chart toppers, indie pop gems and alternative rock.  This week’s episode includes the four time grammy winner Olivia Newton John with Xanadu, New Zealand’s art pop group Split Enz with their melodic I Hope I Never.   Allison McCallum’s Superman and Max Merritt and the Meteors’ Western Union Man ...

Let’s Remember: ELO and Peter Paul & Mary In this week’s program, Let’s Remember, we celebrate two fine groups. Electric Light Orchestra and Peter Paul and Mary. ELO is featured through some of their big hits: Telephone Line: (It’s A) Livin’ Thing and Don’t Bring Me Down. Peter Paul And Mary popularised Bob Dylan through songs like Blowin’ In The Wind and Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright....

Protest In this week’s program Rob is joined by guest presenter, Rachel. The theme is different kinds of protest songs. Two icons of the folk protest era are Bob Dylan (Masters Of War) and Joan Baez ( What Have They Done To The Rain?). Barry Maguire sings his 1960s nihilistic hit Eve Of Destruction while Don Fardon sings about the lament of the American Indians with the poignant Indian Reservation...

Pop Homonyms The theme is ‘Pop Homonyms’ which means same name but different songs.  This week Rob is joined by guest presenter, Simon.  The six pairings are: Gloria (Laura Branigan / Them), Georgia (Boz Scaggs / Elton John ), The Name Of The Game (ABBA/Badfinger), Shout (Johnny O’Keefe/Tears For Fears), Lucille (Kenny Rogers/little Richard) and Willing (Gil Scott Heron/Linda Ronstadt). So, enjoy...

In this program our podcaster, Penn, takes centre stage and chooses songs they have some connection with. Many songs are associated with Penn growing up and family such as Father And Son, Cats In The Cradle and from his infancy Cradle Of Love. Penn tells stories of sadness and joy and yearning for a simpler time like Mary Hopkin in Those Were The Days.   Playlist Father And Son – Cat Stevens When...

Double Sided Hits Back in the days of vinyl singles songs were released with a designated A side and a B side. Often the B side became just as popular as the A side. Thus a double sided hit was created. Elvis Presley had 39 double sided hits while The Beatles had 24. In this program we feature six performers who had double sided hits: Roy Orbison ( Candy Man/Crying),  The Beatles ( She’s A Woman/I...

Earth, Wind, Fire & Water  are the focus of this week’s episode. The line – up includes legendary Sir Elton John, masterful guitarist and singer Jose Feliciano, Brisbane based Tony Worsely and an interestingly named singer, Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Disco kings, the Trammps open the show with their number one hit  Disco Inferno . Kiss imagine  Heaven’s on Fire  while Belinda Carlisle...

This week’s theme  EUROVISION includes songs that have won or been in the semi-finals of the competition. The  Eurovision Song Contest  (ESC) was first held in 1956 in Switzerland. 70 contests have been held since then with  1,789 songs  representing  52 countries . According to the  Guinness World Records  the ESC is the longest-running annual international televised music competition in the worl...

For this week’s STYLES of DANCES we have incorporated songs which represent a particular dance form. Some dances are meant to be performed individually or partnered while others can be executed in groups. Popular partnered dances include the Cuban  Cha Cha Cha , the Brazilian  Bossa Nova , 18th century Bavarian  Waltz  and the 50’s  Rock and Roll . The  Stomp , the  Twist  and the  Handjive  are i...

Dance is a verb. Dance as a noun. Today’s toe tapping theme starts with Leo Sayer’s bright  You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.  Other uptempo songs include  You Should Be Dancing  from the Bee Gees,  All Night Dancing  from Lipps Inc and George Harrison leading the Beatles with  I’m Happy Just To Dance With You.  Others of interest are the pre- eminent English instrumental group The Shadows with their...

Today’s songs revolve around automobiles: cars. Starting with Aussie singer Ted Mulry and his popular seventies hit Jump In My Car  and followed by soul singer Wilson Pickett and  Mustang Sally.  Two teen tragic songs about car crashes are  Tell Laura I Love Her  by Ray Peterson and the number I hit for Mark Dinning  Teen Angel.  The Beatles chime in with  Drive My Car  while the aptly named group...

