Neon Beat on MixCloud - 4.28.24

On the Neon Beat Show 120R6: Join us this hour for some really neat offerings.  We'll open with the Four Lads with a rousing song from “Gypsy”- “Together Wherever We Go”.  Then its' all aboard for the “Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe” with actress Judy Garland from the film “The Harvey Girls”.  Next, listen to Johnny Mathis with “Gina” followed up with old hit instrumental by the “T-Bones” used in a TV ad for Alka Seltzer.  Hear more period instrumental offerings by Nashville pianist Bill Pursell with the lovely and haunting, “Our Winter Love” and some great big band with Harry James doing “Cherry”.  We'll track some great guitar with Les Paul and Glen Campell.  Then sit back as we remember the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh with Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina.  As usual, enjoy some of the great singers that we associate with the era including Brook Benton, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Kansas City's own, Marilyn Maye.  We'll spin records by Vikki Carr with “It Must Be Him”, Dinah Shore with “I'll Never Say Never Again Again” and Jerry Vale with “Have You Looked into Your Heart?”  Give a listen and enjoy.     

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 3.8.24

On the Neon Beat Show 18R4: On this hour of the radio show we open er' up with the theme from the Martin Scorsese film “New York, New York sung by Frank Sinatra.  Hear more stage and film songs with Lena Horne with “Stormy Weather”, and Matt Monro with the theme from “Laura”.  We'll also throw in a boob tube instrumental from the 1970's by Henry Mancini as we play “The Theme from the NBC Mystery Movie”.  Also hear some swing era music with Glen Gray and his Casa Loma Orchestra as we “Take the “A” Train.”  We'll do a little cosmic thing starting with Johnny Mathis singing “Venus” and Eydie Gorme doing “Fly Me to the Moon.”  Then: listen as we do a little tribute to the late Steve Lawrence as we track his 1962 hit song, “Go Away Little Girl”.  We'll “Hit the Road Jack” with Ray Charles and his Raylettes.  Enjoy a set with Tony Bennett singing the enchanting “Stranger in Paradise” and Peggy Lee with her award winning hit song, “Is That All There Is?” with the orchestra directed by Randy Newman.  Listen to Dean Martin with the song, “Sway!”  Listen to fine period groups like The Ames Brothers with a Tommy Dorsey standard, and The Kingston Trio with the sentimental favorite called “Turn Around.”  We'll team up Nat King Cole backed with the great piano of George Shearing for 'Let There Be Love.”  More with Perry Como, Patti Page and Dinah Shore.  Closing it out with the Rochester Pops doing some lively Leroy Anderson.  “The Blue Bells of Scotland.”  Listen today and enjoy.    

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 2.10.24

On the Neon Beat Show 119R6:  Pat Boone launches this hour with a theme from a film he starred in with actress Shirley Jones.  Listen to Pat sing “April Love”.  We'll track many more show tunes this hour including the keyboard team of Ferrante and Teicher playing the theme from “Antony and Cleopatra”, Vic Damone with a lovely song from “South Pacific,” Louis Armstrong with “Mame”, Glen Campbell with the theme from “True Grit” and the Lettermen with a tender song introduced by Fred Astaire in the film, “Swingtime”.  We'll drop a needle on Frank Sinatra's smooth renditon of a fine Rod McKuen song called, “Love's Been Good to Me”.  We'll spin hit songs of the 1960's like the Vogues with “Turn Around Look at Me” and Petula Clark with the charming “A Cat in the Window”,  We'll even touch the early 1970's with what was Anne Murray's first big charting hit song, “Snowbird”.  Catch Peggy Lee singing one of her many songs:  “Alright, Ok, You Win”.  Then, we'll bring back Peg with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby for “Merry Go Run Around” from the film “Road to Bali”.  Listen to a song that, at the time, went down as the fastest selling record for Capitol records.  Tennessee Ernie Ford with “16 Tons”.  More “down home” type songs with Jimmie Dean and we'll light a shuck with Roy and Dale singing “Happy Trails”.  More with Billie Holiday, and some great swing with Woody Herman and the Herd.  Listen and enjoy.  

