A magical musical journey down memory lane; a delightful pot-pourri of much-loved songs, big-band works and dance music from the sunset of the Edwardian age to the 1950s.


15th February

Show Playlist
  • [Gade] Jealousy - Mantovani And His Orchestra
  • [Secunda / Cahn / Chaplin] Bir Mir Bist Du Schoes - The Andrews Sisters
  • [Brookes] Some Of These Days - Sophie Tucker With Ted Lewis Band
  • [Owens] Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre And His Hawaiians
  • [Harry Revel] With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming - Patti Page and Chorus with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Rael
  • [G & I Gershwin] Overture to Funny Face - Boston Pops Orchestra Conducted by Arthur Feidler
  • [G & I Gershwin] Title Song "Funny Face" - Fred Astaire with Adolph Deutsch Orchestra
  • [G & I Gershwin] 'S Wonderful - Ella Fitzgerald w. Nelson Riddle Orchestra
  • [Paul Carrack] How Long Has This Been Going On - Ella Fitzgerald with Nelson Riddle Orchestra
  • [Jolson/ Dreyer / Rose] Me And My Shadow - Shep Fields And His Rhythm
  • [Harry Warren / Billy Rose / Mort Dixon] I Found A Million Dollar Baby (in a five and ten cent store) - Smith Ballew with Buddy Blue And His Texans
  • [Harold Arlen / Yip Harburg / Billy Rose] It's Only A Paper Moon - Nat King Cole With Orchestra
  • [Not detailed - Advertisment] Introducing Decimal Curreny To Australia on 14th February 1966 - Gordon Cartwrite, Vocal with Instrumental Ensemble
  • [A B "Banjo" Paterson] The Man From Snowy River - Recitation by Peter O'Shaunessy
  • [Cole Porter] In The Still Of The Night - Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians

  • 8th February

    Show Playlist
  • [Medley] Old Time Excuse Me Dances - Harry Davidson & His Orchestra
  • [Strauss 2 / Weinberger] Typsy Song from A Night In Venice - Monique Brynnel with The Queensland Symphony Orchestra Cond. Vanco Cavdarski
  • [Kunneke arr. Davies] I'm Only A Strolling Vagabond - Jon Weaving with Queensland Symphony Orchestra Cond. Vanco Cavdarski
  • [Donizetti] None Shall Gain Say It from Daughter Of The Regiment - Glenda Raymond with Hector Crawford Concert Orchestra
  • [Lerner / Loewe] I Remember It Well from Gigi - Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold w MGM Orchestra
  • [Lerner / Loewe] Almost Like Being In Love from Brigadoon - Robert Merrill and Jane Powell with Orchestra
  • [Kern, J / Hammerstein, O] Don't Ever Leave Me / All The Things You Are - Barbara Cook w Orchestra Cond. Wally Harper
  • [Herrick, Robert / Purcell, Edward] Passing By - Sir Thomas Allen w. Malcolm Martineau, Piano
  • [Rutherford, Ruth / Wood, Haydn] Love's Garden Of Roses - Sir Thomas Allen w. Malcolm Martineau, Piano
  • [Lauder, H] Roamin' In The Gloamin' - The Ballarat City Choir Conducted from the Organ of the Ballarat Methodist Church by W H Keith Young
  • [Burns, R arr Young] O Whistle And I'll Come To You, My Lad - The Ballarat City Choir Conducted from the Organ of the Ballarat Methodist Church by W H Keith Young
  • [Trad Transcriber by Prof J S Blackie arr. Young] Ho Ro My Nut Brown Maiden - The Ballarat City Choir Conducted from the Organ of the Ballarat Methodist Church by W H Keith Young
  • [Weatherly, F / Sanderson, W] Up From Somerset - Malcolm McEachern with Studio Orchestra
  • [Paterson / Arlen] Clancy Of The Overflow - Peter Dawson with London Symphony Orchestra Cond. Sir Charles Mackerras
  • [Sherman, Richard M / Sherman, Robert] I Love To Laugh from Mary Poppins - Ed Wynn, Julie Andrews and Cast with Orchestra
  • [Sherman, Richard M / Sherman, Robert] A Man Has Dreams from Mary Poppins - David Tomlinson and Dick Van Dyke with Studio Orchestra
  • [Tierney, H / McCartly, Joseph] Alice Blue Gown from Irene - Julie Anthony and London Cast Singers and Orchestra
  • [O'Hagan, J] On The Road To Gundagui - Bruce Clarke's Orchestra

