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More favourite songs, songs inspired by them and some requests this week on The Early Years!

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: Giant and Rainbow Valley.

From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described Movies Giant from 1956 and Rainbow Valley from 1935.
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.

Art Rupe & Specialty Records part 2 – 1950-53 this week on The Juke In The Back!

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
This week, the “Juke In The Back” pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 2022 at the age of 104! He started Juke Box Records in 1945, which would become Specialty Records in ’47 and go on to become one of the most important independent labels of Rhythm & Blues and early Rock n’ Roll.

Art Rupe & Specialty Records part 1 – 1945-50 this afternoon on The Juke In The Back!

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
This week, the “Juke In The Back” pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 2022 at the age of 104! He started Juke Box Records in 1945, which would become Specialty Records in ’47 and go on to become one of the most important independent labels of Rhythm & Blues and early Rock n’ Roll.

Mother's Day and More, this Week on Come by the Hills!

Hello again! Sara Hillis here to share with you what's coming up on this week's exciting and fun edition of Come by the Hills. In the first hour, we've got songs about mothers in honour of Mother's Day here in North America, and later on, we've got some Mary Black, Leonard Cohen, Stan Rogers, The High Kings and much more! So why not hang out with us? Forget the Blue Jays and their double-header, or join it late. It'll still be there when we're done. *smile*

More favourite songs and songs inspired by them this week on The Early Years!

After you've enjoyed Come By The Hills with Sara Hillis, tomorrow afternoon from 02:00 to 05:00, don't touch that dial, device, PC, Mac or smart speaker and join me for The Early Years, where and when you'll hear the best music from Rock and Roll's Golden Age (its first quarter century) with an occasional nod to other decades and genres.

Deep Dive has a high tide

Next week on Deep Dive we enjoy the talents of Blondie and hear amongst other things the origin of the name. We discover that the tide is high, find a heart of glass, and go atomic.

Join me at 4 PM Eastern Monday, which is 6 AM Tuesday in Easton Australia. Or at 6 AM Eastern Wednesday, which is 8 PM in eastern Australia. Just speak nicely to your smart speaker and ask it to play mushroom FM, and he will be there.

Deep dive, where we focus on one artist for one hour, on Mushroom FM, home of the fun guys.

Coming up on Saturday at the Described Movies: 2001: A Space Odyssey and Viva Las Vegas.

From this Saturday at 12am Eastern, that’s 4pm Saturday in NZ, 2pm in Sydney and 5am in the UK, and repeated every four hours throughout the day, it’s the described movies 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968 and Viva Las Vegas from 1964.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story " The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke.

Art Rupe & Specialty Records part 1 – 1945-50

The Juke In The Back” focuses on the “soul that came before rock n’ roll,” the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
This week, the “Juke In The Back” pays our respects to one of the great record men of the 1940s and 50s; Art Rupe. Rupe passed away on April 15, 2022 at the age of 104! He started Juke Box Records in 1945, which would become Specialty Records in ’47 and go on to become one of the most important independent labels of Rhythm & Blues and early Rock n’ Roll.

Deep Dive turns two

This week on Deep Dive we celebrate our second anniversary on the airwaves. And what a celebration it is. We feature the unique talents of The Beatles, arguably the greatest group in recent music history. And we are joined by a special guest whose knowledge and passion for the Beatles is epic. The funniest Fun Guy of them all, Jonathan Mosen.

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