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Mark and Bob bring you Baby Boomers each Thursday night from 8:00pm till 10:00pm, hear all the great hits from those baby boomer years of the 50's and 60's. Get involved in their quizzes and trivia competitions and win prizes as well.

Baby Boomers  - Thurday's from 8:00pm till 10:00pm

 Coming up  in August  and September

We will cross a small expanse of water to the east and present a programme (2 parts) titled strangely enough "Across the Tasman" as we look at some of the well known - Alison Durbin, Dinah Lee and Max Merritt and the Meteors and lesser known - Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band, The Chicks and The Pleazers  artists and bands that came out of the land of the long white cloud in the sixties and seventies.

Of course we are talking about New Zealand and over the years there has been an absolute wealth of talent from those two small islands, of course as soon as they stay in Australia and become famous we tend to adopt them as our own, think Dragon, Crowded House and Jon Stevens (Noiseworks).

We may even be able to catch up with Dinah Lee for a bit of a chat (sounds a little like a Peter Cooke and Dudlley Moore skit doesn't it?) and get one of our own presenters (and Chairperson) - Paul Greaves to join us  on air for his recollections of some of artists and music that we will be featuring.

In future weeks  Baby Boomers will highlight the life and career of one Charles Westover, we know him better as Del Shannon, he of the huge hits "Runaway" "Little Town Flirt" and "Hats off to Larry". Not only was Del an accomplished singer and musician he also wrote a number of songs that were hits for other artists including 'I Go to Pieces" for Peter and Gordon

Unfortunately Dels' career went thtrough varying stages of success, both highs and lows and in February 1990 he took his own life.

So as we celebrate the lifework and achievements  of this  remarkable entertainer in the 20th anniversary year of his passing we will be featuring some of his well known classics as well as his lesser known material recorded by other artists and his versions of other songwriters material.

Del was actually  the first American  recording artist to  record a Lennon/McCartney composition when in 1963 he recorded his own version of "From Me to You" which actually became a hit in America and opened the doors somewhat for the Beatles and then the British Invasion that was to follow in 1964.

As always your input and participation is vital to our programme, so if you have any ideas of songs for inclusion in the Novelty Spot please let us know.

Basically the premise behind a novelty song is that it may have been a One Hit Wonder- think 'Stranded in the Jungle" by the Cadets or "May the Bird of Paradise Fly up your Nose' - Little Jimmy Dickens, but  it also  has to have  the ingredients of slight stupidity of lyric or verse.

We look forward to your input at : Mark and Bob via email  - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

GIGS to checkout:

Russell Morris and Brian Cadd coming to the Coast for a gig locally.

The Emmanuel boys - Phil and Tommy at the Star Casino in Sydney in December. 

We will be introducing a new segment on the show in the near future called "Do You Remember" as we get your input on your favourite song from the fifties and sixties and where you were the very first that time that you heard it as well as what it means to you.

You can write to us as follows:- Mark and Bob, Baby Boomers Coast FM P.O. Box 19 Gosford N.S.W. 2250 - or you can email us - Baby Boomers via email address " This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We look forward to receiving your input and in September will send out a prize to the best recollection.

Bye for now,

Mark  and Bob