Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 1.1.25

On the Neon Beat Show 05r6rq:  The Crew Cuts launch this hour of TNB with their 1954 hit song, “Life Could Be a Dream”.  More popularly known as “ShBoom.”  Next, you'll hear three great names in pop music standards beginning with Frank Sinatra doing “Strangers in the Night” followed by a lovely duet with Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.  Enjoy singles by the great period groups like the Four Preps, The Kingston Trio, and a fun revisit of a novelty hit by The Hollywood Argyles:  “Alley Oop”.  (It's all in how you say “Dinosaur”)  Hear some of the fine period singers like Bobby Vinton with “Everyday of my Life”, Peggy Lee with “A Doodling Song”, Nat King Cole with a rousing rendition of a great Johnny Mercer song, and Perry Como with a lovely song written by Don McLean.  Hear Judy Collins with her beautiful version of “Turn, Turn, Turn”, and a fun diddy sung by Barbra Streisand heard in the Disney film, Pinocchio.  We'll feature a request by a Neon Beat fan listening on KSGL in Wichita who passed along a great memory from the Three Suns.  A song that became the theme song for Harold Ensley's show, “The Sportsman Friend”.  More from Eydie Gorme, and Horst Jankowski.  Enjoy the listen and Happy New Year tae ya!!    

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 12.14.24

On this years edition of Neon Christmas 2024:  Listen in on a full hour of Christmas standards featuring songs sung by the artists we know and love.  We open with a glorious version of “Ding Dong Merrily on High” with Julie Andrews backed by the orchestra of Andre Previn. Then listen to the Ray Conniff singers with “Santa Clause in Coming to Town”.  We'll spin seasonble favorites by The Ronettes, Mitch Miller, Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Glen Campbell and Amy Grant.  Great instrumentals with The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Christmas Aire, David Rose, and the Hallmark Orchestra.  Listen to Tom Paxton with “The Marvelous Toy” and a back of the rack request for Kenny Bowers, “An Ax an Apple and a Buckskin Jacket”.  More with Dan Fogelberg, Harry Belafonte, Sandi Patti, Art Garfunkel, and Diane Schuur.  Merry Christmas Kids! 

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 12.1.24

On the Neon Beat Show NBx02:  Perry Como launches this hour as we take a “Dreamers Holiday” kicking off not only some great songs of the 1940's, 50's and 60's but also some great Holiday music selections blended in.  These including songs by Johnny Mathis, Louis Armstrong, The Boston Pops, The London Philharmonic and a back of the rack request for a 1958 memory by Kenny Bowers,  “An Ax an Apple and a Buckskin Jacket”.  We'll board “The Night Train” with Kay Starr followed with one by Ray Charles called “You Don't Know Me”.  We'll track a hit fav by the English Gentleman singing “My Kind Of Girl” followed up with a 1960 memory by Connie Stevens, “16 Reasons”.  Engelbert Humperdinck sings a film piece called “Le Bicyclette De Belsize” and Anita Bryant with another 1960 hit song called, “Til There Was You” followed with a hit record by Ben E. King and the Drifters.  Enjoy some instrumental favorites with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra and a sentimental favorite by Hagood Hardy called “The Homecoming”.  Grab some Big Band with the Orchestra of Benny Goodman doing an old Johnny Mercer song.  More with Steve Lawrence and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 10.21.24

On the Neon Beat Show 06R5:  We launch this hour with the Divine Miss “M” as Bette Midler performs a smashing version of an ol' Peggy Lee song, “Alright, Ok, You Win.”  Then listen to Nat King Cole and the Ralph Carmichael Chorus with “All Over the World”.  Enjoy a lush 1952 “B”side hit for Joni James as she sings “Purple Shades”. Our male Italian offerings include songs by Dean Martin teamed up with the Four Lads, Tony Bennett with Count Basie, and Frank Sinatra.  Instrumental offerings include songs with Henry Mancini, Leroy Anderson, and we'll light-a-shuck and ride the range with the Cincinnati Pops doing the theme from “The Magnificent Seven.”  Hear Guy Mitchell and the Mitch Miller Gang do “The Roving Kind”, Marty Robbins with “Story of My Life” (by request). A “Message to Michael” with Dionne Warwick and Lenny Welch's “Since I Fell For You”.  Our fine period groups include songs by The McGuire Sisters, the Lettermen, and the Platters.  Listen to a James Bond film theme as Shirley Bassey sings the theme from “Diamonds are Forever”.  More with Canadian Jazz diva, Diana Krall from her “Live in Paris” album and a Grammy Award winning song by Nancy Wilson. 

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 9.15.24

On the Neon Beat Show 05R5:  We'll let the Chairman of the Board lead off this hour with Halloween approaching playing the song, “Witchcraft”.  Then we turn it over to the horn and orchestra of Harry James with Helen Forest singing, “It's Been a Long Long Time”.  Among the great period groups you'll hear include the Lettermen, the New Christy Minstrels and Harper's Bizarre.  Listen to the great Ella Fitzgerald with a jazzy upbeat version of a fine Cole Porter song.  Crank up some great film selections with the orchestra of Felix Slatkin with the theme from “The Sundowners”, Johnny Mathis sings the theme from the 1957 movie, “Wild is the Wind”, Vic Damone with a song heard in “The Music Man”, and Matt Monro with the theme song from “I'll Take Romance”.   We'll team up Sarah Vaughan with her ol' friend Billy Eckstine for the song “You're Just in Love”.  Listen to Bobby Darin with “Dream Lover” followed up with some great big band with Benny Goodman.  Listen to Judy Collins with her lovely rendition of the song “Turn, Turn, Turn”.  More from Louis Armstrong, Brenda Lee, and Pat Boone.  

