Tossing and Turning

Tossing and Turning

Author: JOY 94.9 - LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Podcasts for all our Rainbow Communities August 17, 2025 Duration: 50:58

The TOSSING & TURNING theme features a range of diverse songs relating to sleeping or aspects thereof. Australian group Ray Hoff & The Offbeats lead the program with their version of the 1961 song Tossing and Turning. Roy Orbison, Colleen Hewett, and The Reels reference dreaming while Bryan Davies is revering his Dream Girl. The Rolling Stones want to spend a night together, The Romantics are discovering secrets and Petula Clark doesn’t want anyone sleeping in a subway.

PLAYLIST:

  • Tossing and Turning -Ray Hoff & The Offbeats
  • Leah – Roy Orbison
  • (Last Night) I Didn’t Get to Sleep at All – The Fifth Dimension
  • Let’s Spend the Night Together – The Rolling Stones
  • Quasimodo’s Dream – The Reels
  • Dreaming My Dreams With You – Colleen Hewett
  • Talking In Your Sleep – The Romantics
  • I Don’t Like to Sleep Alone – Paul Anka
  • Pillow Talk – Doris Day
  • Don’t Sleep in the Subway– Petula Clark
  • Dream Girl – Bryan Davies
  • Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny

Yesterday Once More is presented by Rob and Mossy each Sunday afternoon at 5
Tossing and Turning was broadcast on Sunday August 17, 2025
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