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24.01.2022 Tuesday 9 June 2020: One of Americas most popular, most talented, and most prolific songwriters was born today in 1891 in Peru, Indiana. COLE PORTER was a leading creator of the new kind of popular song heard in the United States after World War I. His lyrics were earthy, sophisticated, and altogether un-Victorian, with melodies and rhythm that were influenced by black jazz and European impressionism. The story of Cole Porter was told in a major motion picture in 2004, DE-LO...VELY, starring Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd, with songs, performed by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Robbie Williams, Alanis Morisette, Elvis Costello, and Natalie Cole. Porter was a member of the smart set, living in Paris for most of the 1920s, occasionally contributing songs to Broadway revues. In a riding accident in 1937, Porters legs were crushed by a horse. He endured numerous operations the rest of his life, as well as being a semi-invalid. Cole Porter was a lavish entertainer, the image of sophistication and style, as were the lyrics and melodies he wrote. His numerous Broadway musicals include THE GAY DIVORCE; ANYTHING GOES; RED, HOT AND BLUE; KISS ME, KATE; CAN-CAN; SILK STOCKINGS; DUBARRY WAS A LADY; PANAMA HATTIE; and SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS. His movie scores include BORN TO DANCE; ROSALIE; BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940; SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT; and HIGH SOCIETY. The list of Cole Porter songs forms the backbone of American popular music: All of You All Through the Night Always True to You in My Fashion Another Opnin, Another Show Anything Goes At Long Last Love Begin the Beguine Blow, Gabriel, Blow Dont Fence Me In Down in the Depths Cest Magnifique Easy To Love Evrytime We Say Goodbye For Your Love Friendship From This Moment On I Concentrate on You I Get a Kick out of You I Love Paris I Love You In the Still of the Night Its Alright With Me Its De-Lovely Ive Got You Under My Skin Just One of Those Things Leader of a Big-Time Band Lets Do It Love for Sale Miss Otis Regrets My Heart Belongs to Daddy Night and Day So in Love Too Darn Hot True Love Well Did You Evah? What Is This Thing Called Love Wunderbar You Do Something to Me Youd Be So Nice To Come Home to Youre the Top https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjqQ1c9EJkY See more

23.01.2022 Thursday 28 May 2020: Today in 1959, TWO MONKEYS WERE LAUNCHED INTO SPACE. Abel and Baker were launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida and survived the trip. The flight went much smoother than the time when a buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air... As sung by Natalie Cole ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVRMY1l5Xl8

21.01.2022 In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, I'm excited to announce I'll be giving away some signed copies of Snowfall! Enter below for your chance to win. Best of luck and Happy Holidays! https://app.hive.co/l/3omw1s

20.01.2022 Happy Anniversay to Barbra and James Brolin.

20.01.2022 I heard this great new popjazz track on Jays Simply Timeless program this morning from James Suggs. Love it! Dont forget if you missed the Big 3 this morning, theyre back from 6pm today. 6-8 will be Radio Deluxe - 8 till 9pm David Millers Swingin Down The Lane and from 9 till 11pm Jay Daniels returns with Simply Timeless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDYqZ1AevJ4

19.01.2022 Lionel Frederick Cole (October 15, 1931 June 27, 2020) was an American jazz singer and pianist whose recording career spanned almost 70 years. He was the brother of musicians Nat King Cole, Eddie Cole, and Ike Cole, father of Lionel Cole, and uncle of Natalie Cole and Carole Cole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VcYWNsKDuA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpa8nO9sggA

19.01.2022 A lovely way to start our week as we celebrate Diana Krall's 56th birthday. Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debuting at the top of the B...illboard Jazz Albums. Some items you may not know about Diana: Her mentors were bassist Ray Brown - Verve Records and singer Rosemary Clooney (Official). She produced Barbra Streisand's album 'Love Is the Answer.' On September 13, 2012, Krall performed "Fly Me to the Moon" at astronaut Neil Armstrong's memorial service in Washington, D.C. Happy birthday Diane Krall! See more

18.01.2022 Its the 27th JUNE: Today is the anniversary of the birth in 1859 of MILDRED HILL, composer of the melody for Happy Birthday to You. Mildred wrote the song Good Morning to All for teachers and students to sing together in classrooms. It was first published in 1893 in SONG STORIES FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL. Mildreds sister, Patty Smith Hill, wrote the now-famous birthday lyric (that must have taken quite a long time), which was added to the melody in 1924, eight years after Mildreds death.

