The Neon Beat on Radio George - 11.18.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Dean Martin begins this week's selections of the great music of the 1940's, 50's and 60's with a little “Mambo Italiano.” Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra takes on Leroy Anderson's “Blue Tango” from 1956 followed with a 1960 favorite by Anita Bryant and Roger Whittaker's “New World in the Morning.” Juke 2 opens with the English Gentleman, Matt Monroe singing his 1961 hit song, “My Kind Of Girl” followed up with one of Rosemary Clooney's “dialect”hit songs, “Come On-a My House.” G.I. Jo Stafford kicks of Juke 3 with “Suddenly There's a Valley” with Tom Jones taking the stage next for “Help Yourself.” Turn up many Broadway, stage and film selections with Frank Sinatra singing the theme from “Pocketful of Miracles,” Dionne Warwick with “Promises Promises,” and Henry Mancini with the iconic “Pink Panther Theme.” Listen to Connie Francis with the theme from “Where the Boys Are,” Roger Williams with a lovely piano rendition of a song from “Lili,” Dianne Reeves with some fine Gershwin from “Lady Be Good,” and a song from “Golden Rainbow” which turned into a huge 1969 chart hit for Sammy Davis Jr. More show tunes with Ferrante and Teicher, The Four Aces, Perry Como and Robert Preston from “The Music Man.” Catch a 1950's set with period acts that dominated the charts like the Platters, the Everly Brothers, the Chiffons, Ivory Joe Hunter and Elvis. Git your Brit on with Peter and Gordon, Petula Clark, and Chad and Jeremy. Hear a lovely version of Hoagy Carmichael's “Stardust' with Nat King Cole and the sprite, Dodie Stevens with “Pink Shoelaces.” Listen to Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, Shelly Fabares, Johnny Mathis and lots, lots more.

Enjoy this very day at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/NB-Hour1.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 11.11.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Steve Lawrence launches into Jukebox 1 with his stirring 1960 hit song, “Portrait of My Love.” Next, listen to Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr with their fun stage version of “Me and My Shadow” followed up with Marilyn Monroe with a steamy Irvin Berlin song. Juke 2 slams open with Perez Prado's “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”with that great Billy Regis trumpet solo. Then we get on a “Slow Boat to China” with Kay Starr. We'll team up Bette Midler with Barry Manilow as they open Juke 3 with an old Peggy Lee standard, “I Love Being Here With You.” Then listen to the song that defined the era, Nat King Cole's “Unforgettable.” Turn up our instrumental offerings as we track a great Glenn Miller standard, “In the Mood.” Hear more swing era music with Harry James' “Ciribiribin.” Les Brown with the Ames Brothes singing, “Moonlight Seranade” and some boob tube music with the Ray Anthony Orchestra performing the “Theme from Peter Gunn.” The fine stage and theatre music abounds with Vic Damone, Ella Fitzgerald, Glen Campbell, Louis Armstrong with Danny Kaye, Andy Williams, Morris Stoloff, The Lettermen, Bob Hope with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Henry Mancini, The Four Lads, Nat King Cole, and Doris Day. Listen to Paul Mauriat's beautiful 1968 hit song, “Love Is Blue.” We'll spin Bobby Darin's “Beyond the Sea,” and The Skyliners with “Since I Don't Have You”. Enjoy a couple of back-of-the-rack favorites with Del Wood's “Down Yonder,” Frankie Laine's “B” side hit, “Rose Rose I Love You,” and we'll warm things up with Mungo Jerry's “In the Summertime.” Lots more!

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 11.4.19

On the Neon Beat this week: We open Jukebox 1 with a pop/country single by a 1950's hitmaker named Jimmie Rodgers with “Uh Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again.” Then Nat King Cole takes the mic with the Ralph Carmichael Chorus with the charming song “All Over the World.” Juke 2 opens with a smashing vocal version of Dave Brubeck's “Take 5” sung by The Marvelous Marilyn Maye. Benny Goodman makes the big band invitation to cut-a-rug with “Let's Dance” followed up with Frank Sinatra singing, “Too Marvelous For Words.” We'll kick off Jukebox 3 with two great singing paisanos beginning with Dean Martin's 1965 hit song, “Lay Some Happiness on Me” and Mario Lanza with a movie favorite, “The Loveliest Night of the Year.” Hear more great theatre and film selections with Tony Bennett singing “Once Upon a Time,” Ella Fitzgerald with “Let Yourself Go” from the 1936 musical “Follow the Fleet,” and her steamy version of “Too Darned Hot” from “Kiss me Kate.” Hear more stage and film with Perry Como singing “Bali Hai,” Percy Faith's “Theme from A Summer Place”, and the Four Lads with a song from “Gypsy.” Hear the dual keyboards of Ferrante and Teicher with a rendition of the theme from “Exodus.” Enjoy the Henry Mancini orchestra and chorus with “Darling Lili,” and the lovely Leslie Uggams with a song from “Hallelujah Baby.” (by request) More with the hit makers of the day including Tom Jones, Ray Charles, Rick Nelson, Peggy Lee, Lenny Welch, Dionne Warwick and the Brit group, The Tremeloes. We'll be spinnin' those instrumental hits with Perez Prado, Acker Bilk, Horst Jankowski's “Walk in the Black Forest,” and Floyd Cramer's “Theme From Dallas.”

Enjoy now at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/NB-Hour1.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 10.28.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Tony Bennett begins Jukebox 1 with the Count Basie Orchestra for a song about that “Toddlin' town.” Barbra Streisand grabs the stage next for a Stephen Sondheim romp called, “Putting it Together.” Listen to a lovely Hoagy Carmichael favorite performed by Ray Charles as we kick off Juke 2. The Fontane Sisters take it next for their 1955 hit song, “Hearts of Stone.” Juke 3 kicks off with a Rat Pack set as Frank Sinatra opens with a film theme from “The Tender Trap,” followed with Dean Martin singing “Just in Time.” Turn up more film and stage favorites with the Seekers singing the theme from “Georgie Girl” followed up with another silver screen song with Ferrante and Teicher. Hear Harry Nilsson with his song from “Midnight Cowboy.” We'll spin the “Baby Elephant Walk” from the movie Hatari by Henry Mancini, listen to Herb Alpert with the theme from “Casino Royale.” We'll play a signature hit for Lena Horne as she sing's “The Lady is a Tramp,” and listen to the Four Lads with a theme from a Marilyn Monroe film. Get your Nat King Cole fix with his treatment of the the songs, “Avalon,” “Pretend”, and “To the Ends of the Earth.” Listen to our fine female hit makers like Connie Francis with her Italian version of “Quando Quando”, Peggy Lee heats up the stage with “Fever” and a little attitude number called “Pass Me By”, Joni James with her 1959 hit song, “How Important Can it Be,” and Eydie Gorme with her 1963 hit record, “Blame it On the Bossa Nova.” Hear the great period groups like the Four Freshmen, the Lettermen, the Everly Brothers, the Fifth Dimension, and the Four Lads. Much more.

Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/NB-Hour1.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 10.22.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Frank Sinatra launches Juke 1 with the kids singing, “High Hopes.” Then we get “Smack Dab in the Middle with the Mills Brothers and follow that up with a Cole Porter selection by Ella Fitzgerald. Juke 2 begins with two film and Broadway selections starting with Dean Martin with the Four Lads singing “Standing on the Corner” and Perry Como with Betty Hutton with a song from “Guys and Dolls.” Jukebox 3 takes off with Petula Clark's “Don't Sleep in the Subway”, followed up with a greeting from the staff here: That would be Eileen Barton's signature song “If I Knew You Were Coming I'd have Baked a Cake.” Catch another Frank favorite as he sings “Young at Heart.” Instrumentals abound this week with the beautiful “Ebb Tide” by Frank Chacksfield, Andre Previn's jazzy “Like Young,” Leroy Anderson with “Promenade,” a Victor Young film standard, “Around the World”, Nashville's Floyd Cramer with “Last Date”, and Ferrante and Teicher with a rousing version of “Temptation.” We'll spin more period film and stage favorites with the Sandpipers, Dusty Springfield, Bing Crosby, Rosemary and Betty Clooney, and Jo Stafford. Sing along with Nat King Cole's 1962 fav, “Rambling Rose.” Get your big band fix with Louis Prima, Harry James, and Glen Gray. More with the period hit makers like Jerry Wallace, Dionne Warwick, Glen Campbell, Patti Page, Tony Bennett, Wayne Newton and the Chordettes. Lots more.

