Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.23.14

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Judy Garland starts things this week with "I Got Rhythm." Nat King Cole is next with a single that marks his stab at a rock n' roll record called "Send For Me." Enjoy a little west coast jazz with Anita O'Day singing, "Taking A Chance On Love." Laugh a little with a 1963 funny with Allen Sherman" Ella Fitzgerald performs a great Cole Porter song. Listen to instrumentals by Bert Kaempfert, Glenn Miller, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, and Henry Mancini. Hear Dusty Springfield, Steve and Eydie, The Mills Brothers and more. Go to: http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Enjoy!

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Frank Sinatra kicks off the hour as we go "South Of The Border" for this set. Followed by "the Lonely Bull" by Herb Alpert, Patti Page and the Kingston Trio's "El Matador." Barbra Streisand sings a lovely song she first sang on the Tonight Show. Nat King Cole croons a smooth interpretation of a George & Ira Gershwin song. Enjoy some great Big Band with Glenn Miller's Orchestra playing, "Tuxedo Junction." We team up Tony Bennett with Diana Krall for "The Best Is Yet To Come." Hear Michael Buble, Petula Clark, "the Boll Weevil Song" by Brook Benton and "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" by Rolf Harris. See the playlists, leave comments at: http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/

On the Neon Beat this week Jukebox 3: Ella Fitzgerald launches this hour with a song taken from the "Pan Am" TV series soundtrack, "Blue Skies." Henry Mancini is next with "Mr. Lucky." Perry Como sings a great song from "South Pacific." Hear Mel Carter's chart hit, "Hold Me, Thrill Me." Doris Day sings one of her latter hit songs from 1958, "Everybody Loves A Lover." Hear a latter 1950's single hit from a man from the KC area, Mr. Jerry Wallace. Also from KC, listen to Rob McHenry with his lovely take on a JD Souther cover. Hear Patti Page, Mills Brothers, The Everly Brothers and much more. All on.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a good week!

Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.16.14

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Perry Como gets this segment going with a group called the Ramblers, "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes." Then we'll do a little dancin' "Cheek To Cheek" with Steve and Eydie. Listen to Andy Williams with "April In Paris." Diana Ross performs her film hit from "Mahogany." Hear Sammy Davis Jr with a Broadway hit from "Stop The World I Wanna Get Off." Frank Sinatra performs "It Happened In Monterrey" with Nelson Riddle. Lalo Schifrin directs his orchestra for "The Mission Impossible Theme." Hear Nat King Cole, Bobby Vinton, Dianne Reeves (from "Good Night & Good Luck.) Much more..at ..http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a great week kids!

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: The Mills Brothers launch juke 2 with their 1968 hit, "The Glow Worm." Tony Bennett is next singing of "The Good Life." Frank Sinatra sings a Les Brown hit, "How Bout You?" Listen to the incomparable Louis Prima with Keely Smith, "That Ol' Black Magic." Nat King Cole croons a little French with "Darling Je Vous Aime Beacoup." Hear Barbra Streisand's "Second Hand Rose." Listen to some great Big Band with Benny Goodman doin' an old Johnny Mercer fav. Great Instrumentals with Lawrence Welk, and Nelson Riddle. See the lists leave comments at ... http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Vic Damone kicks off this hour with a lovely ballad, "You're Breaking My Heart." Eddie Fisher picks up the tempo with an old Jerry Lee Lewis hit, "Dungaree Doll." Jo Stafford sings with The :Pied Pipers for "Candy." Tony Bennett sings a hit song from "Bye Bye Birdie" We'll enjoy an evening in Rome with Dean Martin. Hear Horst Jankowski's great 1965 hit, "A Walk In the Black Forest." Marilyn Maye sings, "Make Your Own Kind Of Music" Listen to Ruby & The Romantics, Patti Page, Richard Chamberlain, Doris Day and mo'. Go to.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.9.14

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Bobby Goldsboro jump starts juke 1 with a Mac Davis song that wound up as one of Bobby's biggest hit singles. Dinah Washington follows with a 1959 song that was her highest charting single. Hear the Chordettes as they sing one of their great harmony favorites, "Mr. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/
Sandman." Perry Como does a fun sock hop hit called "Tina Marie." Listen to Nat King Cole croon a smooth song called "Tenderly." Dennis Day performs a wee bit o' an Irish romp called, "Clancy Lowered The Boom" Take a ride in a "beautiful balloon" with the Fifth Dimension. Al HIrt, The Crew Cuts, Lucille Ball, Roy Rogers and more at...

