Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.24.14

On the Neon Beat this week Jukebox 1: Canadian Paul Anka begins this set with "Goodnight My Love." Barbra Streisand is next with a Funny Girl favorite, "Second Hand Rose." Tony Bennett will sing a lovely ballad from "the Sandpiper." Frank Sinatra performs "I've Got The World On A String" with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. Introducing New York's Jerry Costanzo with "Can I Steal A Little Love." Nat King Cole sings a great Duke Ellington song. Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis, The McGuire Sisters. Listen to The Marvelous Marilyn Maye sing an amorous number from "Kismet." Lotsa mo, at.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ — with Marilyn Maye.

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Al Hirt kicks off this hour with some "Cotton Candy" in the horn. Listen to Wilburt Harrison's signature song about that city of fountains, "Kansas City." Peggy Lee sings one of her big band signature hits with Benny Goodman, "Why Don't You Do Right." The Lettermen croon a vocal version of the lovely Bill Pursell ballad, "Our Winter Love." Dean Martin singshttp://theneonjazz.blogspot.com/ Enjoy the music my friends.
one of his hits from 1954, "I'd Cry Like A Baby." Vikki Carr, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday and more. Leave comments, see the playlists at http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/ picture: Myself and Mr. Joe Dimino. Host of another great Neon show, "Neon Jazz."

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Steve and Eydie launch this set with a Steve Allen song, "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big." Enjoy a 1966 hit for Petula Clark, "It's A Sign Of The Times." Frankie Laine teams up with the EZ Riders for "Love Is A Golden Ring." Kay Starr sings one her beloved 1950's jukebox hits, "the Rock N' Roll Waltz." Frank Sinatra sings a tender song ala Rod McKuen called, "Cycles." Hear Bobby Goldsboro, Patti Page, Lee Hazelwood with Nancy Sinatra and more.. at... http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a great week kids !

Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.17.14

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Dean Martin gets this segment underway with "You're Nobody til Somebody Loves You." Micheal Buble follows up with a title cut from his Reprise album, "Feeling Good." The Carpenters sing a Carole King song from 1972 called, "it's Going To Take Some Time." Hear a lush version of a song sung "Tenderly" by Nat King Cole. Enjoy some great instrumentals by Roger Williams, Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra, and Henry Mancini. "Let Yourself Go" with Ella Fitzgerald. Ray Charles, Mitch Miller, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis and lots more.. at .. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a great week.

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Tony Bennett catches an early vacation amoungst the monkeys and the palm trees "In The Middle Of An Island." Perry Como sings a cool blusey version of "Dream On Little Dreamer." Dean Martin performs a fine rendition of a beautiful song from a 1950's film called, "Anna." Hear some great big band band with Les Brown's "Leap Frog." Lean Horne sings one her signature hits, "the Lady Is A Tramp." Glen Campbell's "Galveston," Doris Day with a sultry version of "Moonglow" Les Paul and more. See the playlists leave comment at... http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/

On The Neon Beat this week Jukebox 3: The Ames Brothers kick off this set with a great jazz standard, "On A Slow Boat To China." Rosemary Clooney sings a Johnny Mercer song heard in several period films. Have a cuppa-Joe with Frank Sinatra and "The Coffee Song." Doris Day sings one of her "hall of fame" songs, "Secret Love." Dionne Warwick performs one of the many songs she'd do for Burt and Hal. Listen to Nat King Cole's "A Blossom Fell." Robert Goulet, some big band with Benny Goodman and more. all on.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.10.14

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Sammy Davis Jr launches this hour with a Vegas interp of "Thaaaat Old Black Magic." Tony Bennett and Count Basie follow up with a song bout' that windy city. Enjoy one of biggest chart busting instrumentals ever by Paul Mauriat. Get your Kicks on Route 66 with Nat King Cole. Listen to the Chordettes with 'Never On Sunday." Johnny Mathis, "What Will My Mary Say?" Frank Sinatra's "Love and Marriage." Hear Dusty Springfield, Patti Page, some great jazz piano with Eddie Heywood, and more. Great music of the 40's, 50's & 60's. all on... http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Perry Como backed up by "the Ramblers" open this set with "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes." The Lettermen sing "Shangri La." Hear the Carpenters sing one of their chart hits, "Rainy Day's & Mondays." We enjoy a little "love American style" as Petula Clark sings bout' them "American Boys." Great instrumentals from Andre Previn, Walter Wanderley, Ferranti & Teicher, and Henry Mancini. "Whatta Day For A Daydream" by the Lovin' Spoonful. Hear Kay Star, Tom Jones, Sinatra and more. Leave comment see the playlists at.. http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/ enjoy!

