COLIN HOLMES BLOG.CHRISTMAS TV.WAS IT ANY GOOD

COLIN HOLMES BLOG. CHRISTMAS TV WAS IT ANY GOOD ? Too many repeats ! Too many repeats of repeats ! Too much fall-back on films ! Downton Abbey beginning to reveal it's soap origins. Strictly come Dancing Christmas special not special. Every food programme (26 in all)telling us how to cook a turkey. AD FAB and new David Jason series...the real turkeys !! The TV companies really need to look at their future festive schedules if they want viewers to stay in. Bring back the Vicar of Dibley PLEASE !!!!

COLIN HOLMES BLOG EASY LISTENING SHOW FEATURING JIM REEVES. DECEMBER 27TH. THE BEST JIM REEVES SONGS.MY CHOICE. Welcome to my world / I can't stop loving you / Moonlight and roses / The White cliffs of Dover /You'll never know. (CD.THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION ) He'll have to go / Am I losing you / Adios Amigo / I'm gonna change everything / You're the only good thing. (CD. JIM REEVES GREATEST HITS ) The unforgettable voice of Jim Reeves has always been a pleasure to listen to. The deep chocolate voice croons his way through many standards and country and western based songs that as a relaxing soothing CD there is none better. Not a great fan of Mr Reeves because light and shade on his albums was not a strong point and his career was cut short by his untimely death. Vocally however he is one of the greats.

X FACTOR THE FINAL.COLIN HOLMES BLOG.

X FACTOR..THE FINAL. I know from experience that a lot of people just pressed that fast forward button because they didn't want to hear what the judges said,the current backstories, and the ads. It doesn't matter that a lot of production had gone into the show. It was glitzy and sometimes amazing. The final two acts did extremely well especially as they were often given the stage to themselves and not surrounded my teams of excellant dancers. I do appreciate that these new acts are given the same star treatment as real stars and occasionally do benefit from this, but in this series it has been relentless. Has the X FACTOR lost it's entertainment magic ? The sad fact is the answere is yes.I wish I could tell you why but I can't. It still has an extremely large audience but purely on family reactions STRICTLY COME DANCING gains from not having ads,not having cliched judges although it does have annoying backstories sometimes verging on the embarrassing. All in all Mr Cowell must look at this problem before the X Factor becomes one series that suffers a downward rating drop that is irritreivable. I hope not, because they're are quite a few previous successful acts who have benefitted from the exposure this programme delivers.

COLIN HOLMES ..X FACTOR/STRICTLY.

After an amazing amount of time I have finally been able to get back onto my blogs. I put in Google Chrome and hey presto I'm back. Ridiculous !!! X FACTOR. 27TH NOVEMBER. Now it's really boring. I cannot get very excited about a programme that leaves us with a girl group (They're not exactly popular at the moment)Marcus....nice guy....has to have a GREAT single to do well....One blond singer whose OK, and in the bottom two, probably the two best female singers in the bunch. Girl singers are popular but there are so many of them at the moment. Not exciting television. The fast forward button is consistently used. I have had enough of the judges cliches and strange involvement in their competitors. It's a game and one I am not liking to be part of any more in this series. STRICTLY. More predictable television entertainment but it's value always decreases as dancers are voted out. They stir up excitement that doesn't exist. Much more intelligent and interesting is MASTERCHEF.THE PROFESSIONALS . If recorded you can't fast forward the button or you will miss the intriguing content of professional chefs cooking at their best under EXTREME pressure. Somehow STRICTLY should get tougher and the judges should not worry too much about their TV personalities. You don't lose viewers by telling the truth.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW NOVEMBER 15TH.....PREDICTABLE PRE CHRISTMAS TV.

With the new Susan Boyle album and the new Christmas Micheal Buble album holding the top two places in the Album charts there is little easy listening CDs on offer this Christmas, however , I can recommend a few choice albums played on my radio show last night.....

THE OVERTONES...PLATINUM EDITION.

This is really a re release of the album GAMBLIN' MAN which was a successful first release. As usual the record company have added eight new tracks and released it again. A new ploy adopted by the music industry to sell an album twice. In this case if you havn't bought the original this is a worthy purchase.A very 'pop' feel for this group which use great harmonies to back themselves with sympathetic orchestrations. 8 stars.

