The Neon Beat - 8.1.20

On the Neon Beat this week on Mx-Cloud- Sarah Vaughan kicks off this week's upload with a cut from the Great American Standards album, “How High the Moon.” Then listen to Engelbert Humperdinck's 1976 comeback hit single: “After the Lovin'” followed up with a period Simon and Garfunkel standard “Feeling Groovy.” Turn up a little Perry Como after the break with a rousing version of “The Girl With the Golden Braids.” Catch some more great Italian hitmakers like Frank Sinatra with “Can I Steal a Little Love,” Tony Bennett with “I Wanna Be Around,” and Connie Francis with “Quando, Quando.” We'll spin hit songs by some of the great period male ensembles like the Mills Brothers singing “Cab Driver”' The Ames Brothers with “Destination Moon” and The Hilltoppers with “PS I Love You.” Enjoy a reticent little number sung by Nat King Cole called “Looking Back.” Whistle along with the English Seafarer, Roger Whittaker, with “New World in the Morning.” Then hear Bing Crosby with the Victor Young film song, “Around the World.” Listen to a signature hit standard sung by the Marvelous Marilyn Maye, followed up with one of Marilyn's favorite singers, Mel Torme, with a song from “Guys and Dolls.” More hit songs with Brenda Lee, Ferrante and Teicher, Kay Starr, and Bobby Vinton.