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Rosemary Clooney kicks off this hour with Perez Prado with a salsa treatment of "Magic Is The Moonlight." Tony Bennett is next with a song from "Bye Bye Birdie." We go "Swingin' Down The Lane" with Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle. We'll put on that great Broadway album for a stunning performance of "Putting It Together" by Barbara Streisand. Great instrumentals by Herb Alpert, and Bert Kaempfert. Vic Damone sings a song from "Pal Joey" Hear Trini Lopez, Lou Rawls, Sarah Vaughan and more. All at..http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ pic: "Hey John...Look up."

Neon Beat on Radio George - 3.3.14

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Dean Martin launches this hour as we spend "An Evening In Roma." Rosemary Clooney is next with her 1951 hit, "Comon-a My House." Enjoy some great folk with"The Kingston Trio." Connie Francis sings a dreamy version of "Quando Quando" from the Pan Am soundtrack. Frank Sinatra sings "You Do Something To Me." Nat King Cole performs a 1954 song backed by The Four Knights, "If I May." Laugh with Dean Martin and Sammy Davis as they tear up "Sams Song." Hear Barbra Streisand, Eddie Fisher, Sam Cooke and more.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Tap your toes as Perry Como opens this set with a sock hop number called "Tina Marie." Kansas City's Marilyn Maye sings her vocal version of a great Dave Brubeck hit, "Take 5." Johnny Mathis sings a lush rendition of "Misty." Enjoy some great big band with Harry James and Helen Forest. Some fine instrumentals with Horst Jankowski's "A Walk In the Black Forest", Al Hirt's "Java", and David Rose'a "The Stripper." Hear Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, Sergio Mendez and more. See the playlists leave comments at: http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/ enjoy.

On The Neon Beat this week Jukebox 3: The Ames Brothers kick off this hour with a great jazz standard, "Undecided." Canada's Michael Buble follows up with "I've Got You Under My Skin." Nat King Cole warms things up remembering "Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer." Listen to Barbra Streisand with a compelling arrangement of a song from "West Side Story." Engelbert Humperdinck performs his version of "Spanish Eyes." We team up Buddy Clark with Doris Day with a fun tease called "Love Somebody." Enjoy Bing Crosby, Patti Page, The Statler Bros and more..http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a great week!

Neon Beat on Radio George - 2.24.14

This week on The Neon Beat, Jukebox 1: The Marvelous Marilyn Maye kicks off this hour with a rousing favorite, "Step To The Rear." Then Dean Martin will "Lay Some Happiness" on ya. Listen to the Henry Mancini Orchestra with Tom Scott per...See More — with Marilyn Maye.

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: The Seekers launch this set with "Georgie Girl." Hear the Crew Cuts with their 1950's signature hit, "Sh Boom." Rosemary Clooney sings, what one reviewer called, "the perfect theatre song" "April In Paris." Frank Sinatra teams up with Nelson Riddle for "It Happened In Monterrey" Hear Sarah Vaughan with a lovely song called, "Eternally." Vic Damone sings some great Broadway from West Side Story. Listen to Robert Goulet, Tony Bennett and more. See the playlists, leave comments at.. http://theneonbeat.blogspot.com/ (My parents had this old record player.) Vintage 1959 Tube RCA.