ANDREA BOCELLI...MY CHRISTMAS.

Released last year and it was by far the best seasonal release of 2010. That soring voice over a wonderful choice of Christmas music makes it one of my favourites. You can't go wrong. 10 stars.

JULIE LONDON...CALENDAR GIRL/YOUR NUMBER PLEASE.

Soft silky voice over smooth atmospheric arrangements make this an evocative sexy album. These two albums are on one CD and they are proberbly the best two albums she recorded. I have played tracks from this album many times on my radio show and the response has always been...Where can I get it ? Online record shops do have it. 9 stars.

COME FLY WITH ME. FRANK SINATRA.

Search out this album of Sinatra at his best. Ignore the greatest hits, of which there are many, and go for this jewel. 15 tracks of pure pleasure, smooth and uptempo backed by Nelson Riddle. This a re-release of a Capitol Hit album of the fifties with four added tracks at bargain price. 10 stars.


PREDICTABLE PRE CHRISTMAS TV.

It looks pretty grim. More X factory.....soap opera with dancers galore backing the carioke stars. Enough is enough. Give it to Misha B and lets be done with it.
Strictly....who cares if Len Goodman swears in frustration....this Saturday they are at Wembley. The participents have been talking about reaching Wembley for weeks.Next they will be talking about being in the final. It's a yearly treadmill actually BUT it is more entertaining than the X factory.
I'm a celebrity get me out of here and give me the remote control so I can change the channel !
If you want to watch something a bit more interesting watch MASTERCHEF THE PROFESSIONALS. A programme that has wannabees talking continuously about being in the final, but with Michele Roux and his flashy eyed assisstant in charge, they're going to have to show their culinary talent at it's best to win. Intrigueing and extremely watchable the programme leaves the other continuous sagas as mere wallpaper.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.....TV BOREDOM. STRICTLY X VIEWING.

Misha B on X factor voted away by texts and mobiles when everyone knows in the music industry she is the one who will sell CDs and arena tickets. I could be wrong but I don't see any of the others creating any excitement that is palpable to the record buying public. The judges have excelled themselves in not knowing what to say and ending up with cliched descriptions of each artist's future.

Strictly is like a moving smogesborg

X FACTORY v SICKLY DUMB DANCING 4 ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.

X FACTORY.

Still not exactly riverting viewing even after removing FRANKIE from the proceedings. Now they bring back the original 4 judge-rejected singers to compete for the remaining place. This year it's a mess. Misha B your winning place is secure unless of course, something strange happens....like Craig loses four stone in three weeks then perhaps.....No, I don't think so. Singing out of tune has become par-for-the course this year but nobody seems to notice!!

SICKLY .

Still much better than the X Factory... only this week two duos will be doing the Argentine Tango. This dance is when each of the dancers try to trip each other up as well as trying to kick them in the crutch. The faster, the more dangerous. Good viewing ! Will Brucie be able to plug his new album this week....try and stop him. Len will be back with his occasional bad temper this year. Craig is definitely softer this year. Obviously been visited by the ghost of Christmas past!....and Bruno will be eyeing up the remaining men as well as gyrating in his inimitable way.What more entertainment could you ask for ?

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW..NOVEMBER 8TH..THE SUSAN BOYLE ALBUM

This review is from: Someone To Watch Over Me (Audio CD)
There is a quality to Susan Boyle's voice that makes you sit up and listen. On some tracks she sounds an innocent 21 year old, on others a sophisticated mature lady, but on all tracks on this CD she certainly surprises you with the sincerity of her performance.

It is the best of the three albums she has released with a choice of songs that ranges from the very well-known to the obscure but all are extremely listenable. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE from the musical KRISTINA is a fantastic Diva song and Susan treats it accordingly unlike UNCHAINED MELODY which is given a light emotional touch. BOTH SIDES NOW and MAD WORLD are successful because of the Boyle interpretations and a piano version of SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME is a loverly adept conclusion to the album. All the tracks are ballads and I wonder if ever she will make an uptempo album. If she does I'm sure she will succeed and a change of pace could cement her as the most popular British singer ever.

