Neon Beat on MixCloud - 4.28.24

On the Neon Beat Show 120R6: Join us this hour for some really neat offerings.  We'll open with the Four Lads with a rousing song from “Gypsy”- “Together Wherever We Go”.  Then its' all aboard for the “Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe” with actress Judy Garland from the film “The Harvey Girls”.  Next, listen to Johnny Mathis with “Gina” followed up with old hit instrumental by the “T-Bones” used in a TV ad for Alka Seltzer.  Hear more period instrumental offerings by Nashville pianist Bill Pursell with the lovely and haunting, “Our Winter Love” and some great big band with Harry James doing “Cherry”.  We'll track some great guitar with Les Paul and Glen Campell.  Then sit back as we remember the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh with Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina.  As usual, enjoy some of the great singers that we associate with the era including Brook Benton, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Kansas City's own, Marilyn Maye.  We'll spin records by Vikki Carr with “It Must Be Him”, Dinah Shore with “I'll Never Say Never Again Again” and Jerry Vale with “Have You Looked into Your Heart?”  Give a listen and enjoy.     

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 3.8.24

On the Neon Beat Show 18R4: On this hour of the radio show we open er' up with the theme from the Martin Scorsese film “New York, New York sung by Frank Sinatra.  Hear more stage and film songs with Lena Horne with “Stormy Weather”, and Matt Monro with the theme from “Laura”.  We'll also throw in a boob tube instrumental from the 1970's by Henry Mancini as we play “The Theme from the NBC Mystery Movie”.  Also hear some swing era music with Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra as we “Take the “A” Train.”  We'll do a little cosmic thing starting with Johnny Mathis singing “Venus” and Eydie Gorme doing “Fly Me to the Moon.”  Then: listen as we do a little tribute to the late Steve Lawrence as we track his 1962 hit song, “Go Away Little Girl”.  We'll “Hit the Road Jack” with Ray Charles and his Raylettes.  Enjoy a set with Tony Bennett singing the enchanting “Stranger in Paradise” and Peggy Lee with her award winning hit song, “Is That All There Is?” with the orchestra directed by Randy Newman.  Listen to Dean Martin with the song, “Sway!”  Listen to fine period groups like The Ames Brothers with a Tommy Dorsey standard, and The Kingston Trio with the sentimental favorite called “Turn Around.”  We'll team up Nat King Cole backed with the great piano of George Shearing for 'Let There Be Love.”  More with Perry Como, Patti Page and Dinah Shore.  Closing it out with the Rochester Pops doing some lively Leroy Anderson.  “The Blue Bells of Scotland.”  Listen today and enjoy.    

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 2.10.24

On the Neon Beat Show 119R6:  Pat Boone launches this hour with a theme from a film he starred in with actress Shirley Jones.  Listen to Pat sing “April Love”.  We'll track many more show tunes this hour including the keyboard team of Ferrante and Teicher playing the theme from “Antony and Cleopatra”, Vic Damone with a lovely song from “South Pacific,” Louis Armstrong with “Mame”, Glen Campbell with the theme from “True Grit” and the Lettermen with a tender song introduced by Fred Astaire in the film, “Swingtime”.  We'll drop a needle on Frank Sinatra's smooth renditon of a fine Rod McKuen song called, “Love's Been Good to Me”.  We'll spin hit songs of the 1960's like the Vogues with “Turn Around Look at Me” and Petula Clark with the charming “A Cat in the Window”,  We'll even touch the early 1970's with what was Anne Murray's first big charting hit song, “Snowbird”.  Catch Peggy Lee singing one of her many songs:  “Alright, Ok, You Win”.  Then, we'll bring back Peg with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby for “Merry Go Run Around” from the film “Road to Bali”.  Listen to a song that, at the time, went down as the fastest selling record for Capitol records.  Tennessee Ernie Ford with “16 Tons”.  More “down home” type songs with Jimmie Dean and we'll light a shuck with Roy and Dale singing “Happy Trails”.  More with Billie Holiday, and some great swing with Woody Herman and the Herd.  Listen and enjoy.  

