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.
This week's upload of fine American Standards beginning with Barry Manilow's "Jump Shout Boogie." Hear Frank Sinatra, The Fifth Dimension, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, The Ames Brothers, Lena Horne and many more.
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On the Neon Beat this week uploaded to Mixcloud.com: Barbra Streisand kicks off this session with some fun songs starting with a song sung by Barbra written by Milton Berle, “Sam You Made the Pants Too Long.” Dean Martin follows next with “Little Old Wine Drinker Me.” Then you'll hear a charming little 1967 diddy performed by Petula Clark called, “Cat in the Window.” Next we'll go “Up on the Roof” with the Drifters. The next segment opens with a film selection from a James Bond movie called, “You Only Live Twice.” Hear more film and stage music with Frank Sinatra singing a number from the Yellow Rolls Royce, Louis Armstrong sings the theme and his hit version of “Hello Dolly,” followed with Pat Boone from a film starring Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire. Listen to Engelbert Humperdinck with his sweeping version of “Quando Quando Quando”. We'll drop a needle on Raymond Lefevre and his Orchestra doing, “Mammy Blue.” Catch a dynamic session with some great hitmakers beginning with Tom Jones with his first stateside hit, “It's Not Unusual”, followed with Al Martino with “Spanish Eyes” and Eydie Gorme with a stirring version of “Softly As I Leave You.” Hear Nat King Cole with the lovely Hoagy Carmichael standard “Stardust.” Turn up some good period folk with the Kingston Trio singing “Raspberries Strawberries.” More with Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow and Leslie Uggams. (what is an Uggams? She asks.) Listen today.
On the Neon Beat this week uploaded to Mixcloud: Dean Martin starts the show from his TV show closet from whence he sings, “The Door is Still Open to my Heart.” Pat Boone grabs the mic next for his 1957 hit song, “Love Letters in the Sand”, followed up with Chicago's Joni James with a 1950's period hit song, “How Important Can it Be?” Our fine instrumental picks this hour kick off with France's Raymond Lefevre with his 1967 orchestral hit song, “Ame Caline” (or) “Soul Coaxing.” The T-Bones with a song used in the commercial imaging for “Alka Seltzer”, Andre Previn his piano and orchestra with a lush rendition of the film theme, “Gigi”, Walter Wanderley at the Hammond B3 organ for the “Girl From Impanema, and the Bob Crewe Generation with “Music to Watch Girls By.” Hear Elvis Presley with one of his many chart toppers, “Are You Lonesome Tonight.” We follow the King with a favorite by “The Young Rascals, “How Can I Be Sure?” We'll drop a needle on a fine set with Matt Monro singing a theme from a James Bond film, Sarah Vaughan singing “Tenderly” and Nat King Cole with the song, “Til the Ends of the Earth.” Grab your Sinatra fix with a swingin' rendition of the standard “Blue Moon” with Frank and the Nelson Riddle orchestra. Then listen to some wonderful chemistry between Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby as we hang a line in for the song “Gone Fishing.” Then listen to KC's own Marilyn Maye performing the song, “You're Going to Hear From Me.” More with Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como and the big band of Zim Zemarel.
On the Neon Beat this week uploaded to Mixcloud: Rosemary Clooney slams into this hour of great memories with a consummate theater standard, “April In Paris.” The Four Preps, the youngest of the “Four” groups of that time sing their 1950's hit song, “26 miles, Santa Catalina is Waiting for Me.” Herb Alpert and the TJB are next with the title cut from his award winning album, “Whipped Cream and other Delights.” We'll spin more period instrumentals with Henry Mancini's Orchestra playing the theme from “Charade” and Ferrante and Teicher will sit at the dual keyboards with a rousing version of the song “Smile”. We'll spin a mid 50's hit song by Georgia Gibbs as you twist them hips to the “Hula Hoop Song.” Bobby Vinton takes the mic with his tender version of “There I've Said it Again.” Guy Mitchell does a little “Singing the Blues” backed my the Mitch Miller Gang followed up with Patsy Cline singing her signature hit song written by Willie Nelson. We'll drop a needle on some big band with Benny Goodman backing Helen Ward for the Johnny Mercer song, “Goody Goody.” Tony Bennett will sing his signature hit song, “I Left My Heart in SF.” Then hear a sterling contemporary jazz version of “O' Lady Be Good” by Denver's own Dianne Reeves. More solid gold with Frankie Avalon, Sammy Davis Jr, Matt Monro along with the lovely standard “Embraceable You” sung by Connie Francis. And we'll throw in a surprising stand-out version of the Lalo Schifrin TV theme from “Mission Impossible” remixed for the current movies. Crank up some good listening!
