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 blog home of John Christopher's The Neon Beat. A radio show featuring great music from the 1940's, 50's and 60's. Featuring great artists that you know and love. Artists like Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney, The Lettermen, Henry Mancini, The Four Lads, Tony Bennett, Marilyn Maye, Percy Faith and Andy Williams.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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
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