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 2.2.24

On the Neon Beat Show 118R6:  Its a “New World in the Morning” as we open this hour of fine memories with that song by Roger Whittaker.  We follow Roger with “Happy Heart” by Petula Clark.  Our screen and stage selections include hit songs by Ella Fitzgerald with a hot number from “Kiss Me Kate”, Vic Damone with a song from “West Side Story”, Jo Stafford with a standard from “South Pacific” and a boob tube song heard in the TV series “Here Come the Brides” sung by Perry Como.  Dig on a little Frank Sinatra with “You Do Something to Me”.  We'll spin a song sung by a man that Sinatra said had the sexiest chops in the business.  Lou Rawls sings “Lady Love”.  Hear a song based in some American folklore called “John Henry” performed by Harry Belafonte.  Well team up Bette Midler and Barry Manilow for a great Peggy Lee song, and Buddy Clark with Doris Day for a little musical tease called “Love Somebody”.  You'll hear hit records by the fine period groups like the Ames Brothers, and the Four Freshmen.  And listen to a fun 1962 memory by Joanie Sommers with “Johnny Get Angry”.  We;ll track the tender “Once Upon a Time” by Tony Bennett.  Instrumentals by Leroy Anderson, and Perez Prado. Crank er up.  See if you can hear the scratches.   

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.21.24

On The Neon Beat Show 117R6:  Walk right in, set right down.  Baby let your hair hang down as we open this hour with some rousing folk by The Rooftop Singers.  Next listen to a charming show town from the play “Little Me” sung by Robert Goulet, followed up with the Polish Prince singing “Please Love Me Forever” Then we'll track Steve and Eydie singing “Green Eyes”.  We'll bring in Bing Crosby backed by the Jesters for the song, “Sioux City Sue.”  Our big band selections include Benny Goodman with Helen Ward performing a good ol' Johnny Mercer standard, Harry James with the song “A Sleepy Lagoon” and Les Brown with his band of renown with Doris Day singing “S”Wonderful”.  Enjoy a segment rich with the songs sung by loved artists we associate with the era, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, Perry Como and Tony Bennett.  Pat Boone wields the gospel gun for the song, “A Wonderful Time Up There”.  Listen to the Lettermen with “Come Back Silly Girl”, Bruce Channel with his 1959 hit song, “Hey Baby”, and a closing instrumental from The Chantays.  Give a listen and enjoy!   

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.7.24

On the Neon Beat Show 116R6:  Frank Sinatra pairs up with Keely Smith for a sprite rendition of a song asking the question “How Ya Fixed For Love?”  Next we throw the mic toward the Marvelous Marylin Maye as she takes the stage for “Step to the Rear!”  Then we enjoy some great swing era music with Benny Goodman doing, “The Jersey Bounce.”  The hour abounds with show tunes beginning with Vic Damone singing a song from “Pal Joey.”  Hear Doris Day singing “Secret Love” from Calamity Jane.  Listen to a haunting number from The Flower Drum Song sung by Tony Bennett.  We'll remember the film “Where the Boys Are”, the theme sung by Connie Francis.  And we'll get light on our feet with Fred Astaire with a song and dance from “Top Hat”.  Catch a little Dean Martin for “Mambo Italiano.” Brook Benton sings a sensual number called “A Rainy Night in Georgia.”  Then we go back home again to “Indiana” with Kay Starr.  We'll spin Rick Nelson's “Traveling Man,”  The Ink Spots with “Don't Get Around Much Anymore,” Nancy Wilson's 1964 Grammy Award winning song, “How Glad I Am,” and England's own Matt Monro performing a jazz standard called “When Sunny Gets Blue”.  More from the Ames Brothers, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen and a movie song from “Good Night and Good Luck” by Dianne Reeves.     

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.1.24

On the Neon Beat Show 115R6:  The English gentleman, Matt Monro opens this hour with his 1961 international hit single, “My Kind of Girl.”  Then listen to a fun “B” take of The Carpenters as they sing “Let Me Be the One” followed with another contemporary artist, namely, Glen Campbell doing “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife.”  Enjoy some more hit songs by period groups such as The Mills Brothers and The Skyliners.  Our Rat Pack selections include “The Coffee Song” by Frank Sinatra, a signature hit for Dean Martin called “That's Amore” and one by Sammy Davis Jr called “Let There Be Love.”  Listen to Tom Jones with “Help Yourself”, aafter which we'll get on a “Slow Boat to China” with Kay Starr.  We'll track Della Reese with her impassioned hit song from 1959 called “Dont You Know.”  Our great instrumental tracks include Glen Gray with a fine version of “In the Mood”, and Nelson Riddle's Orchestra with the “Theme from Route 66”.  We'll team up Ray Charles with Norah Jones for the song “Here We Go Again.”  More with Rick Nelson, Louis Armstrong and Etta James.  Good stuff!  Happy New Year!!

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