The Neon Beat - 12.20.21

On The Neon Beat Show 67R6:  Gather round the radio as we open this session with a rouser from “Gypsy” sung by the Four Lads.  “Together Wherever We Go”.  Next we'll track, what was, the biggest stateside hit for the British Gentleman. Listen to Matt Monro with his 1961 hit song, “My Kind of Girl.”  Then catch some fine Burt Bacharach/Hal David as Dionne Warwick sings, “This Girl's in Love with You”.  We'll spin more records by the great period gals like, Peggy Lee, Dusty Springfield, Ella Fitzgerald, and Annette Funicello singing a Disney film song with The Beach Boys.  “The Monkey's Uncle”.  We'll do an Italian set starting with Al Martino's rendition of “Spanish Eyes” followed with the Sinatras. Daughter Nancy takes it first with her 1966 hit song “Sugar Town” followed with Dad doin' “Pennies From Heaven”.  Listen to Ray Charles with his “Raylettes” performing his signature hit song, “Hit the Road Jack”.  Dusty Springfield takes it next from her Memphis session album with “Son of a Preacher Man” followed up with a pairing of Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney for “Come to the Mardis Gras”.  Enjoy a little dixieland with the Village Stompers as we track the tune “Washington Square”.  More fine songs with Bobby Vinton, Johnny Mathis, Andy Williams and Louis Armstrong's “The Dummy Song”.  Crank and dig kids.    

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The Neon Beat - 11.26.21

On the Neon Beat (Show 66R6)  Andy Williams opens this hour with a finger snapper from 1957 while he was still with the “Cadence” label, “Butterfly”.  Then listen to a Broadway favorite sung by Ed Ames from 1967, “My Cup Runneth Over”.  Hear more film and stage music with Frank Sinatra singing one from “Finians' Rainbow”, Dean Martin doing one from a Martin and Lewis film from 1955 called “Artists and Models,” Percy Faith with the theme from “A Summer Place”, and a beautiful rendition of a song from the musical “All American” sung by Tony Bennett.  You'll hear Vikki Carr perform her biggest hit song, “It Must Be Him” followed up with a Kai Winding hit instrumental from a 1963 “Mondo Carne” film.  Listen to Dionne Warwick's rendition of some fine Burt Bacharach/Hal David music called “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” followed with Ray Charles singing “I Can't Stop Loving You”.  We'll spin Petula Clark's “I Know a Place”, Al Martino with “Volare”, and Nat King Cole with the sentimental, “That Sunday That Summer” with the Ralph Carmichael Chorus.  More with Brenda Lee, Dinah Shore and Raymond LeFevre's hit 1967 instrumental “Soul Coaxing”.  

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The Neon Beat - 11.17.21

On the Neon Beat (show 65r6)  Dean Martin teams up with four “most happy fellas” (The Four Lads) to open the show with the Frank Loesser song “Standing on the Corner”.  Then Peggy Lee grabs the mic next for “Alright, Ok, You Win” followed up with a song by The Mills Brothers.  Then enjoy the horn of Al Hirt for the song, “Tansy”.  Our fine song offerings by the great period groups include a big band Tommy Dorsey standard sung by the Ames Brothers, and a snappy treatment of the song, “Love Walked In” by Dot Records', The Hilltoppers.  Turn up a little rock n' roll with Fats Domino's treatment of “My Blue Heaven.”  Listen to some film standards by Patti Page from “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte”, and Andre Previn with a lush piano and orchestra treatment of the film theme from “Laura”.  Crank up some period hit singles with Nat King Cole, Doris Day, and Eddie Fisher.  Lift your glasses on high at Louie's Lunch for the Yale College standard sung by Bing Crosby and Fred Waring's Pennsyvanians, “The Whiffenpoof Song”.  And we'll track a big sky western set with Gogi Grant's “The Wayward Wind” followed with “The Theme from the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” by Hugo Montenegro, culminating with a western tale from the Ponderosa called “Ringo” by Lorne Green.  More with Roger Whittaker and Sarah Vaughan.  Enjoy! 

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The Neon Beat - 10.30.21

On the Neon Beat (show 64r6)   We open this hour with the go-to song I used as a kid to remember how to spell the name of Ol' Man River.  Kay Starr launches this set with a jazzy version of the song “Mississippi”.  Next, catch an old movie song by ol' blue eyes as Frank Sinatra performs a song from “The Yellow Rolls Royce”.  Hear more stage and theatre music with Vic Damone singing one from “My Fair Lady,” Marilyn Maye from the play “Sherry,” Perry Como with a selection from “The King and I,” Tony Bennett with a swing version of a song from “Cabin in the Sky,” and actress Debbie Reynolds from the film “Tammy and the Bachelor.”  We'll inject a little salsa with Rosemary Clooney backed with Perez Prado's Orchestra with the song “Sway.”  Turn up some big band with Billy May's Orchestra with “Pompton Turnpike”, and Brit composer Reg Owen with “The Manhattan Spiritual.”  We'll spin some more great instrumental content with jazz pianist David Benoit playing a tribute to Vince Guaraldi with the “Linus and Lucy” theme.  (It rocks!)  Sample the great period groups with the Rooftop Singers singing “Walk Right In,” the Sandpipers with the romantic “Guantanamera,” and the Kingston Trio with “The Everglades.: More with Ricky Nelson, Johnny Mathis, Engelbert Humperdinck, and a cameo with a popular period diva singing a song from “Popeye.”  (I'm a bad boy)  Crank and enjoy kids.  (Humperdinck.  Engage spell check) 

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The Neon Beat - 10.17.21

On the Neon Beat (show 63R6)  Lena Horne opens the hour with an old Cotton Club standard written by Harold Arlen.  A performance that would go on to be signature for the woman.  Next we “blow through there” as the “Music Goes Round and Round”, and it comes out here.  Louis Prima and the band do that great jazz standard.  Another great horn selection follows with Louis Armstrong singing “Dream a Little Dream of Me”.  We'll track a Grammy Award winning song for Jack Jones, “Wives and Lovers” followed with Jo Stafford and her 1951 hit single, “Shrimp Boats”.  Then listen to Frank Sinatra accompanied by a flourish of strings from the Nelson Riddle Orchestra for the song “Young at Heart”.  Enjoy some good period folk in this session with Trini Lopez, The Kingston Trio, Patti Page, and Judy Collins.  Listen to a fine Johnny Mercer song sung by The Mills Brothers, “The Glow Worm” followed up with the song “Unchain My Heart” by Ray Charles.  Hear Glen Campbell with the theme from the Paramount film, “True Grit” and the lovely “Beyond the Sunset” sung by Pat Boone.  Instrumental offerings include Booker T. and the MG's, Walter Wanderley on the Hammond B3, and a panoramic composition by John Barry from the film “Dances with Wolves”.  Enjoy!  

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The Neon Beat - 10.2.21

On the Neon Beat (Show 62R6)  Mel Carter sings our first fine offering as we open with his 1965 hit single “Hold Me Thrill Me”.  We follow with a standard from 1964 as we “Sing in the Sunshine” with a beauty from Auckland, New Zealand: Gale Zoe Garnett.   A couple of blue numbers follow with Dean Martin doing a smooth alfredo version of “Blue Moon” followed with Leroy Anderson's “Blue Tango”.  Besides Leroy, enjoy more fine period instrumentals with Ferrante and Teicher, Henry Mancini, and Herb Alpert.  Hear great show tunes with Vic Damone with a number from “West Side Story”, Robert Goulet with a song from “Porgy and Bess”, and Ella Fitzgerald with some playful Cole Porter music from “Gypsy”.  We'll team up Tony Bennett and Michael Buble with a popular Duke Ellington standard followed up with some lush music by Nat King Cole singing a song originally done by actress Judy Garland.  We'll track the song “There's a Kind of Hush” by Herman's Hermits, play a song heard in the film “Pinocchio” sung by Barbra Streisand from her first 1964 album, and listen to Steve Lawrence with his hit version of a Carole King song.  More from Vikki Carr, Eddie Fisher and Carly Simon.  Crank and enjoy.      

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The Neon Beat - 9.17.21

On the Neon Beat (show 61r6)  Sammy Davis Jr begins the festivities with a Broadway selection that went down as a hit song for the man in 1968.  Listen to the song, “I've Gotta Be Me.”  Frank Sinatra takes the stage next for some classic Cole Porter music.  Then we'll let Lady Ella have the mic for “It's Only a Paper Moon” with the Delta Rhythm Boys.  Hear more songs from our stock of singing paisanos including Perry Como, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin with “That's Amore” and a lovely Chicago lady of Italian stock named Joni James with the song, “I Still Get a Thrill.”  We'll spin a WW2 era hit song by the Nat King Cole Trio called “Straighten Up and Fly Right.”  Snap your fingers with a snazzy version of Victor Young's “Around the World” sung by Oklahoman Kay Starr.  Listen to some fine period groups like The Four Aces, The Mills Brothers, and the Fontane Sisters with a song still sung by children to this day.  “Playmates.”  Hear Jimmie Rodgers with a latter 1950's hit song that became the name for a Post breakfast cereal.  Enjoy two film songs.  One sung by Dinah Shore from the film, “The Paleface” and a song by Pat Boone with the title song from “April Love.”  Hop aboard “The “A” Train” as we listen to the orchestra of Bert Kaempfert.  More with Tony Bennett and Michael Buble.  Enjoy the ride! 

