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.

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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.

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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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