  • 1st February

    Show Playlist
  • [Berlin, I] Alexander's Ragtime Band - Pasadeana Roof Orchestra with The Swing Sisters, Vocal
  • [Mendelssohn, F] On Wings Of Song - Jean Grayston, Contralto with The Palm Court Orchestra
  • [Waldteufel, E] Acclamation Waltz - Albert Sandler And His Salon Orchestra
  • [Strauss, Johanne] Tales Of The Vienna Woods - Richard Tauber With Orchestra
  • [Strauss,J] One Day When We Were Young - Miliza Korjus With Orchestra
  • [Capurro / Di Capua] O Sole Mio - Giuseppe Di Steffano with Orchestra
  • [Mozart, W A] Recitativo et Aria: "Deh, Vieni, non Tarder" from Le Nozze Di Figaro - Renata Tebaldi with Con Professori d 'Orchestra del Teatro della Scala
  • [Sterbini & Aveling / Rossini] Hey For The Town's Factotum from The Barber Of Seville - Frederick Harvey, Vocal with The Palm Court Orchestra (Reginald Leopold, Leader and Violin / Jack Byfield, Piano / Reginald Kilby, Cello
  • [Numerous - Medley] Medley of Quicksteps -- Who Were You With Last Night / How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm / Robert E Lee / Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me / I Ain't Got Nobody / Indiana - Vic West / Barry O'Dowd / Rochelle Turner / The Comandos / The Partytimers/ Lightning Ronson with Bruce Clarke's Orchestra
  • [Hoffman, Al / King, Charles E] Hawaiian Wedding Song - Jim Jenson's Hawaiians
  • [Ahlert / Young] I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - Fats Waller, Piano and his Rhythm
  • [Lilian Ray / Leonard Cook] The Sunshine Of Your Smile - Gordon Macrae with Paul Weston Orchestra
  • [Coward, Noel] I'll See You Again - Jeanette McDonald with Orchestra
  • [Young / Herbert] Tramp, Tramp, Tramp from Naughty Marietta - Nelson Eddy with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra
  • [Rodgers, R / Hammerstein, O] I Whistle A Happy Tune from The King and I - June Bronhill / Ian Burton . The Lisa Gray Singers with Geoff Love Orchestra

  • 25th January

    Show Playlist
  • Herbert, Victor: Babes in Toyland: The March of the Toys. Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler.
  • Linger, Carl: Song of Australia. Peter Dawson, bass-baritone .
  • Purcell, Henry: Nymphs and Shepherds. Manchester Children's Choir .
  • I Love a Sunburnt Country.
  • Gray, Jerry: A String of Pearls. Benny Goodman and His Orch .
  • Diack, J. Michael (arr. Mackerras, Sir Charles): Sing a Song of Sixpence. Owen Brannigan, bass Pro Arte Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras.
  • Diack, J. Michael (arr. Mackerras, Sir Charles): Little Jack Horner. Owen Brannigan, bass Pro Arte Orch/Sir Charles Mackerras.
  • Donizetti, Gaetano: Lucia di Lammermoor, Mad Scene. Dame Nellie Melba, sop., John Lemmone, fte. Orchestra/Walter B Rogers.
  • Rossini, Gioachino: Stabat Mater: Cuius animam. Donald Smith, ten. Queensland SO/Vanco Cavdarski.
  • Ellard, Frederick (arr. Divall, Richard): Sydney Railway Gallope. State Orch of Victoria/Richard Divall.
  • Traditional (arr. Loam, A.S.): Maranoa Lullaby. Harold Blair, ten.
  • Fitzgibbon, Graham Francis: Barefoot Days. I'm looking Ovefr a Four-Leaf Clover. Frisco Joe'sood Time Boys with Smacka Fitzgibbon, The Singing Barman.
  • Kern, Jerome: Roberta: Smoke gets in your eyes. June Bronhill, sop. Cyrin Ornadel Orch, Williams Singers/Cyril Ornadel.
  • White, Edward: Puffin' Billy. New London Orch/Ronald Corp.
  • Bourgeois, Louis (arr. Vaughan Williams, Ralph): Old hundredth psalm. Benjamin Bayl, org. King's College Choir Cambridge, Wallace Collection/Stephen Cleobury.