COLIN HOLMES...THE APPRENTICE...BEST ON TV!

THE APPRENTICE.


With the X factor and Strickly holding the high weekend ratings the new Young Apprentice is put out on a Monday night. Shame. The show is extremely watchable and of course, has no ads....In fact if you record it there is no place you want to fast forward because it's content is unmissable. I do realize that it is not everybody's cup of tea, but for those who are interested in business,finance and the retail industry and wish to see youth's involment in it's intricate processes....it's a must. Alan Sugar doesn't hog the screen. He's not interested in his image and what he says is accurate,knowledgable and immensely interesting. I beleive in him totally.If every programme on television was put together in this no time-wasting manner viewing would be a highly pleasurable experiance.

Unfortunately because of previous committments there will be no COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS this Sunday 6th November at 2-4pm....but Martin Ward and Roy Jenkins will cover the two hour gap.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW FEATURING NEW ALBUMS BY ALFIE BOE..OVERTONES.

ALFIE BOE....CD..ALFIE.

Played a few tracks from this on last Tuesday's show. His duet with Micheal Ball...EMPTY CHAIRS AND EMPTY TABLES...superb. There are other good tracks and the album is good for the Alfie fans but the overall choice of songs do not always suit this fine singer and when he re-portrays Sinatra's A VERY GOOD YEAR the outcome is not rewarding. For Alfie Boe fans only.

THE OVERTONES.

This album is the old one with eight new tracks. If you bought the old one with GAMBLING MAN as your incentive and really enjoyed it , as I did, then you're gonna have to fork out again, as I did. The pleasures of hearing their versions of ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD (RIANNA) AND ROLLING IN THE DEEP(ADELE) are countered by the fact that you have a dozen tracks repeated. A new trick by the record companies which is fast growing in enthusiasm. Bad news!!!

X-FACTOR v STRICKLY.

Every week I comment on these two monoliths as they precede towards Christmas. The X factor has got lost with it's groups re-naming then....what is it now...PICK AND MIX..no LITTLEMIX although Pick and mix is what they seem to be doing. Cherry picking artists to replace group members who want to escape. Frankie can't sing, and others seem vastly out of tune and if Misha Bee doesn't win the standard of the programme will fall apart. A return of Simon Cowell/Cheryl Cole is there only hope of retaining audiences.
STRICKLY works on a whole family entertainment system and that (without the adverts) keeps is popularity higher than X FACTORY. However is has moved to fun and set-pieces to illuminate the dancing and this works fine. As the competition progresses things get serious and in the end there is little to choose between the top four celebrity dancers. They should award another prize for BEST DANCE of the current series voted by the audience to keep our interests alive....even if Russell Grant wins it....then it can be repeated in all it's new glory.

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SICKLY v X FACTORY..Who's winning? COLIN HOLMES BLOG.

X FACTORY v SICKLY DUMB DANCING.


X factor has lost several million viewers because it has lost it's ability to entertain all ages. The judges are beginning to lose control of their comments as the media pound the show for it's repetition and backstory built-up scandals and intrigues. The media love kicking a donkey when it's on the way down but the programming hasn't helped. For the first time I am not really interested in who's going to sing next. There are a couple of singers I watch perform their songs but most of the time my finger is on the fast-forward button and then on Sunday I pick up the last fifteen minutes. What else do you need ? If it wasn't for the fact that I am involved in radio I doubt if I would bother watching it at all. Bringing back Simon Cowell would be a good move at this moment but we all know he is hoping the American decline in the ratings of the American version of the show means he must stay on the panel there.

Strickly manages to entertain through Amateur and professional dancers performing in Glitzy surroundings and over-the top judges who know what they're talking about. We want to hear what they say and the way they say it. There's sometimes a little controvesy, sometimes a few mistakes,often some bad jokes, and often some very enjoyable dancing, and with a tighter Sunday show often with a guest singer it is definitely winning the ratings contest. If this continues Mr Cowell will have to make a few changes; if not next year then immeadiately. It needs a few injections of blood to keep it warm!

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW...THE MICHEAL BUBLE NEW CHRISTMAS ALBUM !

Not quite as adventurous as hoped for but still a superb album.The orchestrations and choral backing are wonderful and the guests...the Puppini sisters,and Shania Twain are welcome additions to the festive songs. Standouts are HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS,CHRISTMAS BABY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME,AVE MARIA,FELIZ NAVIDAD(especially good) and one new song COLD DECEMBER NIGHT.There are fifteen tracks on the CD running almost the hour so extrememly good value even if a few of the tracks have been released before. I suppose I expect more and was even considering only four stars, but there are Christmas plums in the vocals and as I listen more I know I will appreciate this album than so many other Christmas releases.

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SICKLY COME DANCING v THE X FACTORY..COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.

Next week on the show I will be playing tracks from the new MICHEAL BUBLE christmas album as well as any other new easy listening CDs. Next Tuesday 8-10pm on TUDNOFM 107.8 or online at TUDNOFM.CO.UK and click on the link to listen live.

SICKLY COME DANCING V THE X FACTORY.

Last weekend here they go again slightly overlapping programme schedules just for the fun of it. You have to record one....the one with the interminable adverts.Sickly is still a bit long but wins by more that a whiska for entertainment. Russell Grant is good value as is Jason Donovan and Mrs Dolally was in fine footstomping form with Anton De Beque who seems to never stop talking or muttering whenever anyone speaks to him. Perhaps she's making an impression on him.....perhaps not. The judges are getting a bit extreme with only Alisha Dixon talking sense. Bruno is a mad camp Italian; Revel Horwood is a bitchy camp Australian leaving only Len Goodman who is VERY British some times. For the first time he let Brendon with LULu off for a lift which is against the rules. That's a first for Len obviously mellowing from that travesty of a programme he does in America. Len's the name..popularity is the game.

The X factory was more of a bore as you realized there was nothing really to look forward to just a rehash of previous years and on Sunday it is only the guest artists you wish to watch. Slightly mad Kitty gives you some hope but otherwise not interesting. The Judges have fallen into the Simon Cowell laws and the cliches are so frequent you almost wish someone would say I thought you were bloody awful....and I have to tell you many on them were.

TOP TWENTY AMATUER MUSICAL CHOICES BY UNITED KINGDOM ON COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS.

THE TOP TWENTY AMATEUR MUSICALS.

1...SOUND OF MUSIC.
2...HALF A SIXPENCE ( NEW VERSION)
3...JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
4...THE PRODUCERS.
5...GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERAS.
6...GUYS AND DOLLS.
7...OLIVER.
8...ME AND MY GIRL.
9...OUR HOUSE.
10..BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
11..RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET.
12..HOT MIKADO.
13..FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
14..CALAMITY JANE.
15..ANNIE.
16..OKLAHOMA.
17..LE CAGE AU FOLLE.
18..THE FULL MONTY.
19..CAROUSEL.
20..THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

21..ACORN ANTIQUES.

With many new Youth societies coming into the Amateur musical market shows like OUR HOUSE and RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET are emerging as popular choices for youngsters to perform well. This has caused shows like MY FAIR LADY and THE KING AND I to disappear this year and into 2012. The SOUND OF MUSIC has ,however, topped the charts for popularity so it still seems to have that hold over audiences which Amateur societies recognise although I understand it has only just been re -released after the professional tour. THE PRODUCERS , a difficult show to put on, is this year well placed showing that a COMEDY musical is always greatly appreciated even if it has costume and choreography problems.

STRICTLY DUMB DANCING v THE eXcess FACTOR ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW. +CARO EMERALD.

DELETED SCENE FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR...CARO EMERALD.

A popular album that's been in the charts for several months which fits into the easy listening sector with no problems.I will be playing some tracks from this album tonight on my show including the hit.A NIGHT LIKE THIS . Pleasant singing of new material in a laid-back way Caro has made an attractive CD. Some tracks have a latin feel but I would have appreciated her take on some standard or well known material. Listening to the album through can sound a little samey. One of those CDs that are popular but a good follow-up is essential. ***.

STRICTLY DUMB DANCING.