On the Neon Beat this week uploaded to Mixcloud: We open this hour with an Ocean's 11 song performed in the film by Dean Martin. “Aint that a Kick in the Head.” Then we launch into Peggy Lee as she sings “Come Back to Me!” Turn up more hits of stage and film as Robert Goulet sings his signature song from “Camelot.” Hear the Mills Brothers with a Frank Loesser standard from “A Most Happy Fella.” We'll spin and soulful version of “Ruby” sung by Ray Charles and enjoy and song from 'West Side Story” performed by Vic Damone. Hear Dion and the Belmonts with a song from a Rogers and Hart musical called, “Babes in Arms.” Listen to Nat King Cole with a WW2 jukebox favorite called “Straighten Up and Fly Right.” After that, enjoy some smooth big band with Harry James with his Orchestra doing “A Sleepy Lagoon” followed up with Frank Sinatra singing “You're Getting to be a Habit with Me.” Catch a golden set starting with Glen Campbell's hit rendition of “Gentle On My Mind.” Then we'll drop a needle on Gale Storm's “I Hear You Knocking” followed up with Rick Nelson singing “Traveling Man.” Listen to the golden horn of Louis Armstrong with “Dream a Little Dream of Me.” Then we'll wrap up the hour with Bob Hope and actress Shirley Ross singing our mantra for the show, “Thanks for the Memories.” More songs with Patti Page, The Carpenters and Herb Alpert.
On the Neon Beat this week on Mixcloud: The Chairman of the Board leads off this hour's selections as Frank Sinatra sings “How Bout You?” New Zealand's own Gale Garnett follows up as we “Sing in the Sunshine.” Our stage and film selections this hour begin with “the Baby Elephant Walk” by Henry Mancini from the movie, “Hatari.” Hear Dusty Springfield with a song from “The Thomas Crown Affair,” Tony Bennett and the Mitch Miller Gang join in for a song from “Bye Bye Birdie”, Morris Stoloff tinkles the ivories playing “the theme from “Picnic,” and Johnny Horton sings a theme song from the John Wayne film, “North to Alaska.” We'll spin a country-folk set starting with “A White Sport Coat” by Marty Robbins followed with Brenda Lee singing “Too Many Rivers.” Then we pick it up with a salsa version of “Lemon Tree” by Trini Lopez followed up with Peter Paul and Mary singing what would be an early charting song written by Bob Dylan. Laugh a little with Allan Sherman as hear his 1963 smash hit record, “Hello Muddah, Hello Fahdah.” (spell check?) Listen to a lush version of a good ol' Ray Noble song, “The Very Thought of You” sung by Nat King Cole. Bring your umbrella as Eydie Gorme sings a lilting version of an old Al Jolson hit standard, “April Showers.” And listen to a big crossover country-pop hit by Lynn Anderson, “Rose Garden.” More with Buddy Clark and Bobby Darin.