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The Neon Beat - 9.12.21

On the Neon Beat (show 60R6)  We open this hour with a song frequently associated with the Christmas holiday given it's from a film that airs on network television at Christmas.  Listen to Tony Bennett with his jazzy version of the song, “My Favorite Things”.  Listen to more nice stage and film songs this hour including Dionne Warwick with her bouncy version of “Promises Promises”, The Montovani Orchestra with Victor Young's, “Around the World”, and Andy Williams with “The Days of Wine and Roses”.  More film and theatre with the Henry Mancini Orchestra with “The Pink Panther Theme” Vic Damone with a lovely rendition of a song from “South Pacific” and Andre Previn with a lovely version for piano and orchestra of the theme from “Gigi”.  Enjoy what was a surprise hit song during a time of rock n' roll and hair bands as Roger Whittaker sings “The Last Farewell”.  Listen to Barbra Streisand's 1970 chart topper, “Stoney End” followed with a hit version of an old standard as Vic Dana sings “Red Roses for a Blue Lady”.  Follow along (if ya can) with a funny switch-around piece by Dinah Shore called “Sweet Violets” and laugh with Phil Harris as he recommends “44 Sycamore” for a romantic hookup.  Catch a lively jazzy rendition of “Bill Bailey” by Bobby Darin followed by Jo Stafford doing a Broadway number called “The Gentleman is a Dope.”  Hear a sweet song from 1957 sung by Patti Page called “I'll Remember Today” followed with the Les Baxter Orchestra with “April in Portugal.”  More with Jack Jones with “Call Me Irresponsible” and big daddy Burl Ives with “Call Me Mister In Between”.  Crank em' up at 

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The Neon Beat - 8.27.21

On the Neon Beat (Show 58R6)  Catherine Starks, otherwise remembered as 1950's pop singer Kay Starr opens this hour with a toe tappin' version of the song “Side By Side”.  Then we bring in songwriter Johnny Mercer with the singers to do a song called “Personality”.  Listen to Dean Martin as we sail “Under the Bridges of Paris”.  Leroy Anderson leads off our instrumental offerings with a song used as the theme for the TV game show “To Tell the Truth”.  Hear the Glenn Miller Orchestra with a swinging rendition of “Little Brown Jug” and turn up the orchestra of Paul Mauriat with the theme from “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”.  We'll team up Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters for “Pistol Packin' Mama”.  Then we team up Steve Lawrence with his wife Eydie for “Besame Mucho”. (with ensuing translation by Eydie).  Enjoy Nat King Cole with a lovely version of a Charlie Chaplain song followed up with Sarah Vaughan singing a fine Gershwin standard.  We'll remember that island of romance as we listen to “26 Miles” sung by the Four Preps.  Next we'll play what was the first major charting hit song for Connie Francis. Then you can “Help Yourself” to Tom Jones.  We'll spin a country-esk set with Patsy Cline singing a swinging remix of the song “Walking After Midnight” from the 1985 movie about the woman called “Sweet Dreams”. Glen Campbell is next with his 1968 hit record “Wichita Lineman” and then we'll wrap er' up with a fun 1965 memory by Roger Miller.  (Me and the kids still sing it in the car on road trips)  More with Andy Williams, Sarah Vaughan, and Sammy Davis Jr.  Listen and glisten.      

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The Neon Beat - 8.15.21

On The Neon Beat (show 57R6)  Big band leader Vaughn Monroe launches this segment for us with his signature hit song, “Racing with the Moon.”  Benny Goodman follows up with a fun Johnny Mercer standard, “Goody Goody.”  Next we raise the temperature in the room with Peggy Lee's “Fever.”  Then we listen to a hit record that defined an era:  Nat King Cole's “Unforgettable.”  Catch some great theatre and film music with Ella Fitzgerald singing a scorching number from “Kiss Me Kate” and Andy Williams with the theme from “Love Story.”  Enjoy some more big band with Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with “Topsy!” followed up with a Rat Pack number featuring Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.  Enjoy two songs to get ya smiling beginning with Johnny Mathis with “A Certain Smile.”  Then Karen and Richard Carpenter do a little country flavoured song called “Sweet Sweet Smile.”  Crank up Walter Wanderley on the Hammond B-3 Organ for his 1966 hit offering of “A Summer Samba.”  Tony Bennett sings another Broadway favorite from “Gypsy.”  More songs with Dean Martin, Pat Boone and Bing Crosby.  Go to:   

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Neon Beat - 8.7.21

On the Neon Beat (show 56R6) Dean Martin opens up this hour's lineup with a classy version of the song “Just in Time” which is sung by Dean and actress Judy Holliday in the 1960 film “Bells are Ringing.” Next, get out the umbrella as Eydie Gorme follows up with a refreshing rendition of “April Showers”. Then listen to Nat King Cole backed with the orchestra of Les Baxter singing “To the Ends of the Earth”. Enjoy a sweeping version of a Victor Young film song sung by Bing Crosby. Turn up some more great silver screen songs with Herb Alpert and the TJB, Roger Williams, and Elmer Bernstien. Get your feet tappin' with a swinging version of “I Got Rhythm” sung by Bobby Darin. This hour's period groups include The Carpenters with “I Need to Be in Love” and a stirring version of the song “Till” sung by The Vogues. Catch a 1950's set with Rosemary Clooney's “Comon' a My House” followed up with Pat Boone's version of a 1955 rocking take of the song “At My Front Door”. Also hear Perry Como with “Round and Round”. Class is in session as we go“Learning the Blues” with Frank Sinatra. More with Kay Starr, Andy Williams, Dinah Shore, Sarah Vaughan, and Jerry Vale.