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Tony Bennett opens the set with a beautiful song called "Stranger In Paradise." Then we'll "Keep Our Sunnyside Up" with a group that opened for Judy Garland, "The Hi Lo's" Tom Jones sings a country hit called "The Green Green Grass of Home." Marilyn Monroe sings an iconic favorite from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Listen to Dean Martin sing "I Will." Frank Sinatra sings a sentimental favorite called "There Used To Be A Ballpark." KC's Marilyn Maye performs a Jerome Kern song that wow'd em' on the Johnny Carson Show. Hear Mel Torme, Lou Rawls, Rose Clooney and more. See the playlists, leave comments at.. http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Frank Sinatra launches this hour with a cut from his "Swingin' Session" album, "Blue Moon." Peggy Lee is next right off "Stagedoor Canteen" with Benny Goodman for "Why Don't You Do Right." Nat King Cole sings a jazzy version of the song, "Paper Moon." Johnny Mathis sings his biggest and longest running hit record, "Chances Are." Engelbert Humperdinck sings his great 1976 comeback hit. Hear The Lettermen, Glenn Miller, Claude King's "Wolverton Mtn" and much more.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a great week!

Neon Beat on Radio George - 6.2.14

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Perry Como kicks off this hour with a sock hop memory called, "Jukebox Baby." Dean Martin follows up with "Powder Your Face"..with sunshine. Enjoy the Chordettes with their 1961 chart hit, "Never On Sunday." Nat King Cole teams up with the Four Knights for the song, "If I May." Hear a lovely Hoagy Carmichael song sung by Ray Charles. We'll do "The Tennessee Birdwalk" with Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood. Hear the 1956 hit combining RCA record's Hugo Winterhalter and Eddie Heywood, "Canadian Sunset." Listen to Louis Armstrong, Doris Day, The Hilltoppers and more. All on.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Segrio Mendez and Brazil 66 open this set with "Pretty World." Listen to a salsa treatment of "Lemon Tree" by Trini Lopez. Hear "It's A Sign Of The Times" by Petula Clark." Dean Martin sings one of his signature hits sung as the opening theme to his 1965 TV series. Frank Sinatra sings a jazzy version of a great Harold Arlen song. Listen to Ella Fitzgerald perform some uptempo Irving Berlin, "Let Yourself Go" Instrumentals with Perez Prado, Billy Vaughn, and Haygood Hardy. Patty Page, Bobby Goldsboro, Tony Bennett and lots more. See the playlists, leave comments at... http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/

On The Neon Beat this week Jukebox 3: We go "Swinging Down the Lane" as we open this hour with Kay Starr. Listen to Mel Torme in his best "vest and tweed" singing a great song from "Gypsy." We'll do some "Rat Packin" with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Enjoy Rose Clooney singing a classic standard with her sister Betty from the film White Christmas. Hear some great big band with Les Brown, Harry James, & Benny Goodman. Petula Clark, Louis Prima, Percy Faith and introducing KC's own Rob McHenry. Lots more all at.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

Neon Beat on Radio George - 5.27.14

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Bobby Darin begins the hour with his hit "Dream Lover." Pat Boone follows with some motion picture music, "Friendly Persuasion." The Chordettes sing one of their many chart hits for the Cadence label, "Never On Sunday." Listen to some outstanding guitar with Les Paul. The Carpenters sing a Carole King favorite called, "It's Going To Take Some Time" Listen to Nat King Cole croon some smooth Hoagy Carmichael. The Gaylords sing "Isle Of Capris." Hear Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Perry Como and more. Left click on.... http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

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this week, Jukebox 2: Dean Martin launches this great set with "Lay Some Happiness On Me." We'll follow up with some good folk music with The Kingston Trio. Hear some great big band with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Hear Nat King Cole sing a film hit you'll remember called, "Mona Lisa." Frank Sinatra sings some standard Cole Porter. Hear Bobby Darin's 1959 chart topper, "Mack The Knife." Oklahoman Kay Starr performs "Bonaparte's Retreat. Hear Peggy Lee, Rick Nelson, Chad & Jeremy and Elvis. See the lists leave comments at..