On the Neon Beat this week on Mixcloud: Tony Bennett goes “From Rags to Riches” as we open this hour's selection of great American standards. The McGuire Sisters take it next with a number from the Fred Astaire film “Daddy Long Legs.” Hear many more stage, film, and TV offerings with Lalo Schifrin's “Theme from Mission Impossible.” Hear Henry Mancini's Orchestra with the lovely theme from “The Thornbirds.” Vic Damone sings a great standard from “My Fair Lady,” Ferrante and Teicher man the duo keyboards for the theme from “Midnight Cowboy.” And we'll remember Dick Clark's American Bandstand as Barry Manilow performs his own “Bandstand Boogie.” Enjoy hit songs by the fine period groups like The Vogues, The Carpenters, and The Ames Brothers. Enjoy another film hit song from a 1965 Steve McQueen movie “Baby the Rain Must Fall” sung by Glenn Yarbrough. Listen to a one hit wonder pairing of Nino Tempo and April Stevens for their hit song, “Deep Purple” followed up with Tommy Edwards for his biggest hit song, “It's All in the Game.” We'll experience a little “Deja Vu” with Dionne Warwick. More great songs with Michael Buble, Eydie Gorme, and Georgia Gibbs. We'll wrap up the hour with a fine Leroy Anderson composition called “The Typewriter Song.” (Could you still change a ribbon?) Listen now at Mixcloud.
On the Neon Beat this week on Mixcloud: We open this hour with two of this Irish lad's favorites. We'll start with The New Christy Minstrels with their hit song, “Green Green.” We'll follow this up with a cut from Roger Whittaker's album, “Folk Songs of Our Time” as he performs, “The Star of the County Down.” Our “tag team” selections include Frank Sinatra with his daughter Nancy for “Something Stupid” and Nat King Cole with the Four Knights for the song, “If I May.” Nat Cole will also sing a rousing version of an old Al Jolson standard, “Avalon.” Enjoy our stage and film offerings with Ella Fitzgerald singing a song from “Kiss Me Kate,” Tony Bennett with a lush version of a great song from “The Sandpiper,” Andre Previn, his piano and orchestra stroking in the “Theme from Irma La Douce.” The Mitch Miller Gang assembles for the “The Colonel Bogey March from The River Kwai,” and then hear a fine rendition of another movie theme from the Academy Award winning film, “Patton.” Hear the lovely 1963 hit song for Nashville pianist Bill Pursell, “Our Winter Love” and another 1963 hit song for Andy Williams, “Can't Get Used to Losing You.” Rosemary Clooney does a 1957 remake of an old Ziegfeld Follies song called “Mangos.” A follow up to to her previous chart buster, “Come On-a My House.” Perry Como makes a stab for a sock-hop hit called “Tina Marie.” (Made number 5 on the Billboard Charts in 1955) More from Sammy Davis Jr, Matt Monro, and Louis Armstrong. And we'll fulfill one from our request list. A song by the great song writer, Laura Nyro. Enjoy!
On the Neon Beat this week at Mixcloud: Hugo Winterhalter and his RCA Orchestra kick off this week's upload with a Leroy Anderson composition as we do the “Blue Tango.” Barbra Streisand follows Hugo with a hit song that she bet would never make the top 10. (Charting on Billboard at number six 12-12-1970) Next we go “Swinging of a Rainbow” with Philly's own Frankie Avalon. Turn up hit songs by some of the great period groups like The Chordettes with “Lollipop,” The Four Lads with “Istanbul not Constantinople.” The war time bombshells, namely, The Andrews Sisters, sing “I Can Dream Can't I?” and the Mills Brothers heat things up with “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.” Hear a heart tugging version of “September Song” sung by the great Jimmy Durante. We'll remember the year 1951 with a top charting hit by G.I. Jo Stafford called “Shrimp Boats.” Next, a Rat Pack set with Frank Sinatra from his Swinging Session LP and Dean Martin turnin' on the waterworks for the song “I'd Cry Like a Baby.” Nat King Cole sings, “Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” followed up with Michel Legrand's Orchestra performing the David Rose standard, “Holiday For Strings..” We'll team up Bing Crosby with good friend Rosemary Clooney as we “Go to the Mardis Gras.” Listen to Patti Page with a sentimental standard, “Mockingbird Hill,” Enjoy a film favorite with Felix Slatkin directing the orchestra for the theme from “The Sundowners.” More with Louis Armstrong, Ralph Flanagan and Eddie Fisher.” Some good listening kids!
