The Neon Beat on Radio George - 4.29.19

On The Neon Beat this week: The Henry Mancini Orchestra and Chorus leads off Jukebox 1 with a film theme from “Darling Lili.” Patti Page takes it next with her hit female version of “Gentle on My Mind” followed with “The Last Waltz” with Engelbert Humperdinck. Rosemary Clooney launches Juke 2 with a salsa rendition of “Magic is the Moonlight” with Perez Prado's Orchestra. Then we hand the mic to Roger Whittaker for his breathtaking, “The Last Farewell” followed up the tender “Danny's Song performed by Anne Murray. Jukebox 3 begins with Peggy Lee's “Too Close for Comfort.” Then we'll spin another film theme from “An Affair to Remember” with Vic Damone. Enjoy hits by the great period groups like, The Platters with “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” Hear the Paris Sisters with “To Know Him is to Love Him,” The Mills Brothers with “Be My Life's Companion,” “I'll Never Find Another You” by the Seekers, and The McGuire Sisters with the song, “It May Sound Silly.” Singles by Nat King Cole include his 1957 hit, “Send For Me,” and a Fats Waller favorite, “Ain't Misbehaving.” Our Frank Sinatra cuts include a film selection from “High Society” with Bing Crosby, the song “Chicago” and a Cole Porter standard, “Night and Day.” Have fun listening to the story of the little Nash Rambler with the Playmates, “The Thing” with Phil Harris, and an Irish romp with Dennis Day as “Clancey Lowers the Boom.” Instrumental favorites include songs by Les Baxter, Herb Alpert and the TJB, Reg Owen, Horst Jankowski, Benny Goodman, and Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra. More pop standards with Doris Day, Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Mary Wells. Listen now: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm