Episodes
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Sites and Sights
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...
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Antipodes
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....
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Let’s Remember
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...
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Protest
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…
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Pop Homonyms
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...
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Penn’s Choices
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…
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Double Sided Hits
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…
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Earth, Wind, Fire and Water
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...
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Eurovision
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…
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Styles of Dances
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…
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Dance
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...
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Automobiles
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…
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French Words
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...
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Fool
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...
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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...
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Let’s Remember: Olivia Newton-John, Pat Carroll and Elvis Presley
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...
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DJ’s Choices
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 19th Nervous Breakdown – Rolling Stones Wind Beneath My Wings – Colleen Hewett...
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Reminiscing
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…
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Media
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...
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Lost and Found
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...
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Riffs
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...
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Instruments
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...
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Concerts and Music Festivals
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...
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Life Cycle
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…
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Beginnings and Endings
Beginnings & Endings In this program Rob is joined by guest presenter Rachel, as they engage in the theme of Beginnings And Endings. Rachel begins with a very apt opening song by the Fifth Dimension Age of Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In. Rob presents three strong singers in Joan Baez: I Never…
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Longer Songs
Longer Songs In this program we feature songs that rarely get played simply because they are too long. Karen and Richard Carpenter departed from their usual style to produce/perform their magnum opus Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft. Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough and…
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Conditions of the Heart
Conditions of the Heart Past civilizations have associated the heart with love as they believed it was (among other things) the centre of emotions. The core of this week’s show CONDITIONS OF THE HEART introduces emotive songs that relate to love and the connection with the heart. Some songs make...
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Apparel
Apparel This program centres around all kinds of clothing. There are songs about boots and shoes – Nancy Sinatra’s These Boots Are Made For Walking, Traffic’s Hole In My Shoe and KC and the Sunshine band with Boogie Shoes. Plus there is a nod to previous fashion trends such as Short Shorts from…
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Kiss
Kiss Whether it is in the form of a greeting, a farewell, a sign of comfort or a sign of love and affection the topic of kissing has been and still is a fertile garden of ideas for lyricists. This week’s show KISS includes singing luminaries the Everly Brothers, Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark and...
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Comings and Goings
Comings and Goings The program starts with English pop band The Moody Blues and their first hit Go Now. The catchy Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Runners is followed by the darling of JOY listeners, the wonderful Dusty with the poignant Goin’ Back. As usual there is a Beatle’s contribution…
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Movement or Action
Movement or Action This week’s theme encompasses songs that refer to some form of MOVEMENT or ACTION. Included are a few tunes from movies, Everybody’s Talking at Me (1969) from “Midnight Cowboy”, Let’s Go Slummin’ from the 1937 film “On the Avenue” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from the 1956…
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Occasional Duets
Occasional Duets There’s a feast of talent in this program as big stars join together to produce great songs. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder combine with their plea for racial equality with Ebony And Ivory. Fifties stars Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly combine with their million seller True Love…
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Aspects of Love
Aspects of Love Love seems to be a series of complicated emotions and feelings that are manifest through a range of actions and language. For years song writers have harnessed the topic of love, cultivating their creativity to produce a plethora of love related refrains. This week we present some...
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Directions
Directions This week we take you on all different kinds of Directions. First we travel to New Orleans with Freddy Cannon (Way Down Yonder In New Orleans). Then we go north to Alaska with Johnny Horton (North To Alaska) and west to Virginia with Neil Sedaka (Wheeling West Virginia). Female singers...
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Antipodeans
During the 60’s and 70’s there was a strong migration of great musicians from our neighbour over the Tasman. Many of these New Zealanders made their mark on the Australian charts playing a focal part in the Australian Music Industry. This week under the theme of ANTIPODEANS we highlight some of...
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Never Ever
Never Ever Two LGBTIQA+ acts are featured in today’s program, Never Ever. Fifties heart throb Johnny Ray sings one of his biggest hits I’ll Never Fall In Love Again while ex Bronski Beat lead singer Jimmie Somerville teams up with Richard Coles to form The Communards with their smash hit Never…
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Let’s Remember
This week under the theme of LET’S ‘REMEMBER we focus on 2 wonderful and different entertainers, Sarah Vaughan (SV) and David Essex (DE). Sarah Vaughan affectionately known as the “Divine One” was an American jazz singer who has been described as having one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th...