Listen now at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/NB-Hour1.htm

Neon Beat on Radio George - 10.14.19

On the Neon Beat this week: WE'RE BACK after a hiatis with technical issues. Resolved and sounding better than ever. Nat King Cole launches Juke 1 as we dance “The Continental” from the floor in Vegas. Then we go “Swinging Down the Lane” with Kay Starr. Juke 2 begins with a slam dunk version of “Let's Fall in Love” by the Four Aces followed up with a great Cole Porter song sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Then we team up Frank Sinatra with his daughter Nancy for “Something Stupid.” Jukebox 3 begins with Dean Martin's signature song from the film, “the Caddy.” We'll listen to the “Lullaby of Broadway,” by Doris Day, followed up with “Standing on the Corner” by the Four Lads. Hear more fine period groups like The Seekers, The Vogues, The Fortunes, Peter Paul and Mary, The Beatles, The McGuire Sisters, and The Mills Brothers. Listen to those great stage and screen songs with Margaret Whiting singing one from “South Pacific.” Hear actor Danny Kaye with a lovely young'un singing “The Music Goes Round and Round” from The Five Pennies. Hear Louis Armstrong himself with a song from “Hello Dolly”, Henry Mancini with the song from “Charade,” and another from Henry from the film, “Brian's Song.” Listen to Petula Clark with “This is My Song” from the Countess From Hong Kong” and Ferrante and Teicher at the dual keyboards for the theme from “Midnight Cowboy.” More songs from the hitmakers of the day like Johnny Mathis, Ray Charles, Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Connie Francis and many more.

Listen today at http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/NB-Hour1.htm

On the Neon Beat this week: WE'RE BACK

After 3 weeks of rebuilding the site after the plug was pulled on the player, we're back on all fours playing three hours, of the Neon Beat. The great hit standards of the 1940's, 50's, and 60's. **Please note some changes in the players:

The individual Jukeboxes are spread across three pages. When you go to The Neon Beat at Radio George, you'll automatically be taken to the first Jukebox which will automatically start playing. After the first Juke ends, to get to the other Jukebox's, take a look below the Jukebox on the page you're on you'll note two clickable options that say, “Click here to listen to Jukebox 2” and “Click here to listen to Jukebox 3.” Left click on your choice of Juke and it will open and start automatically. If they don't start, just hit the play button on the player. If you want to stop the Jukebox you're listening to, hit the stop button on the player. Which you'll need to do if you go to another player and the one you're listening to hasn't finished. Else you'll be listening to two players at once.

Sorry bout the delay and the changes. Different player, different rules. And if I'm not mistaken, I'm thinking the audio quality is actually cleaner now.

The shows will change every week as new ones are produced. Enjoy listening to “the original hits”, on The Neon Beat.

John Christopher

THE TROUBLE IS NOT IN YOUR SET

The Radio George site is slowly coming back up. Albeit one jukebox at a time. Whatever's happened is requiring, basically, a rebuild of the Radio George site. My comrade in crime, (George) informs me that we should see The Neon Beat coming back up shortly. Hopefully by next week. Fortunately, unlike last time, this was not a hack. The shutdown of the site was due to several factors. One involving a decision by the various internet platforms like Google, Firefox and the Blue “E” to discontinue their support of Adobe Flash player. The other being some changes our host site made. Probably in response to the discontinuation of Flash Player. Which we were told would not start until next year. Nice. OK, a hack.

Radio George is taking the steps, along with many other network providers who were affected by this, to get a new player programmed into the Jukebox's. Already some of the great music choices offered by Radio George are back up. Such as the Oldies “click and play” Jukebox's. The shows, such as the Neon Beat, are more complicated, with a few more bells and whistles, and are requiring a little extra time to bring em' back up. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for bearing with us.

Stay Tuned!

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH RADIO GEORGE AUDIO?

Radio George has used the Adobe Flash Player since it started 12 years ago, and listeners everywhere had no problems. A couple of months ago, Adobe announced that it would stop support for their player at the end of 2020. Since then, Radio George--and many other websites using audio--have started making plans to change to other players so that the music keeps on playing without any problems or need for users to interact to keep things rolling.

This morning, we heard from many listeners who said "I can't hear anything on Radio George." We checked and found that the major browsers--Microsoft Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera and others--have blocked the Adobe Flash Player. We had no notice of this whatsoever.

Radio George is changing the player it uses for all channels, which of course will not require you to do anything.

The player that Radio George has selected as the replace for Adobe Flash works efficiently AND will let you listen to Radio George on your cell phone. We'll step up the changeover as quickly as we can and let you know when it has been completed.

Thanks for being a fan of Radio George.

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 9.9.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Enjoy a little rock n' roll in this week's sessions as we open Jukebox 1 with Fats Domino singing, “My Blue Heaven.” We open Juke 2 with Bruce Channel's “Hey Baby.” Our offerings include some fine period groups like the Mcguire Sisters with “It May Sound Silly,” The Kingston Trio with the hit that put em' on the map, “Tom Dooley,” and a folk standard of the the day done by Womenfolk called “Little Boxes.” The Platters will sing of those, “Harbour Lights.” We'll recall those “Moments to Remember” sung by the Four Lads, listen to some Brit invasion music with Peter and Gordon's “I Go to Pieces,” and sing along with the Mitch Miller Gang doing “You Are My Sunshine.” Turn up the great hitmakers like Tony Bennett with the song “Just in Time,” Nat King Cole with “Nature Boy,” and Johnny Mercer's “Day In Day Out, ' Engelbert Humperdinck with “Spanish Eyes” and “After the Loving,” and Bing Crosby with his son Gary singin' a fun version of “Sam's Song.” Instrumental selections include a hit by Nelson Riddle, Bent Fabric's “Alley Cat,” Al Hirt with “Java,” and Joe Harnell with a jazzy version of a Chopin classic. Stage and theatre selections include Ella Fitzgerald singing a song from “Kiss Me Kate,” Marvin Hamlisch with the theme from “The Sting,” Andy Williams with the Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini standard from “Breakfast at Tiffany's and actress Judy Garland with “I Got Rhythm.” More with Frank Sinatra performing “South of the Border” and “S'posin.” Hear Dean Martin singin' “You're Nobody til Somebody Loves You.” And bust a gut, listening to The Smothers Brothers doing “My Ol' Man's a Sailor.” More with Petula Clark, Eddie Fisher, Gogi Grant, and big band with Glen Gray, Gene Krupa, and Louis Armstrong. Listen today on your PC or I-phone at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 9.2.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Our three Jukebox's this week open with three great Italian voices. Frank Sinatra opens Juke 1 with “The World We Knew.” Mario Lanza kicks off Juke 2 with “Be My Love.” And Dean Martin gets Juke 3 underway with “Send Me the Pillow You Dream On.” Along with the fine pop voices of the era, hear the film and stage hit songs like Louis Armstrong with “Hello Dolly,” Nat King Cole with a song heard in the 1949 film “Captain Carey USA,” and the iconic, “Singing in the Rain” with Gene Kelly. More with Henry Mancini with a TV theme from “Mister Lucky and the theme from the movie “Love Story.” Listen to Robert Goulet with a song from “Little Me,” the Mitch Miller gang with the 1959 hit song from 'Bridge Over the River Kwai,” Nat King Cole with Stubby Kaye singing a song from “Cat Ballou,” and the theme from “The Magnificent Seven” by Elmer Bernstien. Still more screen and stage including Percy Faith's theme from “Moulin Rouge,” Barbra Streisand with a stirring song from “Cats” and Vic Damone from Rogers and Hammerstein's “Cinderella.” Our fine hit making groups include songs by the Ames Brothers, the Everly Brothers, Herman's Hermits, The Chimes, the Four Freshmen and the Ray Charles Singers. Enjoy Patti Page with “Allegheny Moon,” Wayne Newton sings “Danke Shoen,” Andy Williams performs the hit song “More,” Natalie Cole sings a great Ella Fitzgerald standard, and Kay Starr does her early 1950's hit song, “Wheel of Fortune.” Great period instrumentals with the Bob Crewe Generation, Les Baxter, Mantovani, Bert Kaempfert, and Al Hirt. More with Peggy Lee, Mel Carter, Guy Mitchell and Margaret Whiting, and Sammy Davis Jr. Listen on your PC or I-phone today. Go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm Enjoy. Have a great week kids

