The Neon Beat on Radio George - 1.28.19

On the Neon Beat this week: Hand me down my soup and fish as Perry Como opens Juke 1 with “Hoop Dee Doo.” The McGuire Sisters open up Juke 2 “Just for Old Times Sake,” Listen to Tennessee Ernie Ford luanch into Jukebox 3 with his biggest chart hit, “16 Tons.” Get your fill of the great period groups like The Ames Brothers, The Hilltoppers, The Platters with “The Great Pretender,” and the Four Lads with their 1956 hit, “Not Not Much.” The big band abounds this week with swing era selections like Benny Goodman with Helen Ward singing, “Goody Goody,” Les Brown and his Band of Renown with “Moonlight Seranade,” and Harry James with Helen Forrest with “I'm Beginning to See the Light.” Frank Sinatra sings a film memory called, “A Pocketful of Miracles,” his hit song, “Tell Her You Love Her,” and the lovely “Love's Been Good to Me.” We'll spin film, and stage favorites with Ella Fitzgerald singing “Paper Moon,” Pat Boone with “April Love,” Doris Day with “Secret Love,” Glen Campbell with “True Grit,” and Henry Mancini with “The Pink Panther Theme.” Also hear The Marvelous Marilyn Maye with “Sherry.” We'll spin a song that defined the era for Nat King Cole: “Unforgettable.” Hear great hit songs with Al Martino, Vic Damone, Peggy Lee, Tom Jones, Tony Bennett, and Merv Griffin. Even throw in some Diana Ross and Carly Simon. Lots, lots more. Listen today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 1.21.19

On the Neon Beat this week: We launch Juke 1 with a 1957 hit for Jill Corey. A sprite little chart topper called, “Love Me To Pieces.” Juke 2, we pour ourselves a cuppa java with Frank Sinatra singing “The Coffee Song.” Juke 3 sets sail with Roger Whittaker's lovely, “The Last Farewell.” Hear the hits of stage, film and boob tube like Maureen McGovern with the theme from “The Posiden Aventure,” Dean Martin with his hit song from “The Caddy,” Ferrante and Teicher with the love theme from “The Apartment,” and The Four Aces with “Three Coins in the Fountain.” More film music with Henry Mancini's iconic “Moon River,” and Tom Jones with the theme from the James Bond film, “Thunderball.” Hear the great women of song like Ella Fitzgerald singing, “I'll Take Manhattan,” Barbra Streisand's “A Kid Again,” KC's own Marilyn May with her rousing signature hit, “Step to the Rear,” Dionne Warwick with “Walk on By,” Kay Starr's jazzy version of “Slow Boat to China” from an album considered to be one of her best, and a 1964 chart hit and a Grammy award winner for the late Nancy Wilson. We'll spin hits by Andy Williams, Perry Como, Al Martino, the Platters, The Lettermen, Jerry Vale, Shelly Fabares and lots more. Dig the period instrumentals with Lawrence Welk's “Calcutta,” Bill Pursell's beautiful, “Winter Love,” Cliff Nobels with “The Horse,” Jimmy Dorsey with his 1957 hit, “So Rare” and The T-Bones with a hit song used in a TV commercial for Alka Seltzer.

Many many more! Listen and enjoy today at: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 1.8.19

On the Neon Beat this week: We open the first Jukebox with a trip to the big easy with Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong as we head “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans.” We'll spin some great show tunes including Ella Fitzgerald with “Let Yourself Go,” Fred Astaire with an iconic song from “Top Hat,” Perry Como with Betty Hutton singing a song from “Guys and Dolls.” Hear a song from “Kiss Me Kate” sung by the Four Lads, a rousing song from Barbra Streisand's Broadway Album, the theme from “A Summer Place sung by The Lettermen, and we bring back the Four Lads for one from “West Side Story.” Juke 2 opens with a Dean Martin favorite, “Lay Some Happiness on Me.” We track more of our great Italian singers like Frank Sinatra singing “Witchcraft,” and Frank with Keely Smith doin' “How Ya Fixed for Love.” Tony Bennett sings a song about that “Toddlin' Town” with the Count Basie Orchestra and enjoy Vic Damone as he sings the song from the film “Laura.” Enjoy songs by the old pro's we know and love like Nat King Cole, Perry Como, Patti Page, Ray Charles and Dionne Warwick. Crank up the instrumentals with Henry Mancini, Ferrante and Teicher, John Williams and the Boston Pops, Leroy Anderson, and Hugh Masakela's “Grazing in the Grass.” Laugh a little with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as they sing one from one of their famous “road movies”, “Put er' There Pal.” Lots, lots more.

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 1.1.19

On the Neon Beat this week: We’ll kick things off with a hit remake of a good old Paul Whiteman, Bing Crosby number from the 30’s redone by the Four Lads. Sing along with their 1953 hit song, “Istanbul.” You’ll hear other great period groups like The Ames Brothers, The Four Freshmen, The Hi Lo’s, The McGuire Sisters and The Seekers. Enjoy fine instrumental and orchestral hit songs with Raymond Lefevre’s “Soul Coaxing,” Percy Faith with the iconic film hit, “The Theme From A Summer Place,” Herb Alpert’s “Theme from Casino Royale,” Henry Mancini with the “Theme from Brian’s Song,” and the “Love theme from One Eyed Jacks” performed by Ferrante and Teicher. Lots of film and stage favorites this week including Motown’s Diana Ross with the tender theme from “Mahogany,” Victor Young’s “Around the World,” Perry Como with a song from “South Pacific,” Dean Martin’s “That’s Amore” from the Martin and Lewis movie “The Caddy,” and the great Mario Lanza singing a song heard in the 1951 film, “The Great Caruso.” More great listening with Frank Sinatra’s “Young at Heart,” and Nat King Cole with a Fats Waller standard. Songs with Doris Day, Connie Francis, Dennis Day, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis and lots, lots more.

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The Neon Beat on Radio George - 12.26.18

On The Neon Beat this week: We open things up on Juke 1 with the theme from “Bus Stop” sung by The Four Lads. We’ll feature lots of other movie/Broadway selections including Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby performing a Cole Porter number from “High Society,” Jo Stafford with a lovely selection from “South Pacific,” Bing Crosby himself with a classic number from “Porgy and Bess,” Henry Mancini with “the Baby Elephant Walk” from Hatari, and Doris Day’s “Que Sera Sera” from The Man Who Knew Too Much. Ella Fitzgerald tackles some more Cole Porter with his signature song, “Anything Goes.” Love ya some Nat King Cole as he sings, “To the Ends of the Earth,” and “All Over the World” with the Ralph Carmichael Chorus. Enjoy the harmonies of the fine period groups like The Four Lads, The Four Aces, The McGuire Sisters, The Mills Brothers, The Lettermen, The Pied Pipers, the Chordettes with “Mister Sandman” and The Classics Four singing “Spooky.” Hang out for “a little breeze” listening to Peter and Gordons’s “Lady Godiva. Crank up the instrumental selections with Perez Pardo, The Al Casey Combo, David Rose’s “Holiday for Strings,” Dave “Baby” Cortez with “the Happy Organ, and the lovely “Cast your Fate to the Wind” by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. Swing with big band selections by Glen Gray and Benny Goodman. More chart hits with Dean Martin, Peggy Lee’s “Pass Me By,” Perry Como’s “Seattle,” Ketty Lester’s “Love Letters,” Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick and much more.
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