18.01.2022 Happy New Year to ALL followers of MAGIC FM (Perth's Home of Easy Favourites) Wishing everyone a truly wonderful 2021! Today in 1938, fans of swing music converged on Times Square in New York to greet BENNY GOODMAN as he began an engagement at the Paramount Theater. The crowd of mostly teenagers formed long lines outside the theater at five o’clock in the morning. By 7:30 the management put in a riot call to the police department, and at 7:45, 3,634 people were seated inside and another 1,800 crowded the foyers and staircases to hear the King of Swing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWr2X6J26Uk

18.01.2022 What a Star !! The Great Nat King Cole !!

17.01.2022 Monday 15 June: Singing legend and multi-award winning ELLA FITZGERALD DIED today in 1996. Although the cause of death was not disclosed, it was well known that she had suffered from the ravaging effects of diabetes for several years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21P0FX1vGmU

16.01.2022 7th July 1934 - Benny Goodmans MOONGLOW hit the top of the charts on this day. The song was written by Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange, and Will Hudson and was featured in the film BLACKBIRDS OF 1934. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEmK9qFB1Y0

16.01.2022 New York needs you now more than ever. Join me this Monday at 7:00pm EST for Rise Up New York! The Robin Hood Relief Benefit. Hosted by Tina Fey, this one-hour ...citywide virtual telethon will bring together NYCs biggest musicians, actors, chefs, and more with one common goal: to raise funds for New Yorkers whose lives have been devastated by COVID-19. 100 percent of funds raised will provide support for food, shelter, cash assistance, health and mental health, legal services, education and more helping fellow New Yorkers rebuild their lives as the city moves towards recovery and beyond. Rise Up New York! will be broadcast on all New York City TV stations, iHeartMedia and Entercom broadcast radio stations, News 12, Spectrum News NY1, SiriusXM and nationally on CNBC. Learn more about Robin Hoods response to the pandemic and donate today: https://www.robinhood.org/. #NY4NY

16.01.2022 An Episode from Gilligan's Island featuring (Dawn Wells) Mary Ann, Ginger and Mrs Howell

16.01.2022 If you missed Radio Deluxe this morning, the good news is that its repeated this evening at 6oclock. Followed by David Millers Swingin Down The Lane then Jay Daniels Simply Timeless.

15.01.2022 How good was Ennio Morricone? 10 November 1928 - 6 July 2020 R.I.P. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siGMAowTIKU

15.01.2022 Frank Sinatra - My Way (1974) live at Madison Square Garden Get your Sinatra album here: <3 https://amzn.to/31XNghe <3

15.01.2022 The very hot weather here in Perth is causing problems with our online streaming. We wish to have this rectified asap but happening at this time of the year may take a while. In the meantime, either go to www.magicfm.com.au or tune in with this link - http://67.212.165.106:8150/stream

14.01.2022 Wednesday 3 June 2020:TONY CURTIS actor, author, and artist was born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx on this day in 1925. After service in the navy during World War II, Curtis broke into show business playing the Borscht Belt. While he was starring in a Greenwich Village revival of GOLDEN BOY, he came to the attention of Universal, who signed him to a seven-year contract in 1948. After a string of low-budget films, Tony finally experienced the sweet smell of success when he co-...starred with Burt Lancaster in TRAPEZE in 1956 and then THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS in 1957. One of his best-remembered performances was in his hilarious role as a cross-dresser in SOME LIKE IT HOT in 1959. His other memorable films include THE DEFIANT ONES; THE PERFECT FURLOUGH; OPERATION PETTICOAT; WHO WAS THAT LADY?; SPARTACUS; THE GREAT IMPOSTOR; CAPTAIN NEWMAN M.D.; THE GREAT RACE; and BOEING BOEING. His daughter, by his first wife Janet Leigh, is the talented actress Jamie Lee Curtis See more

13.01.2022 Americas favorite redhead, LUCILLE DESIREE BALL, was born today in 1911 in Jamestown, New York. After an unremarkable film career in the 30s and 40s, Lucy achieved true stardom with her CBS radio show MY FAVORITE HUSBAND from 1947-1951, in which she played a wacky housewife. When the network asked her to develop a TV comedy series, she and husband Desi Arnaz responded by using a similar formula in creating I LOVE LUCY. The show was an instant success that quickly became the ...number-one series on TV, running from 1951-57. The shows innovative use of three cameras instead of one enabled it to be the first to be filmed in front of a live audience. The show is also credited with shifting the television capital from New York to Los Angeles, as Lucy and Desi insisted on working on the West Coast. Lucy and Desi split in 1960, and when Lucy bought out Desis share of their Desilu Productions, she became the first woman to head a major studio. Lucy starred in three more series during the 60s and 70s: THE LUCY SHOW; HERES LUCY; and LIFE WITH LUCY. The beloved comedienne died on April 26, 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-xUWQWTEI See more

12.01.2022 More Sinatra at 6 coming up on Perths Magic FM ... Everyday at 6am and 6pm its 6 of the Best from the Chairman of the Board, Francis Albert Sinatra.