Last Saturdays show was high camp,poor Brucie jokes, tedious back story and an obvious three celebrities in trouble.There is an American version of this on some channel with Len and Bruno which is even more tedious and somehow...less exciting.Britain does in bigger with more of an event feel.....some would say non-event. Edwina was out with the public vote (surprise surprise) but then her dance was static and short with some table paraphinalia going on. The Sunday show really is poor as much as they try to hype up the ending and losing finalist. We had Will Young as guest singing artist. Why do the new young men try to sing in a key way above middle C with simpering resonance that appalls me. Joe McElderry's last single before CD CLASSIC called Ambition started off in a key no soprano has ever heard of.....but back to strictly.....It's all costumes and sound-bite judges and melodramatic professional dancers that one longs for the fast-forward on so many occasions. Is it better entertainment that The EXCESS FACTOR. Yes by a whisker.


THE eXcess FACTOR.

Apart from Matt Cardle it was Kareoke with as many dancers as they could stuff on the stage. Can we have a week with no dancers;I always feel they are there to distract us from the limitaions of the individual performers. Sadly the judges are keeping up with the usual cliches ( especially Louie. I could write his script) but I was amused when Gary Barlow bullied Louis into making sure he kept the singers in his last three....Oh yes....Simon Cowell and his twists.....He made the judges reject one of their choices immeadiately in the first show giving us four times the drama and tears. We are re-treading a familiar pattern and for interest there is an edgy prima donna, a too confident black prima donna,a high voiced singer who brushes his hair over his face wearing painted on brown trousers, another high-voiced camp singer, two groups of innifectual boy bands,and others I have forgotten. The only good thing about both of these high profile programmes (Strictly the other) as the weeks go by and the performers are voted off the length of the shows gets smaller, but I wouldn't bet on it. The BBC are bring us "THE VOICE" in the near future. I do hope they learn something from the programmes they are seeing now which sadly I would describe as "old hat". I know they are the highest ratings on TV but there's only one way to go now!

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...RAGTIME...HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

RAGTIME.

Ragtime..THE MUSICAL..is a weighty tome of a CD. Written by Terence McNally with music and lyrics by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens it includes all the drama and inovations of early America. Because there is so much dialogue some of the songs get lost in music and words but as a whole piece it is momentous. The American Les Miz it could be, but because of a lack of great ballads it falls short of reaching high acclaim. ***.

HOUSE OF FLOWERS.

With a book and lyrics by Truman Capote and music by Harold Arlen this short -run musical should be something special and some of it is. Suffering a little from Sixties orchestrations and starring Pearl Bailey the CD does not allow the listener to follow any sort of plot except that The House of Flowers is a bordello for ladies of the night. That's all you need to know and Pearl Bailey and Dianne Carroll have all the plum songs between them. TWO LADIES IN DE SHADE OF DE BANANA TREE,I NEVER HAS SEEN SNOW,A SLEEPIN BEE,DON'T LIKE GOODBYES and there's a few exceteras. A Black Musical with a raunchy plot in the sixtes? No wonder it didn't run. There has been a revival CD but this is the one you need.***

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NEW RELEASE BY JANE MORGAN....THE BALLADS OF LADY JANE/THE SECOND TIME AROUND.***

This is , of course , not a new album but a re release by Sepia of this incredibly warm singer who has had a lot of her old recordings out in the market over the last two years. This album is as pleasing as her previous efforts with many choice tracks to choose from. Their are some very dated in sound recordings but the gems are there....ROMANTICA,KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE,OUR LANGUAGE OF LOVE, I AM A HEART, MY FAVOURITE THINGS and more. The warm timbre of her voice and her choice of material remind me of a somewhat deep-voiced Vera Lynn and I find any album by Jane is worth a purchase but I have only awarded this album three stars because there are some fillers on it which were certainly not her best recordings.


STRICKLY v X FACTOR.

The big guns from the BBC and ITV started last weekend, and next weekend they both have 2 hour slots on peak viewing Saturday. Last week Strickly had all their performers onscreen over two days. Everythings the same including all participents claiming its the best line-up ever; Russell Grants an interesting performer,Anton DeBeque couldn't cope with a feather boa,Lulu got lost,Craig Revel Horwood slated most of them, Brucie was laughing at his own jokes, and Bruno Toenaily was well over the top......heard it all before? Oh yes, it hasn't changed much and,naturally it's on BBC2 every weekday 6.30pm with Zoe Ball being extra enthusiastic as she lets all participents waffle on about their hard rehearsals,upsets,and THE JOURNEY. Somehow it's entertaining but I'm not sure who it's aimed at. The early rounds are the best then it all gets a little tedious as we tread the same path again,.

The X factor proved it also isn't going to change very much as last weekend all the judges eeked heart warming compassion and tears out of the singers as they could muster. Still creating back story and now story titbits to fill the media column inches. We know the results. The groups will diminish first ( except the good looking young men) The oldies will be next ( except the good looking young men) the young lady singers will hang on and then the show will be won by a good looking young man. Who's spending their money voting ? Young ladies OF COURSE ! Let's hope THE JOURNEY is good TV.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...TAKING YOUR CHILDREN TO A LONDON SHOW ?

TAKING YOUR CHILDREN TO A LONDON SHOW ? HERE'S SOME GOOD CHOICES.....

THE WIZARD OF OZ......Picturesque,well known story,familiar songs....Definitely suitable for 5-10 year olds. Nostalgia for adults. 7/10.

WE WILL ROCK YOU.....Weak story but who cares...all the QUEEN hits in one package producing great excitement from audiences. Suitable for 10-60 year olds.6/10.

MAMMA MIA......The songs have little to do with the plot but we knew that! The songs came first and again....the audience loves them. Best for 18-70 year olds.6/10.

JOSEPH.....Exasperating product that never seems to stop. 8-15 yearb olds.Adults have to suffer it again. 6/10.

WICKED......Everyone seems to love this quirky prequel to the Wizard of Oz mainly due to the highly entertaining music and songs. Book early as this is the most popular show in London ....8-75 year olds. 9/10.

HAIRSPRAY......Sixties and seventies songs that everybody likes. Easy to follow plot and likeable performances....12-60 year olds....7/10.

SHREK.....Film favourite for all offspring and once again need to book early before Christmas. Colourful,catchy musical with good sprinkling of laughs. Real family entertainment....8-75 year olds....7/10.

JERSEY BOYS....Interesting life story of the four seasons vocal group with many of their hits. Teenagers might like this but beware those who rap consistently.Old hat to them and can disgust. ...15-60 year olds....7/10.

MATILDA.....Not opened yet but well loved the last time it was on. If your kids loved the book they'll really love this....8-60 year olds....7/10.


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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING HOW...TONY BENNETT DUETS 2.

DUETS 2 TONY BENNETT...TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Body and soul....with Amy Winehouse / Don't get around much anymore....with Micheal Buble / This is all I ask...with Josh Groban / On the sunny side of the street....with Willie Nelson.

The album suffers from the sometimes strained voice of Bennett especially when he has to hold notes. The other singers who provide vocals are in most cases at the top of their profession and show up the legendary vocalist for his limitations. I understand that Mr Bennett is 84 but as in the Duets album with Sinatra I think one should look at the back catalogue and not the mish-mash that these "contemporary" albums supply. **.

OTHER NEW ALBUMS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

GHOST ON THE CANVAS....GLEN CAMPBELL.****.
WAVES...RHYDIAN.**.
THE BALLADS OF LADY JANE...JANE MORGAN.****.
MY HEART...DORIS DAY.****.
LET IT BE ME...JOHNNY MATHIS.*****.
CLASSIC...JOE MCELDERRY.****.

THE X FACTOR.

We always hope that the X factor will improve with the passing years, and this year with the absense of Simon Cowell and the inclusion of Gary Barlow , things might look a little brighter. At least Gary Barlow is not having any of the ridiculous performances that have blighted the standard of previous shows that Louis Walsh seemed to like; However we still get the back stories,the tears,the cliches,the reality surprises which I have to admit seems engineered by the producers. There is a certainty that there will be problems,possibly trouble, often call-backs and definitely judges arguments. It's all a circus really....but sometimes....just sometimes....you have to realize that there could be a real star in amongst the final choices...someone that rises above the innocuous pop songs they are given to sing and someone whose style and performance sells CDs and Arenas. Perhaps they'll be allowed to choose their own songs this year. Perhaps not. Lots of new talent has appeared this year without X factor help but that's not the point.Everybody involved makes money......and that's the point!