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On the Neon Beat this week on Mixcloud: Robert Goulet begins this hour with an old feel-good summertime favorite, “Summer Sounds.” Nancy Sinatra follows up with her 1966 hit record, “Sugar Town” after which we add some more sweetness with Pat Boone's “Sugar Moon.” Enjoy some of the period instrumentals we enjoyed like Bert Kaempfert's 1961 chart hit, “Wonderland By Night”' Roger Williams with his flourishing version of “Autumn Leaves,” and Britain's own Sounds Orchestral with their lush rendition of the Vince Guaraldi hit, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind.” Dig on the some great period folk music with Peter Paul and Mary doing “If I Had a Hammer,” Terry Gilkyson and his EZ Riders with “Marianne,” Colorado's own Serendipity Singers with “Ah Ah,Don't Let the Rain Come Down,” The Kingston Trio with a wander lust favorite “One More Town” and Jimmie Rodgers with “Uh Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again.” Listen to more fine groups like The Mills Brothers and Lyndhurst, Ohio's The Poni Tails. We'll spin great memories such as Perry Como's “Hot Diggity,” Elvis with “Don't Be Cruel,” and “Patsy Cline” with “Walking After Midnight.” More with Glen Campbell, Mama Cass Elliot, and Roy Orbison's “Pretty Woman.” Left click. Go there!
On The Neon Beat this week on Mixcloud: Ol' Dino launches into this hour of great memories with “Powder Your Face with Sunshine.” Then we assemble The Ames Brothers for a fine big band standard as they sing Tommy Dorsey's “Marie.” Eydie Gorme takes up the microphone next for “I'll Take Romance” followed by a song by the Tennessee plow boy. Eddy Arnold sings “The Tips of My Fingers.” Back from the break, our next segment leads off with Peggy Lee backed by an orchestra directed by Randy Newman, “Is That All There Is?” Then stand back for Count Basie's Orchestra backing Sammy Davis Jr for a steamy version of “She's a Woman.” Next, turn up Lena Horne for her signature version of the song, “Stormy Weather.” We'll bring back Count Basie recorded live in Vegas with Joe Williams singing “Smack Dab in the Middle.” Here more fine standards with the period artists we know and love like Tom Jones, Patti Page, and Tony Bennett who sings the lovely “Stranger in Paradise.” We'll remember the year 1968 with one of the biggest instrumental hits of all time by Paul Mauriat. We'll sweeten things up listening to The McGuire Sisters with their mid 50's signature hit song, “Sugartime” followed with a funny memory with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope from one of their “road movies.” More with The Statler Brothers, Michael Buble, and Louis Armstrong.
On the Neon Beat this week uploaded to Mixcloud: Caterina Valente' storms onto the stage with an old Xavier Cugat standard that showcases the woman's tremendous range. Listen to Caterina as we open with “The Breeze and I.” Then, smoke em' if ya got em' as Frank Sinatra takes the mic for a little “Learnin' of the Blues.” Enjoy a lovely rendition of a song formerly known as “Limelight” as Sarah Vaughan performs this lovely melody with the lyric, “Eternally.” Listen to Al Martino with a sentimental favorite, “I Love You Because” followed up a “steamy” Broadway number sung by Patti Page from “the Pajama Game.” We'll track more stage and film selections with Dinah Washington singing one from “Guys and Dolls,” Robert Goulet with a fun little number from the movie “Little Me,” Petula Clark with a lovely Charlie Chaplin song he wrote for his film “Countess From Hong Kong,” and Henry Mancini with his razzy, mischievous, “ Theme from The Pink Panther.” We'll bring back Dinah Washington and team her up with Brook Benton for a fun tate-a-tate called “Baby, You've Got What it Takes.” Hear Nat King Cole with a 1957 rock-a-jazzy hit song called, “Send for Me.” Catch a set starting with Bobby Darin's swingin' version of “I Got Rhythm,” Billie Holiday with the song, “All Of Me” and “Kisses Sweeter than Wine” by Jimmie Rodgers. More with the Four Knights, Moe Koffman, and literally “More” (the song) with singer Vic Dana.
