Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Neon Beat on Radio George - 9.2.13

On The Neon Beat this week Jukebox 1: Kay Starr launches this set with an uptempo jazz standard, "Mississippi." Listen to Vic Damone sing a song from "My Fair Lady." Hear The Marvelous Marilyn Maye with "Sherry." Frank Sinatra sings a song from "The Yellow Rose Royce." Listen to Perry Como perform a song heard in "the King And I." Johnny Mathis sings "Misty." We'll do a little Hootenanny with The Rooftop Singers from 1963 singing "Walk Right In." Hear Rosemary Clooney with Perez Prado singing "Sway!" Engelbert Humperdinck (spell check!), Debbie Reynolds, The Kingston Trio and more.

On The Neon Beat this week Juke 2: Dean Martin sings a song with four happy fella's called the Lads. "Standing On The Corner." Peggy Lee is next with a song of concession, "Alright, Ok, You Win." Frank Sinatra sings a song from his Swinging Session album with Nelson Riddle, "My Blue Heaven." Patti Page sings the theme song from a creepy Betty Davis film called "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte." Hear Bing Crosby with the Fred Waring Chorale sing "The Whiffenpoof Song." Listen to Nat Cole, Gogi Grant, a Western set with Hugo Montenegro and Loren Green.

On The Neon Beat this week Jukebox 3: Andy Williams kicks off this hour with a snappy early hit called "Butterfly." Ed Ames follows with a lovely 1967 hit from the play "I do, I do." "My Cup Runneth Over." Listen to some great instrumental hits this hour, "More" by Kai Winding, "Summer Place" by Percy Faith, "Soul Coaxing" by Raymond LeFevre. Frank Sinatra sings a version of "Old Devil Moon." Hear Nat King Cole from the summer of 1964, "That Sunday That Summer." Brenda Lee, Ray Charles, Vikki Carr and lots more. All at.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

1 comment:

  1. What a great line-up of songs. Thanks for posting this playlist so promptly.

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