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 8.26.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Mama Cass Elliot kicks off Jukebox 1 with her sweet hit rendition of “Make Your Own Kind of Music.” Tom Jones follows up with his signature hit song, “She's a Lady.” Then country singer Lyle Lovett takes the counter stand with “She's No Lady.” Juke 2 launches with “The Bus Stop Song” by the Four Lads followed up with Bobby Darin's “Dream Lover.” Then listen to Connie Stevens with “16 Reasons.” The Ames Brothers launch Juke 3 with “Undecided. Listen to Steve and Eydie with “Besame Mucho,” followed up with the lovely Peggy Lee singing, “Here's That Rainy Day.” We'll do a country-esk set with Chet Atkins performing with the Boston Pops, Sonny James with “Young Love,” and Patsy Cline singing “I Go To Pieces.” In the last set of Juke 2 hear a “folk” set with Simon and Garfunkel, Burl Ives and The Weavers. Get your instrumental fix with Booker T and the MG's “Green Onions,” Al Hirt with “Fancy Pants,” Florian Zabach with a stunning violin performance of “The Hot Canary,” Herb Alpert's first hit song, “The Lonely Bull,” and “The Music Box Dancer” by Canadian, Frank Mills. Hear songs by the golden groups like The Kingston Trio, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66, The 4 Knights, The 4 Preps, The Ames Brothers, The Essex, The Limeliters, and The Hilltoppers. Listen to Judy Collins with “Both Sides Now,” Mel Torme with “I'm Coming Home,” The Song is You” by KC's own Marilyn Maye, Petula Clark with her mega-hit “Downtown,” and Andy Williams with a song from “Casablanca.” Get your Frank Sinatra singing “It Happened in Monterrey,” and “You're Getting to be a Habit.” Dean Martin with “Sway,” “I Will.” and “Return to Me.” Listen to Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, Doris Day and much more.

Listen now at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm And have a great week!

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 8.19.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Jukebox 1 opens with a rock n' roll classic that was banned from radio airplay in the city of Boston when it came out. The Everly Brothers sing “Wake Up Little Susie.” Another 1950's favorite follows with Billy Williams singing “I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter.” Next hear Dinah Washington with her soulful 1959 hit song, “What a Difference a Day Makes.” Tom Jones launches into Juke 2 with his first stateside hit, “It's Not Unusual.” Then we hop aboard “A Slow Boat to China” with Kay Starr. Jukebox 3 opens with Sammy Davis Jr. with the Count Basie Orchestra with a smokin' version of “She's a Woman.” Barbra Streisand takes the microphone next with “Second Hand Rose.” Listen to many more period hit makers like Doris Day, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, The Lettermen, Herman's Hermits, Linda Rohstadt and so much more. We'll track lots of stage and film songs such as Cole Porter's “In the Still of the Night” sung by Ella Fitzgerald and the theme from “The Sundowners” with the orchestra of Felix Slatkin. Rosemary Clooney with the Harry James band sings a Hoagy Carmichael song from the film, “Here Comes the Groom.” Vic Damone follows Rosemary directly with a song from “West Side Story.” We'll spin a Henry Mancini song from “Dear Heart.” Listen to the Four Lads with a song from “Kiss Me Kate.” Enjoy an MGM favorite with Judy Garland singing “The Trolly Song.” Hear Dionne Warwick with the theme from “Valley of the Dolls.” More with Pat Boone singing the theme from “Friendly Persuasion” and Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye with a number from “The Five Pennies.” Also hear a couple of boob tube songs from the TV show “Baretta” by Sammy Davis Jr, and the theme from the 1960's medical drama “Ben Casey” by Valjean. Lots more with Robert Goulet, The Teddy Bears, Terry Stafford, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller.

Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 8.12.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Jukebox 1 this week opens with a Frank Loesser song from “A Most Happy Fella” sung by the Mills Brothers. Then, hang on to your sox as Natalie Cole launches into her rousing version of “Mister Melody.” Next you'll hear Natalie's daddy, Nathaniel, with a lush version of the song “Tenderley.” All three jukebox's abound with the great period groups singing the standards like, the Lettermen with a fine Paul Anka song, the Andrews Sisters with a WW2 standard, and the Beatles with “Here Comes the Sun.” Hear the lovely “Cherish” by the Association, “Green Green” by the New Christy Minstrels, and the theme from “Picnic” by the McGuire Sisters. Get your Frank, Dean and Sammy this week. Listen to Frank Sinatra's “Love and Marriage,”and a swingin' version of “Blue Moon.” Hear Dean Martin's “Kick in the Head” from Oceans 11, and Dino with Sammy Jr hamming it up singing (or trying to) “Sam's Song.” Enjoy great film, stage, and TV themes with Bert Kaempfert's theme from “The Match Game,” Vic Damone with the lovely theme from “Gigi,” and Shirley Bassey with a song from the James Bond film, “Diamonds are Forever.” Listen to Nelson Riddle's theme from the TV series, “Route 66.” Then we'll team of Nelson's orchestra with Linda Ronstadt for some great Gershwin, “I've Got a Crush on You.” Nat King Cole opens up Juke 2 with “L.O.V.E.” Jackie Deshannon follows Nat with “Put a Little Love in Your Heart.” Listen to Ella Fitzgerald with a hi-fi salsa rendition of her great signature song, “Tiskit Tasket.” Turn up some great big band with Duke Ellington, Perez Prado, Harry James, and Glenn Miller. More with the pop song hit makers like Pat Boone, Frankie Avalon, Louis Armstrong, Dionne Warwick, Harry Connick Jr, Carole King and many many more. Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 8.5.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Nat King Cole kicks off this week's offerings with his 1962 hit song, “Rambling Rose” on Jukebox 1. Peggy Lee follows with a fun latter 40's hit with “Manana is Good Enough For Me.” Brit crooner Matt Monro follows with a lush rendition of a James Bond film theme. Hear more fine film music this week including Actress Judy Garland from “Meet Me in St Louis, Louis,” and BJ Thomas with a Burt Bacharach song from “Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid.” Listen to more film and theatre with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra singing together from the 1956 movie, “High Society.” Ferrante and Teicher play “The Theme from Antony and Cleopatra,” Lucille Ball sings the one hit song from “Wildcat,” Johnny Mathis performs the theme song from “Wild is the Wind,” and listen to Andy Williams with “That Ol' Bilbao Song.” Enjoy the hit instrumentals that graced the airwaves like, Haygood Hardy's “the Homecoming,” The Ventures with their beach music hit, “Walk Don't Run,” Al Hirt's haunting rendition of “Stranger in Paradise,” and Leroy Anderson's “Typewriter Song.” Our Sinatra offerings include his 1958 standard, “Come Fly With Me,” “The lilting “Summer Wind,” and “Same Old Saturday Night.” Turn up selections from the great period groups such as, The Lettermen, The Seekers, The Platters, The McGuire Sisters, Chad and Jeremy,” The Four Lads and The Poni Tails. We'll spin two Perry Como favorites from the 1950's, “Papa Loves Mambo,” and “Dont Let the Star Get in Your Eyes.” Listen to Bobby Darin with a rousing version of “I Got Rhythm,” and Ella Fitzgerald with a charming performance of, “I'll Take Manhattan.” More great songs with Kay Starr, Tony Bennett, Roger Miller's “King of the Road” and Neil Sedaka's great comeback sing, “Laughter in the Rain.” Lots more. Go to:

