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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