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 2.2.24

On the Neon Beat Show 118R6:  Its a “New World in the Morning” as we open this hour of fine memories with that song by Roger Whittaker.  We follow Roger with “Happy Heart” by Petula Clark.  Our screen and stage selections include hit songs by Ella Fitzgerald with a hot number from “Kiss Me Kate”, Vic Damone with a song from “West Side Story”, Jo Stafford with a standard from “South Pacific” and a boob tube song heard in the TV series “Here Come the Brides” sung by Perry Como.  Dig on a little Frank Sinatra with “You Do Something to Me”.  We'll spin a song sung by a man that Sinatra said had the sexiest chops in the business.  Lou Rawls sings “Lady Love”.  Hear a song based in some American folklore called “John Henry” performed by Harry Belafonte.  Well team up Bette Midler and Barry Manilow for a great Peggy Lee song, and Buddy Clark with Doris Day for a little musical tease called “Love Somebody”.  You'll hear hit records by the fine period groups like the Ames Brothers, and the Four Freshmen.  And listen to a fun 1962 memory by Joanie Sommers with “Johnny Get Angry”.  We;ll track the tender “Once Upon a Time” by Tony Bennett.  Instrumentals by Leroy Anderson, and Perez Prado. Crank er up.  See if you can hear the scratches.   

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.21.24

On The Neon Beat Show 117R6:  Walk right in, set right down.  Baby let your hair hang down as we open this hour with some rousing folk by The Rooftop Singers.  Next listen to a charming show town from the play “Little Me” sung by Robert Goulet, followed up with the Polish Prince singing “Please Love Me Forever” Then we'll track Steve and Eydie singing “Green Eyes”.  We'll bring in Bing Crosby backed by the Jesters for the song, “Sioux City Sue.”  Our big band selections include Benny Goodman with Helen Ward performing a good ol' Johnny Mercer standard, Harry James with the song “A Sleepy Lagoon” and Les Brown with his band of renown with Doris Day singing “S”Wonderful”.  Enjoy a segment rich with the songs sung by loved artists we associate with the era, Engelbert Humperdinck, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, Perry Como and Tony Bennett.  Pat Boone wields the gospel gun for the song, “A Wonderful Time Up There”.  Listen to the Lettermen with “Come Back Silly Girl”, Bruce Channel with his 1959 hit song, “Hey Baby”, and a closing instrumental from The Chantays.  Give a listen and enjoy!   

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.7.24

On the Neon Beat Show 116R6:  Frank Sinatra pairs up with Keely Smith for a sprite rendition of a song asking the question “How Ya Fixed For Love?”  Next we throw the mic toward the Marvelous Marylin Maye as she takes the stage for “Step to the Rear!”  Then we enjoy some great swing era music with Benny Goodman doing, “The Jersey Bounce.”  The hour abounds with show tunes beginning with Vic Damone singing a song from “Pal Joey.”  Hear Doris Day singing “Secret Love” from Calamity Jane.  Listen to a haunting number from The Flower Drum Song sung by Tony Bennett.  We'll remember the film “Where the Boys Are”, the theme sung by Connie Francis.  And we'll get light on our feet with Fred Astaire with a song and dance from “Top Hat”.  Catch a little Dean Martin for “Mambo Italiano.” Brook Benton sings a sensual number called “A Rainy Night in Georgia.”  Then we go back home again to “Indiana” with Kay Starr.  We'll spin Rick Nelson's “Traveling Man,”  The Ink Spots with “Don't Get Around Much Anymore,” Nancy Wilson's 1964 Grammy Award winning song, “How Glad I Am,” and England's own Matt Monro performing a jazz standard called “When Sunny Gets Blue”.  More from the Ames Brothers, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen and a movie song from “Good Night and Good Luck” by Dianne Reeves.     