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 7.29.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Look OUT ol' Mac is Back. Juke 1 launches with some classic Bobby Darin. Then we turn the big stage over to Kansas City's Marilyn Maye, with a fine Cy Coleman song from “Sweet Charity.” We team up Judy Garland and Gene Kelly as the bells ring, “For Me and My Gal.” Enjoy some more theatre film and TV music with Perry Como's rendition of “Seattle,” followed up with a pretty instrumental from the film “The Owl and the Pussycat.” The Vince Guraldi Trio plays the song to be forever associated with Charles Schulz and Peanuts. Jukebox 2 takes off with another film song from “Baby the Rain Must Fall” by Glen Yarbrough. Sammy Davis Jr pops in with the Mike Curb Congregation a cheerful hit called “The People Tree.” Then hear Doris Day sing from her film “Romance On The High Seas.” Crank up the great period groups like The Mills Brothers with “All the Way Around the World,” Simon and Garfunkel with “America” from their celebrated “Bookends” album. The Everly Brothers with “All I Have To Do Is Dream,” Herman's Hermits with “There's a Kind Of Hush,” Chad and Jeremy with “Yesterday's Gone,” and The Carpenters with their hit song, “Superstar.” Juke 3 begins with “Kiss Me Goodbye” by Petula Clark followed up with Roger Whittaker's spirited song “New World in the Morning.” We'll bring back Perry Como on Juke 3 for more film music with his fine performance of “As Time Goes By.” Listen to the great period hit makers like Nat King Cole with the perky, “Just You, Just Me, and” Peggy Lee with an attitude song called “Pass Me By.” We'll spin the songs That's Life,” and “Strangers in the Night” by Frank Sinatra, the soulful “Rainy Night in Georgia” by Brook Benton, and Tony Bennett with “Chicago” and his signature standard “I Left My Heart in San Francisco. More greats including Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Bette Midler, Bobby Goldsboro and more. Listen now at:

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 7.23.19

On The Neon Beat this week: Engelbert Humperdinck (actual spelling) opens up Jukebox 1 with his hit song, “The Last Waltz.” This, followed with “Makin' Whoopie” by Frank Sinatra. Nancy Wilson takes the mic next for the song, “Call Me.” Tony Bennett launches into Juke 2 with “Rags to Riches” and Brit singer Danny White follows up with his 1964 “cross the pond hit” “White on White.” Frank Sinatra kicks off Juke 3 with a Frank Loesser favorite from “Guys and Dolls.” More stage and film favorites abound including Dean Martin's signature hit from “The Caddy.” Doris Day sings one from “Pal Joey,” and Harry James performs a big band rendition of “September Song.” Henry Mancini conducts his orchestra and chorus for the theme from “Darling Lili,”and hear an award winning song by The Carpenters from the 1970 film “Lovers and Other Strangers.” Enjoy a western set with Dinah Shore singing a song from “The Paleface,” followed with a hit song of the Ponderosa by Loren Green, and the theme from “The Good the Bad and the Ugly” by Hugo Montengro. Enjoy the pop chart hits sung by the artists we know and love like, Johnny Mathis, Tom Jones, Perry Como, Petula Clark, Herb Alpert, Nat King Cole and Dusty Springfield.. Catch the great groups such as The Mills Brothers with “Opus One.” Listen to “The Yellow Rose of Texas” with the Mitch Miller Gang, and “Goodnight Sweetheart” by the McGuire Sisters.” We'll visit “This Isle of Capris” with The Gaylords, catch a little classic folk with the Kingston Trio. More with Peter and Gordon, the Lettermen, the Drifters and the Association. Turn up the hit single pairing two hitmakers, Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams for “Too Much Too Little Too Late.” Many more.

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 7.15.19

On the Neon Beat this Week: Vikki Carr launches Jukebox 1 with her 1967 hit song, “It Must Be Him.”(albeit a little needy pathos) Then we do a little sweatin' to the oldies with Sammy Davis Jr and Count Basie with “The Work Song.” Next, we board that plane for “Shangri La” with the Lettermen. Hear more fine songs by the great period groups like The Carpenters, The Everly Brothers, The Ames Brothers, The Four Preps, The Four Lads, and the Chordettes. Get your Frank Sinatra with his renditions of “High Hopes,” Love the Second Time Around,” and the great Cole Porter standard, “Anything Goes.” Film and stage selections include Peggy singing “Baubles Bangles and Beads” (from Kismet), Percy Faith's the theme from “A Summer Place,” The Carpenters with “Bless the Beasts and the Children,” Annette Funicello with the Beach Boys “The Monkeys Uncle,” and actress Lucille Ball from “Wildcat.” More showtunes with Dianne Reeves from “Good Night and Good Luck,” the theme from “Chariots of Fire,” by Vangelis, Connie Francis from “Where The Boys Are,” Eartha Kitt with the amourous “Cest Si Bon,” the Chordettes from “Never on Sunday,” Mary Martin with her signature hit, “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” Vikki Carr with a number from “Oklahoma,” Margaret Whiting with a song from “South Pacific.” and Andre Previn with a beautiful renditon of “Hi Lili, Hi Lili, Hi Lo.” Listen to pop hit song by the artists that made em' famous, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mercer, Eddie Fisher, Patti Page,Kay Starr, Andy Williams and lots more.

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 7.8.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Jack Jones launches this weeks selections with one of his Grammy Award winning songs, “Wives and Lovers.” Next Barbra Streisand remembers what it is to be “A Kid Again” from her first 1964 album. Then, Canadian Michael Buble takes on a Sinatra cover, “I've Got You Under My Skin.” Ella Fitzgerald kicks off Juke 2 with a rousing number from “Kiss Me Kate” followed up with Bobby Darin's “Beyond the Sea.” Hang on to your hat as Jukebox 3 begins with Gogi Grant singing “The Wayward Wind.” We'll team up Tony Bennett with Diana Krall with “The Best is Yet to Come,” Our theatre and film selections this round include a hit song by the Mike Curb Congregation from “Kelly's Heros.” Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby team up for a Cole Porter song from “High Society,” Connie Francis with the song “Embracable You,” and Lena Horne with “Stormy Weather.” Grab some great big band with Glenn Miller, Les Brown, and Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra. Our Rat Pack offerings include Frank Sinatra with “Old Devil Moon,” Dean Martin with his smooth alfredo versions of “Blue Moon,” and “You Belong to Me.” Hear the big voices of the 50's and 60's listening to hits by Nat King Cole, Kay Starr, Sarah Vaughan, Johnny Mathis, Rick Nelson, Connie Francis, Steve Lawrence, Dionne Warwick, and Pat Boone. And we didn't foget the hit makin' groups like The Ames Brothers, The Village Stompers, McGuire Sisters, The Dixie Cups, and Mitch Miller. Definitely an “all star” lineup with the artists singing the songs we know and love.