  • 18th January

    Show Playlist
  • Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Sea Songs - Quick March. West Australian SO/David Measham.
  • Shield, William: Rosina: Light as Thistledown. Dame Joan Sutherland, sop. New SO of London/Richard Bonynge.
  • Ketelbey, Albert: Bells across the Meadows. Various/ Various.
  • Campbell, Paul: John Henry. Harry Belafonte, voc., Millard Thomas, gtr.
  • Thomas, Harry: Matilda, Matilda !. Harry Belafonte, voc. Henri Rene's Chorus, Henri Rene's Orch .
  • Coates, Eric: By The Sleepy Lagoon. Harry James & His Orch .
  • Noble, Ray: Love is the Sweetest Thing. Al Bowlly, voc. Ray Noble & His Orch/Ray Noble.
  • Ellis, Vivian: Coronation Scot. Sidney Torch Orchestra. Mohr: Orient Express. Sidney Torch, org.
  • Romberg, Sigmund: Will you remember, from Maytime. Hildegarde, voc. Mantovani Orch/ Mantovani.
  • Malcolm, George: Bach before the Mast. George Malcolm, hpschd.
  • Delibes, Leo: Lakme: Bell song. Lily Pons, sop. Orch/Pietro Cimara.
  • Moore, Dudley: Beethoven Parody: And the same to you. Piers Lane, pno.
  • Williams, Charles: The Old Clockmaker. New London Orch/Ronald Corp.
  • Hughes, John (arr. Leighton Jones, Michael): Guide me O thou great Jehova. David Drury, org. Trinity College Choir, Melbourne/Michael Leighton Jones.

  • 11th January

    Show Playlist
  • Holzmann, Abe: Smokey Mokes. Graeme Bell's Dixieland Jazz Band .
  • Ahlert, Fred: I'll Get By as Long as I have you Ruth Etting
  • Arlen, Albert: Clancy of the Overflow Peter Dawson bass bar, London Symphony Orchesrtra, Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Brown, Les & Homer, Ben: Sentimental Journey. Doris Day, voc. Les Brown and his band of renown
  • Van Heusen, Jimmy: Moonlight Becomes You. Bing Crosby, voc. Unnamed Orch .
  • Hollander, Frederick: Falling in Love Again. Marlene Dietrich, voc. Unnamed Orch/ Unnamed Conductor.
  • Lippman, Sydney & Dee, Sylvia: Too Young, Nat King Cole v
  • Gershwin, George: Boy what love has done to me. Jane Froman, contr. Al Goodman & his orch
  • Rossini, Gioachino: Barber of Seville, Overture. Comedy Harmonists .
  • Fine, Sylvia: Anatole of Paris. Danny Kaye, voc. Unnamed Orch/John Green.
  • Porter, Cole: Solomon. Elizabeth Welch, voc.
  • Parr Davies, Harry: Pedro the Fisherman Richard Tauber ten
  • Pinkard, Maceo: Them There Eyes. Billie Holiday, voc.
  • Warren, Harry: It Happened in Sun Valley Glenn Miller & his orch, Six Hits and a Miss, the Modernaires voc Dialogue: Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, Sonja Henie, John Payne and Pat Friday
  • Romberg, Sigmund: Romance Kathryn Grayson sop Arthur Fiedler cond