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Big and Little 8 February 2026
Today’s program features songs with Big and Little in the title. Falsetto afficionado Del Shannon begins with one of his numerous hits Little Town Flirt, Paul McCartney’s group Wings chimes in with With A Little Luck while soul singer O C Smith sings his poignant ballad Little Green Apples.…
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Antipodeans
This program features performers from Australia and New Zealand. Although all of the NZ performers re-located to Australia. The first band to make it big here was Split Enz with their first big hit My Mistake. Ex American singer Marcia Hines sings one of her big hits You. Two other ex New...
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Dos and Don’ts
Over the years we have all been told by parents and/or friends to “do this” or “don’t do that”. With that in mind we decided to present a catalogue of songs featuring DOS and DON’TS. Manfred Mann’s 1964 version of Do Wah Diddy Diddy introduces the show followed by other Do songs including the...
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1964 and 1969
For this program, Rob and Mossy have chosen two seminal years in their lives. They discuss what happened back then and some of the songs that were trending. 1964 was a huge year for The Beatles. They toured Australia and secured the top six spots in Australia’s yearly chart. I Feel Fine was one…
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Pop Songs in Movies
The playlist for this episode focusses on pop songs that have been used in movies and songs that were specifically written for a film and consequently became popular after the film’s release. Chuck Berry’s You Never Can Tell featured in Pulp Fiction and Stealers Wheel’s Stuck in the Middle With…
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One Word Titles
It’s a simple theme for this episode – all song titles have one word only. Two falsetto afficionados Dee Clark (Raindrops) and Del Shannon (Runaway) perform their biggest hits. Legends Peggy Lee and Patsy Cline sing their signature songs Fever and Crazy. Aussie singers are in the forefront too…
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Questions
As September comes to an end (where has the year gone?) we parcel up songs that embody the theme QUESTIONS. Mental as Anything and the Dave Clark 5 pose questions that may be seen as persuasive while Men at Work, Peter Sarstedt and Jack Scott are trying to satisfy their curiosity. Culture Club…
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Let’s Remember: The Supremes & Marty Robbins
This program features two internationally acclaimed and popular acts: Pre-eminent female group of the sixties – The Supremes and Artist Of The Decade in the 60s – Marty Robbins. With over 500 songs Marty Robbins is probably remembered best for A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) and his...
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Brothers
In this episode, we deliver songs with groups who are comprised of BROTHERS. In the playlist there are 10 songs with biological siblings and 2 groups that have been fabricated as ‘music’ brothers. The brothers Osmond and The Jacksons were 5 member groups. The Ames Brothers include 4 members and...
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Royalty
There are many songs featuring different royal figures such as kings, queens, princesses, dukes, earls and lords, and ladies. The Royal Guardsmen mined a rich field when they sang about Snoopy, the dog from the famous Peanuts cartoon. Snoopy vs. The Red Baron hit the high spot in the charts in…
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Australiana
This episode is dedicated to the theme of AUSTRALIANA with a variety of artists migrating across the decades. Marcie Jones, Bev Harrell, The Flying Circus, The Delltones and Somebody’s Image reflect the sounds of the 1960’s. Songs from the 1970’s are portrayed by Helen Reddy, Stylus, The Masters...
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Entertainment
This program features songs about different forms of entertainment. Starting with Scottish singer Donovan and his quirky Hurdy Gurdy Man and followed up by Billy Joel’s somewhat cynical portrayal of life as a singer with The Entertainer. Other forms of entertainment are presented with Liza...
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Tossing and Turning
The TOSSING & TURNING theme features a range of diverse songs relating to sleeping or aspects thereof. Australian group Ray Hoff & The Offbeats lead the program with their version of the 1961 song Tossing and Turning. Roy Orbison, Colleen Hewett, and The Reels reference dreaming while Bryan…
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