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 1.1.24

On the Neon Beat Show 115R6:  The English gentleman, Matt Monro opens this hour with his 1961 international hit single, “My Kind of Girl.”  Then listen to a fun “B” take of The Carpenters as they sing “Let Me Be the One” followed with another contemporary artist, namely, Glen Campbell doing “Dreams of the Everyday Housewife.”  Enjoy some more hit songs by period groups such as The Mills Brothers and The Skyliners.  Our Rat Pack selections include “The Coffee Song” by Frank Sinatra, a signature hit for Dean Martin called “That's Amore” and one by Sammy Davis Jr called “Let There Be Love.”  Listen to Tom Jones with “Help Yourself”, aafter which we'll get on a “Slow Boat to China” with Kay Starr.  We'll track Della Reese with her impassioned hit song from 1959 called “Dont You Know.”  Our great instrumental tracks include Glen Gray with a fine version of “In the Mood”, and Nelson Riddle's Orchestra with the “Theme from Route 66”.  We'll team up Ray Charles with Norah Jones for the song “Here We Go Again.”  More with Rick Nelson, Louis Armstrong and Etta James.  Good stuff!  Happy New Year!!

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 11.26.23

On the Neon Beat Show 114R6:  Dionne Warwick opens our hour of great standards with the song “Promises Promises”.  Ray Charles takes the stage next with a 1960 gospel-esk song that some church goers of the day found a little irreverent when played at some of Ray's live performances.  “Hallelujah I Just Love Her So.”  Listen to a beautiful rendition of the song “Eternally” by Sarah Vaughan.  Enjoy more fine performances from our period ladies as we spin records with Patti Page, Peggy Lee, and Dinah Washington.  Our instrumentals include Kai Winding's 1963 hit song, “More”, the theme from “Born Free” played by the orchestra of John Barry and the London Promenade Orch with a standard from “Oklahoma”.  Frank Sinatra sings “I'll Be Seeing You”.  Hear Perry Como with a perky rendition of “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby”.  Also hear the late Roger Whittaker's stunning song that topped the record charts in the middle of the 1970's during a time when rock n' roll “hair bands” were dominating the airwaves.  Listen to “The Last Farewell”.  We'll drop a needle on songs by the great period groups like The Everly Brothers, The Platters, The Brothers Four, and The Cascades. (Bring your umbrella!)   Enjoy kids!   

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 10.29.23

On the Neon Beat Show 113R6:  Sinatra opens our show this hour with one of his highest charting hit songs, “Strangers in the Night”.  Rosemary Clooney then takes the stage for a rousing version of “April in Paris”.  You'll enjoy more theatre and film themes including Dean Martin and Rick Nelson from “Rio Bravo”, The theme from Midnight Cowboy with John Barry's Orchestra backing the harmonica of Toots Thielmans, and Henry Mancini with the theme from “Darling Lili”.   Also we team up Bing Crosby with Bob Hope for a hilarious song from one of their “road” movies: “Put er' There Pal”.  (Bob to Bing: “Confidentially, do you like this as much as singing?”)    We'll also pair up Andy Williams with Petula Clark for a song as it aired on Andy's TV show.  Listen to Nat King Cole with “Walking My Baby Back Home”and Vic Damone with a smooth rendition of an ol' Ray Noble hit.  Hear some great period groups like Chad and Jeremy with the lovely and reticent “Summer Song” and The Lettermen with their vocal version of “Our Winter Love”.  Hear Lorne Green with a song from the Ponderosa telling the story of “Ringo”.  Instrumentals with Morris Stoloff, Harry James, Bert Kaempfert and the fabulous Spitfire Band of Canada.  And hear Patti Page as she sings of “The Green Green Grass of Home”.  Listen and enjoy kids!  

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 10.7.23

On the Neon Beat Show 112R6:  We open this hour with a huge hit song originally intended for 1950's singer Kay Starr, who turned it down.  Instead it was offered to and recorded by country singer Patsy Cline. Let's do the Stroll to the song, “Walking After Midnight”.  Next Perry Como sings what would be one of the first hit songs written by Burt Bacharach.  Perry Sings, “Magic Moments”.  Hang on for more great  songs sung by more singin' pizanos like Al Martino, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, and Vic Damone.  Snap your fingers to a Broadway song performed by the marvelous Marilyn Maye, “Sherry”.  Get your instrumental fix with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra doin' a great Leroy Anderson piece, Ferrante and Teicher playing a great film song from “Exodus”, and Eric Kunzel conducts the Rochester Pops for a song from 42nd Street.  Barbra Streisand performs “A Kid Again” from her first 1964 album.  Hear Johnny Mathis with “Im Coming Home and Patti Page with her sweet rendition of “I'll Remember Today”.  Catch some fine songs by period groups like The Duprees, The Four Aces, and The McGuire Sisters. More with Vic Dana and we'll throw in one by Carly Simon.  “Haven't Got Time for the Pain”.  Give a listen and enjoy.     

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 9.4.23

On the Neon Beat Show 111R6:  “Hand me down my soup and fish!”  We open this hour with a rousing polka with Perry Como backed by the Fontane Sisters singing “Hoop De Doo!”  Hang out for another great polka rendition as we fill the dance floor for one by Lawrence Welk later in the hour.   We'll also do some slow dancin' to a Glenn Miller standard with the Ames Brothers singing “Moonlight Serenade.”  Dig on some more great big band with Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra with their sprite version of “Topsy.”  Tune in for a fine set including Rosemary Clooney with “Just Because”, Eddie Fisher with his signature hit song, “Anytime”, and Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters with a great Johnny Mercer tune.  Listen to Matt Monro with a breathtaking version of “Ebb Tide” followed up with a standard by Little Anthony and the Imperials.  Hear Henry Mancini inject a little “sax” in your day with “The Pink Panther Theme.”  Gale Garnett is next with her 1964 Grammy award winning song, “We'll Sing in the Sunshine” followed by “the” hit single that defined an era:  Nat King Cole's “Unforgettable”.We'll spin records by Petula Clark, Patti Page, Vic Damone, Anita Bryant and Canadian crooner Michael Buble.  Ear candy.  Enjoy!    

Neon Beat on MixCloud - 8.27.23

On the Neon Beat Show 110R6:  Louis Armstrong kicks off the hour with the song, “Gotta Lotta Of Living to Do”.  Then will kick it up a notch or two as we listen to  KC's Marilyn Maye with a song from Kismet.  In this hour we track a lot of stage and theatre with Barbra Streisand singing “Putting it Together” from her Broadway album, Frank Sinatra with the theme from “The Tender Trap”, The Four Lads with the theme from “Bus Stop” and the Harry James Orchestra with “Carnival”.  We'll spin a hit for Al Martino called “Mary in the Morning”.  Listen to great period groups like The Mills Brothers and The McGuire Sisters”.  Enjoy two sizzlin' offerings by Jo Stafford and Julie London.  “Sunday Kind of Love” and “Cry Me a River”.  Grab ya a touch o' the Irish as Bing Crosby sings “Galway Bay”.  We”ll throw in some Neil Diamond with his touching early 1970's hit song, “Play Me”.  Hear the late Tony Bennett with his sprite renditon of the song, “Firefly”.  More with Canadian Diana Krall and Gene Pitney's single “Only Love Can Break a Heart”.  Ahh memories. Crank it.  Enjoy!  

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Neon Beat on MixCloud - 8.20.23

On the Neon Beat Show 109R6  Buckle up kids for some solid entertainment with our good music.  We'll start things up with Trini Lopez and his salsa version of “If I Had a Hammer”.  Doris Day is next with a fun little 1950's diddy called ""Why Did I Tell You I was Going to Shanghai”.  Wayne Newton performs the song “Red Roses for a Blue Lady.  Our instrumental selections include a 1956 number by Mitch Miller called, “A Song for a Summer's Night”.  Hear Al Delory strokin' the keyboard for “The Theme from MASH."  And enjoy another TV favorite with Ray Anthony's “Theme from Dragnet”.  Then, Ray sets up our next fun selection nicely as we turn it over to Stan Freburg's 'Original Cast for the iconic schtick, “Saint George and the Dragonet”.  Turn up some great jazz with Louis Prima and Keely followed with Louis Armstrong.  Listen to actress Marilyn Monroe for an amorous Irving Berlin number called “You'd Be Surprised”.  Hear Perry Como with “Fly Me to the Moon”, Michael Buble with his take on a Peggy Lee standard followed by Peggy singing 'It's All Over Now”.  We'll track Sarah Vaughan's 1959 hit song, “Broken  Hearted Melody”.  Later in the hour we'll pair up Sarah with old friend Billy Eckstein for “You're Just in Love”.  More with Fats Domino, Tom Jones and Andy Williams.  We'll wrap er' up with a little jazz from the Ramsey Lewis Trio.  Enjoy!   

 

Neon Beat on MixCloud - 8.13.23

On the Neon Beat Show 108R6:  Nat King Cole filled the airwaves in 1962 with this country song with which we open the hour. Listen to Nat's version of the song, “Ramblin' Rose”.  Next we track a little attitude with Peggy Lee as she sings, “Pass Me By” followed by a little “Mambo No. 5” by Les Brown and his Band of Renown”.  (A name Bob Hope gave the band)  Dig on some of our great women of songs as we play some Cole Porter sung by Ella Fitzgerald.  We'll play “Little Things Mean a Lot” by Kitty Kallen, Sarah Vaughan sings “A Tree in the Park”, Judy Collins with “Both Sides Now,” and a hit song by Dusty Springfield.  Get your Dean Martin as we spin “In the Misty Moonlight” and Frank Sinatra with his rendition of “They Can't Take That Away from Me”.  Enjoy a sentimental show tune sung by the late Tony Bennett “Once Upon a Time”.  Hear more songs from some of the great period groups like the Association, the Four Aces, and the Four Freshmen.  More with O.C. Smith, Jimmie Rodgers and a 1960's hit instrumental by Raymond Lefevre, “Soul Coaxing”.  Enjoy kids! 

Neon Beat on MixCloud - 7.4.23

On the Neon Beat Show 107R6:  Her Nibs, Miss Gibbs opens the hour with her sprite rendition of an old R&B tune. Georgia Gibbs sings “Tweedle Dee”.  (“Her Nibs”  A Jimmy Durante endearment)  Then Frank Sinatra will help you take a fews years off with the song, “You Make Me Feel So Young”.  Johnny Mathis grabs the mic next for the song“Small World”.  Hear more period hit makers like Sammy Davis Jr with “I've Gotta Be Me”, Perry Como with his lively version of “South of the Border”, Nat King Cole with a Fats Waller standard, Jo Stafford with a Broadway song called “The Gentleman is a Dope,” and Bing Crosby performs a standard with The Williams Brothers (featuring a young Andy) singing “Swinging on a Star”.  Grab a tune or two with some of the fine period groups including The McGuire Sisters, The Chordettes and The Fleetwoods.  Get some great trumpet with Al Hirt putting some honey in the horn with “Cotton Candy”.  And we'll go “Jumpin' at the Woodside” with Benny Goodman's Orchestra.  Watch your back kiddo as we remember “The Night has a Thousand Eyes” with Bobby Vee.  Listen to some great guitar with Mister Guitar:  Les Paul does “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise”.  Listen to more fine offerings  from Tony Martin, Helen O'Connell, and Sarah Vaughan.  Right off the vinyl baby.   Crank it! 

  

Neon Beat on MixCloud - 6.10.23

On the Neon Beat Show106R6-  Gary Puckett and a band that took their name from a town near Yakima, Washington opens this hour with one of their latter 1960's hit songs, “Over You”.  We follow up, brushing up on our Italian as Connie Francis sings, “Quando Quando Quando”.  Steve Lawrence goes Bob Ross with “A Portrait of My Love” followed with Steve's better half, Eydie Gorme, singing her 1963 hit song, “Blame it on the Bossa Nova” backed by a period group called the Cookies. This hour we'll track a couple of songs remembering Astrud Gilberto.  Hear her signature, “ Girl from Impanema” with Stan Getz, “A Summer Samba” and “Bim Bom”. Listen to more great pop songs on this extended version of the Neon Beat.  Nat King Cole with “Pretend”, Doris Day with “Que Sera Sera”, Tony Bennett sings “If I Ruled the World” and Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby sing one from the film “High Society”. We'll “sauce and pickle” our show with some great instrumentals including Vince Guaraldi doing the lovely, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” and Andre Previn with “Like Young”.  Our period groups include songs by The Four Lads and one by The Young Rascals.  More hit singles by Glen Campbell, Patsy Cline, Dionne Warwick, and a back-o-the-rack memory from songwriter Mac Davis.  Good listening!   

Neon Beat on MixCloud - 5.14.23

On the Neon Beat Show 105R6:  The Fontane Sisters begin this hour's offerings with one of their 1950's hit singles, “Hearts of Stone”.  Next we enjoy an old goodie with Frank Sinatra singing with the kids with the Oscar winning song “High Hopes” heard in the 1959 film, “A Hole in the Head”. Then enjoy another movie favorite from “South Pacific” sung by Jo Stafford.  Hear more film and stage music with Fred Astaire from “Top Hat”, Barbra Streisand with a song from “House of Flowers” composed by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote.  And Ella Fitzgerald sings a lively Cole Porter number from “Kiss Me Kate”.  We'll spin some great big band with Harry James doing “The Mole” and Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra playing another Cole Porter standard.  Nat King Cole performs a fine Duke Ellington favorite, “Don't Get Around Much Anymore”.  We'll team up Bing Crosby with good friend Louis Armstrong as we find they've “Gone Fishing”.  Then listen to Dean Martin with “Somewhere There's A Someone.”  Turn up Doris Day as she sings the song, “Again”, Roger Whittaker with “All of My Life”, and The Lettermen with “Shangri La”.  Catch a great early television theme with Valjean doing “The Theme from Ben Casey”.  More with Elvis and the Ames Brothers with the Les Brown Orchestra

Neon Beat on MixCloud - 4.29.23

On the Neon Beat Show 104R6:  AS we open this hour of the show we go “straight to the moon” with Sarah Vaughan.  Then we'll track a song with Tony Bennett and Count Basie singing about that “Toddlin' Town”.  Next, we'll play another old song that Connie Francis was able to revive into another hit record for herself: “My Happiness”.  Then listen to Lawrence Welk's theme song, “Bubbles in the Wine”. Hear two great period groups back to back by The Vogues and The Seekers then listen to a song by Glen Campbell listed as one of the top 500 hit songs of all time.  Get your “Jump Jive and Wailin'” on with Louis Prima followed with a Doodling Song by Peggy Lee, and a lovely movie song “Laura” sung by Vic Damone.  We'll team up Frank Sinatra with daughter Nancy for their 1967 surprise hit song, “Something Stupid”. We'll head out on the mother road with Nat King Cole as we get our kicks on “Route 66” followed up with some Big Band swing with Benny Goodman.  More great memories on the turntable with songs by Andy Williams, Joni James, Al Martino and Rosemary Clooney.  And we'll wrap it up with a fun little instrumental diddy called simply, “I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman”.  It turned up in a lot of TV schtick.  You'll remember it when you hear it. Oy! 

Neon Beat on MixCloud - 4.25.23

On the Neon Beat Show 103R6:  The Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, leads off this hour as he brews up a bit of “Witchcraft” backed by Nelson Riddle's Orchestra.  As we introduce the show we'll pay a little tribute to Johnny Carson and the Tonight Show with a Henry Mancini rendition of the show's theme.  Then, “Just in Time' we listen to one by Dean Martin. Our Big Band selections include a song called “Cherry” by Harry James and we'll cut-a-rug with Glen Gray doing “Opus One”.  Listen to an enchanting version of the song “Mamselle” sung by Robert Goulet, then Dinah Washington blasts off the stage for “Destination Moon.”  Hear a great Dave Brubeck standard sung by the Marvelous Marilyn Maye.  Peter Asher and Gordon Waller bare all for their rendition of “Lady Godiva” followed up with a salsa version of “Fool on the Hill” by Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66.  Do a little dreaming with Jo Stafford and the Pied Pipers.  And get set for a laugh riot with Bob and Ray as they enact one of their iconic interviews, “The Slow Talker”.  More songs with Bobby Vinton singing “Blue Velvet,” Bobby Darin with “Dream Lover” and another dreamin' song by Perry Como.   Also we'll track a film theme sung by Nat King Cole and comedian, Stubby Kaye as we hear them sing “The Ballad of Cat Ballou.”