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Neon Beat - 7.23.21

On the Neon Beat (Show 55R6) Steve and Eydie open our little jamboree with a Steve Allen composition called “This Could Be the Start of Something Big.” Next, a song by a man who sported one of the longer autographs you could get written on an album jacket. Mr. Engelbert Humperdinck sings “Winter World of Love.” We'll follow up with Petula Clark's “It's a Sign of the Times” and Nat King Cole with a 1957 song called “With You On My Mind.” Enjoy a couple of songs by two of the great period male groups: The Kingston Trio, and The Four Lads. We'll enjoy a touch of country with Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry singing “Morning Glory” and Tennessee Ernie Ford with his signature hit single, “Sixteen Tons”. Listen to a Broadway song from “The Pajama Game” performed by Patti Page followed up with a fun memory from Tony Orlando and Dawn. Our instrumental offerings include music by Nelson Riddle, Herb Alpert and the TJB, Pee Wee Hunt tickling the ivories with the “12th Street Rag”, and a lovely piece by Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops. Turn up an uptempo hit for Bobby Goldsboro as we tote-that-bale working on that “Muddy Mississippi Line.” Listen to Kay Starr's charming “Rock N' Roll Waltz” followed by Frank Sinatra singing, “Cycles.” Also catch a little Hank Williams hit song sung by G.I. Jo Stafford. Enjoy the music kids!

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The Neon Beat - 7.16.21

The Neon Beat (show 54R6)  Get set for some “honey in the horn” as we kick things off with Al Hirt's “Cotton Candy”.  Then, put some crank on it as we listen to Wilburt Harrison sing the song about that city of fountains.  Listen to El Paso's own Vikki Carr with her renditon of “Can't Take My Eyes Off of You” followed up with the vocal version of “Our Winter Love” sung by The Lettermen.  Hear more fine period groups like The Brothers Four and The McGuire Sisters.  We'll team up old friends Bette Midler and Barry Manilow as they do an old Peggy Lee song, “I Love Being Here With You” followed up with Peggy herself with the hit single with Benny Goodman that brought her career to the forefront.  Catch some big band favorites with Glen Gray and Lawrence Welk.  Hear more fine instrumental content with Leroy Anderson's “Promenade”.  Enjoy an amorous version of the song “Moonglow” sung by actress Debbie Reynolds. More with Sarah Vaughan, Frankie Laine, and Merrilee Rush.  Listen and Glisten!   Go to:  

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The Neon Beat - 7.3.21

 On The Neon Beat (Show 53R6)  Paul Anka begins this hour with his 1968 hit song, “Goodnight My Love.”  Barbra Streisand is next with a Fanny Brice number from “Funny Girl” as she sings “Second Hand Rose.”  Hear more great stage and theatre with Tony Bennett's lovely rendition of a song from “The Sandpiper”, Ella Fitzgerald with a Cole Porter standard from the production of “Paris”, and Kansas City's own Marilyn Maye sings an amorous number from “Kismet”.  Hear fine period selections from the popular groups of the day like The Mills Brothers and The McGuire Sisters.  Soul singer Brook Benton checks out of Heartbreak Hotel into “Hotel Happiness”.  Catch some tunes from Rat Packers Dean Martin with “Houston”, and Frank Sinatra with “I've Got the World on a String.”  Then we head on out to the Big Apple for Mister Jerry Costanzo for a fine performance of an old Sinatra cover, “Can I Steal a Little Love.”  We'll play Nat King Cole with a good ol' Duke Ellington standard.  We'll team up Bing Crosby with his son Gary for “Play a Simple Melody” followed with Peggy Lee with “Too Close for Comfort.”  More with Andy Williams, Louis Armstrong, and Dick Haymes.  Enjoy!

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The Neon Beat - 6.26.21

On the Neon Beat (Show 52r6)  The Ames Brothers take the stage to open the show with a great Frank Loesser song, “On a Slow Boat to China”.  Then we open the mic for Rosemary Clooney singin' the song “Too Marvelous for Words” followed up with a fine arrangement of “A Blossom Fell” by Nat King Cole.  After the break we'll chug down a cuppa joe with Frank Sinatra.  (Bell is ringing) School is definitely in session as we bring on Jo Stafford with “Teach Me Tonight.” (Did you say I've got a lot to learn?) Enjoy some vocal and hot tambourine with Frankie Laine singing “Jezebel” followed with some great big band with Benny Goodman.  We'll bring back Sinatra with Rosemary Clooney for a fun tate-a-tate called “Cherry Pies Outta Be You!”  Then we enjoy a little 60's run of movie music starting with Dionne Warwick, Harry Nilsson with a song intended for the film “Midnight Cowboy” followed with a lovely rendition of the theme from “Irma La Douce” by Andre Previn.  Listen to a great comeback hit record for Neil Sedaka followed up with a hit rendition of a John Denver song by Peter Paul and Mary. Hear a popular “Brit Hit” by Peter and Gordon, “I Go to Pieces”.  More with Doris Day, Andy Williams, and Robert Goulet.  All on The Neon Beat Show at Mixcloud.

