Op nummer 20 verwelkomen we Sharif Dean als hoogste nieuwe met Do you love me. De treiterschijf van vorige week is Ginny come lately van Albert West en die komt binnen op nummer 24. Cliff Richard en Dawn wisselen van plek in de top van lijst en daarmee staat de Yellow Ribbon deze week op nummer 1. Goodbye, my love, goodbye van Demis Roussos is deze week de treiterschijf. Rob Hoeke staat deze week op nummer 14 in de Troef 20 met een oudje : Rock around the clock. The night the lights went out in Georgia van Vicky Lawrence is de kanskaart van Tony Berk. Het nummer is geschreven door Bobby Russell, met wie ze toen getrouwd was.

Deze Top 50 kun je hier beluisteren:

Uur 1 Uur 2 Uur 3

Als extraatje deze week de 20 Kanshebbers oftewel de

TROEF 20

Onder de TOP 50 kun je de herinneringen van Michael Downing lezen aan RNI in Mei 1973 en daaronder een paar scans uit de Muziek Expres van Mei 1973.

The RNI memories of Michael Downing for this week in May 1973

The Dutch service of RNI was in a very stable period at the end of May 1973, with no DJs leaving until November 1973. The weekday programme schedule was:

6.00 Buitengaats (Gerard Smit or Marc van Amstel live from the Mebo 2)

9.00 Branding (mostly non-stop, at this time presented by Nico Steenbergen)

10.00 Peter Holland (Doorsnee Noordzee)

12.00 Tony Berk (Berk in uitvoering)

14.00 Ferry Maat (Herrie met Ferry)

16.00 Driemaster (Leo van der Goot or Dick de Graaf live from the Mebo 2)

18.00 - 20.00 Nico Steenbergen (De Avond Toestand)

At the weekend there was a sport programme from 10.00 to 12.00 on Saturday, presented by Nico Steenbergen, followed by the Super Top 50 from 12.00 to 15.00 with Ferry Maat and the Troef 20 was featured in Driemaster. Leo van der Goot presented the Troef 20 on 26 May 1973, as he was in his week of Driemaster, although he went off on shore leave on Tuesday 29 May 1973 and Dick de Graaf returned to the Mebo 2 and took over for his week of Driemaster.

On Sunday 27 May 1973 there was a programme presented by Sjef van Oekel in the afternoon. Buitengaats was presented by Marc van Amstel in this week, who took over from Gerard Smit who had presented the programme in the previous week, up to Friday 25 May 1973.

On the International service, the DJs on board on 26 May 1973 were Mike Ross, Brian McKenzie and Graham Gill. One of the specialist programmes at the time was the Hitback Show from 20.00 to 22.00 on Sunday evening and this was usually presented at this time by Mike Ross with his wife Sheila, either live from board or recorded. This was followed from 22.00 to 24.00 by the RNI Request Show with Graham Gill.

The International service DJs still had hitpicks at this time, although these would be replaced by a Smash Play and station hitpicks at the end of June 1973. In the week commencing Friday 25 May 1973, when the new hitpicks were introduced during the Top 30 show, "Give me love (give me peace on earth)" by George Harrison was Ian Anderson's hitpick, although in reality Ian had left RNI by this time and this was his final hitpick.

A few less remembered records that I heard on RNI during the week commencing Saturday 26 May 1973:

Uitvoerende(n)	Titel
Pioneers	At the discotheque
Black Knights	I'm not my brother's keeper
Bright Winter	River Song
John Keen	Something else
Derek and the Dominoes	Why does love got to be so sad?
Great Expectations	Devil's Gun
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett	Murder Man
John Gorman	WPC Hodges
Gunhill Road	Back when my hair was short
Sensation	Lady put me down

Uit de Muziek Expres van Mei 1973

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