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Friday, 9 May 2025
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. William Burroughs
This May
It's All About You
This May, it's All About You – literally!
From 6am to 6pm every weekday from Monday 5th, the Classic Hits Team is diving into a month-long celebration of the songs that put you front and centre. Whether it's a heartfelt ballad, a pop anthem, or a rock'n'roll favourite, if it's got “You” in the title, it's on the playlist!
We're rolling out the red carpet for some of the greatest “You”-themed classics from the 60s through to the 90s – the songs you grew up with, fell in love to, danced around the lounge room to, and maybe even played a little too loud in the car
Here's just a taste of what you might hear:With or Without You – U2, You're So Vain – Carly Simon, Baby, I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton, You Can't Hurry Love – The Supremes, You're the One That I Want – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates and stacks more classic hits to keep your days sounding sweet all May long.
Join us each weekday from 6am to 6pm and tell your friends – because this month on Coast FM 963, it's All About You! Starts Monday 5th May.
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Artist of the Day - John Farrar
Australian-born music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer and guitarist, born 8 November 1945 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–64), The Strangers (1964–70), Marvin, Welch & Farrar (1970–73), and The Shadows (1973–76). In 1980, he released a solo eponymous album. As a songwriter and producer, he worked with Olivia Newton-John from 1971 to 1989.
He wrote her U.S. number-one hit singles: "Have You Never Been Mellow" (1975), "You're the One That I Want" (1978 duet with John Travolta), "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (1978), and "Magic" (1980). He also produced the majority of her recorded material during that time, including her number-one albums, If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974), Have You Never Been Mellow (1975), and Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol.
2 (1982). He was a co-producer of the soundtrack for the film Grease (1978).
Farrar also produced Newton-John's first American number-one hit single, "I Honestly Love You", which was awarded the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1975. In 1969, Farrar married the Australian singer, Pat Carroll, who had been Newton-John's singing partner. In July 1970, Farrar and Carroll relocated to the United Kingdom and, since late 1975, they have resided in the United States. They are the parents of Sam Farrar, the Phantom Planet bassist and Maroon 5 touring member, and Max Farrar, a Golden Ghost guitarist and keyboardist.
He currently lives with his wife, vocalist Pat Carroll in Malibu, California, and runs the Moonee Ponds Studio.