On the Neon Beat this week on Mixcloud: We give Brook Benton the Gospel gun as he ascends to the pulpit for his 1962 hit single, “Shadrach.” After which, turn up your speakers for Tony Bennett with one his early Columbia hit singles, “Because of You.” We'll “Put a Little Love in Our Hearts” with Jackie DeShannon. Our stage and film selections this hour will be delivered by Ed Ames with a song from “I Do, I Do.” The English Gentleman, Matt Monro, sings a song from “Laura,” and Andre Previn plays a lovely rendition of a song from “Lili.' Also listen to Glen Campbell singing a song from the 1969 John Wayne film, “True Grit.” We'll spin some Burt Bacharach-Hal David music sung by Dionne Warwick. Get your 'Swing” on with the most requested big band era song of all time as Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra do “In The Mood.” We'll team up Rosemary Clooney with good friend Bing Crosby for the song “I Can't Get Started.” Hear Perry Como with one of his 1950's chart hit singles and Nat King Cole with a lovely rendition of the song, “I Love You For Sentimental Reasons.” Catch a “western” set with Glen Campbell, Sonny James and Roy Rogers with Dale Evans. More with Barry Manilow, The Supremes and Nashville pianist Floyd Cramer.
It is with a heavy heart I announce that George Woods, of Radio George, passed away last weekend. He suffered a massive heart attack while in San Antonio on the trip back to Kansas City. It has been a shocker for all of us, not to mention his wife and family.
On The Neon Beat this week: Jukebox 1 begins the series with two great period male groups including the Vogues with “My Special Angel,” and the Ames Brothers with a great big band standard. Hear more groups we know and love like Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66 with “Fool On the Hill,” The Four Lads with “The Mockingbird” and The Lettermen. More with The Statler Brothers remembering “The Movies,” Sumpthin' Smith and the Redheads “It's a Sin to Tell a Lie” and a 1960's instrumental offering issuing in the space age with a group called The Tornados, You'll hear hit records by our great women of song including, Kay Starr, The Marvelous Marilyn Maye with “Cabaret,” and “Night of my Nights” from Kismet. Dionne Warwick sings “Promises Promises,” Doris Day with the lively “Lullaby of Broadway,” GI Joe Stafford sings, “Suddenly There's a Valley.” Hear show tunes by Eydie Gorme, Patti Page and Rosemary Clooney. Listen to Nancy Wilson with the Boston Pops and Peggy Lee with “Is That All There Is?” More show tunes with Andy Williams with a song from “State Fair,” Tony Bennett with a hit number from “Gypsy,” Frank Sinatra with a Rogers and Hart song from “Babes in Arms,” and a theatre standard from “Walk a Little Faster.” The Four Aces sing a Victor Young selection called “Around the World.” Enjoy Gato Barbieri's “Theme from “Last Tango in Paris,” and Raymond Lefevre's Orchestra with a song from “Godspell.” More songs from Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Dean Martin.
On the Neon Beat this week: Kay Starr opens Juke 1 as we board “A Slow Boat to China.” Vaughn Monroe follows with his signature standard “Racing with the Moon.” Listen for film, Broadway and stage selections like Cole Porter's “I Get a Kick Out of You” sung by Ella Fitzgerald.” Hear Sammy Davis Jr. with his stunning version of “What Kind of Fool Am I?” from Stop the World I Want to Get Off. Vic Damone sings a song from “Pal Joey,” Patti Page sings a steamy number from “the Pajama Game,” Barbra Streisand belts out a romp from “Funny Girl,” The Four Freshmen perform a standard from “The Harvey Girls,” Sarah Vaughan sings a song from “Damn Yankees,” and Dinah Shore sings one from a Bob Hope/Bing Crosby film called “The Paleface.” Tom Jones launches into Juke 2 with “Daughter of Darkness.” We'll go back to 1958 for Frank Sinatra's “Come Fly With Me.” Also hear Frank's “The Wee Small Hours” and “My Way.” Catch songs by the great period groups like The Four Lads, The Ames Brothers, Bowling Green, Kentucky's The Hilltoppers, The Mills Brothers, The Four Preps and The Ink Spots with a great Duke Ellington standard. Instrumental hits abound with Perez Prado's “Patricia,” Spencer Ross with a theme from The Philidelphia Story, George Shearing, Si Zentner's rousing rendition of “Up a Lazy River,” and Billy Vaughn's beautful “Look for a Star.” Listen and swing with Glen Gray's version of “In The Mood,” and hear Benny Goodman's take on “Moonglow.”