  • 4th January

    Show Playlist
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Violin Sonata No. 8, 3rd movement Ida Haendel, v Noel Mewton-Wood, p
  • Trad: Comin' Thro' the Rye, Syria Lamonte. Pianist unknown, likely Fred Gaisberg
  • Von Tilzer, Harry: Down at the Old Bull & Bush Florrie Ford. Unknown orchestra
  • Scott, Bennett: When I take my morning promenade Marie Lloyd voc Unnamed orchestra
  • Arthurs, George: A Little of What You Fancy Does You Good Marie Lloyd voc Unnamed orchestra
  • Whiting, Richard: Ain't We Got Fun Van & Schenck, Orch cond Charles Prince
  • Confrey, Zez: Kitten on the Keys Zez Confrey p & his orchestra
  • Berlin, Irving: Crinoline Days Paul Whiteman & his orchestra
  • Cohn, Irving & Silver, Frank: Yes We Have No Bananas Billy Jones. Unnamed orchestra
  • Friml, Rudolf, Rose-Marie John McCormack t Victor Orchestra cond Nat Shilkret
  • Whiting, Richard: Ukelele Lady Vaughn de Leath voc, Murray Kellner v, Harry Reser uke
  • Handy, WC: St Louis Blues Bessie Smith voc Louis Armstrong tpt, Fred Longshaw org
  • Gershwin, George: I'd Rather Charleston, Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire vocs, George Gershwin p
  • Gershwin, George: The Half of it Dearie Blues Fred Astaire voc, George Gershwin p
  • Hilliam, B.C.: Is 'e an Aussie, Lizzie, is 'e?. Flotsam & Jetsam .
  • Anderson, Leroy: Classical Juke Box. Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler.

  • 28th December

    Show Playlist
  • [Whiting, Richard / Clare, Sidney] On The Good Ship Lollipop - The Carlyle Cousins w. Casani Club Orchestra Dir. Charlie Kunz
  • [Green, Bud /Stept, Sam] That's My Weakness Now- Helen Kane with Studio Orchestra
  • [Hilliard, Bob / Fain, Sammy] Dear Hearts And Gentle People - Bing Crosby with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and Perry Botkin's String Band
  • [Fine, Sylvia] The Little Fiddle - Danny Kay with Support Artists and Sound Effects
  • [Pockriss, Lee / Vance, Paul] Catch A Falling Star - Perry Como / The Ray Charles Singers / Studio Orchestra
  • [Weiss / Peretti / Creatore] Can't Help Falling In Love - Doris Day With Studio Orchestra
  • [Botsford] Black and White Rag - Winifred Atwell with Rhythm Accompaniment
  • [Joplin, S] Maple Leaf Rag - Graham Bell & His Ragtime Four
  • [Berlin, Irving] They Say It's Wonderful from Annie Get Your Gun - Howard Keel and Judy Garland with Studio Orchestra
  • [Lane, Burton / Lerner, Alan Jay] Too Late Now - Jane Powell with MGM Studio Orchestra
  • [Rodgers, Richard / Hammerstein, Oscar 2] Surrey With The Fringe On Top from Oklahoma - Gordon Macrae / Shirley Jones / Charlotte Greenwood with Chous and Orchestra Dir. Jay Blackton
  • [Rodgers, Richard / Hammerstein, Oscar 2] Some Enchanted Evening - Ezio Pinza with Chorus and Orchestra Cond. Salvatore Del Isola
  • [Lerner, Alan Jay / Loewe, Frederick] With A Little Bit Of Luck from My Fair Lady - Stanley Holloway with Men's Chorus and Orchestra Dir. Franz Allers
  • [Sherman / Sherman] Jolly Holiday from Mary Poppins - Julie Andrews / Dick Van Dyke with Chorus and Orchestra
  • [Folk] Muss I Denn - Erich Kunz with Studio Orchestra
  • [Burns, R / Folk] Auld Lang Syne - Lombardo Trio with Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians