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