11.01.2022 Today in 1973, 24 November after two years of retirement, FRANK SINATRA went back to work with an outstanding TV special on NBC titled OL’ BLUE EYES IS BACK. One critic called the program the best popular music special of the year. Frank’s album of the same name included the songs: Send in the Clowns There Used To Be a Ballpark Winners Let Me Try Again... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzTbbbtpk4g See more

11.01.2022 Friday 29 May 2020: Today is the birth anniversary in 1903 of BOB HOPE. Leslie Townes Hope was born in Standiforth Court, Eltham, England and grew up to be an American icon. His family moved to Ohio in 1905 and Bob got his first taste of show business as a teenager at Clevelands Luna Park when he won a Charlie Chaplin imitation contest. He moved on to vaudeville, then Broadway, where he scored major success in THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1936 and RED, HOT AND BLUE. Hope went to ...Hollywood in 1937 and starred in Paramounts THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938, where he and Shirley Ross sang the Oscar-winning song that was to become his theme. In 1940, Hope teamed up with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour for the first of many hilarious Road pictures, ROAD TO SINGAPORE. Millions know Bob for his countless TV specials, including 17 years as host of the Academy Awards presentations. Yet he is best known for his entertaining of troops overseas and on the front lines during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and even during Desert Storm. Hope won the unique title of Hollywoods Citizen of the Century in a star-studded ceremony on April 15, 2003 with the unveiling of a plaque on one of the actors four Walk-of-Fame stars. To mark Hopes first 100 years, NBC aired a two-hour special called 100 Years of Hope and Humor while Universal Studios released 12 of his classic films on DVD. On his 100th birthday, the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street was named Bob Hope Square. In Washington, D.C., a reception was held at the Bob Hope Gallery of Entertainment at the Library of Congress. Also the expanded Bob Hope Hollywood USO at Los Angeles International Airport was dedicated, and streets were named after him in the Toluca Lake district of L.A., where he lived, and in Cleveland, where he grew up. And the Cleveland Indians celebrated Bob Hope Day at Jacobs Field. Bob died at age 100 on July 27, 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50kWlqmUq54 See more

11.01.2022 Monday 1st June 2020: MARILYN MONROE, whose birth name was Norma Jean Mortenson, was born in Los Angeles on this day in 1926. In a career that lasted only 14 years, she became an international icon and sex symbol. While working at the Radio Plane Company factory in Burbank, she had her picture taken by a visiting army photographer. His shots, which appeared in YANK magazine, brought Marilyn considerable attention, leading to a modeling career. Her modeling agency decided to c...hange her hair color from brown to blonde and soon she was signed by 20th Century-Fox and given the name Marilyn. She took her mothers maiden name, Monroe, because she liked the way it sounded with Marilyn. Her films include SCUDDA-HOO! SCUDDA-HAY! (her debut in 1948); THE ASPHALT JUNGLE; ALL ABOUT EVE; GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES; SEVEN YEAR ITCH; BUS STOP; SOME LIKE IT HOT; and THE MISFITS. Marilyn was filming SOMETHINGS GOT TO GIVE in July of 1962 when she was fired for missing too much work. A month later, she was found dead of an overdose of barbiturates at age 36. See more

10.01.2022 Monday 8 June 2020: NANCY SINATRA turns 80 today. Franks daughter was the subject of her dads 1945 hit Nancy (With the Laughing Face). Nancy, the eldest of the three Sinatra children, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1940 and earned her own fame with such hits as How Does That Grab You, Darlin; Sugar Town; and These Boots Are Made for Walking (which became a staple at go-go bars everywhere). Nancys film career includes THE GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI; LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS?; and THE WILD ANGELS. In 1995, the 54-year-old Sinatra revived her career with a well-received concert tour and even posed nude for PLAYBOY magazine. She and Ol Man Blue Eyes came up with a number-one million-selling duet in 1969: Somethin Stupid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmwA1xi8hzM

09.01.2022 Today is first of September and in 1887, Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone. We know it better as the RECORD PLAYER. Emile got the patent, but Thomas Edison got the notorietyfor making it work and making music with his invention. How Do You Keep The Music Playing?

09.01.2022 to kids from 1 to 92, Merry Christmas to you

09.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPjZW_cno7I

08.01.2022 Today is the 94th birthday of TONY BENNETT, born Anthony Dominick Benedetto, the son of a grocer and Italian-born immigrant, in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York in 1926. Tony worked as a singing waiter as a teenager, sang with military bands during the war, and later appeared on ARTHUR GODFREYS TALENT SCOUTS. Bob Hope heard Tony performing at a New York nightclub with Pearl Bailey in 1950 and booked him into his show at the Paramount Theater. Bennett had been u...sing the name Joe Bari until Bob Hope introduced him at the Paramount as Tony Bennett. Tony is one of the greats, even according to the greats themselves: Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business, the best exponent of a song. He excites me whenever I watch him; he moves me. -Frank Sinatra If Tony Bennett, who swing sings wonderfully, cant send you, theres a psychiatrist right up the street from you. Dig him! -Louis Armstrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6DUwMnDxEs See more

08.01.2022 Perths Magic FM presents another Saturday Night Swing with Chloe tonight from 8 - and dont forget each morning from 5 more Big Band Swing! A Lindy Hoppers delight!