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 7.1.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Dean Martin launches this weeks offerings with the song “Just in Time.” (yes u are) Peggy Lee follows up with her attitude song, “I'm a Woman.” (yes she wuz) Lou Rawls takes it next with “You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine” and The Fifth Dimension with “Last Night I Didn't get to Sleep.” (“At all” I might add) Juke 2, Marilyn Maye takes the stage with her great opener song “Step to the Rear,” Then Dean Martin is back with “Mambo Italiano,” followed with Engelbert Humperdinck followed with the great British jazz pianist George Shearing. The Vogues open up Juke 3 with their stunning hit version of “My Special Angel,” followed with “Summer Sounds” by Robert Goulet and “I'll Take Manhattan” sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Show tunes this session include Fred Astaire with a song from “Top Hat,” a charming duet from “Pagan Love Song” with Rosemary Clooney and Guy Mitchell, a Sesame Street standard sung by The Carpenters, Kay Starr with a jazzy version of “Around the World,” and the Four Lads with a rousing song from “Gypsy.” Instrumental offerings include some big band with Benny Goodman, a pop standard called “Apache” by Jorgen Ingmann, Herb Alpert's dating game standard, “the Spanish Flea,” Mason Williams' “Classical Gas,” Andre Previn with the lovely theme from “Irma La Douce,” Bert Kaempfert's “Strangers in the Night,” and Leroy Anderson with “Fiddle Faddle.” Also hear a boob tube favorite by Ray Anthony, the iconic theme from “Dragnet.” More pop standards by Frank Sinatra with “Pennies from Heaven,” Perry Como with “Magic Moments,” Nat King Cole, Skeeter Davis, The Lettermen, and Tony Bennett with Count Basie. Good listening!

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.24.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Dean Martin takes the stage first with an Italian favorite, “Volare.” Vic Dana is next with the “Mundo Carne” hit, “More.” We'll sing the “Muskrat Ramble” with the McGuire Sisters and then enjoy Ralph Materie's Orchestra with an African standard, “Skokiaan.” Engelbert Humperdinck opens Juke 2 with a hit song used in a British film short. Next, we jazz it up with Nat King Cole's “Send for Me,” Peggy Lee with “Too Close for Comfort,” and Michael Buble's stunning rendition of “Feeling Good.” Jukebox 3 begins with Vic Damone singing a standard from My Fair Lady. Followed up with two salsa numbers by Sergio Mendez and Pearl Bailey. We'll spin film and stage favorites with Ella Fitzgerald singing “Pick Yourself Up,” actress Debbie Reynolds with “Tammy,” and Henry Mancini with the theme from “the Days of Wine and Roses. Hear the iconic “Dear Mister Gable” performed by Judy Garland. Dancer, actress Mary Martin sings a jazzy version of a magic song from Disney's “Cinderella.” The Four Aces sing the “Theme from “Three Coins in the Fountain.” More movie stuff with Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Bette Midler with another Disney favorite, and Mantovani with the beautiful Victor Young theme, “Around the World.” Catch some of the great period pop singles with Mel Carter's “Hold Me Thrill Me,” Shelly Fabares' “Johnny Angel,”Simon and Garfunkel with “Homeward Bound,” and Otis Redding with “Sitting On the Dock of Bay.” Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Jo Stafford, Roy Rogers and Dale Evens. Lot's more.

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.19.19

On the Neon Beat this week: We begin this week's offerings with a big band era set starting with Jo Stafford's “Teach Me Tonight,” followed with Les Brown's “How Bout You?,” Peggy Lee from Stagedoor Canteen singing “Why Don't You Do Right,” and The Ames Brothers with “Cherokee.” Our show and stage selections include a little rat-packin' with Frank and Sammy doin' “Me and My Shadow,” Andre Previn with the theme from the film “Laura,” Doris Day with “Secret Love” from “Calamity Jane,” and “Herb Alpert singing “This Guy's in Love With You” from the 1968 TV special “Beat of the Brass.” Hear prodigy pianist Peter Nero play one from “My Fair Lady.” More stage and film with Tony Bennett singing one from “Bye Bye Birdie,” Dionne Warwick with “Promises Promises,” Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly from “High Society,” and Spencer Ross with a period TV theme from “The Philadelphia Story.” Sing along with the great period hit makers like, The Chordettes, Frankie Vallie, The Carpenters, Bobby Darin, The Kingston Trio, Tom Jones, Glen Campbell, Eddie Fisher, The Four Lads, Kay Starr, Andy Williams, Bobby Goldsboro and more. We'll go “Racing With the Moon” with the big band of Vaughn Monroe. Hear Lloyd Price with his hit song, “Personality” followed with Anne Murray singing a tender “Love Song.” Frank Sinatra performs some of his signature songs, “I've Got You Under My Skin,” and “Hidden Persuasion.” We'll spin one of Nat King Cole's early hits as a solo crooner, “A Blossom Fell” followed with Nelson Riddle's 1956 hit, “Lisbon Antigua.” Bette Midler slams on stage for her rousing version of “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” Lot's lot's more. Enjoy now by left clicking on: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.10.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Herb Alpert launches this week with a film favorite from 1967. The theme from “Casino Royale.” You'll hear lots more stage and film this week including Dean Martin and the Four Lads singing a song from Frank Loesser's play, “A Most Happy Fellow,” Ella Fitzgerald performs a fine Gershwin show selection and some Cole Porter from “Anything Goes,” The Brothers Four with a song from the 1960 John Wayne film, The Alamo,” Jerry Vale sings the theme from “Three Coins in the Fountain,” Tony Bennett with a standard from “Sound of Music,” the Marvelous Marilyn Maye with a amorous song from “Kismet,” and Vic Damone sings songs from the movies “Laura” and “Pal Joey.” Enjoy a couple of instrumental movie themes. Elmer Bernstien's theme from “The Great Escape” and Paul Mauriat's theme from “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” Laugh a little as we team up Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis for “The Money Song.” Hear the Lettermen with the theme from “A Summer Place,” and a period 1960's boob tube theme from the TV network drama “Ben Casey” by Valjean. We'll play the song that defined an era called “Unforgettable” by Nat King Cole. And Nat will be back on Juke 3 for his classy rendition of “Lush Life.” Listen as we spin songs by the period hit makers like Frank Sinatra with “Love and Marriage,” The Platters with “The Great Pretender,” “The Last Farewell,” with Roger Whittaker, and “Sign of the Times” by Petula Clark. More with Harry Belefonte, Rosemary Clooney, The Association and a delightful childhood memory performed by The Limeliters. Lots more. To listen, go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm Have a wonderful week.

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.3.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Bobby Darin kicks off this week with a swingin' version of “Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey.” Kansas City's own Marilyn Maye is next singing a song about that fine city of fountains. Jukebox 2 launches with Bing Crosby playin' in an Irish band called. “McNamara's Band.” Then, we take a trip “On a Slow Boat to China” with the Ames Brothers, followed with a steamy period song performed by the late, Doris Day. Frank Sinatra opens Juke 3 with a swingin' session version of “My Blue Heaven.” We'll team up Lee Hazelwood and Frank's daughter Nancy for a rousing version of a country song called, “Jackson.” Turn up songs performed by great period groups like The Carpenters, Johnny Mercer with the Pied Pipers, The Everly Brothers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Four Preps, The Mills Brothers, The Kingston Trio, and The Crew Cuts. Film and stage selections this week include Andy Williams with a song from “Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,” Michel Legrand's beautiful theme from “The Summer of 42,” Burl Ives with “The Ugly Bug Ball” from Disney's “Summer Magic,” “The Trolly Song” with John Williams and the Boston Pops, Tony Bennett with “the Love Theme from The Sandpiper,” Barbra Streisand singing her hit song from “Funny Girl,” and Vic Damone with a lovely song from “South Pacific.” Hear the pop hit makers like Dean Martin, Peggy Lee with “Fever,” Elvis with the song “Memories,” Harry Belefonte with “Jump in the Line,” “He's My Dreamboat” by Connie Francis, Nat King Cole's “To the Ends of the Earth,” and Dionne Warwick.” Instrumentals with Eddie Heywood, Henry Mancini, Floyd Cramer, and more. Left click on: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm Enjoy!

