August 2nd, 2009 to August 8th, 2009Thank you ever so much for the great requests and comments on our Annual Instrumental Gems - Wordless Wonders Special. It was great to hear from so many of you including Judy in Canton, Ohio, Jake in Vista, California, Paul in Ellicott City, Maryland, George in Edwardsburg, Michigan, Roy in Campbell River, British Columbia, Gerard from the island of Guaruja in Brazil, Linda in La Habra, California, and many others. It was very nice to hear from new listener John Duggan in Ontario who commented: "I only recently discovered your show and it is truly great. Thank you so very much for letting us hear again on radio so many great songs that we don't hear on the other oldies shows." I was happy to play Cast Your Fate To The Wind by Sounds Orchestral for him. I really enjoyed hearing the original version of Apache by The Shadows on Hits From Across the Pond with Fay Greenwood. I had thought that Jorgen Ingmann was the first to score a hit with the song. I didn't know that a member of The Shadows had written Apache.
A big hello to Brian Murphy in Stockport, England, who got in touch to say how much he enjoyed our Cover Tunes Special with Tom Locke. Chuck Pettke from Detroit, Michigan also sent an email to say hi and to request a couple of songs. I was surprised and pleased to hear from Roy Harrow in Adelaide, Australia. Roy is the host of An Earful of Rock & Roll, which follows Treasure Island Oldies on FlamingOldies.com. He had not heard the Electric Prunes and I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night in many years. If you have a comment or would just like to say hi, please get in touch with me. The address is michael@treasureislandoldies.com. And if you have a song request you'd like to hear, click the Requests button on any page of the website or call our 24/7 Listener Request Line at 206-203-4678. I'd love to hear from you.
This is a reminder of our next two specials coming up soon to wrap up the Summer of 2009. On August 30th it's our Annual Back To School Special and the following week we present a brand new Motown Special which will include the excellent documentary The Motown Story. That special will be on September 6th and will be an "On Demand' show as it will not be live. I will be away on vacation to Sydney, Australia, a place and country I have always wanted to see and I am actually going to finally see and experience. I am excited.
Over at the Treasure Island Oldies Blog, our Song of the Week is our theme song for the show, Quiet Village by Martin Denny. It was a Top 5 hit and a Gold record in 1959 and very fitting for the week of our Instrumental Gems - Wordless Wonders Special. Enjoy!
Voice Your Choice features one of the famous Rat Pack, which also included Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop. It's Dean Martin with two of his most loved hit songs: Memories Are Made Of This and Everybody Loves Somebody. Which song would you like to hear? Click the Voice Your Choice button and cast your vote. We'll play the winning song in Hour 3 of next week's show.
Don't forget to let me know if you have a birthday coming up and I'll wish you Happy Birthday on the show and play Birthday by The Beatles for you. Just send the details to michael@treasureislandoldies.com and also think about being part of the Treasure Island Oldies Listener Gallery. Send your photo, name, city and country where you live to michael@treasureislandoldies.com.
Have a great week.
Bye for now.
Michael