On the Neon Beat this week: Dean Martin opens Juke 1 and this week's offerings of great music from the 1940's, 50's and 60's with one of his signature hits, “Everybody Loves Somebody.” Tune in thru all three Jukebox's for more great Italian singers like Frank Sinatra with “Strangers in the Night,” “Anything Goes,” and “I Get a Kick Outta You.” We'll line up Frank, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby for their version of “Can Do” (Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls.) Al Martino sings a song from “Romeo and Juliet.” Listen to Tony Bennett with a jazzy version of another great Cole Porter song, and Perry Como with “A Dreamer's Holiday.” Get your Nat King Cole as he sings “Sweet Lorraine” and the lovely, “Mona Lisa.” Hear songs of the cinema, stage, and TV with The Four Lads singing a song from “Gypsy,” Doris Day with a selection from “Pal Joey,” Andy Williams with a song heard in a 1970's Paul Newman film, The Sandpipers with a tune from “The Sterile Cuckoo,” Don Costa with the Theme from “Never on Sunday,” Herb Alpert and the TJB with the theme from “Zorba the Greek,” and Louis Armstrong with a number from “Hello Dolly.” And actor Fess Parker with the Ballad of Davy Crockett. We'll track selections by the great women of song including Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, and Anita O'Day with Gene Krupa's big band. We'll spin The Marevelous Marilyn Maye with a song that wow'd em' all on The Tonight Show. Listen to The McGuire Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Kay Starr, Aretha Franklin and one by Helen Forrest singing with Harry James. Lots more. Lots!
On The Neon Beat this week: Jukebox 1 opens with a bawdy song of redemption from “The Pajama Game” as Patti Page sings, “Cross Over the Bridge.” Over the 3 Jukes you'll hear other Broadway, film, and boob tube offerings. Perry Como sings a standard from a lesser known play called, The Great McGoo called, “It's Only a Paper Moon.” Ferrante and Teicher rip out a rousing movie theme called “Lisa” on the duo keyboards. Hear the Lettermen with, “When I Fall in Love,” Ella Fitzgerald with a Cole Porter song from the 1953 film “Kiss Me Kate,” Felix Slatkin with the theme from a John Wayne film, “The Sundowners,” and Shirley Bassey with the theme from “Diamonds are Forever.” We'll play a Frank Loesser standard sung by Dean Martin with the Four Lads, The McGuire Sisters with the 1956 film theme from “Picnic,” Henry Mancini directs his orchestra for the TV theme from “Mister Lucky,” and we'll ride the range with Elmer Berstein's “The Magnificent Seven.” Get your Frank Sinatra fill as we spin the songs “Witchcraft” and “You Do Something to Me.” You'll hear hits by other period paisono's like Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett, and Vic Damone. Big band abounds with Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, Harry James, and Benny Goodman. Get-cher great groups like, The Four Aces, Harper's Bizarre, The New Christy Minstrels, The Lettermen and The Platters. More with Tom Jones singing “She's a Lady,” Nancy Wilson's 1964 Grammy Award Winner, Johnny Mathis with “Misty” and Nat King Cole with the Ralph Charmichael Chorus. Much More!