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The Neon Beat - 6.20.21

On the Neon Beat (show 51R6)  Tony Bennett leads the hour with a song he confessed he'd rather not have recorded.  He was to say, “It just wasn't me.”  As it turned out, a 1957 chart hit for him. Next we do a little blue-sy rendition of “Dream on Little Dreamer” by Perry Como followed by Peggy Lee, “It's All Over Now.”  Then we'll cap that first segment with a swingin' version of “My Blue Heaven” by Frank Sinatra.  Next we'll track film and stage selections kicking off with Dean Martin followed with Lena Horne and Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong.  We'll do some swinging next with Les Brown and his Band of Renown with “Leap Frog.”  Hear the Four Knights with “I Get so Lonely,” Doris Day with a sultry version of “Moonglow”, Bobby Darin with “Clementine” and Eydie Gorme and the Cookies as we “Blame it on the Bossa Nova”.  Sing along with Mitch Miller for “Shine on Harvest Moon.”  Hear more film music with Vic Damone singing “Laura” and Simon and Garfunkel from “The Graduate.”  More with Glen Campbell, Bill Pursell's haunting and beautiful “Our Winter Love”, and Les Paul with wife Mary Ford with “Waiting for the Sunrise.”   Wait no more.  Have a listen and enjoy at Mix-cloud.

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The Neon Beat - 6.13.21

On The Neon Beat (show 50R6)  Dean Martin kicks off the hour with “You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You”.  We'll bring back Dean with Jerry Lewis for a smile or two with “The Money Song.”  Michael Buble takes it next with “Feelin' Good.”  Among the fine period groups this hour we'll track songs by The Carpenters, The Four Coins, and Terry Gilkyson with his Easy Riders.  Bette Midler sings a Peggy Lee song sung by Peg in the Disney film, Lady and the Tramp.  Hear Nat King Cole with a lovely rendition of the song, “Tenderly”.  “Let Yourself Go” listening to Ella Fitzgerald followed up with a lush rendition of the song “Ruby” by Ray Charles.  Tap your feet listening to Doris Day with her 1958 hit record, “Everybody Loves a Lover.”  Our instrumental offerings include “Blue Tango” by Hugo Winterhalter, the theme from the film “Charade” by the Henry Mancini Orchestra and a fine George Gershwin selection by the 101 Strings Orchestra.  More with Tom Jones, Roger Whittaker, Pat Boone and Louis Armstrong.

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The Neon Beat - 5.29.21

On the Neon Beat (show 49R6)  Rosemary Clooney backed by the orchestra of Perez Prado opens this swingin' session with “Magic is the Moonlight”.  It'll by followed up with a Broadway favorite sung by Tony Bennett from “Bye Bye Birdie.”  Get your big band fix with selections by the Ames Brothers backed by Les Brown and his Band of Renown, Harry James with Helen Forest, Frank Sinatra with the orchestra of Nelson Riddle,  Kay Starr with “Night Train”, and a cool memory with Tony Pastor's Band backing Rosemary and Betty Clooney with the “Hawaiian War Chant”.  Crank up Al Wilson with one of his signature hit songs,  “The Snake”.  (That's Al in the pic)  We'll play one of the many hit songs for Nat King Cole: “LOVE”.  We'll drop in on the year 1961, with an instrumental hit song by Bert Kaempfert called “Wonderland by Night.”  Turn up more 1960's hit songs with Lou Rawls, Herb Alpert & the TJB and Vikki Carr.  Vic Damone performs another Broadway number from Pal Joey, “I Could Write a Book”.  And listen to Barbra Streisand with a lovely song from “Yentel.”  More from Michael Buble and Robert Goulet.  Enjoy!

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The Neon Beat - 5.23.21

On the Neon Beat (show 48r6)  Perry Como steams open this session with the Ramblers for a mid 1950's hit song called, “Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes.”  Next we let The Lettermen take the stage for their retake of the old Four Coins hit song, “Shangri La” followed up with Kay Starr's “The Man Upstairs”.  Our film and TV theme selections include the theme from “Gigi” by Andre Previn and the orchestra, Ferrante and Teicher with the theme from the film “Exodus” and the Henry Mancini orchestra with “Mister Lucky.”  Get your Sinatra fix as he and Nelson Riddle's orchestra brew up a little “Witchcraft”. Then get your Elvis fix as the King sings, “Are You Lonesome Tonight”?  We'll team up Barry Manilow with The Association for a great reunion retake of their hit song, “Cherish”.  Listen to more great period hit songs by The Carpenters, The Kingston Trio, and The Lovin' Spoonful.  Tom Jones punches out a steamy version of “Love Me Tonight.”  Be sure to catch the lovely Jaye P. Morgan for the song, “That's All I Want From You.”  And crank up a lovely tune heard in a James Bond film performed by Carly Simon.  Instrumentals with Walter Wanderley and Lawrence Welk.

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The Neon Beat - 5.16.21

On the Neon Beat this week (show 47r6)  Hang onto your seats. We'll launch this hour with a whirlwind (ala Vegas) treatment of “That Old Black Magic” by Sammy Davis Jr.  Then we take a trip to the windy city with Tony Bennett and Count Basie.  Crank up some fine period film and stage pieces by Dusty Springfield from the Thomas Crown Affair, The Chordettes with “Never on Sunday”, and Frank Sinatra with “Love and Marriage”.  Rosemary Clooney will spice things up with her hit version of “Mangos” followed up with Johnny Mathis's “What Will My Mary Say”.  Then let's motor west with  Nat King Cole and the Trio on the old mother road: “Route 66.”  Sing along with the Mitch Miller Gang with “The Bowery Grenadiers”.  Hear some great big band with Benny Goodman.  Patti Page will sing her lush version of the song “Old Cape Cod”.  Our instrumental tracks include Paul Mauriat's “Love is Blue”, Eddie Heywood's “Soft Summer Breeze” and The Boston Pops with “S' Wonderful.” 

