Er zitten een paar leuke plaatjes tussen de nieuwe binnenkomers : The Candy Man van Sammy Davis Jr, Lovers Bye Bye van Andeana, Dance Cleopatra van Prince Buster en Lady Eleanor van Lindisfarne. Procol Harum staat onveranderd op nummer 1. Een van mijn persoonlijke favorieten is deze week treiterschijf : I like it that way van de Tremeloes. Ochtendeditie heeft een hele verzameling platen als kanskaart verkozen : Popcorn in z’n/haar vele uitvoeringen. De kanskaart van Peter Holland is dan weer een favoriet van mij : Someone van Axis. Gelukkig is daar ook een videoclip van bewaard gebleven.

Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren:

Uur 1 Uur 2 Uur 3

Onder de TOP 50 kun je de herinneringen van Michael Downing lezen uit de tijd dat deze Top 50 werd uitgezonden en daaronder een paar scans uit de MP van Juli 1972.

The RNI memories of Michael Downing for this period

The summer of 1972 was a very good time for RNI – a good team of DJs, no dramas and the passing of the Anti Zeezenderwet was still almost a year away. The no.1 record in the International Prediction Hit 40 on 22 July 1972 was a typical RNI record – “Women in love” by Keith Beckingham and the Dukes (often announced on RNI as Keith Beckingham and the Royal Dukes) – which was only a minor hit in the Dutch service’s Super Hit 50 and didn’t even make the Tipparade on Veronica.

This was my RNI diary for the week commencing 22 July 1972:

Saturday 22 July 1972

A mobile discotheque today features Ferry Maat and Tony Berk. Tonight’s programmes are:

19.00 Rob Eden (International Prediction Hit 40)

22.00 Brian McKenzie (Reviews)

23.00 Tony Allan (Kent Request Hour)

24.00 Terry Davis

3.00 – 7.00 Mike Ross

Brian McKenzie, Tony Allan, Terry Davis and Rob Eden are the newsreaders, in that order. It is announced that Peter Chicago is on holiday in Spain at present, but should be back on board next Thursday.

Sunday 23 July 1972

For the third day running there is a mobile discotheque today featuring Ferry Maat and Tony Berk. Tonight’s programmes:

19.00 Brian McKenzie (Hitback Show)

21.00 Terry Davis (Cloud Nine)

23.00 Rob Eden (Kent Request Hour)

24.00 – 3.00 Tony Allan

Ike and Tina Turner are featured in a “cabaret spot” in the Cloud Nine programme. Newsreaders in order are Terry Davis, Brian McKenzie, Tony Allan and Rob Eden.

Monday 24 July 1972

Apart from the Treiterschijf, The records that I have heard most on RNI over the past week have been:

Julio Iglesias – Un Canto A Galicia

Prince Buster – Dance Cleopatra

Bolland and Bolland – Wait for the sun

Sandy Coast – Summer Train

Nico Haak & de Paniekzaaiers – Tango Johnny

Makkers – Zomerzon

Buoys – Give up your guns

Dusty Springfield – Yesterday when I was young

Frederic Francois – Je voudrais dormir pres de toi

Ferry Maat has an interview on his programme with Julio Iglesias, which he conducts in French, having established that Julio is unable to speak Dutch or English and Ferry can’t speak Spanish. Tonight’s programme schedule is:

19.00 Tony Allan

21.00 Rob Eden

23.00 Terry Davis (Kent Request Hour)

24.00 – 3.00 Brian McKenzie

Newsreaders are Rob Eden, Terry Davis, Brian McKenzie and Tony Allan.

Tuesday 25 July 1972

Tony Allan and Gerard Smit leave on the tender and Hans ten Hooge returns. There is a second tender in the afternoon, which brings out the winners of a Muziek Parade competition, along with Leo van der Goot, John de Mol, Rob & Ferdi Bolland, Nico Haak, Peter Koelewijn and Peter Tetteroo. These are all featured in the first hour and a half of Driemaster (from 17.00 to 18.30), following which they all leave the Mebo 2.

Tonight’s programmes are:

19.00 Terry Davis

21.00 Rob Eden

23.00 Rob Eden (Kent Request Hour)

24.00 – 3.00 Brian McKenzie

Newsreaders are Rob Eden, Brian McKenzie and Terry Davis.

Wednesday 26 July 1972

There is a new newsreader on the Dutch service today called Jos Kuyer, who does occasional bulletins during the day. Terry Davis interviews Kenny Lynch on his programme and tonight’s programmes and newsreaders are the same as last night.

Thursday 27 July 1972

Brian McKenzie, Mike Ross and Nico Steenbergen leave on the tender and Leo van der Goot, Paul May and Peter Chicago return. Leo van der Goot takes over Driemaster and International service programmes are:

19.00 Paul May

21.00 Terry Davis

23.00 Terry Davis (Kent Request Hour)

24.00 – 3.00 Rob Eden

Terry Davis, Rob Eden and Paul May read the news.

Friday 28 July 1972

There is a lot of background noise in the first hour of the Peter Holland show today – it must be a poor quality tape.

Paul May, who has taken to calling himself “Narrow guts” for some reason, presents the Skyline programme from 3.00 to 6.00 on Saturday morning, but otherwise the programme schedule and newsreaders are the same as yesterday.

De voorpagina van de Muziek Parade van Juli 1972

De Cats staan deze week op nummer 12

Deze week staat-ie op nummer 33

De tweede aflevering van Berk in Uitvoering in de MP

Het RNI team ’s een keer niet achter de microfoon

Je hoorde de reklame van Honda regelmatig op RNI