The Neon Beat on Radio George - 1.18.17

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Going into the new week, still, with some minor internet issues. Which we hope to have resolved by mid week. Bear with us as we migrate Radio George to a new hosting site to smooth out the dropouts. Juke 1 begins with The Lettermen singing a great Paul Anka song, “Put Your Head on my Shoulder.” Then we track a bit o-grease as we spin “Little Darlin” by the Diamonds. Perry Como follows with “Jukebox Baby” and a hit song by The McGuire Sisters. Enjoy a little classic folk with Peter Paul and Mary with their version of “Lemon Tree.” Dean Martin performs one of his hit standards, “You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You,” and then we “Let Ourselves Go” as we play a swinging version of an Irving Berlin song sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Enjoy a Broadway favorite by Robert Goulet from “Porgy and Bess.” Frank Sinatra laments a “Same Old Saturday Night.” Barbra Streisand sings a film standard, “Taking a Chance on Love.” We’ll team up Doris Day and Buddy Clark with a 1947 tease called “Love Somebody (but I won’t say who). Enjoy period instrumentals with Herb Alpert and the TJB, and the soulful clarinet of Acker Bilk. Hear hit songs by Sam Cooke, Patti Page, Lou Rawls and more.
Listen today at: (fingers crossed) http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Tony Bennett launches this hour singin’ with the Mitch Miller Gang a song from “Bye Bye Birdie.” Sammy Davis performs a fun live Vegas version of the song “On A Clear Day.” (listen for the end and Sammy’s reference to Eastern Airlines.) Enjoy some great big band with Harry James with Helen Forrest singing, “It’s Been a Long Long Time.” We’ll put Frank Sinatra together with Keely Smith for the song, “How Ya Fixed for Love?” and then enjoy actress Judy Garland with the song “I Got Rhythm.” Listen to some great period groups like, The Hilltoppers, The Limeliters, The Vogues, and the Lovin’ Spoonful.” Pat Boone performs one of two top charting 1957 hit songs, “Love Letters in the Sand,” followed with Peggy Lee’s “A Doodling Song.” We’ll track some hit instrumentals by Bert Kaempfert and Horst Jankowski’s “A Walk in the Black Forest.” Watch out for those “American Boys.” That according to Brit talent Petula Clark. Hear songs with Nat King Cole singing with The Four Knights, Robert Goulet and Les Baxter. Listen now at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On The Neon Beat, Jukebox 3: Tom Jones storms on stage with his biggest hit record, “She’s a Lady.” A song written by Paul Anka. Next we go to the London/Parrot label for Engelbert Humperdinck’s comeback hit, “After the Loving.” Listen to Sarah Vaughan with her lush rendition of “Misty” with an orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones. We’ll track a hit song sung by Paul Anka used as imaging music for Eastman Kodak. Listen to movie/film music with Rosemary Clooney singing a song from “The Harvey Girls,” Ferrante and Teicher with “the Theme From Exodus”, and Doris Day’s “Secret Love” from “Romance on the High Seas.” Frank Sinatra will brew up a little “Witchcraft” with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. We’ll bring in The Gaylords for their charming hit, “the Little Shoemaker.” We’ll spin some great Burt Bacharach-Hal David music with Dionne Warwick singing “I Say a Little Prayer” followed up by “The Straight Life” with Bobby Goldsboro. We’ll blow ya a kiss with Jimmie Rodgers 1958 hit song, “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine.” We’ll close the hour with the Village Stompers hit record, “Washington Square.” Much more. Listen now at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/