The Neon Beat on Radio George - 1.3.18

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Frank Sinatra kicks off this set with a great Harold Arlen standard from a largely forgotten play called “The Great Magoo” called “Only a Paper Moon.” Then “Pick Yourself Up” with the great Jerome Kern standard sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Enjoy a couple of silver screen selections by Perry Como and Andre Previn. Listen to Dean Martin with a smooth cocktail version of “Blue Moon.” Tap your feet with Guy Mitchell and the Mitch Miller Gang doing “Sparrow in the Treetop.” Enjoy Anne Murray with her hit “Love Song” followed with a fun hit memory by the Cowsills, “Indian Lake.” We’ll track songs by other period groups like The Mills Brothers, and the Four Lads with a song from “Gypsy.” Patti Page sings your basic “white picket fence” song from 1951 called, “Mockingbird Hill.” Glen Campbell sings the theme from the 1969 John Wayne film, “True Grit.” Hear actress, singer, Gisele MacKenzie live at the Waldorf with “Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow.” Hear the haunting “Our Winter Love” by Bill Pursell and more songs with Diana Ross and Tom Jones.  Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: We’ll launch this set takin’ a vaca’ amongst the monkeys and the palm trees as Tony Bennett opens with, “In the Middle of an Island.” Then you’re “Just in Time” to listen to Mr. Dean Martin. We’ll go to the back of the rack for some fun folk by a Denver group called The Serendipity Singers. Listen as we spin Decca’s Little Miss Dynamite with one of her hit recordings, “Johnny One Time.” We’ll spin a set including Mel Carter’s “Hold Me Thrill Me,” Peggy Lee’s steamy, “I’m a Woman,” The Four Aces with a 1950’s movie selection, and Simon and Garfunkel’s second break through single “Homeward Bound.” Hear Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Winter World of Love,” Vikki Carr with a Broadway selection from “Little Me,” and Steve and Eydie with some bilingual fun singing, “Besame’ Mucho.” Instrumentals include some great big band with Benny Goodman and Bert Kaempfert’s “Strangers in the Night.” More hit songs with Fred Astaire, and Rosemary Clooney. Enjoy today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Bobby Darin opens this hour with one of his may hit songs for Warner/Reprise, “Beyond the Sea.” Hear Nat King Cole next with a beautiful 1953 hit song, “Pretend” followed up with a big sky hit for a Hollywood ghost singer named Gogi Grant. Then we’ll stir up the strings in the orchestra with Leroy Anderson’s, “Fiddle Faddle.” More instrumental selections this hour include Harry James with “Ciriciribin,” and the Les Elgart Orchestra with a song written by Barry Manilow for Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand.” Our fine female artists in this hour include Kitty Kallen with her tender version of “In the Chapel,” actress Shelly Fabares with “Johnny Angel,” Ella Fitzgerald with a swingin’ song from, “Kiss Me Kate,” and Sarah Vaughan with, Cest’ Le Vie.” Listen to a tender rendition of the theme from “Days of Wine and Roses” by Andy Williams. Enjoy a rousing version of an old Tommy Dorsey song by The Ames Brothers, a couple of chart hits for Perry Como, and Frankie Laine’s “Jezebel.” We’ll wrap up on a country note with Tennessee Ernie Ford, and a classic road hit for Roger Miller.
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 Happy New Year Kids!