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS SEP 25TH FEATURING ANNIE 2.

ANNIE 2 FOLLOWING TRACKS PLAYED.....

1934 / Coney island / Tomorrow is now.....Havre Presnell.Amanda Baylon.Kathie Lee Gifford.Gary Beach.Raymond Thorne.

A new version of Annie with Double CD including Annie 2. Annie 2 is interesting but woefully inadequate as a musical.The new recording of ANNIE is excellant because it is complete and the orchestra is far pacier and strong than the original. there are lots of extras so,if you're a fan of the musical, extremely good value.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Bring him home....Colm Wilkinson....LES MISERABLES.*****.
Be our guest....Cast....BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.***.
I whistle a happy tune.....Elaine Paige...THE KING AND I.****.
Fugue for tinhorns....Barry Manilow,Micheal Crawford,

DORIS DAY SPECIAL ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.

THE DORIS DAY TRACKS INC NEW CD "MY HEART"

Let the little girl limbo / Oowee baby / Caprice / Every now and then / Another go around / daffy down dilly......album...THE 1960'S SINGLES ***.

Medley / The way we were.....THE MAGIC OF DORIS DAY.****.

Love him / Meditation / Summer has gone / Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps....LATIN FOR LOVERS / LOVE HIM.....2 ALBUMS ON ONE CD.*****.

Hurry it's lovely up here / Day dream / The way I dreamed it / Heaven tonight / My one and only love / My heart / You are so beautiful / Life is just a bowl of cherries / Disney girls......MY HEART.****.

The new album has some older vintage tracks on which are all excellant. The newer tracks recorded in the seventies and eighties occasionally do not find Doris in perfect voice but then in ones late fifties/early sixties nothing is as good as it was. It's Doris Day and the magic is still there. However if you want the best listen to the double album CD mentioned above and you won't be dissapointed.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

She was beautiful....Joe McElderry......CLASSIC.****.
I should have known better...Jim Diamond....SINGLE ***.
Hollywood...Micheal Buble....SINGLE.****.
He ain't heavy he's my brother...Hollies.SINGLE ****.
Around the world....Nat King Cole....SINGS THE GREAT SONGS.****.
Where did our love go...Manhatten Transfer....THE VERY BEST OF...***.
Volare...Bobby Rydell....THE BEST OF..***.
Schubert's serenade....Ray Conniff....CONCERT IN RHYTHM.****.
When somebody thinks you're wonderful...Peter Skellern.*****.
Do you want the truth of something beautiful....Paloma Faith...PALOMA FAITH.*****.
Southern nights....Johnny Mathis....MATHIS IN NASHVILLE.*****.
On an evening in Roma....Dean Martin...VARIOUS.****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS SEPTEMBER 11TH.

PLAYLIST....

Home....Cast....KRISTINA*****.
Brotherhood of man....Cast....HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING****.
Together wherever we go...Ethel Merman,Jack Klugman,Sandra Church..GYPSY.*****.
When the kids get married....Robert Preston,Mary Martin...I DO I DO.****.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW...FEATURING NEW ALBUMS BY JOE MCELDERRY AND GLEN CAMPBELL.

GLEN CAMPBELL "GHOST ON THE CANVAS"...TRACKS PLAYED....

A better place / Ghost on the canvas / It's your amazing Grace / Any Trouble.

A good album if you are a Glen Cambell fan, and this,due to oncoming illness will proberbly be his last. The voice is strong and the songs are good although the little instremental breaks throughout the CD are a little tiresome. Both his commercial fans and Country and Western fans will enjoy this album.****.

JOE McELDERRY " CLASSIC"...TRACKS PLAYED....

Hear my prayer / Canto della Terra / Dance with my father.

A high attainment needed for this album of familiar light classical pieces and Mr McElderry succeeds in most.I DREAMED A DREAM and DANCE WITH MY FATHER are especially good but when he tackles the ANDREA BOCELLI classics comparison shows some weaknesses.Very pleasant album and it's initial high postion in the charts could make this a Christmas sleeper especially with some TV plugs.***.

