The Neon Beat - 8.30.20

On the Neon Beat this week on Mix-cloud: We'll let Frank Sinatra lead off this hour of great standards as we go “Swingin' Down the Lane followed up with Peggy Lee as she takes the stage next with a bluesy version of “I'm a Woman.” Our instrumental content abounds this hour beginning with a live recording from the New Orleans French Quarter as Al Hirt and the band do, “The Bourbon Street Parade.” Listen to the Henry Mancini Orchestra with the theme from the TV show, “Mister Lucky.” Catch another period boob tube standard with Ray Anthony's “Theme from Peter Gunn.” You'll hear David Rose and his Orchestra with a “Calypso Melody,” and Bill Dogget's jazzy, “Honky Tonk.” Kay Starr performs a military-esk take on the Bing Crosby standard, “When My Dreamboat Comes Home.” We'll spin a 1964 hit for Nat King Cole written by Bert Kaempfert called, “LOVE.” Hear songs sung by the fine period groups like The Mills Brothers, The Four Freshmen, and a hit film song by The Carpenters. Hear the Polish Prince, Bobby Vinton with “Blue and Blue”, Glen Campbell with the Johnny Webb hit song, “Galveston” and Perry Como with his 1957 top charting single, “Catch a Falling Star.” More with Rosemary Clooney, Russ Morgan, and Canadian Michael Buble.