Yesterday Once More

23 May 2018

Wishing and Hoping

Music, Nostalgia, Songs

This week’s theme of Wishing and Hoping presents a range of songs relating to anticipation. The British group The Hollies, Bill Withers and Martha and the Vandellas are forever hopeful. Ella Fitzgerald, Engelbert Humperdink and Dusty Springfield are wishing the best, while the Australian of the Week, Jamie Redfern is wishing upon a star.

PLAY LIST

• Hope – Hollies
• Wishing and Hoping – Dusty Springfield
• I Wish You Love – Englebert Humperdink
• I Hope I Never – Split Enz
• I Wish I were in Love Again – Ella Fitzgerald
• Hope She’ll Be Happier – Bill Withers
• When You Wish Upon a Star – Jamie Redfern
• Three Coins in the Fountain – Four Aces
• Hope You Have Better Luck Than I Did – Martha and the Vandellas
• High Hopes – Frank Sinatra
• I Wish We Were Married – Ronnie and the Hi Lites
• Fortune Teller – The Throb

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