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 5.27.19

On The Neon Beat this week: The great period groups abound on the Beat this week as Juke 1 kicks off with The Lettermen singing, “Put Your Head on My Shoulder.” Juke 2 launches with The McGuire Sisters with their signature hit song, “Sugartime.” And Juke 3 kicks off with The Ray Charles Singers. You'll hear the Four Aces with those “Wedding Bells” (Are breaking up that old gang of mine.) Hear the Vogues with, “Turn Around Look at Me,” The New Christy Minstrels singing the beautiful song, “Today,” and The Association singing “Cherish.” We'll spin a couple of hit songs by The Carpenters including Paul William's “We've Only Just Begun” and Carole King's “It's Going to Take Some Time.” We'll pair up Frank Sinatra with Keely Smith for “How Ya' Fixed For Love?” Hear great songs from the film and stage sung by Mel Torme, Simon and Garfunkel, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Roger Williams, and Lena Horne. Enjoy great memories with the pop hit makers of the day as Tommy Edwards sings, “It's All in the Game,” Petula Clark sings a warning bout them, “American Boys,” and Dean Martin sings, “You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You.” Hear a Bobby Goldsboro favorite, one of the few songs Bobby didn't actually write, “Watching Scotty Grow.” Listen to NBC Monitor's Jim Lowe with his one hit record, “The Green Door.” Instrumental hit songs include Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra, Mitch Miller, The Brass Ring, Hugo Winterhalter, Ralph Flanagan's Band, Raymond Lefevre, Frank Porucel, and Andre Previn. Sip a cuppa Joe with Frank Sinatra as he does a lively version of “The Coffee Song.” Hear a lovely rendtion of “Scarlett Ribbons” by Roger Whittaker. More with Vikki Carr, Frankie Laine, Nat King Cole. Lots Mo! Left click on: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm Have a great week kids!

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 5.20.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Les Baxter and the Capitol Records Orchestra launch into this week's offerings with “Wake the Town and Tell the People.” Dionne Warwick takes the stage next with “I Say a Little Prayer” followed with The Lettermen with a “two-fer.” Frank and Dean launch Juke 2 with the song “S'posin,” and “A Cup of Happiness.” We remember Doris Day this week with just a couple of, what were over 650 songs the woman recorded over her lifetime including a selection from “Pal Joey” and her last 1958 chart topping single, “Everybody Loves a Lover.” Barry Manilow slams into Juke 3 with a song he wrote for Dick Clark's “American Bandstand.” Stage and film selections include songs from “To Sir With Love,” “A Summer Place,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “West Side Story,” Cat Ballou,” “Georgie Girl,” “Godspell,” “Casino Royale,” and “The Great Race.” Barbra Streisand sings a stunning Stephen Sondheim piece called “Putting it Together” from her Broadway Album. Sammy Davis Jr provides his own percussion for a Vegas performance of “On a Clear Day.” This week's pairings include Glen Campell with Bobbie Gentry, Nat King Cole with the great George Shearing, Chad and Jeremy, Simon and Garfunkel with “Feeling Groovy,” and Micky and Sylvia’s “Love is Strange.” Get some honey in the horn with Al Hirt's “Java.” More period instrumentals with Herb Alpert and the TJB, Raymond Lefevre, Acker Bilk's lovely “Stranger on the Shore,” Henry Mancini, Percy Faith, and Bert Kaempfert. Lots, lots more.
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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 5.13.19

On The Neon Beat this week: We'll start this week's set with a latter 1950's hit song for Della Reese. “Don't You Know.” Nat King Cole follows with a little spelling exercise called “L.O.V.E,” followed up with the Ray Charles Singers. Then listen to a lush rendition of Arthur Lymon's “Yellow Bird.” Nat King Cole launches Juke 2 with “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer.” Dusty Springfield is next with “I Only Want to Be With You.” Jo Stafford slams into Juke 3 with “The Gentleman is a Dope.” Then listen to Dean Martin as he sings, “Lay Some Happiness on Me.” Our stage, film and boob tube faire includes a rousing performance of “Get Happy” with Judy Garland. Spencer Ross plays a theme from the 1959 TV series, “The Philadelphia Story,” Ferrante and Teicher play the theme from the film “Exodus” followed by a Cole Porter standard from “Anything Goes” by Ella Fitzgerald. The Association sing the theme from “Goodbye Columbus,” Robert Goulet sings a standard from “Porgy and Bess,” And Billy Vaughn's Orchestra performs a pretty theme from “Circus of Horrors.” More film and stage with Barbra Streisand, Vikki Carr, and Andre Previn. Frank Sinatra cuts include, “Nice N' Easy,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” and “Swinging Down the Lane.” Get your 60's pop with some Mamas and Papas with “Monday Monday,” Spanky and Our Gang with “Lazy Day,” and Mama Cass with “Dream a Little Dream of Me.” We'll spin records with Peggy Lee's “Doodlin' Song,” Tony Bennett's “In the Middle of an Island,” and “The Straight Life” with Bobby Goldsboro. More great stuff with Elvis, The Mills Brothers, Petula Clark, The Kingston Trio and lots more. Go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 5.6.19

On The Neon Beat this week: Nat King Cole slams into Jukebox 1 with a song to leave you “Breathless.” Ella Fitzgerald is next with a fine version of “Begin the Beguine” followed up with a film theme sung by Pat Boone. Juke 2, we team up Tony Bennett with Diana Krall for “The Best is Yet to Come,” Then enjoy one of Kay Starr's first 1950's chart breakers as she sings “Wheel of Fortune.”We start Jukebox 3 with another Nat King Cole single as we hit the “mother road” called “Route 66.” Our film and stage selections include the Ray Conniff singers with a song from “Doctor Zhivago.” Hear Henry Mancini's Orchestra with a theme from an early Peter Sellers film “A Shot in the Dark,” and the theme from “Charade.” The Marvelous Marilyn Maye sings a song from the play “Sherry,” Morris Stoloff plays the theme from the film “Picnic,” Elvis Presley croons the lovely “Love Me Tender,” Perry Como sings a song from “South Pacific,” Burl Ives sings a beloved 1954 song from “So Dear to My Heart,” and the Chordettes do the title song from the award winning film, “Never on Sunday.” We'll spin hit singles by the great period groups like, The Platters, Mitch Miller and the Gang, The Crew Cuts, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66, The Andrews Sisters, the Lettermen, The Essex, Chad and Jeremy and The Fifth Dimension. Listen to Frank Sinatra with “Softly as I Leave You,” and “It Happened in Monterrey.” Hear the great period pop like Johnny Mathis with “Wonderful Wonderful,” “Dreamy Eyes” by Johnny Tillotson, Dodie Stevens with the fun “Pink Shoelaces,” and Petula Clark with “Don't Sleep in the Subway Darling.” Much much more! Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

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

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 4.22.19

On The Neon Beat this week: The Carpenters launch Jukebox 1 with a snappy version of the song, “There's a Kind of Hush.” Then Harry Connick Jr shares a “Recipe for Making Love.” Juke 2 begins with the single biggest chart hit for Lou Rawls, followed up with some great swing music with Harry James. Then enjoy Nat King Cole with a jump version of “Only a Paper Moon.” Nat Cole will kick off Jukebox 3 with the lovely 1953 hit song, “Pretend.” After which, we'll track a swingin' version of “Night Train” by Kay Starr from one of her most celebrated albums. You'll hear stage and film selections with Frank Sinatra from “The Tender Trap,” and a lovely version of “It Might as Well Be Spring” from State Fair with Andre Previn. We'll spin the naughty “Let's Misbehave” with Eartha Kitt.” We'll team up Perry Como with Betty Hutton for a song from “Guys and Dolls,” and listen to Mary Martin with the iconic recording of “My Heart Belongs to Daddy.” The Lettermen gather round the microphone for the theme from “A Summer Place,” You'll hear actress Judy Garland from “Meet Me in St Louis, Louis” and a sassy little Cy Coleman number from “Sweet Charity” sung by Kansas City's own Marilyn Maye. Crank up the instrumental hits with Lalo Schifrin, Horst Jankowsky, Leroy Anderson, Ferranti and Teicher, Bert Kaempfert, and Herb Alpert. Hear the period hit makers like Frank Sinatra's “It Was a Very Good Year,” Jerry Wallace's “Primrose Lane,” “Little Things Mean a Lot” by Kitty Kallen,” “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” by the Casinos and “Wishing and Hoping” by Dusty Springfield. Lots, lots more. To listen, go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 4.15.19

