On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Dionne Warwick kicks off the set with the theme from "Promises Promises." Pat Boone follows with a 1957 film theme, a movie Pat starred in with Shirley Jones. "April Love." Tap your feet to Kay Starr's 1953 chart hit, "Side By Side." Frank Sinatra sings a great Cole Porter song. Barbra Streisand sings a song she was convinced would never be a hit. (she was wrong) "Stoney End." Hear "Unchain my Heart" by Ray Charles. Jo Stafford, Bert Kaempfert, BJ Thomas, Bobby Vinton and more.
On The Neon Beat this week on Juke 2: Rosemary Clooney teams up with Perez Prado for a salsa treatment of "Magic Is The Moonlight." Johnny Mercer follows with one his many recordings with The Pied Pipers, "Personality." Hear Jimmie Rodgers sing a 1950's hit that wound up the imaging and name of a Post breakfast cereal. Eddie Fisher performs his 1952 standard, "Anytime." Listen to a beautiful mid 60's remake of a Vince Guraldi piece. Sounds Orchestral plays, "Cast Your Fate To The Wind." Hear Nat Cole, Debbie Reynolds, Steve & Eydie, Petula Clark and more.
On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: We open this hour with a jazz standard performed by Mr. Tony Bennett, "Taking A Chance on Love." KC's Marilyn Maye follows with "Make Your Own Kind Of Music." Hear the classic song that defined an era, Nat King Cole's, "Unforgettable." Enjoy a fun western set with Vaughn Monroe, Frankie Laine, Loren Green, and Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops. Laugh a little with a fun number by Louis Armstrong, "The Dummy Song." Hear Tom Jones, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee and lots-a more. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/
The blog home of John Christopher's The Neon Beat. A radio show featuring great music from the 1940's, 50's and 60's. Featuring great artists that you know and love. Artists like Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, The Lettermen, Henry Mancini, The Four Lads, Tony Bennett, Marilyn Maye, Percy Faith and Andy Williams.
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