We'll spin songs by Sarah Vaughan, Marty Wilde, The Carpenters, and Simon and Garfunkel. Enjoy!

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The Neon Beat - 5.2.21

On the Neon Beat Show 46R6:  The Ames Brothers lead off with Vic Shoen's Orchestra singing a knock-it-outta-the-park version of  “Undecided.”  Frank Sinatra grabs the stage next with one of his many signature hit songs, “I've Got You Under My Skin” followed with Vikki Carr singing one from “Oklahoma.”  We'll fulfill a request with a back-of-the-rack hit song for Barry Young called “One Has My Name.”  You'll hear a 1963 set beginning with Nat King Cole as we remember those “Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer” followed with Andy Williams singing “Can't Get Used to Losing You.”  We'll team up Doris Day with Buddy Clark for a little late 40's tease called, “Love Somebody” (but I won't say who).  Crank up a great 1957 signature hit song for Johnny Mathis followed up with some great Broadway with Barbra Streisand. Our fine period instrumentals start with Glenn Miller's “Pennsylvania 6-5000”, Morris Stoloff's “Theme from Picnic”, and “Polonaise” by pianist Joe Harnell. Listen to songs with great male groups like The Statler Brothers and Simon and Garfunkel.  Catch songs by Patti Page, Engelbert Humperdinck, Bing Crosby and more.    

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The Neon Beat - 4.24.21

On The Neon Beat on Mixcloud show 45R: We launch this hour with one of Perry Como's attempts at a sock hop hit during a time when rock and roll was emerging. “Tina Marie”.  Then we “Take Five” with Marilyn Maye's vocal rendition of that great Dave Brubeck hit. Turn up more hit songs this hour with some of the fine period groups like the Andrews Sisters, The Platters, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66, and The Association. Sammy Davis Jr sings a fun live Vegas version of “On A Clear Day.”  Get your Frank Sinatra fix with “Same Old Saturday Night”.  Our lovely women of song include Jo Stafford with her hit rendition of “You Belong to Me”, Helen Ward backed by the orchestra and horn of Harry James for the song “It's Been a Long Long Time”, and  Dionne Warwick with “You'll Never Get to Heaven”.  Our fine period instrumentals include the lively trumpet of Al Hirt with “Java”, Horst Jankowski's “A Walk in the Black Forest”, and David Rose with “The Stripper.”  Listen to Engelbert Humperdinck sing “After the Loving” and Johnny Mathis with “Misty” backed by the orchestra of Percy Faith.  More with Don Ho and a film piece with the orchestra of Felix Slatkin.  

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The Neon Beat - 4.9.21

On The Neon Beat on Mixcloud: (show 44R6)  Dean Martin launches this hour with a little mambo on his Alfredo with “Mambo Italiano.”  We'll also do a little Rat Packin' with Dino's live recording with Sammy Davis Jr tearing it up with their Vegas version of “Sam's Song.”  Listen to Rosemary Clooney's hit record “Come-on-a My House” followed with “Only 16” by Sam Cooke.  Then we'll take that “never return” ride on “The MTA” with the Kingston Trio.  Our stage, Broadway and film selections include songs with Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tony Bennett.  We'll spin a couple of Paul Anka hits sung by Tom Jones (She's a Lady) and the Lettermen. (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)  Crank up some swingin' Frank Sinatra singing “You Do Something to Me”, The McGuire Sisters with “Everyday of My Life,” and one by Nat King Cole with the Four Knights.  You'll hear The Ray Charles Singers, Perry Come, Michael Buble, Eddie Fisher and lots more. And we've lined up a couple of song requests for some Rogers and Hart and Rogers and Hammerstein.  Good listening this.

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The Neon Beat - 4.2.21

On The Neon Beat (show 43R6)  We open with a little knock-around folk with Tommy and Richard.  The Smothers Brothers sing “Lark Day.”  (by request)  Then after a “brief” setup and introduction by Steve Allen, we'll ramp right into Benny Goodman's “Lets Dance” followed by Judy Garland doing “I Got Rhythm.”  Harry James follows up with a big band rendition of “Carnival”.  Then we fulfill another request for the classy baritone of Billy Eckstine. (airya go Max)  We'll do some more folk with Jimmie Rodgers and The Limeliters. We'll open set two with Della Reese's huge 1959 hit song, “Don't You Know.”  Frank Sinatra takes the mic next for “Nice N' Easy.”  Jack Jones sings his Grammy Award winning song “Lollipops and Roses.” More with Doris Day's “Que Sera Sera”, Les Baxter with “Wake the Town and Tell the People”, Peggy Lee with “A Doodling Song,” and Mel Torme with some great show music by Frank Loesser.  Much more in this extended edition of The Neon Beat.  dig.