On The Neon Beat this week: Louis Prima launches into the first Jukebox with “The Music Goes Round and Round.” Dean Martin takes it next with his 1965 hit song, “Lay Some Happiness on Me.” Here more classic Dino on Juke 2 with “Invisible Tears” and Juke 3 opens up with “Somewhere There's a Someone.” Juke 3 begins with Peggy Lee's “Manana is Good Enough For Me.” Get your weekly Sinatra fix with Frank singing “Let's Fall in Love” and “The World We Knew.” Instrumental selections this week include Perez Prado's 1955 “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.” (featuring that great Billy Regis trumpet solo.”) Percy Faith's Orchestra does a favorite from “My Fair Lady.” We'll spin a TV favorite with Nelson Riddle's “Theme From Route 66” and enjoy the beautiful “Our Winter Love” by pianist Bill Pursel. The big band abounds with selections by Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, Harry James with vocalist Helen Forrest, and a stereo Billy May performance of “Stomping at the Savoy.” We'll spin chart topping top hits like Elvis's “Treat Me Nice,” and “Wear My Ring,” The Chordettes with “Lollipop,” “Plenty Good Lovin'” by Connie Francis, “Snap Your Fingers” with Joe Henderson,” and a fiery Teresa Brewer with the bawdy “Sweet Ol' Fashioned Girl.” Hear a folk set on Juke 3 with Peter Paul and Mary, Jimmie Rodgers, The Kingston Trio and Simon and Garfunkel. Enjoy the crooning of Nat King Cole with “I Love You For Sentimental Reasons” and his jazzy jump rendition of, “Just You Just Me.” More with Andy Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como, and Louis Armstrong. Dig! Listen today at: https://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 4.8.19

On The Neon Beat this week: Some exciting pieces start out our first two Jukeboxes. Hang on to your hat as Juke 1 kicks off with Caterina Valente singing “The Breeze and I.” Juke 2 takes of f with, what was, the first big charting hit for Sir Tom Jones, “It's Not Unusual.” Juke 3 starts with a shiver getter called “All the Way,” sung by Frank Sinatra. Hear the great hitmaker groups like, The New Christy Minstrels with “Green Green,” The T Bones with a song used in the commercial imaging of Alka Seltzer, and The McGuire Sisters “Just for Old Times Sake.” More with the Four Preps as we remember that island of romance, and a little Brit invasion music from Chad and Jeremy. We'll spin those fine film, stage and Broadway favorites including Ed Ames with “My Cup Runneth Over,” Dean Martin's “Kick in the Head” from Oceans 11, Henry Mancini's orchestra with “the Baby Elephant Walk,” and the beautiful theme from “The Thornbirds.” Dionne Warwick sings the song from “Alfie.” Hear a lush rendition of “Lara's Theme” from Dr. Zhivago by James Last. We'll spin Tony Bennett's lovely version of the “Shadow of Your Smile” from The Sandpiper. Barbra Streisand sings a fun romp written by Mister Television. (Milton Berle) Nat King Cole remembers “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer.” Frank Sinatra teams up with daughter Nancy for “Something Stupid.” Laugh a little with Allan Sherman's 1963 hit “Hello Mudduh, Hello Faddah.” Catch a little big sky western set with Frankie Laine, Marty Robbins, and Johnny Cash and a little folk music with Jimmy Dean, Peter Paul and Mary, and Trini Lopez. Records by Peggy Lee, Sam Cooke, Kitty Kallen, Robert Goulet and lots more. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 4.2.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Jukbox 1 opens with a singing group frequently backing up Nat King Cole called The Four Knights with “I Get So Lonely.” Rosemary Clooney follows up with an uptempo Broadway stage piece from “Gypsy.” The Lettermen open Juke 2 with a lush version of a fine Paul Anka hit song, “Put Your Head on my Shoulder.” Perry Como takes it next with a country-esk piece called “Dont Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes.” Juke 3 lauches with Tony Bennett backed by the Mitch Miller gang with a song from “Bye Bye Birdie,” Then Frank Sinatra sings a swingin' version of “Blue Moon.” Get your Nat King Cole fix with “To the Ends of the Earth” and “Nature Boy.” Turn up our instrumental/orchestral arrangements of great songs with Henry Mancini's beautiful “Moon River,” Errol Garner's “Misty,” and Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops with a gorgeous arrangement of “Shenendoh.” More with Berlin pianist Horst Jankowsky, Raymond Lefevre's “Soul Coaxing,” Hugo Winterhalter's RCA Orchestra with a Leroy Anderson favorite, Michel Legrand with “Holiday for Strings,” and Andre Previn with a lovely rendition of “Hi Lili, Hi Lo.” We'll do a country set with Charlie Rich, Marty Robbins, and the Silver Screen Orchestra with Theme From “Gunsmoke.” We'll spin more stage and film music with Henry Mancini's “Theme from Charade,” Diane Reeves with “Oh Lady Be Good,” and Matt Monro with “From Russia with Love.” Sing along with the New Seekers, Petula Clark, Mama Cass, Dean Martin, Gale Garnett, Bobby Goldsboro and lots More! Go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.26.19

On the Neon Beat this week: We start the series on Juke 1 with a theatre standard sung by Rosemary Clooney, “April in Paris.” Throughout the shows you'll hear more great film and stage with Ella Fitzgerald singing a song from “Kiss Me Kate,” Vic Damone with a song from “West Side Story,” The Four Lads with a Frank Loesser standard from “A Most Happy Fellow,” Connie Francis with “Embraceable You,” Glen Campbell with the theme from “True Grit,” and Louis Armstrong with “Hello Dolly.” Eartha Kitt performs a song from a 1952 review called “New Faces” that got her named the most exciting woman in the world by Orson Wells. Nat King Cole croons a lovely song heard in the 1951 film, “Anna.” Hear BJ Thomas with a Burt Bacharach/Hal David song from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” We'll team up Bob Hope and Bing Crosby for one of their rowdy songs from one of their “Road Movies.” We'll spin a funny tate-a-tate between Bing Crosby and actress Judy Garland. Enjoy a 1961 movie theme by Frank Sinatra called “Pocketful of Miracles.” We'll spin Tony Bennett's “Rags to Riches,” and “Because of You.” Crank up the great period pop hits sung by the groups we remember such as “The Poni Tails,” The Four Lads, the Beatles, The Mills Brothers, The Fifth Dimension, The Ames Brothers, Herman's Hermits, and Dion and the Belmonts. Hear More with Vic Dana. (literally) We'll spin records with Al Martino, Jo Stafford, Eydie Gorme, Patti Page, Andy Williams, and actress Marilyn Monroe. Lotz more! Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.18.19

On The Neon Beat this week: We launch Jukebox 1 with a sanppy standard from 1957 sung by Billy Williams, (Oh YEH!) “I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter.” The next two Jukeboxes get started with heavy hitters including Elvis Presley and Bobby Darin. Other heavy hit makers thru this week's series include songs by Engelbert Humperdinck, Nat King Cole, Tom Jones, Petula Clark, Frank Sinatra and lots more. Perry Como sings his great 1970 comback hit song, “It's Impossible.” Get your Kicks on Route 66 with the Nat King Cole trio. We'll spin fine period film and stage favorites like, The Theme from Bus Stop by the Four Lads, “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis Presley, Andre Previn with the lovely theme from “Gigi,” Henry Mancini with a boob tube selection from “Charlie's Angels,” Helen Reddy with a song from “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Vic Damone with a 1964 song from “My Fair Lady,” Dusty Springfield from “The Thomas Crown Affair,” The McGuire Sisters sing one from “Daddy Long Legs,” and Morris Stoloff with the theme from “Picnic.” More stage and film songs with Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, The Mitch Miller Gang, Andy Williams, and Dinah Washington. Catch our selection of period groups like The McGuire Sisters, The Four Freshmen, The Ames Brothers, The New Christy Minstrels and The Temptations. Enjoy several of our fine pop instrumentals with The Islander's, “Enchanted Sea,” Andre Previn's 1959 hit tune, “Like Young,” and “Wheels” by The String Alongs. It's over three hours of great listening. Go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.12.19