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 8.18.24

On the Neon Beat Show 05R5:  This hour we open with a light hearted song of redemption sung by Patti Page called “Cross Over the Bridge”.  Then we launch into it with two great Italian pop singers as  Tony Bennett sings “If I Ruled the World” followed up with Bobby Darin's 1959 hit version of “Mack the Knife”.  We'll spin some great big band playing a  Harry James version of “Willow Weep for Me”, Glen Gray's fine take on the Cole Porter hit song, “Begin the Beguine”, and Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby doin' an old Kid Ory standard,“Muskrat Ramble”.  (A song to be Louis's most recorded piece.)  Listen to Tom Jones sing out, “Without Love” followed up with Nancy Wilson singing “Call Me”.  Listen to some of the great period groups like The Lettermen, the Four Aces, and the Everly Brothers.  Turn up the speaker for songs by Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Dinah Shore, and Perry Como.  Enjoy the dual keyboards of Ferrante and Teicher doing the song “Lisa”.  More from Don Cherry singing “Band of Gold”, pianist Horst Jankowski with “Happy Frankfurt” and Rosemary Clooney with Perez Prado's Orchestra doing a salsa version of the song “Sway”.  Great memories.  

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 7.20.24

On the Neon Beat Show 03R5:  A jampacked show for you this hour as we remember the Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart.  Laugh along for one of his iconic standups “Sir Walter Raleigh/When Tobacco was Introduced to Civilization.”  This hour opens with Nat King Cole's “Send for Me.”  Hear a great Cole Porter film piece from High Society with Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong.  Vikki Carr with a sassy version of a song from “Oklahoma”.  We'll track fine period instrumentals with Les Brown and his Band of Reknown, Al Hirt, Marvin Hamlisch, and Leroy Anderson.  Dig some Frank Sinatra as he sings “Hidden Persuation.”  We'll spin records by the great period groups The Four Aces, Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66, and the New Colony Six.  Bring your umbrella as we go “Walking in the Rain” with Johnny Ray backed by the Four Lads.  We remember the year 1957 listening to Patti Page's “Old Cape Cod”.   More with Guy Mitchell, Julie London, and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde” by Georgie Fame.  Listen to a heart rending version of “Love is Blue” by Al Martino and another jazzy number by Nat King Cole backed by The Four Knights.  It's a full hour of an extended version of TNB. 

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 6.23.24

On the Neon Beat Show 02R5-  Ella Fitzgerald launches this hour with a lovely rendition of a 1956 song called “A Beautiful Friendship”.  We follow Ella with a 1959 hit for singer Steve Lawrence doing “Pretty Blue Eyes”.  Conne Francis takes it next with “16 Reasons” followed with The Crew Cuts with “Earth Angel”.  We'll spin another great group with a hit song that was on MOR station playlists for years after it topped the charts:  “Windy” by the Association.  Get your Frank and Dean as Sinatra does a round of “Learnin' the Blues” and Dean Martin follows playin' the coke bottle with the song “Houston”.  Listen to some fine period instrumentals with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra, the robust piano of Berliner, Horst Jankowski, Ray Anthony with the “Peter Gunn Theme”, Les Baxter with the “Poor People of Paris” and a lush offering by an orchestra led by “the great one:' Jackie Gleason.  Rosemary Clooney sings some fine Hoagy Carmichael backed by the orchestra of Harry James. Jack Jones sings his 1963 hit song written by Burt Bacharach “Wives and Lovers” and Barbra Streisand sings a fun song heard in the Disney film “Pinnochio”.  Much more with Peggy Lee, Ivory Joe Hunter, Michael Buble, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.  

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Neon Beat on Mixcloud - 5.26.24

On the Neon Beat Show 01R5:  We open this hour with Ray Charles as he sings a little song that was to net him a little grief with a few religious fundemental audiences at the time.  A joyous declaration called “Halleluja I Just Love Her So”.  Perry Como takes the stage next with “The Girl with the Golden Braids” followed up by Petula Clark singing “Happy Heart” and the Lettermen with the beautiful vocal version of “Our Winter Love”. We'll track some more songs with great period groups like The Andrews Sisters singing with Bing Crosby doing a great Johnny Mercer song, The Brothers Four with “The Green Leaves of Summer”, The Association with “Never My Love”, The Beatles with “When I'm 64” and a popular period track by the Sunnysiders.  Listen to Louis Armstrong with “Mame.” followed with a west coast jazz version of “Let's Face the Music and Dance” by Anita O'Day.  Then Frank Sinatra performs his exit number, “I'll Be Seeing You”.  We'll spin hit tunes by Johnny Mathis, Kay Starr, and Gale Garnett.  Listen to Glen Campbell singing the hit John Hartford song, “Gentle On My Mind”.  Instrumentals by Walter Wanderley, Michel Legrand, and a jazzy piano piece by Nat King Cole called “Whatcha Gonna Do?” 

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