On the Neon Beat this week Jukebox 3: We open this set with Andy Williams singin' That Old Bilbao Song" The Four Knights, a period backup group for Nat Cole, follow up with their 1950's chart hit, "I Get So....Lonely." Listen to Frank Sinatra perform a jazzy tune called "Same Ol' Saturday Night." Hear Paul Anka sing a song that became an image jingle for Eastman Kodak. Enjoy a great 60's period TV theme from the series, "Ben Casey." We'll team up Judy Garland and Gene Kelly. You'll hear The Carpenters, Tony Bennett, Robert Goulet, Dinah Washington and more. Click on... http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ and enjoy. Have a great week.

The Neon Beat on Radio George - 5.19.14

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: The Drifters go where the Neon lights are bright as we open up Juke 1. Elvis Presley takes us where the Neon never stops as he sings, "Viva Las Vegas." We team up Bing Crosby with Frank Sinatra with a fun film classic, "Well Did You Evah?" Hear Nat King Cole sing "Rambling Rose." Connie Francis performs a song taken from the soundtrack of the TV series "Pan Am." We'll do a little "Jump Jive and Wail" with Louis Prima & Keely Smith. Engelbert Humperdinck sings "The Last Waltz." Hear Dinah Shore, Ames Brothers, Johnny Mathis, and sing along with Mitch. These and mo' at ....http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a splendid week !

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Get ready to "Sway" as we kick off this hour with Dean Martin. Frank Sinatra follows up with one of his number one charting standards, "Strangers In the Night." Hear Louis Armstrong with "Mame." Georgia Gibbs performs a whimsical little hit chart diddy called "Tweedle Dee." Nat King Cole sings, "A Blossom Fell." Listen to a great 1959 Marty Robbins favorite from the old west, "El Paso." Enjoy the great New Orleans trumpet of Al Hirt with "Bourbon Street Parade." Hear Frankie Avalon, Tom Jones, Anne Murray and more. Leave comments, see the playlists at http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Frank Sinatra launches this set with "Come Fly With Me." Next we play a James Bond film theme sung by Matt Monro. We'll listen to a fun Dean Martin song heard in the film "Oceans 11" Mary Martin sings a song that launched her career, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." Hear some great big band with Glenn Miller, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald singing a great Artie Shaw song. Hear the iconic favorite performed by Gene Kelly. Listen to The Four Freshmen, Lena Horne, Les Baxter and much more at.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

Neon Beat on Radio George - May 12, 2014

On The Neon Beat this hour, Jukebox 1: The McGuire Sisters kick off the hour with a 1956 Columbia Pictures theme from the film "Picnic." Tony Bennett sings a song of "Rags To Riches" next. Nat King Cole performs a jazz favorite, "Avalon." We'll team up Bob Hope & Bing Crosby for one of their road movie songs. Frank Sinatra sings, "The Second Time Around." Hear The Marvelous Marilyn Maye sing one of her early hit songs, "If My Friends Could See Me Now." Enjoy a big band standard with Les Brown and The Ames Brothers. Barbra Streisand, The Lettermen, Frankie Laine and more. All at.... http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On The Neon Beat this hour, Jukebox 2: Robert Goulet opens this set with some film music from "Little Me." Eartha Kitt is next with a song that knocked em' out during a performance of a 1952 review. Hear Bobby Darin sing a jazzy version of "Clementine." Dean Martin sings a 1967 chart favorite, "In The Misty Moonlight." Enjoy a Brook Benton soul favorite, "Rainy Night In Georgia." Mel Torme performs a late 40's hit, "Get Outta Town." Hear Johnny Mathis, Harry Belafonte, Nancy Sinatra's "Boots" and lots more. See the playlists leave comments at...http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Peggy Lee gets this hour underway with a whimsical little "Doodlin' Song." Perry Como follows with the Ray Charles singers with "Papa Loves Mambo." Hear two hits of the great period "4" groups this hour, The Four Lads and The Four
Freshmen. Hear Tony Bennett's signature hit about that city by the bay. Connie Francis performs some film music from "Where The Boys Are." Great instrumentals with Harry James, Jackie Gleason, and the Mantovani Orch. Sarah Vaughan, Fun with Phil Harris, Doris Day and lots more. All at...http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/