A popular trend among the 60’s pop and rock musicians was to add some French language to songs believing that it would create a touch of continental flair. The playlist this week  FRENCH WORDS  includes songs that have incorporated some sound of French. Stevie Wonder, ABBA, Ames Brothers, Fontane Sisters and Australian Jigsaw have French titled songs while Plastic Bertrand and Eartha Kitt deliver...

Fool There are a surprising number of songs with ‘Fool’ in the title. Cultural icon Elvis starts the program with  A Fool Such As I.  Popular band the Doobie bros follow with their big hit  What A Fool Believes  and later the Beatles chip in with the Paul McCartney classic  The Fool On The Hill.  Two prodigious female singers who burst onto the music scene at an early age are Lulu with the ballad ...

This week’s songs are shared between  YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW.  Looking to the future  Tomorrow  songs feature Californian Jo Stafford, Australia’s Cold Chisel, English artists Sandie Shaw and Manfred Mann and the wonderful girl group from the 60’s the Shirelles. The currency of  Today  is represented by Mancurian group Herman’s Hermits, wonderful songbird Nancy Wilson, American Roy Orbiso...

Today’s program, Let’s Remember…, features two Australian artists: Olivia Newton-John and her friend Pat Carroll and twentieth century cultural icon Elvis Presley. Olivia sings solo on Banks Of The Ohio  while Pat sings her version of the Eurovision winner  All Kinds Of Everything.  They duet on  Beautiful  and the old classic  September in The Rain.  Elvis’s break out song  Heartbreak...

This week we are themeless so instead we are playing DJ CHOICES, that is, songs of Mossy’s & Robert’s personal preferences.   PLAYLIST Gonna Get Along Without You – Viola Wills To Know Him is to Love Him – Teddy Bears 19 th  Nervous Breakdown – Rolling Stones Wind Beneath My Wings – Colleen Hewett Don’t Pull Your Love – Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds It’s Not Easy – Normie Rowe Madonna...

This episode took place during JOY’S 2026 Radiothon, the station’s yearly major fundraising event. Our theme REMINISCING was the focus for song selection. We also invited our listeners to contribute by nominating a song of their choice. Hence ELO chosen by Rachel and Pet Shop Boys from Colleen were included in the playlist.   PLAYLIST These are the Best Days of Our Lives – Queen Yesterd...

This week’s theme features songs about different kinds of Media. It starts with The Beatles last number 1 single  The Ballad of John And Yoko  which John Lennon called a ‘piece of journalism’. This is followed up by our own Skyhooks and their take on the news with  Horror Movie.  One novelty song is The Coasters and their spoof on tv hero/villain shows  Along Came Jones.  Another is The Olympics a...

  Aussie punk band The Saints head this week’s program with the signature song  Lost And Found.  Other iconic Aussie acts are the Seekers with their international hit  I’ll Never Find Another You,  Johnny Ashcroft’s poignant  Little Boy Lost  and stalwart rockabilly singer Lonnie Lee with  I Found A New Love.  Other songs include the soulful  You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’  from the Righteous bro...

Riffs are pieces of music designed to catch your ear so you will recognise a song before any lyrics are sung. Two of the ‘catchiest’ riffs are in the Rolling Stone’s  (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction  and The Animal’s  House Of The Rising Sun.  Prominent also are the riffs in Dire Strait’s  Money For Nothing  and Heart’s driving riff on  Barracuda.  Considered one of the greatest rock n roll songs of...

Musical instruments perform an important binding medium for songs. Emotion and mood can be communicated through the use of different instruments and the right instrument can make a song stand out by giving the listener a lingering auditory sensation.  So, for this week’s playlist we pay tribute to and focus on various INSTRUMENTS that give a song its uniqueness.  The Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, E...

This week Rob is joined by guest presenter Simon. The theme revolves around films of concerts and music festivals. Starting off is The Cure from their concert film  The Cure In Orange  featuring their big hit  Close To Me.  Probably the most lauded concert film was The Band’s:  The Last Waltz.  A highlight was their version of  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.  The film of the famous pop festi...

Life Cycle For this program, Life Cycle, we have identified six stages of human development: Infant/Child/Teenager/Young Adult/Mature Adult/Senior Adult. For each stage we have selected two songs. Starting in the womb with Paul Anka and Odia Coates singing You’re Having My Baby,  the birth of a baby in Axiom’s  A Little Ray of Sunshine  and finishing with comedian Jimmy Durante’s poignant version...