On The Neon Beat this week: Juke 1 one opens this week with some perky offerings beginning with Ray Charles with “Halleluja! I Love Her So,” followed with Perry Como's “Girl with the Golden Braids” and “Happy Heart” sung by Petula Clark. We'll fill a request this week for a little “Carpenters” doing a song written by Omaha, Nebraska native Paul Williams. Jukebox 2 launches with an enchanting rendition of “A Beautiful Friendship” by Ella Fitzgerald followed with Steve Lawrence's 1960 hit song, “Pretty Blue Eyes.” We'll light up the hop as we open Jukebox 3 with Nat King Cole's jazzy, “Send for Me” and do some swinging with Les Brown and his Band of Reknown. Get your “Frank Fix” with 3 songs by Sinatra. “I'll Be Seeing You”, “Learning the Blues”, and “Hidden Persuasion.” Listen for those great stage and film standards like a song from “Mame” by Sachmo, Johnny Mercer's “Accentuate The Positive” from “Here Come the Waves”, The Brothers Four with one from the film, “The Alamo” and a Hoagy Charmichael song from “Here Comes the Groom” sung by Rosemary Clooney. More with Jack Jones singing a song (intended for the film)” “Wives and Lovers”, Vikki Carr with a song from “Oklahoma”, Ray Anthony with the theme from “Peter Gunn,” and Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong from “High Society” with a song called “Now You Has Jazz.” Turn up those fine period instrumentals with Walter Wanderley, Michel Legrand, Nelson Riddle, Jackie Gleason, Horst Jankowsky, Les Baxter, Al Hirt, and Leroy Anderson. Well pull some back-o'-the-rack songs you haven't heard in awhile sung by the Crew Cuts, Ivory Joe Hunter, Peggy Lee, Guy Mitchell, Julie London, and Georgie Fame. Much More! Go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/NB-Hour1.htm
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.
On the Neon Beat this week: We lead into the new year with a mid 50's phenom for whom NBC TV's Dave Garroway picked her show name out of a phone book. Jill Corey opens Jukebox 1 with her 1957 hit song, “Love Me to Pieces.” Roger Whittaker takes it next with “New World in the Morning.” (It is Roger doing the whistling) Then hear Jo Stafford with a lovely panoramic song called, “Suddenly There's a Valley.” Juke 2 launches with “The Coffee Song” by Frank Sinatra leading directly into the rousing “Step to the Rear” by the Marvelous Marilyn Maye. We bring back Roger Whittaker to open Juke 3 with his beautiful mid 70s hit song, “The Last Farewell” followed with a 1950's film theme by the Four Aces, “Three Coins in the Fountain.” Listen to more great show tunes with Maureen McGovern's “The Morning After” from “The Poseidon Adventure,” Dean Martin's “That's Amore” from “The Caddy,” Ferrante and Teicher with the love theme from “The Apartment,” Henry Mancini's Orchestra with “Moon River” and Tom Jones with the theme from “Thunderball.” Enjoy hit songs by the fine period groups like The Platters, The Rooftop Singers, Chad and Jeremy, The Lettermen, Peter and Gordon, and a period TV commercial theme for Alka Seltzer by The T-Bones. Hear Patsy Cline's “Walking After Midnight,” Perry Como with “Magic Moments,' Barbra Streisand's “A Kid Again” from her 1964 TV special, “Bye Bye Blues” by Andy Williams, Al Martino with “Volare,” and Nancy Wilson with her Grammy award winner, “How Glad I Am.” Great songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett with the lovely Diana Krall and more.
On the Neon Beat this week: We celebrate the Christmas Holiday with great the standards we know and love sung by the artists we know and love. Including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ray Conniff, Barbra Streisand, Bing Crosby, Robert Goulet, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Julie Andrews and much more. Dig those great instrumentals by Leroy Anderson, The Cincinnati Pops, The London Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and David Rose. All packaged up and under the tree just for you.
On the Neon Beat this week: Jukebox 1 kicks off with a 1957 film theme from “April Love”sung by Pat Boone. Ed Ames is next with a wonderful seasonal number called “Christmas is the Warmest Time of the Year.” Frank Sinatra sings a fine Cole Porter standard and Nat King Cole will do a smooth version of an old Fats Waller hit song. Frank Sinatra then kicks off Jukebox 2 with a vocal version of a Les Brown standard called, “How Bout You?” Dean Martin heats up the room next with, “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.” We fly “Up Up and Away” as the Fifth Dimension launches Jukebox 3. Then we hear Dean Martin again singing “Send Me the Pillow You Dream On.” This week's offerings feature our usual faire of the hits and standards by the artists we know and love from the 1940's, 50's and 60's with a sprinkling of the Christmas and Holiday favorites we love. Songs sung by Doris Day, Roger Whittaker, Andy Williams,The McGuire Sisters, Harry Belafonte, Judy Garland, Perry Como, Chad and Jeremy and much more. And of course, enjoy those wonderful instrumental selections with Perez Prado, Andre Previn, Percy Faith, Les Baxter, Bill Pursell, Benny Goodman, David Benoit, and Hugo Winterhalter. Happy Holidays as you enjoy listening to the Neon Beat!