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The Neon Beat - 3.19.21

On The Neon Beat:  We start this hour with a couple of 1966 hit songs starting with “Georgie Girl” by The Seekers followed by Marty Wilde with a song about that great city in southern Wales, “Abervagenny”.  Our film and stage music includes Eydie Gorme with her effervescent rendition of Irving Berlin's “Be Careful It's My Heart” from “Holiday Inn.”   Rosemary Clooney sings “April in Paris”, Vic Damone performs a song from “West Side Story,” and listen to Lulu with her 1967 hit song from “To Sir With Love.”  Get two songs for the price of one as the Lettermen sing “Traces” and “Memories.”  We'll reunite the Vogues to do an old Four Lads hit song, “No Not Much.” Listen to Frank Sinatra with “It Happened in Monterrey,” Louis Armstrong with “When You're Smiling”, and a gorgeous rendition of the song “Eternally” by Sarah Vaughan.  We'll fulfill a request for a fine version of the song “I Believe” as we team up Brook Benton and Dinah Washington.  Hear songs with Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, and Robert Goulet.  And enjoy our great period instrumental offerings with Lawrence Welk, Bert Kaempfert, and the orchestra of Ralph Marterie.  Good stuff.  Enjoy the memories!

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The Neon Beat - 3.13.21

On the Neon Beat:  This hour we open with a rousing signature number for the Marvelous Marilyn Maye: “Step to the Rear.”  We continue with Dean Martin as we “Lay Some Happiness on Ya” followed with Al Martino singing the tender “Mary in the Morning.”  Our instrumental content this hour includes the “Peter Gun Theme” by Henry Mancini, “Canadian Sunset” with jazz pianist Eddie Heywood with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and a little “Tea for Two Cha Cha” with the orchestra of Tommy Dorsey.  Hear The Gaylords with their charming hit recording of “The Little Shoemaker.”  Our film and stage selections include Rosemary Clooney with a standard from “The Harvey Girls,” Sammy Davis Jr with “Someone Nice Like You”, Dionne Warwick with “I Say A Little Prayer” and Doris Day with a hit standard from “Pal Joey.”  Frank Sinatra teams up with Keely Smith asking “How Ya Fixed for Love?”  Listen to Nat King Cole's 1957 hit recording of “Send for Me.”  Hear talk and game show mogul Merv Griffin with the lovely, “Morningside of the Mountain” followed with Pat Boone's “Love Letters in the Sand”.  And sing along with the Highwaymen as we track their great campfire classic, “Michael.” More with the Ames Brothers, Benny Goodman and John Williams and the Boston Pops.  Extended show.  Enjoy!

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The Neon Beat - 3.7.21

This hour of the Neon Beat starts with a rousing song performed by one of our great 1950's period quartets.  The Four Aces sing of “Those Wedding Bells.” (Chasing away that ol' gang of mine)  The English gentleman takes it next with a sweeping rendition of “I'll Take Romance.”  Hear songs from more great groups like The McGuire Sisters and The Lettermen with “Summer Place.”  Catch a set with Perry Como singing “Jukebox Baby”, “A Sunday Kind of Love” with GI Joe Stafford, and a film piece with Percy Faith doing “The Rain in Spain.”  We'll team up Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong as we head “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans.”  We'll spin Bobby Vinton's “Roses are Red”, Dusty Springfield's 1969 Memphis hit song, “Son of a Preacher Man,” and Johnny Mathis with one of his many charting hit singles, “Wonderful Wonderful.”  Catch some big band fav's with Ella Fitzgerald and The Glenn Miller Orchestra.  More with Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Helen Reddy and Glen Campbell.  Crank er' up.  The Neon Beat.

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The Neon Beat - 2.20.21

On this edition of The Neon Beat:  Rosemary Clooney slams into the hour with one of her many records she'd do for Columbia in “dialect:”  “Botcha Me.”  (pucker up)  Dean Martin follows with one of his jazzy standards, “You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You”.  Then, “Make Yourself Comfortable” with Sarah Vaughan. Catch some film and TV themes starting with Henry Mancini and the Chorus with “Darling Lili”, Mary Martin with “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”, Perry Como with the haunting “Bali Hai” from South Pacific and Nelson Riddle's Orchestra with the theme from “Route 66.”  Get'cher big band fix with Benny Goodman doing the “One O'Clock Jump.”  Listen to the Ames Brothers with Les Brown and his band of renown with “Moonlight Serenade.”  Frank Sinatra sings “The World We Knew.”  Listen to an attitude number from Dinah Washington that asks, “Is You Is, Or Is You Aint My Baby.” We'll live “The Good Life” with Tony Bennett.  Then we team up Bette Midler with lifetime friend Barry Manilow for a old Peggy Lee song.  Catch a country-esk set with Roger Miller and Archie Campbell.  More with Paul Anka and Debbie Reynolds.

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The Neon Beat - 2.14.21

Listen to the great standards we know and love opening up with Sam Cooke as we hit the dance floor for Twistin' the Night Away.  Catch more of the great songs sung by the artists we know and love like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee and more.  Crank and enjoy.

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The Neon Beat - 2.5.21

On this edition of The Neon Beat:  Dean Martin launches this hour with his 1966 song, “Somewhere There's a Someone.”  Natalie Cole takes the stage next for some great tribute to Ella Fitzgerald with “Tiskit Tasket.” Listen to Perry Como with a bluesy take on “Dream on Little Dreamer,” Kay Starr with a standard from which a TV game show takes it's name” and Nat King Cole with a sentimental selection from the 1951 film “Anna.”  Turn up some fine period instrumentals beginning with some swingin' Benny Goodman big band as we do  “The King Porter Stomp.”  Hear some soulful clarinet with Acker Bilk playing, “Stranger on the Shore” and a movie standard by Gato Barbieri from “Last Tango in Paris.”  Listen to Tony Bennett's smooth treatment of a Beatles standard, The Carpenters with “Top of the World,” and Petula Clark's “Don't Sleep in the Subway.”  More with Steve and Eydie, Pat Boone, and Judy Garland from “Meet Me in St Louis.”  Got some Elvis and a huge hit for the Silver Fox.  Namely, Charlie Rich.  Enjoy the memories!  

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The Neon Beat - 1.30.21

On this edition of The Neon Beat:  Sammy Davis Jr hits the stage for his hit record, “The Shelter of Your Arms.”  Andy Williams grabs the mic next for his rousing version of “That Old Bilbao Song.”  We'll roll back the clock to 1965 for Barbra Streisand's “He Touched Me.”  Our lineup of fine Italian talent includes Tony Bennett singing “In the Middle of an Island.” (A song he still won't sing at concerts)  Hear Connie Francis with her first smash hit, “Who's Sorry Now,” Frank Sinatra with the film theme from “The Tender Trap”, and Bobby Darin with a jazzy version of “Bill Bailey.”  We'll team up Perry Como with Betty Hutton for a Frank Loesser song from “Guys and Dolls.”  Listen to Nat King Cole with his lovely rendition of the song “Pretend.”  We'll go “Swingin' On a Star” with Bing Crosby.  Catch another great movie selection with the Ray Conniff Singers doing a song from “Doctor Zhivago.”  We'll spin records with Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, Rosemary Clooney, Big Daddy Burl Ives and do the “Tennessee Waltz” with Patti Page.  Listen and glisten.

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The Neon Beat - 1.24.21

On the Neon Beat:  New Orleans trumpet Al Hirt launches into this hour with a fun rendition of a honky tonk piece written by RCA Nashville's Floyd Cramer. “Fancy Pants.”  Tony Bennett follows with “Just In Time”, Perry Como with “Magic Moments”, and Al Martino with a dance floor version of “Volare.”  Listen to Barbra Streisand singing the lovely song “People” from Funny Girl.  Get your big band fix with Benny Goodman doing the “Jersey Bounce” after which we team up Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters for “Pistol Packin' Mama.”  Enjoy a rousing Cy Coleman song performed by the Marvelous Marilyn Maye.  More songs by Andy Williams, The McGuire Sisters and one by Henry Mancini's Orchestra and Chorus with “The Days of Wine and Roses.”  Enjoy!

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The Neon Beat - 1.16.21

On the Neon Beat:  We start things out swingin' as we open the hour with Kay Starr from one of her most celebrated albums.  Harry Connick Jr is next with a little “Recipe for Makin' Love.”  We'll hit the dance floor with selections by Ella Fitzgerald and a “live from Vegas” cut with Nat King Cole. Grab some slow close dancing as we listen to the Ames Brothers with the lovely “You You You” backed with Hugo Winterhalter's orchestra.  Hear the Marvelous Marilyn Maye with “Sherry.”  Get your Sinatra fix as he belts out what'd be his 6th or 7th take for “That's Life.”  (Hence the almost exasperated  “My Myyyy” at the end.)  Catch a folk set with Bobby Darin and one by Melanie Safka by request.  More with Ferrante and Teicher, Wayne Newton, Patti Page, Perry Como and Dinah Shore.  Crank it.

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The Neon Beat - 1.10.21

On the Neon Beat this hour:  Dean Martin opens up the show with his wonderful version of “Mambo Italiano.”  Doris Day takes the stage next with “Que Sera Sera.”  Hear some swingin' Harold Arlen music with Frank Sinatra.  Catch some big band with Glenn Miller and Harry James.  We'll team up Bing Crosby and his son Gary for a fun version of “Sam's Song.”  We'll fill a request this week for a cool rendition of “Manhattan” by Dinah Washington.  More with Mel Torme, Judy Garland, Eddie Fisher, and the Andrews Sisters.  Still more with Barbra Streisand, The Lettermen, and Jerry Wallace.  And...well..”more.” Enjoy!

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The Neon Beat - 1.2.21

Enjoy an extended version of the show this week as we track some requested music with Glenn Miller and a song by The Hilltoppers.  The great period groups have the mic for much of this hour as we spin hit records by The Four Lads, The New Christy Minstrels, The Vogues, and The Association.  Hear Frank Sinatra with the song about that “Toddlin' Town”, Dionne Warwick with some fine Burt Bacharach music, Barbra Streisand with a song from “Pinocchio', and Nat King Cole with a jazzy rendition of the song “Paper Moon.”  Much more to keep you tapping for a whole hour.  (Or sing along if'n ya don't tap)

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