We opened the show this week with a track to set the tone for our first show of the Summer season and the remarkable feat of actually knowing we've been on air at JOY for a year now! That track is the debut single from 2008 "So You Think You Can Dance" runner-up Rhys, a cover of 2006 German "Popstars" winners "Monrose" called Hot Summer.
A couple of tweaks to the show format for the new season, but basically more of our ever more inane ways to link four songs together and have a yarn on radio!
Tonight, celebrating the start of the summer season, the Four Play to get us off the mark with was a "Hot Summer" themed four play.
Track 1: Schools Out (for summer) - Alice Cooper
Track 2: Endless Summer - Cascada
Track 3: Summer Nights - Grease soundtrack
Track 4: The Boys of Summer - DJ Sammy
Next up, our special guest was a Four Play virgin, Jay's handsome co-worker Josh.
Josh showcased John Mayer for us. Born in October 1977 in Connecticut, USA, John Mayer has had two multi platinum albums since 2003.
Track 1: No Such Thing
Track 2: Why Georgia
Track 3: Bigger Than My Body
Track 4: VulturesTo hear what Josh had to say, take a listen to the podcast now. 
Next, we took a look at the ARIA charts for the week. Most notable was that Wes Carr, this years Australian Idol winner, with his winners song, has debuted at number 3 on the charts, which is the worst performance of any Australian Idol winner to this point. And when Natalie Gauci debuted at number 2 last year, the record company wasnt happy.
Then a bit of a change, we've decided to take a look at the AIR charts as well for this season. The AIRs are the Australian Independent Record Labels Association.
Most notable here, #4 on the singles charts is the Wiggles, with "Eagle Rock" featuring Ross Wilson!!
Of course The Potbelleez, The Presets and Sneaky Sound System all feature prominently in these charts as well.
For this season, each week, we're showcasing the highest selling four songs for a year from the 80's decade and this week we started with 1980.
Track 1: Rock with You - Michael Jackson #4
Track 2: Magic - Olivia Newton-John #3
Track 3: Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd #2
Track 4: Call Me - Blondie #1
And Finally tonight.. we ran out of time for a full four play, but Jay tapped once again into his secret source out of SonyBMG in London and gave us a hint of a Four Play we'll show case properly in the next few weeks.
The artist is Shayne Ward.
Track 1: Over the Rainbow
Track 2: A Better Man
We hope you enjoyed the first show in the Summer Season.
Don't forget on next weeks show, our special guest is Rob Mills.
Don't miss it. 9pm - 11pm Tuesday night.
See you then, and have a great week.
Jay and Chris
History: Season 3
Season 3 started on Tuesday 3rd June, 2008, returning to the 9pm timeslot, this time on Tuesday evenings.
We also returned to our more familiar format, which includes playing back-to-back Fourplay sets across the two hours. Most weeks we have special guests come in and present their favorite artist or genre.
And we take a quick look at what's charting in the ARIA Charts each week.
Some of the artists, genres or themes we've showcased in Season 3 include...
Maroon 5, Sneaky Sound System, Whitney Houston, Sugababes, Alcazar, K.D. Lang, Mika, ABBA, Songs of the City, The Village People (both Radiothon special sets), Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical, Scissor Sisters, Queen, M People, Danni Minogue, Roxette, KC & The Sunshine Band, Kate Pierson, Cyndi Lauper - Bring Ya to the Brink, Hot Latino's, Mamma Mia - The Movie Soundtrack, Ricki-Lee, Vanessa Amorosi, Hits of Burt Bacharach, Xanadu, Hit Songs from Big Blockbuster Movies, Stevie Wonder, Anastacia, Eurovision 2006, ABBA Covers, Atomic Kitten, Kylie - X, Australian Idol Winners, Duffy, Girls Aloud, Delta Goodrem, Robyn, Meatloaf and Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill.
History: Season 2
Season 2 started Saturday March 8, 2008.
Four Play adapted and took on the Saturday Morning breakfast role for the JOY Autumn season, while the regular program and presenters took a well earned season break.
Saturday morning Four Play was a little different - taking elements of our regular Four Play format, but breaking it up with a variety of fun and light weight pop music and makiing room for a full news bulletin at the top of every hour as well as some regular information segments, such as a regular Aussie rules football correspondent, "True's", "Shut - Ups!" and "Facebook facts".
Some of the artists, genres or themes we showcased in Season 2 included..
Pink, Australian Idol Various - Season 1 & 2, Donna Summer, E-street - the music, Boney M, Post Spice Girls Hits, Blockbuster Movie Title song Hits of the eighties, Musicals with a little extra G.A.Y, U2, Eurythmics, Tina Cousins, Diana Ross and the Supremes, TV Theme Hits and Chaka Khan.
History: Season 1
Four Play first went to air for the JOY 94.9 Summer Season, on Monday 3rd December, 2007. We ran every week on Monday nights (except New Years Eve) through until the end of February, 2008.
Some of the artists, genres or themes we showcased in Season 1 included..
Kylie Minogue, Jamiroquai, Hairspray - the movie musical, Fleetwood Mac, Eurythmics, Bananarama, Anastacia, Moulin Rouge - Movie Soundtrack, Bee Gees, Phil Collins, Mika, Meatloaf, Spice Girls, Tina Turner, Robbie Williams, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Tina Arena, John Cougar Mellencamp, Female Country Singers, Bee Gees "Hits for other artists", Crowded House, Chicago - the movie musical, Backstreet Boys, Natalie Umbruglia, Pet Shop Boys, Savage Garden, Steps, Young Divas, Paul Mac, Human Nature, Rogue Traders, Grease - the movie musical, ABBA, Five, Euro Vision number 1's, James Bond Movie Title Hits, Frank Sinatra, Freemasons, Katie Underwood, George Michael, Madonna and Goldfrapp.
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