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.

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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.”

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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.

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