Featuring music from the 50's through to the 80's.
A look at interesting aspects of the songs and the artists; their place in the social, cultural and political contexts of the day and the changes which took place in music during these times.
Novelty songs formed a big part of the pop music charts in the fifties, sixties and some in the seventies. So popular were they that many reached No 1 on the charts. Monster Mash (Bobby […]
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This week’s set of songs pays tribute to an American rock band and a wonderful brother and sister duo. Dr. Hook was successful in the 1970s. The band’s music spanned several genres and, over eight years, […]
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This week’s theme features songs with ‘Rock N Roll’ in the title. The legendary rock n roller, Chuck Berry is here with ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ and The Beatles‘ version of another Chuck Berry song ‘Rock […]
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This week’s song list includes some great songs that incorporate aspects relating to our theme of HOUSE and GARDEN. The lyrics convey a variety of experiences including protesting (Where have all The Flowers Gone?), internment (Jail House […]
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Once again we are presenting a mix of Queen Of The Night and Yesterday Once More with songs chosen by Tim Perry (presenter of Queen Of The Night). It includes another song from the classy […]
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This week we present a unique program of long songs. Most radio stations never play complete versions of songs if they are too long – Joy 94.9 can do this! Great classics like Stevie Wright’s […]
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Also this week Rob and Mossy presented Tim’s Tunes which was a selection of songs compiled by ‘Queen of the Night’ Tim Perry. PLAYLIST Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin I Who Have Nothing – […]
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This week’s theme celebrates songs that charted 50 years ago in 1969. Along with great songs that year was notable for some ground breaking events. Possibly the most remembered is that of Neil Armstrong walking on the […]
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Our contribution to Australia Day celebrations is to play some great Aussie music this week. Songs include the wonderful ‘Sweet Sweet Love’ from Russell Morris; Skyhooks (Ego Is Not A Dirty Word); Billy Thorpe (Twilight […]
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This week’s theme comprises songs that charted over the years during the month of January, with the Australian Kent Music and Go Set charts being the main references for our selection. The Bee Gees hit […]
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