07.01.2022 Tomorrow is 8th July and Glen Campbells GENTLE ON MY MIND debuted on the record charts in 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkzK9pXMio

07.01.2022 From last nights opening of The Voice: "Shower the People." #InThisTogether

07.01.2022 Its the last week of July and some of the big events to occur today in history, Monday 27 July 1976, JOHN LENNON won his four-year-long citizenship battle with the U.S. government and received his green card (number A-17-597-321). And ... MAUREEN McGOVERN is enjoying her 71st birthday today. The singer and actress was born in 1949 in Youngstown, Ohio. Her early career was one disaster after another: THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE and TOWERING INFERNO. She sang the themes for both films and even had a minor role in the latter picture. She also played the role of Sister Angelina in AIRPLANE.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZWAmb6OG8g

07.01.2022 Ray Charles had his first number-one single today 14 November in 1960 with the Hoagy Carmichael standard GEORGIA ON MY MIND. The song, recorded in New York in just four takes, was arranged by Ralph Burns, Woody Herman’s pianist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glggureA_Kk

06.01.2022 Simply Frank Sinatra singing Something by The Beatles, where he described George Harrisons song as "the greatest love song in 50-100 years".

05.01.2022 Tuesday 2nd June 2020: QUEEN ELIZABETH II was crowned on this day in 1953. Her coronation was one of the first international news events to be given complete coverage by television. Back in those days before satellites, live black and white pictures were sent by telephone cable. The tragic early death of King George VI resulted in the sudden accession of his daughter on February 6, 1952. After a period of widespread mourning for the late king, people welcomed the opportunity to rejoice on this day in 1953, when the 26-year-old Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in an ancient ceremony in Westminster Abbey.

05.01.2022 Magic FM brings you 6 of the Best from the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra each day 6am & 6pm.

05.01.2022 Simply one of the greatest guitarists in the world. Happy 73rd birthday Carlos Santana

04.01.2022 Thursday 18 June 2020: R.I.P Dame Vera Lynn Born 20 March 1917, East Ham, London, United Kingdom Died: 18 June 2020

04.01.2022 Wednesday 27 May 2020 - It was on this very day in 1937 that the famous GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE opened, linking San Francisco with Marin County. Until New Yorks Verrazano Narrows Bridge was completed in 1964, the Golden Gates 4,200 foot orange-painted structural steel span was the longest in the world. (Today, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge in Japan boasts the longest span at over 6,500 feet.) The Golden Gate Bridge was designed by engineer Joseph Baermann Strauss and gets its name from the rocky strait it crosses, at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. It was called the Golden Gate even before the California Gold Rush.

04.01.2022 Whats your favorite Bubl album? https://amzn.to/3aEnNxJ Hello everybody - This is Michael Bubl singing "A Song for you" (by Leon Russell) - Please enjoy this wonderful performance <3

04.01.2022 Thursday 4th June 2020: Marie Thible of Lyon, France became the FIRST WOMAN TO FLY IN A HOT AIR BALLOON on this day in 1784. Her flight lasted 45 minutes, which was 35 minutes longer and, at 8,500 feet, 7,000 feet higher than her male counterparts a year earlier. Maries balloon was named Le Gustave after Swedens King Gustav III, who viewed the ascent.

04.01.2022 Magic FM presents Big Band Swing every morning from 5am to 6am .... with wonderful talent like Artie Shaw.

03.01.2022 Singer WHITNEY HOUSTON made her acting debut when the film THE BODYGUARD opened today in 1992. Whitney’s rendition of Dolly Parton’s I Will Always Love You from the soundtrack made it to number-one just three days later.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qOcaBhLh3Q

02.01.2022 Today in 1948, CANDID CAMERA debuted on television. Producer and host Alan Funt had originally created the concept for radio, debuting CANDID MICROPHONE in 1947. When it moved to television, the program kept the name CANDID MICROPHONE until its second season. Both the radio and TV versions featured unsuspecting people captured in their natural, bemused responses to comic setups.https://youtu.be/Pddhxu1Yl2g https://youtu.be/Pddhxu1Yl2g

01.01.2022 R.I.P. Dawn Wells - She was here in Perth 18 months ago.

01.01.2022 MGMS LEO THE LION roared for the first time as it introduced MGMs first talking picture, WHITE SHADOWS ON THE SOUTH SEAS today 31 July in 1928. Leos dialogue was more extensive than the films, whose only spoken word was Hello. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCxJ1aT24A