On the Neon Beat this week: Sammy Davis Jr kicks off this week with an offering for the sweet tooth as Sammy and the Mike Curb Congregation sing “The Candy Man.” Then listen to a film theme sung by Connie Francis from the movie “Where the Boys Are,” followed with a jazzy rendition of “Beyond the Sea” by Bobby Darin. Jukebox 2 starts with “The Rock N' Roll Waltz” by Oklahoman, Kay Starr. Then we try a little “Mambo Italiano” with Dean Martin. Listen to Barbra Streisand as she sings “My Heart Belongs to Me.” Juke 3 begins with a “walkin'” number by Nat King Cole, followed up with another Sammy Davis hit song from the production of “Golden Rainbow.” Hear more stage and film selections like actress Julie Andrews singing a song from “My Fair Lady,” Ella Fitzgerald with number from “Kiss Me Kate,” Morris Stoloff with the theme from “Picnic,” Michel Legrand's lovely “Theme from the Summer of 42,” Roger Williams with a song from the 1953 film, “Lili,” and Rosemary Clooney with a song from the 1937 film, “Ready Willing and Able.” More theatre and film music with Bette Midler singing a song from “Lady and the Tramp,” Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye perform a fun romping version of “When the Saints Go Marching In,” from “The Five Pennies, and hear the Marvelous Marilyn Maye with an amorous number from “Kismet.” Get your Sinatra fix with several hits including “Strangers in the Night.” Listen to great period instrumentals by Kai Winding, Si Zentner, Harry James, Hugo Winterhalter, Michel Legrand, and Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra. The great groups abound with hits by the Dixie Cups, the Skyliners, the Chiffons, the Everly Brothers, Chad and Jeremy and the Carpenters.
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. Go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat.htm
On the Neon Beat this week: Patti Page opens up this week on Juke 1 with the female rendtion of the great John Hartford song, “Gentle on My Mind.” 1950's bobby sox crooner Eddie Fisher takes it next with “Dungaree Doll” followed by a great film selection from “The Harvey Girls” sung by Judy Garland. We'll kick off Jukebox 2 with Sinatra's “I've Got You Under My Skin,” followed with the Marvelous Marilyn Maye with “Step to the Rear.” Then enjoy the horn and voice of Louis Armstrong with a song from “Bye Bye Birdie.” Juke 3 takes off with a rousing 1957 hit song for big band leader Jimmy Dorsey called, “So Rare” followed up with Harry James with Helen Forest singing, “I'm Beginning to See the Light.” Enjoy fine instrumental offerings with Vince Guraldi's “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” and “Linus and Lucy.” We'll track Lawrence Welk's 1961 pop hit, “Calcutta,” Ralph Marterie's Orchestra with an Afrikaan beat number called “Skokiaan,” and the trumpet of Al Hirt with a big band standard from the 1930's, “I Can't Get Started.” Hear more film and stage songs with actor Danny Kaye from “On the Riviera,” Fred Astaire from “Top Hat,” Henry Mancini's Orchestra and Chorus with “Moon River,” Herb Alpert with “The Theme from The 3rd Man,” Vic Damone with a song from “Pal Joey,” Jo Stafford with a lively Rogers and Hammerstein song from “Allegro,” Brit crooner Matt Monro with the theme from “Laura,” The McGuire Sisters with “Something's Gotta Give” from Daddy Long Legs, and Julie Andrews with a sweeping favorite from “My Fair Lady.” More great songs from the period hit-makers like Bobby Vinton, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Nancy Wilson, and the Lettermen. Lots more!