The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 11.14.22

On the Neon Beat Show 94R6:  Nat King Cole opens our set this hour with a sweeping song called “Let True Love Begin” followed up with an instrumental TV theme from the show “Mister Lucky” performed by Henry Mancini.  Then listen to a standard by Missouri boy Jerry Wallace with his 1959 hit song, “Primrose Lane” and a 1958 standard sung by Doris Day, “Everybody Loves a Lover”.  Songs by great period groups this hour include selections by The Mills Brothers, The Mitch Miller Gang, The Everly Brothers and a group that scored more hit singles for a period in the UK than the Beatles.  Gerry and the Pacemakers.  Listen to a stirring 1964 million seller for Brit singer Julie Rogers, “The Wedding”. We'll track more hit songs wth Patti Page's “Allegheny Moon”, followed up with Frank Sinatra singing “S'posin” from his Swinging Session album with Nelson Riddle.  Hear great film selections sung by Perry Como with a song from “South Pacific”, Dionne Warwick with the theme from “Valley of the Dolls,” and a western theme from “The Sons of Katie Elder”. More with Pee Wee Hunt tickling the ivories for “The 12th Street Rag”, Marty Robbins with “Big Iron” and Ray Charles with a fine Hoagy Carmichael selection.  Enjoy!  

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 10.14.22

On the Neon Beat Show 93R6:  The first lady of song, Ella Fitzgerald, opens this outstanding hour with a great Irving Berlin selection, “Blue Skies”.  After the opening billboard we'll spin what was the first breaking charting hit for Herb Alpert and the TJB.  “The Lonely Bull”.  Oklahoman Patti Page follows with the song “All My Love”.  After the the break listen to Matt Monro with a lovely version of the song “Laura” followed up with a touch of big band with the Glenn Miller Orchestra playing “Tuxedo Junction.”  We'll team up Frank Sinatra with Rosemary Clooney with a fun tate-a-tate called “Cherry Pies Outta Be You”.  Then the “Dean of Swank” sings one of his hits.  “Volare”.  Hear a stage and theatre piece with Barbara Steisand with a song she claimed to be one of her favorites.  Hear Brook Benton with “The Boll Weavil Song” after which we bring on Tony Bennett with Diana Krall for “The Best is Yet to Come” followed with a smooth rendition of a fine Gershwin standard sung by Nat King Cole.  Listen to Petula Clark with “This Is My Song”.  Catch a little folk music with The Kingston Trio followed up with one by Peggy Lee.  More with Eydie Gorme, The Mitch Miller Gang and a closing big band standard by the Fabulous Spitfire Band of Canada. Turn er' up!    

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 9.16.22

On the Neon Beat Show 92R6:  Actress Judy Garland launches the festivities this hour as we listen to a song she did in MGM's “Girl Crazy”.  Judy sings the lively song , “I Got Rhythm!”.  We'll spin more great theatre and film songs including Anita O'Day with a jazzy rendition of “Taking a Chance on Love”, The Four Lads with a hit song from Frank Loesser's “A Most Happy Fella”, Dusty Springfield with a Burt Bacharach number from “Casino Royale”, The Henry Mancini Orchestra with the theme from “Charade” and Ella Fitzgerald with a fine Cole Porter selection from “Anything Goes”.  Along with Henry Mancini, we'll dig on some other instrumental artists like Bert Kaempfert's “Wonderland by Night”, Glenn Miller with the Chattanooga Choo Choo, and Britain's Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen with “Midnight in Moscow”.  Listen to Nat King Cole with a lively version of a song from a 1929 musical film called Marianne. “Just You Just Me”.  We'll add a touch of country with Eddy Arnold as he sings “Make the World Go Away” and listen to Gogi Grant with a stirring version of “Somewhere There's a Valley”.  Listen to our lineup of  fine groups such as the Mills Brothers, the Everly Brothers, the Young Rascals with “Groovin” and a Pete Seeger song by “Womenfolk”.  “Little Boxes”.  (All made outta ticky tacky)  Turn er' up!      

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 9.4.22

On the Neon Beat Show 91R6:  Vic Damone takes the stage as we launch another hour of the great standards listening to Vic sing “You're Breaking My Heart”.  After that stirring opening we knock up the tempo with Sonny Boy doing one of his stabs at a rock n' roll recording with a song that was also done by Jerry Lee Lewis, “Dungaree Doll”.  After Eddie we'll track two fine period groups as we listen to Ruby and the Romantics with “Our Day Will Come” and The Four Freshmen with their 1956 hit record, “Graduation Day”.  Get set for some great big band as we spin Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby doin' the “Muskrat Ramble” followed with songwriter Johnny Mercer singing with the Pied Pipers doin' a Johnny song, “Candy”.  Then hear Tony Martin with a sweeping version of the song, “I Get Ideas”.  We'll spin records by more great period crooners as we let Ol' Blue Eyes take the stage for “Too Marvelous for Words” and Tony Bennett with a song from “Bye Bye Birdie”.  Listen to Patti Page with “A Simple Melody” and a great jazz treatment of “Deed I Do” by Diana Krall from her “Live in Paris” album.  Hear songs by Ray Charles, Mama Cass Elliot, and Sarah Vaughan.  Hear Berlin pianist Horst Jankowski with his 1965 hit song, “A Walk in the Black Forest” and enjoy a TV theme sung by actor Richard Chamberlain.  The Theme from Doctor Kildare”.  Good stuff!  Just for you.     

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 8.26.22

On the Neon Beat Show 90R6:  We'll launch this hour with a male group from Ohio that spanned an  eighty year career.  The Mills Brothers open this set with “The Glow Worm”.  Tony Bennett grabs the microphone next for his hit song “The Good Life” followed by singer and actress Doris Day with a song heard in the 1955 film “Love Me or Leave Me”.  Then we'll do some swinging with Benny Goodman doing a popular Johnny Mercer song, “Goody Goody!”  Catch a set with Sinatra singing an ol' Les Brown favorite, “How Bout You?” Louis Prima and Keely Smith with “That Old Black Magic” and Peggy Lee with “Baubles Bangles and Beads.”  Hear, what was, Lawrence Welk's only top ten pop hit song as the orchestra and chorus does their 1961 hit song, “Calcutta”.  Next enjoy The Andrews Sisters with “Rum and Coca Cola” followed with Bing Crosby with a fine old Cole Porter standard.  Listen to Barbra Streisand with a snappy selection from “Funny Girl” and one by Nat King Cole displaying his multilingual skill as he croons the song, “Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup”.  Listen to songs by the Lettermen. Tony Martin, and crank up that speaker for Phil Spector's “Wall of Sound” as we hear The Crystals with their 1963 hit song, “Then He Kissed Me”.  More with Nelson Riddle with a classic TV theme, The Mitch Miller Gang, and Melissa Manchester with a fine treatment of some great Gershwin music.  Turn up. You like.    

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 8.6.22

On the Neon Beat Show 89R6:  Perry Como starts the hour up with what was a country song written by Slim Willet.  Listen to Perry's 1952 hit record “Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”.  Then hear America's sweethearts, Steve and Eydie; with the song “Dancing Cheek to Cheek” followed up with Andy Williams singing “Lips of Wine”.  Listen to our period film and stage offerings as we play Diana Ross singing the theme from “Mahogany”.  Ella Fitzgerald does some Cole Porter performing a number from “Du Barry was a Lady”.  We'll spin Sammy Davis Jr's hit song from the play, “Stop the World I Wanna Get Off”.  And we'll spin a song from Guys and Dolls sung by Dinah Washington”.  Also catch a TV theme by Lalo Schifrin originally entitled, “The Burning Fuse”.  We'll team up Louis Prima and Keely Smith from Vegas singing “Baby Won't You Please Come Home”.  Catch some Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra doing “It Happened In Monterrey”.  And Vic Damone with a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein's “Cinderella”.  Hear a 1965 hit song for Nat King Cole called “LOVE”, Connie Stevens with “16 Reasons” and Roy Orbison's “Dream Baby”.  More with Sarah Vaughan, Lyle Lovett, and one from the Apple record label as the Beatles sing the charming hit song “When I'm 64”.  Hear instrumentals by Leroy Anderson, and Henry Mancini too.   

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 8.1.22

On the Neon Beat Show 88R6:  Old Blue Eyes leads off this hour with a great standard.  Listen to Frank Sinatra as he opens up with the song “Blue Moon” from his Swingin' Session album.  Next, listen to a Peggy Lee standard right off Stagedoor Canteen as Peg sings, “Why Don't You Do Right?”  Then listen and laugh with the great Phil Harris as we recall the courting possibilities behind the door at “44 Sycamore”.  Glenn Miller's Orchestra takes it next with the hit song “Kalamazoo”.  Our stage and film selections include Buddy Clark singing a Ziegfeld Follies standard called “Peg O' My Heart”.  Rosemary Clooney performs a Judy Garland favorite from “The Harvey Girls”.  We'll drop in a boob tube memory as we listen to the theme from “The Virginian”.  We'll team up Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans.”  Listen to jazz pianist Errol Garner with his great 1954 hit standard, “Misty” followed up with Johnny Mathis with his mega-hit song from 1957, “Chances Are” and Hugo Winterhalter with “Swinging Sweethearts”.  We'll spin what was Engelbert Humperdinck's comeback hit in the late 1970's, “After the Loving” and a steamy version of “What is This Thing Called Love?” sung by bombshell Julie London.  More with Kay Starr, The Anita Kerr Singers, and the smash hit for Claude King as we play “Wolverton Mountain”.    

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 7.24.22

On the Neon Beat Show 87R6:  The great Tony Bennett gets our show underway with a lovely song from Kismet. The melody of which is taken from an opera composed by Alexander Borodin.  Prince Igor.  Listen to Tony sing “Stranger in Paradise”.  Then we turn it over to a multi ranged quartet who was to open for Judy Garland now and again.  Listen to the HI LO's with “Keep Your Sunnyside Up”. Hear more great show tunes with Frank Sinatra singing a fine Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer song heard in the 1943 film, “Sky's the Limit”.  Marilyn Monroe performs an iconic song from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”.  We'll track Irving Berlin's “No Strings I'm Fancy Free” sung by Fred Astaire from the film “Top Hat”.  And dig on Phil Harris as Ballou the Bear from Disney's “The Jungle Book” as he sings “The Bear Necessities”.  Catch Rosemary Clooney with her rendition of “Give Me the Simple Life” followed up with Dean Martin singing the song, “I Will”.  We'll “Put a Little Love in Our Hearts” with Jackie Deshannon, then listen to Sir Tom Jones with “The Green Green Grass of Home.”  Hear more great memories with songs from Joni James, Johnny Mathis, The Marvelous Marilyn Maye with a song that wow'd em' when she sang it on Johnny Carson, “The Song is You!”  More with The Mamas and the Papas, Mel Torme, Horst Jankowski and Lou Rawls.   

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - July 1, 2022

On The Neon Beat Show 86R6:  Bobby Goldsboro takes the stage as we open this hour with one his biggest hit records.  One of the few he did not write himself. Listen to Bobby sing “Watching Scotty Grow”.  Then listen to a latter 1950's hit song sung by Dinah Washington, “What a Difference a Day Makes”.  The Crew Cuts are next with their 1950's standard, “Life Could Be a Dream”, popularly known as “Sh'Boom”.  Hear other fine period groups like The Chordettes with “Mr. Sandman” and the Fifth Dimension with “Up Up and Away”.  We'll spin a little honey in the horn with Al Hirt as he toots out “Sugar Lips”.  Hear some film and stage music with Shirley Bassey with a James Bond film theme, Lucille Ball with a song from “Wildcat”, Les Baxter with the theme from a John Wayne film, Perry Como with a stirring rendition of a song from “Fiddler on the Roof” and a boob tube selection with Capitol records Al Delory playing the theme from MASH.  Nat King Cole will sing some great Johnny Mercer with “Day In, Day Out”.  We'll spin a hit for Glen Campbell, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” followed with Roy Rogers singing a Cole Porter standard “Don't Fence Me In.”  More with Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, and Al Martino.  Turn it up!  

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - June 25, 2022

On the Neon Beat Show 85R6:  Oklahoman, Kay Starr launches into this session as we go “Swingin' Down the Lane” followed up by some spicy salsa with Perez Prado's Orchestra doing “Mambo Number Five”.  Next a stage and theatre piece with Mel Torme singing a number from “Guys and Dolls” followed up with some fun Rat Packin' with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.  We'll track more stage and film songs with the orchestra of Percy Faith performing “The song from Moulin Rouge”,  Frank Sinatra sings his 1959 hit “Love and Marriage”, Rosemary Clooney and her sister Betty sing the song, “Sisters” and Dinah Washington does the beautiful and reticent song, “September in the Rain”.  Swing along with some big band selections with the orchestras of Benny Goodman and Harry James.  You'll hear a selection by a Chicago man whom Frank Sinatra called, “the smoothest chops in the business”:  Lou Rawls sings, “Lady Love”. Dinah Shore sings “The Gypsy” followed up with The Vogues doing a great old Four Lads cover, “No Not Much”.  We'll spin the New Christy Minstrels with “Green Green” featuring the rustic voice of Barry McGuire.  More with Ed Ames, Andy Williams, and a 1966 signature hit song for Aaron Neville.  “Tell it Like it Is”.  

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - June 12, 2022

On the Neon Beat Show 84R6:  We open this hour with Brazilian born, Sergio Mendez and his group Brazil 66 singing their 1969 hit song, “Pretty World”.  Enjoy more great songs as we track hit songs by other period groups like The Four Freshmen who'll sing a song originally performed by actress Dorothy Lamour in the 1944 film, “And the Angels Sing”.  We'll track a mid 50's hit for The Four Lads as they sing, “Moments to Remember”.  And listen to The Platters with their hit version of “Twilight Time”.  Enjoy a little pop salsa as you listen to Trini Lopez with “Lemon Tree” followed up with Perry Como singing, “South of the Border”.  We'll spin a Broadway selection with Ed Ames performing “My Cup Runneth Over” followed up with Petula Clark singing “It's a Sign of the Times” and Bobby Goldsboro singing about “The Straight Life”.  Turn up some Dino as we listen to one of Dean Martin's signature hit songs, “Everybody Loves Somebody” and Ella Fitzgerald with a swinging version of “Let Yourself Go”.  Hear Frank Sinatra with a fine Harold Arlen song followed up by the Four Lads and a beautiful instrumental selection by Haygood Hardy called “The Homecoming”.  Listen to a fun standard performed from the Vegas floor by Louis Prima and Keely Smith.  More with Patti Page, Billy Vaughn, Ray Charles and ... uh...cluck along with a version of a great swing standard by The Henhouse Five.”   

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - June 4, 2022

On the Neon Beat Show 83R6:  Perry Como takes a stab on cashing in with the new sound called Rock and Roll with his 1956 hit record with Mitchell Ayers and the Ray Charles Singers, “Jukebox Baby”.  Dean Martin takes the stage next with “Powder Your Face with Sunshine” followed up with a period film song sung by The Chordettes, “Never on Sunday”.  Listen to more hit groups this like The Ames Brothers and the Four Lads.  Enjoy another film hit song by Henry Mancini called “Dear Heart”.  Catch some great standards with Jane Morgan singing “Fascination”, Louis Armstrong with “Takes Two to Tango”, and the great Ray Charles with a lovely rendition of a Hoagy Carmichael standard.  We'll team up Nancy Sinatra with Lee Hazelwood for the “Tennessee Birdwalk”.  Enjoy a fine pairing of Hugo Winterhalter's RCA Orchestra with jazz pianist Eddie Heywood for “Canadian Sunset”.  Turn up actress Debbie Reynolds for “A Very Special Love”, followed up with Nat King Cole singing with the Four Knights.  We'll spin the song “Half as Much” sung by Rosemary Clooney and a country standard by Eddy Arnold.  More as we listen to a Broadway piece by Sammy Davis Jr and an inspirational number sung by Elvis Presley.   

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 5.8.22

On the Neon Beat Show 82R:  Sing along with Andy Williams as he opens the show with “That Old Bilbao Song”.  Then you'll hear a hit single by a group that backed Nat King Cole for a few hit records.  The Four Knights sing “I Get So Lonely”.  Next, a real piece of gold from the back of the rack sung by The Four King Sisters as they perform a hit novelty song from 1941, “The Hut Sut Song”.  Then listen to a swing era number called “Topsy” done by Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra.  Enjoy some fine film and stage numbers including Tony Bennett with some great Cole Porter music, The Sandpipers with a song heard in the film “The Sterile Cuckoo”, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly singing “For Me and My Gal” and a boob tube theme from the daytime TV drama “Ben Casey” by Valjean”.  Catch a set beginning with Joe Stafford with a steamy rendition of “Teach Me Tonight”, Frank Sinatra with “Same Old Saturday Night”, and Sammy Davis Jr with “Falling in Love With Love”.  We'll track some George and Ira Gershwin music from “Funny Face” performed by the orchestra and chorus of Ray Conniff.  The dashing Robert Goulet sings a enchanting version of “Mamselle”.  Enjoy a wonderful treatment of a Rogers and Hart song, “Where or When” sung by The Supremes.  More delightful listening with Peggy Lee, Eddie Fisher, and John Williams conducting the Boston Pops.  Listen today at: https://www.mixcloud.com/john-christopher10/the-neon-beat-show-82r6/?fbclid=IwAR0WsXRq865W9OLsOkwMfv0VRwuj5IVCKhAXXQN4zbK3d3mf7BKQDsHk5Eg

The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 5.1.22

 On the Neon Beat Show 81R6:  The Svengali of swank, Mister Dean Martin starts our show by “Layin' Some Happiness On Ya”.  Some great folk music follows with the Kingston Trio with the song, “It Takes a Worried Man”.  Then listen to a Victor Young song used as the theme to a film called “Golden Earrings” sung here by Peggy Lee.  Hear more great film and theatre songs with Nat King Cole singing “Mona Lisa”, Frank Sinatra with a Cole Porter standard, and a lovely Rogers and Hart song sung by Sarah Vaughan.  Listen to Kay Starr sing “Bonaparte's Retreat”.  Hear Art and Dotty Todd's one hit wonder, “Chanson D' Amour” followed by Rick Nelson doing “Traveling Man”.  Enjoy Bobby Darin's 1959 hit song, “Look out Ol' Mack is Back!”  Catch some primo big band with Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, and the Fabulous Spitfire Band of Canada.  We'll track the great period groups like The Limeliters with “Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week”, and Chad and Jeremy with “Willow Weep for Me”.  More with Elvis! Hear his song “Good Luck Charm”, Barbra Streisand with “He Touched Me”, and a song by a man called one of the few real geniuses in the industry.  Stevie Wonder.  Listen now at: https://www.mixcloud.com/john-christopher10/the-neon-beat-show-81r6/?fbclid=IwAR03oatKL2D--VJS0T2EDMuZCcIE5InOBRCsBXw9IOv4oQ923HZJCNqM43E

The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 4.23.22

 On the Neon Beat Show 80R6:  Bobby Darin cranks up the notes with his 1959 hit song, “Dream Lover” then another era hit maker takes the stage next for a movie selection sung by Pat Boone from “Friendly Persuasion”.  We follow up with a couple more film songs beginning with the Chordettes with “Never on Sunday” and the Mitch Miller Gang with the Colonel Bogey March.  Frank Sinatra opens the next segment with “The World We Knew”.  Then enjoy a fun little novelty number sung by Doris Day followed up with “The Isle of Capris” by the Gaylords.  Listen to Les Paul with wife Mary Ford for their hit rendition of “How High the Moon”, Steve Lawrence with his 1960 chart topper “Pretty Blue Eyes”, The Carpenters with a great Carole King song, Nat King Cole with a lush recording of “Stardust”, and Peggy Lee with her 1948 hit song “Manana is Good Enough For Me”.  Our instrumental offerings include Bert Kaempfert with a song used in a popular period game show, and the Bob Crewe Generation with “Music to Watch Girls By”.  Get your Fab fix with a George Harrison song as the Beatles sing, “Something”.  More great songs with Perry Como, Bing Crosby, and Patti Page.  Get your gonzo on at: https://www.mixcloud.com/john-christopher10/the-neon-beat-show-80r6/?fbclid=IwAR10NAAPunxTGRUKe0YKpR7yp6kYeYoCKUYN7K_U0OP4kQxU6O0o6RZT6uo

The Neon Beat - April 10, 2022

 On the Neon Beat Show 79R6:  Pack your bags as we hop on board a Pan Am Constellation and beat the birds to Acapulco Bay with Frank Sinatra as he starts our hour of great standards with “Come Fly With Me”.  Matt Monro takes the stage next for a James Bond film theme “From Russia With Love” followed with Keely Smith singing “You Go to My Head” and Glenn Miller with “The Chattanooga Choo Choo”.  After the break, hear more Rat Packers beginning with Dean Martin's “Kick in the Head” from Oceans 11, followed up with Sammy Davis Jr singing “The Work Song” with Count Basie. Hear more great movie songs with Mary Martin with “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”, Gene Kelly from “Singing in the Rain”, and Lena Horne with “Love Me or Leave Me”.  Hear some great big band with Harry James' “A Sleepy Lagoon”, Ella Fitzgerald with “Begin the Beguine” and more Glenn Miller with “A String of Pearls.”  Hear a fun little 1962 romp with Joanie Sommers giving her man “what-for ” with “Johnny Get Angry”, Les Baxter's “The Poor People of Paris”, and a snappy version of “Day by Day” by the Four Freshmen”.  More hit songs with Perry Como, Anita Bryant, and Don Rondo.

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The Neon Beat - March 31, 2022

 On the Neon Beat Show 78R6:  Dean Martin takes centre stage for our first offering as we open with the song “Invisible Tears”.  Frank Sinatra grabs the mic next with one of his chart topping standards, “Strangers in the Night”.  Listen to Ella Fitzgerald with a Cole Porter selection  called “Everytime We Say Goodbye”.  Enjoy more great show tunes this hour including another Cole Porter song from “Kiss Me Kate” sung by the Four Lads, Louis Armstrong with the title song from “Mame”, and a haunting number from Ray Conniff from the film “Midnight Lace”.  Crank up Tom Jones' first major hit song from 1965, “It's Not Unusual” followed with Patti Page's female answer to the John Hartford song, “Gentle on My Mind”.  We'll team up the Lettermen for two songs for the price of one as they sing “Traces” and “Memories”.  We'll put a spotlight on the year 1959 culminating with a hit song from that year by Frankie Avalon. We'll spin Nat King Cole's “A Blossom Fell”.  Our instrumental offerings this hour include Joe Harnell at the piano, Al Hirt and his horn playing the “Bourbon Street Parade” from the French Quarter in New Orleans, and a song by Leroy Anderson used in the TV game show, “I've Got a Secret”.  The McGuire Sisters sing along with Lawrence Welk's Orchestra for “In the Alps”.  More with Paul McCartney, Anne Murray and an early 1970's hit song for folk singer Joan Baez.  Turn er up!  Listen at:  

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The Neon Beat - March 13, 2022

 On the Neon Beat Show 77R6:  We launch this hour with a great recording by The Drifters.  Sing along with their hit song about that place where the Neon lights are bright: “On Broadway”.  Elvis Presley grabs the stage next for the theme song from the film “Viva Las Vegas”.  We'll track more period show tunes with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra with a song from “High Society', Denver's own Dianne Reeves performs a classy rendition of “Oh Lady Be Good”, Dinah Shore with a number from “My Fair Lady”, and Vic Damone singing a song theme from a 1957 movie starring Cary Grant and Debra Kerr: “An Affair to Remember.”  Listen to Dean Martin with his 1956 hit single, “Memories are Made of This.”  Enjoy a great Hoagy Carmichael song as Kay Starr sings “Up a Lazy River” followed with Nat King Cole's “Rambling Rose”.  Our next set starts with Engelbert Humperdinck with his first charting hit song, “The Last Waltz” followed with a jazzy version of “Let There Be Love” by Sammy Davis Jr.  Get your big band fix with Benny Goodman doing “The King Porter Stomp” and Louis Prima with “Jump Jive and Wail”.  Catch the Ames Brothers with their 1955 hit song, “The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane”.  Then hear Johnny Mathis with “Small World” and actress Debbie Reynolds with a saucy version of the song “S'posin”.  More with the Mitch Miller Gang and Terry Gilkyson with his E.Z. Riders.  Enjoy today at:   

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The Neon Beat - March 5, 2022

 On the Neon Beat Show 76R6:  Peggy Lee gets this session going with a fun little diddy called, “A Doodlin' Song”.  Then Perry Como does a song with the Ray Charles Singers about a Latin dance craze that Papa loved followed up with some movie music from a 1950's Marilyn Monroe film, “Bus Stop”.  We conclude the first segment with a lovely instrumental by the Mantovani Orchestra: “A Swedish Rhapsody.”  Kick back and enjoy another instrumental offering by Jackie Gleason's Orchestra with their lush version of “Autumn Leaves”.  Crank up some more theatre and film selections sung by our fine women of song including Rosemary Clooney singing one from “Gypsy”, Sarah Vaughan from “Damn Yankees”, Connie Francis with the theme from “Where the Boys Are”, and Doris Day with a hit number from “Pal Joey”.  Robert Goulet will take the stage for the song “I've Got the World on a String”.  Listen to Tony Bennett's signature hit, “I Left My Heart in S.F.”  We'll play Frankie Valli's 1967 chart hit single, “Can't Take My Eyes off of You”, followed with Helen Reddy's signature hit song, “I Am Woman”.  Hear Ricky Nelson sing “Poor Little Fool” from 1958.  More with the Four Freshmen, Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong, and Burl Ives.  Laugh along with Phil Harris as he does “The Thing”. It's great music of the 1940's, 50's and 60's.  Listen at:   

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 2.26.22

On the Neon Beat Show 75R6:  Robert Goulet kicks off this hour with a charming song sung by Sid Caesar in the film “”Little Me”.  Then we turn up the thermostat for a steamy performance with a classic number sung by Eartha Kitt, “Cest' Si Bon”.  Crank up songs by our favorite Italian singers of the day including Bobby Darin with “Clementine”,  Philly's own Frankie Avalon with the song “Why”, Nancy Sinatra with “Boots”,  Dean Martin singing “In the Misty Moonlight” and Tony Bennett with a jazzy take on a Cole Porter standard.  Enjoy some classy Mel Torme as he sings “Get Outta Town”.  Enjoy Peggy Lee singin' “It's a Good Day” followed with Sammy Davis Jr with the “Shelter of Your Arms”, and the iconic “Girl From Impanema” with Astrud Gilberto backed by the sax of Stan Getz.  Hear Brook Benton's soulful treatment of “A Rainy Night in Georgia”, The McGuire Sisters with “Goodnight Sweetheart”, and a wonderful symphonic diddy composed by Leroy Anderson for the typewriter.  More with Johnny Mathis, Ella Fitzgerald, and Harry Belafonte singin' “The Jackass Song”.  

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 2.13.22

On The Neon Beat Show 74R6:  The McGuire Sisters launch this hour with a theme from the 1956 film, “Picnic”.  Hear more great film and theatre selections this hour including the Marvelous Marilyn Maye singing a Cy Coleman song from “Sweet Charity”, Barbra Streisand with a number from “Funny Girl”, Louis Armstrong with a tune from “Hello Dolly”, and Henry Mancini with his orchestra and chorus with the theme from “Darling Lili”.  Also, we team up Bob Hope and Bing Crosby from the 1952 film, “Road to Bali”.  Our singing pizano's this hour include songs by Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como.  Nat King Cole belts out a stunning version of the ol' Al Jolson standard, “Avalon”.  Crank up some great big band with Les Brown backing the Ames Brothers for “Sentimental Journey” and Benny Goodman with “Sometimes I'm Happy”.  Listen to Roger Williams with his beautiful version of “Autumn Leaves” followed up with “Kiddio” sung by Brook Benton.  More with Rosemary Clooney singing a fine Hoagy Carmichael standard and a little Brit invasion song by Chad and Jeremy singing, “Yesterday's Gone”.  

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 2.5.22

On the Neon Beat Show 73R6:  The Dean of Swank, Dean Martin, launches the show with a song he performed in the film, “The Caddy”.  A song Jerry Lewis had written just for Dean to sing in the film. “That's Amore”. Then we let Frank Sinatra take the stage with the tune “Makin' Whoopee”.  Catch some more movie music with Doris Day singing a song from her debut film, “Romance on the High Seas”, Jo Stafford will sing a fun number from “My Fair Lady” and hear Glen Yarbrough with a hit song from a 1965 Steve McQueen picture.  You'll hear other women of song such as Sarah Vaughan with “Make Yourself Comfortable” and Barbra Streisand with a song you hear in the Disney film Pinocchio.  Enjoy some fine Nat King Cole as he sings “That Sunday That Summer” with the Ralph Carmichael Chorus.  Our instrumental offerings this hour include songs by Bert Kaempfert, Herb Alpert and the TJB, and The Ventures.  Listen to hit singles by the great period groups such as The Association with “Windy”, The Four Preps with “Got a Girl”, The Mills Brothers, The Fontane Sisters, and we'll rev it up with Ronnie and the Daytonas.  We'll track a wartime favorite with Al Martino remembering the lady of the lamplight.  We'll spin Sam Cooke's “You Send Me” and Louis Armstrong with “I Get Ideas”.  

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.29.22

On the Neon Beat Show 72R6:  I'm sayin'...”That's Life!”  At least that's what all the people say.  As we open this hour with the “chairman of the board”.  One Mr. Frank Sinatra.  Andy Williams takes the microphone next as he sings a hit song certainly much better than the period cult film it came from.  Andy sings the song, “More”.  Then lets “Face the Music and Dance” as we jazz it up with Anita O'Day.  We'll team up Bing Crosby with Judy Garland for a fun little tate-a-tate tween' Judy and Bing called “Ya-Ta-Ta, Ya-Ta-Ta.”  Our instrumental faire includes some great big band with Les Brown and his Band of Renown doing “How Bout You?”  Hear trumpet player Al Hirt with “Fancy Pants”, the orchestra of David Rose with the “Swinging Shepherd Blues”, and Ray Anthony with the “Peter Gunn Theme”.  Enjoy a folksy MOR pop set beginning with Jimmie Rodgers singing “Kisses Sweeter than Wine”, then we'll get on “Top of the World” with the Carpenters followed up with “Dream Baby” sung by Glen Campbell.  Listen to Barbra Streisand's beautiful rendition of the song, “Evergreen” followed with a live recording of Barry Manilow singing “Daybreak” then hear a pop favorite by Bobby Vee.  More with The Four Lads, Kay Starr, Sam Cooke, and a steamy number by a steamy number herself.  Julie London.  It's the music we know and love.  

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.23.22

On the Neon Beat Show 71R6:  Quite a jar fulla ear candy for you this week as we open this hour with a old song rewritten by Milton Berle and sung here by Barbra Streisand: “Sam Ya Made the Pants Too Long”.  Mister Casual aka Perry Como takes the mic next as we remember a “Dreamer's Holiday”.  Then we start out the great show tunes this hour with Margaret Whiting with a playful take on a song from “South Pacific”.  Listen to the great Mario Lanza with a song heard in the film “The Toast of New Orleans”.  More great stage and film with Rosemary Clooney and Guy Mitchell with a number from “Pagan Love Songs”, some great Gershwin as Frank Sinatra sings “They Can't Take that Away From Me” and Sarah Vaughan with a lush version of another George and Ira song, “Someone to Watch Over Me.”  Hear Doris Day as she sings a hit song she sang in the 1953 film “Calamity Jane” and enjoy some Burt Bacharach/Hal David movie music sung by BJ Thomas.  And catch a little boob tube music with Henry Mancini's Orchestra with the “Charlie's Angels Theme.”  Tony Bennett will sing “Life is a Song” backed by Count Basie.  You'll hear the Lettermen with a fine version of “All I Have to Do is Dream”.  More with Andy Williams, Sammy Davis Jr, Petula Clark, and Engelbert Humperdinck.  

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.16.22

 On The Neon Beat Show 70R6:  Grab some real harmony as the McGuire Sisters start out the show this hour with a 1954 song written by Alan Freed and Harvey Fuqua for the Moonglows called “Sincerely”.  Will follow that up with a salsa treatment of a song called “Pretty World” by Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66.  Catch some more hit singles by the great period groups like the Everly Brothers, the Vogues, the Dixie Cups, and the Mitch Miller Gang.  We'll track a playful take on an amorous number as Engelbert Humperdinck takes on the question “When?” followed up with Perry Como singing his 1957 hit song, “Catch a Falling Star”.  Listen to Bobby Darin as he sings somewhere “Beyond the Sea”.  We'll spin some great Broadway and film songs with actor Walter Huston singing a song from “Knickerbocker Holiday”, Frank Sinatra with “It's Only a Paper Moon”, Vic Damone with a song from “Pal Joey”, and Ella Fitzgerald with a Cole Porter standard.  Turn up some great big band as we cut a rug doin' the “Two O' Clock Jump” with Harry James.  And enjoy a little attitude number as Peggy Lee sings the song, “Pass Me By”.  Enjoy a little country-esk set with guitarist Chet Atkins picking with the Boston Pops followed with a crossover hit song sung by Ray Price, “For the Good Times”.  

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The Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.9.22

On The Neon Beat Show 69R6:  Nat King Cole launches into another great set of music from the 40's, 50's and 60's with a snappy version of the song “Walking My Baby Back Home”.  Then listen to some fine film music by Oscar Hammerstein and Ben Oakland sung by the lovely Eydie Gorme, “I'll Take Romance”.  Listen to more great show music with Les Elgert doing a Barry Manilow song in tribute to Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Enjoy a big band version of a great Gershwin tune sung by Doris Day backed by Les Brown. Frank Sinatra remembers a great period Martin Scorsese movie singing “New York, New York”.  And hear actress Judy Garland with “Meet Me in Saint Louis”. Enjoy some fine New York jazz with a rendition of a Sinatra cover called “Can I Steal a Little Love” sung by good friend Jerry Costanzo and his great band.  Will spin more songs sung by some more fine period Italian paisonos like Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, and Perry Como.  Turn up some great big band and cut-a-rug with a hi-fi recording of that great Glenn Miller standard, “In the Mood”.  Listen to Robert Goulet with a lovely version of “Mamselle,” followed with The Four Preps singing “Down by the Station” and Connie Francis with “Together”.  More with Louis Armstrong, Ralph Flanagan, Steve Lawrence and a fun little novelty diddy called “Mairzy Doats” by the Merry Macs.

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The Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 12.27.21

 On the Neon Beat Show 68R6:  The great Tony Bennett opens up this hour with one of his fine standards, “If I Ruled the World”.  Next in the lineup is Dean Martin for a touch of “Mambo Italiano” followed by the song “Purple Shades” from the Max Floyd collection sung by a Chicago beauty named Joni James.  We'll team up two greats as we gather round and hear “The Preacher” with Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby.  Enjoy the Marvelous Marilyn Maye with her lively rendition of “Make Your Own Kind Of Music.”  Listen to a fine instrumental lineup this hour with Raymond Lefevre's Orchestra doing a song from “Godspell,” some great big band with Benny Goodman as we make that “Down South Camp Meetin'”, Capitol Record's own Al De Lory tinkles the ivories with his hit version of the theme from MASH and the Bob Crewe Generation with some “Music to Watch Girls By.”  We'll spin some Elvis with a hit song based on the old Italian melody of “O Sole mio.”  The Mills Brothers are next with the song “Cab Driver”, and then we remember the year 1959 culminating in a fun memory with Dodie Stevens singing “Pink Shoelaces”.  Hear Nat King Cole with his lush rendition of “Sweet Lorraine” and The Lettermen with “Going Out of my Head.”  More with Tom Jones and a soulful signature standard for Etta James.  Crank em' up.  Enjoy.  It's free!   

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