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Louis Armstrong opens this hour with "Hello Dolly!" Harry Belafonte is next in line as we "Jump In the Line." Hear some classic Gershwin sung by Judy Garland. We'll take er' "Nice and Easy" with Frank Sinatra. Enjoy a little Hootenanny with a "dollar down" and the Limeliters. Hear Doris Day's "Que Sera Sera" from the film, The Man Who Knew Too Much." We'll sample "the Straight Life" with Bobby Goldsboro, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, some great big band with Harry James and more.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/

Neon Beat on Radio George - 2.17.14

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Sam Cooke launches this set with a twistin' number called "Twisting the Night Away." (get out my chicken slats!) Then some great salsa with Perez Prado with a 1958 hit called, "Patricia." Nat King Cole sings a 1948 hit called "Nature Boy." Frank Sinatra performs some signature Cole Porter, "Night and Day." Hear some great big band with Harry James' "the Two O'Clock Jump." The English Seafarer, Roger Whittaker sings his wonderful mid 1970's hit, "The Last Farewell." Listen to the Marvelous Marilyn Maye, Peggy Lee, Burl Ives, Jim Lowe's "the Green Door" and mo!

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 2: Rosemary Clooney starts this hour with a bauwdy number called, "Botcha Me." Dean Martin follows with "Your'e Nobody Til Somebody Loves You." Then we "Make Ourselves Comfortable" with Sassy... Sarah Vaughan. Listen to the song that got us looking at a dance instructor from Texas named Mary Martin. Tony Bennett sings, "The Good Life." Some great instrumentals with Benny Goodman, Nelson Riddle, and Arthur Fieldler. Enjoy a little country set with Roger Miller, Gogi Grant, and Archie Campbell. These and much more.

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: The Four Aces launch this set with "Those Wedding Bells" (are breakin' up that ol' gang of mine) Next a Ben Oakland, Oscar Hammerstein song from a film called "My Little Chickadee" sung by Matt Monro. Listen to Frank Sinatra with a song from the 1961 film, "Pocketful Of Miracles." Enjoy Jo Stafford's version of "Sunday Kind Of Love." We team up Louis Armstrong with Bing Crosby for a great New Orleans standard. Hear Ella Fitzgerald sing a great Artie Shaw hit. Glen Campbell, The Letterman, Percy Faith, Perry Como and more..all on.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/ Have a great week kids!

Neon Beat on Radio George - 2.10.14

On the Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 1: Try to sit still as Al Hirt launches this set with some honey in the horn as he performs, "Fancy Pants." Then, "Just In Time" we turn the turntable over to Mr. Tony Bennett. Listen to Kansas City's Marilyn Maye, "If My Friends Could See Me Now!" Hear some great big band with Benny Goodman as we do "The Jersey Bounce." Hear one of the great folk hits by the Seekers from 1965, "A World Of Our Own." Henry Mancini and the chorale group sing some great film music "The Day's Of Wine & Roses." Al Martino with "Volare", Nancy Sinatra with "Boots," Tom Jones, Andy Williams and more.

On The Neon Beat this week Jukebox 2: Sammy Davis Jr kicks off this hour with a chart hit from his album, "Pebble In the Sand." Then enjoy a toe tapping version of "That Old Bibao Song" sung by Andy Williams.
Barbra Streisand sings the female remake of a song originally titled, "She Touched Me." Vic Damone croons a film song from "Gigi." We'll "Swing On A Star" with Bing Crosby and the Williams Brothers. Chuckle along with Perry Como and Betty Hutton as they sing a fun song from Guys and Dolls. Hear Tony Bennett, Connie Francis, Bobby Darin and more.

On The Neon Beat this week, Jukebox 3: Dean Martin launches this set with "Somewhere There's A Someone." Perry Como takes the mic next with a bluesy rhythm tune called, "Dream On Little Dreamer." Kay Starr sings her 1950's chart hit, "Wheel Of Fortune." Nat King Cole croons a song from a period film called "Anna" Hear Elvis, "Suspicious Minds," A beautiful 1960 clarinet standard performed by Aker Bilk, The Carpenters with "Top Of The World." Listen to a big band remake of a Yiddish song sung by "Steve and Eydie," "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" Charlie Rich, Benny Goodman, Judy Garland and more. All at.. http://www.radiogeorge.com/neonbeat/