On The Neon Beat this week: Jukebox 1 begins the series with two great period male groups including the Vogues with “My Special Angel,” and the Ames Brothers with a great big band standard. Hear more groups we know and love like Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66 with “Fool On the Hill,” The Four Lads with “The Mockingbird” and The Lettermen. More with The Statler Brothers remembering “The Movies,” Sumpthin' Smith and the Redheads “It's a Sin to Tell a Lie” and a 1960's instrumental offering issuing in the space age with a group called The Tornados, You'll hear hit records by our great women of song including, Kay Starr, The Marvelous Marilyn Maye with “Cabaret,” and “Night of my Nights” from Kismet. Dionne Warwick sings “Promises Promises,” Doris Day with the lively “Lullaby of Broadway,” GI Joe Stafford sings, “Suddenly There's a Valley.” Hear show tunes by Eydie Gorme, Patti Page and Rosemary Clooney. Listen to Nancy Wilson with the Boston Pops and Peggy Lee with “Is That All There Is?” More show tunes with Andy Williams with a song from “State Fair,” Tony Bennett with a hit number from “Gypsy,” Frank Sinatra with a Rogers and Hart song from “Babes in Arms,” and a theatre standard from “Walk a Little Faster.” The Four Aces sing a Victor Young selection called “Around the World.” Enjoy Gato Barbieri's “Theme from “Last Tango in Paris,” and Raymond Lefevre's Orchestra with a song from “Godspell.” More songs from Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Dean Martin. Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm Have a great week.

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.5.19

On The Neon Beat this week: We launch this week's musical faire with Tony Bennett singing “The Best is Yet to Come” on Jukebox 1. Doris Day follows with her snappy 1958 hit song, “Everybody Loves a Lover.” We'll spin a 1960's hit song called “Sunday Morning” performed by Spanky and Our Gang. Hear more fine group standards sung by The Fortunes, The Chordettes, Ruby and the Romantics, The Kingston Trio, and Don Gant with the Neon Philharmonic. Listen to Broadway and film favorites with Frank Sinatra singing “New York, New York,” Tom Jones with “What's New Pussycat,” Jerry Goldsmith's “The Theme from Patton,” Denver's Dianne Reeves with a song from “Good Night and Good Luck,” Andy Williams sings “The Love Theme from the Godfather,” Henry Mancini's Orchestra with “The Pink Panther theme,” and the iconic Dooley Wilson playing a song from “Casablanca.” Hear swinging songs from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Kay Starr. Our instrumental sauce and pickle includes the lovely “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” by Sounds Orchestral, “The Bourbon Street Parade” with Al Hirt, Al Cailoa's “The Theme from Bonanza,” Leroy Anderson's “The Sycopated Clock,” “Walk Dont Run” by the Ventures, “A Taste of Honey” with Herb Alpert and the TJB, and a swing era Tommy Dorsey number called “Opus One.” We'll track a couple by Nat King Cole: “LOVE” and “That Sunday That Summer.” Catch Helen O'Connell with her signature standard, “Green Eyes,” Peggy Lee's rousing “Come Back to Me,” and the sultry Julie London with an amorous rendition of “Black Coffee.” More from Johnny Mathis, Ray Charles, Arlo Guthrie and More!

Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm Have a great week kids.

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 2.25.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Kay Starr opens Juke 1 as we board “A Slow Boat to China.” Vaughn Monroe follows with his signature standard “Racing with the Moon.” Listen for film, Broadway and stage selections like Cole Porter's “I Get a Kick Out of You” sung by Ella Fitzgerald.” Hear Sammy Davis Jr. with his stunning version of “What Kind of Fool Am I?” from Stop the World I Want to Get Off. Vic Damone sings a song from “Pal Joey,” Patti Page sings a steamy number from “the Pajama Game,” Barbra Streisand belts out a romp from “Funny Girl,” The Four Freshmen perform a standard from “The Harvey Girls,” Sarah Vaughan sings a song from “Damn Yankees,” and Dinah Shore sings one from a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby film called “The Paleface.” Tom Jones launches into Juke 2 with “Daughter of Darkness.” We'll go back to 1958 for Frank Sinatra's “Come Fly With Me.” Also hear Frank's “The Wee Small Hours” and “My Way.” Catch songs by the great period groups like The Four Lads, The Ames Brothers, Bowling Green, Kentucky's The Hilltoppers, The Mills Brothers, The Four Preps and The Ink Spots with a great Duke Ellington standard. Instrumental hits abound with Perez Prado's “Patricia,” Spencer Ross with a theme from The Philidelphia Story, George Shearing, Si Zentner's rousing rendition of “Up a Lazy River,” and Billy Vaughn's beautful “Look for a Star.” Listen and swing with Glen Gray's version of “In The Mood,” and hear Benny Goodman's take on “Moonglow.”

Lots, lots more. Listen now at: . http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 2.18.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Dean Martin opens Juke 1 and this week's offerings of great music from the 1940's, 50's and 60's with one of his signature hits, “Everybody Loves Somebody.” Tune in thru all three Jukebox's for more great Italian singers like Frank Sinatra with “Strangers in the Night,” “Anything Goes,” and “I Get a Kick Outta You.” We'll line up Frank, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby for their version of “Can Do” (Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls.) Al Martino sings a song from “Romeo and Juliet.” Listen to Tony Bennett with a jazzy version of another great Cole Porter song, and Perry Como with “A Dreamer's Holiday.” Get your Nat King Cole as he sings “Sweet Lorraine” and the lovely, “Mona Lisa.” Hear songs of the cinema, stage, and TV with The Four Lads singing a song from “Gypsy,” Doris Day with a selection from “Pal Joey,” Andy Williams with a song heard in a 1970's Paul Newman film, The Sandpipers with a tune from “The Sterile Cuckoo,” Don Costa with the Theme from “Never on Sunday,” Herb Alpert and the TJB with the theme from “Zorba the Greek,” and Louis Armstrong with a number from “Hello Dolly.” And actor Fess Parker with the Ballad of Davy Crockett. We'll track selections by the great women of song including Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa's big band. We'll spin The Marevelous Marilyn Maye with a song that wow'd em' all on The Tonight Show. Listen to The McGuire Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Kay Starr, Aretha Franklin and one by Helen Forrest singing with Harry James. Lots more. Lots! Listen today. Left click on: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm Enjoy!

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 2.13.19

On The Neon Beat this week: Jukebox 1 opens with a bawdy song of redemption from “The Pajama Game” as Patti Page sings, “Cross Over the Bridge.” Over the 3 Jukes you'll hear other Broadway, film, and boob tube offerings. Perry Como sings a standard from a lesser known play called, The Great McGoo called, “It's Only a Paper Moon.” Ferrante and Teicher rip out a rousing movie theme called “Lisa” on the duo keyboards. Hear the Lettermen with, “When I Fall in Love,” Ella Fitzgerald with a Cole Porter song from the 1953 film “Kiss Me Kate,” Felix Slatkin with the theme from a John Wayne film, “The Sundowners,” and Shirley Bassey with the theme from “Diamonds are Forever.” We'll play a Frank Loesser standard sung by Dean Martin with the Four Lads, The McGuire Sisters with the 1956 film theme from “Picnic,” Henry Mancini directs his orchestra for the TV theme from “Mister Lucky,” and we'll ride the range with Elmer Berstein's “The Magnificent Seven.” Get your Frank Sinatra fill as we spin the songs “Witchcraft” and “You Do Something to Me.” You'll hear hits by other period paisono's like Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, and Vic Damone. Big band abounds with Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, Harry James, and Benny Goodman. Get-cher great groups like, The Four Aces, Harper's Bizarre, The New Christy Minstrels, The Lettermen and The Platters. More with Tom Jones singing “She's a Lady,” Nancy Wilson's 1964 Grammy Award Winner, Johnny Mathis with “Misty” and Nat King Cole with the Ralph Charmichael Chorus. Much More! Left click here to listen: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm