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