Yesterday Once More

B Sides Today we take you into the world of vinyl. Back to the days when we would purchase our single play 45rpm records from a record store. When we got home we would turn the record over and there was another song – the B side. Some of the B sides turned out to be unexpected treasures such as The Shirelles song Boys or The Coasters unusual rendition of the old song Zing We

According to psychological definitions Emotions are chemicals released in response to our interpretation of a specific trigger, Feelings happen as we begin to integrate the Emotion and Moods are more generalised. For years lyricists have been writing about these states which have consequently created and provided a goldmine of various songs. For this week’s playlist we have inclu

Today Rob is joined by guest Presenter, Lea. Rob introduces Ben E King, former lead singer of the Drifters who made a successful solo career as well. Lea talks about popular California band The Mamas And The Papas featuring Mama Cass Elliot who also embarked on a solo career. All of Ben E King’s big hits are here from the now legendary Stand By Me to Spanish Harlem and Don

In this week’s program Rob is joined by guest presenter, Pam, a regular and enthusiastic listener to ‘Yesterday Once More’. We chose two of our favourite topics ‘Films’ and ‘Songs’ . A bright start is Frankie Valli’s performance of the title song from the 1978 film Grease. This is followed by fifties group The Four Aces rendition of t

This week’s program celebrates Australian performers. John Williamson’s True Blue has become a timeless classic performed at many celebrations. Strong female singers include Wendy Saddington (Looking Through A Window), Margaret Roadknight (Girls In Our Town) and Alison McCallum (Superman). Stevie Wright displays his considerable talent on Guitar Band while the seminal m

TERMS of ENDEARMENT are words or phrases (nick names and pet names) used to address or describe a person, animal or inanimate object for which the speaker feels love or affection. English has many terms of endearment like sweetheart / baby / honey / mate / buddy. This week’s lineup includes songs that refer to 4 of the 5 globally used terms such as Babe, Love, Baby, Honey, and De

In this week’s program we present our version of a homonym – a pop homonym! It simply means different songs with the same names. Huey Lewis and The News start the program with The Power Of Love while Jennifer Rush sings her big power ballad of the same name The Power of Love. Aus legendary rocker, Johnny O’Keefe performs his big hit Shout while English duo Tears F

Things that are worn on people’s feet or anything that covers the feet are collectively referred to as footwear and this week we are going to explore FOOTWEAR through a variety of songs. The playlist includes KC, Eartha Kitt and Cliff Richard referring to dancing shoes. Adam Ant sings about a virtuous Goody Two Shoes and Paul Simon’s words relate to gem encrusted soles. Nancy S

INDULGENCE This week Rob indulges in his own choice of songs. Some of them have a special meaning for him while others he just likes. Songs that remind him of some event in his life are Phil Seymour’s Precious To Me, Dee Clark’s Raindrops and legend Sarah Vaughan’s poignant Broken Hearted Melody. He chose Smoke Gets In Your Eyes from The Platters just to hear Tony

In this, our first program for 2024, Rob pays tribute to that wonderful performer, Melanie who passed away last week. Today’s program is different in that Rob recalls his days of owning a bar in Bali called Hulu Cafe. He plays some of the songs the drag queens performed in that bar. Starting with Noel Coward’s saucy Mad About The Boy sung by the great Dinah Washington.