OTHER TYRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

Bewiched....Peggy Lee...PASS ME BY.****.
Please help me I'm falling....Johnny Mathis...LET IT BE ME.*****.
The summer is over...Frank Ifield....THE COMPLETE A & B SIDES.****.
You have to be there....Helen Sjoholm...KRISTINA.*****.
Shahdroba....Rot Orbison....THE ORIGINAL SINGLES COLLECTION.*****.
Tik a tee tik a tay....Dean Martin...THE VERY BEST OF ...2.****.
Love letters....Julie London...EMI PRESENT THE MAGIC OF...****.
Where or when....Frank Sinatra...ONLY THE LONELY.****.
Manhattan....Ella Fitzgerald.... A PORTRAIT OF...*****.
I may never pass this way again...Jane Morgan....FASCINATION.***.
You and me against the world...Matt Munro...THE COLLECTION.****.
Here comes my baby...The Mavericks...THE BEST OF...****.
Queen of 64....Neil Sedaka....VARIOUS.***.
New York...Paloma Faith....PALOMA FAITH.****.
Born too late....Poni Tails...VARIOUS.***.
Hotel California / Eleanor Rigby...Hank Marvin.****.
It's good news week....Hedgehoppers anonymous....VARIOUS***.
Exactly like you....Andy Williams.....CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU****.
It had better be tonight...Micheal Buble...CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE*****.
Nella fantasia....Blake....AND SO IT GOES.****.
Hindustan....Rosemary Clooney,Bing Crosby...FANCY MEETING YOU HERE>*****.
Heaven Tonight....Doris Day....MY HEART.***.
Here we go again....Doris Day....60'S SINGLES.***.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS FEATURING "MACK&MABEL..

MACK & MABEL....SELECTED TRACKS.....

Movies were movies / Look what happened to Mabel / I won't send roses / I wanna make the world laugh / Wherever he ain't / Tap your troubles away / I promise you a happy ending....ROBERT PRESTON. BERNADETTE PETERS. LISA KIRK.

A very Jerry Herman score which became immensely popular after the show had folded after 65 performances. Due mainly to David Jacobs featuring the overture which had become well known as Ice Dancers Torville and Dean used it to receive gold at the Olympics for Ice Dancing. The score is wonderful even if the script was not and the downbeat ending because of Mabel Mormands early death was difficult to thread into an upbeat show. A great musical CD.*****.

OTHER SONGS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

September song....Matt Munro...MATT AT THE MOVIES.****.
On her majesty's secret service...Prague Philharmonic Orchestra....ESSENTIAL FILM THEMES.****.
A woman in love...Ronnie Hilton....THE VERY BEST OF...***.
What I did for love.....Cast.... A CHORUS LINE.***.
Day by day / Do you hear the people sing...100 ALL TIME SHOW FAVOURITES.***.
I don't want to know...Angela Lansbury....DEAR WORLD.***.
Standing on the corner....Jack Delon,Peter Rhodes.Alan Thomas,Peter Lloyd Parry...THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.***.
You can't stop the beat...Cast....HAIRSPRAY(FILM).***.
Opening medley......Cast....CARMEN JONES(FILM)****.
Overture / This nearly was mine....Orchestra / Enzio Pinza...SOUTH PACIFIC(FILM)*****.
The Glass Botom Boat....Doris Day....THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT(FILM)**.
Tell me it's not true....Petula Clark...BLOOD BROTHERS.***.
The drinking song....Mario Lanza...100 HITS.****.
Razzle Dazzle....Jerry Orbach...CHICAGO.*****.
Hi lil Hi Lo....Four Aces....HITS FROM HOLLYWOOD AND BRAODWAY.***.
Losing my mind...Julia McKenzie....FOLLIES.***.
The picture of happiness....cast....TENDERLOIN.***.
Papa can you hear me....Barbara Streisand....THE ESSENTIAL..*****.
Potiphar....Cast....JOSEPH.***.
The Merry Widow Waltz....Jane Morgan.... SINGS SHOWSTOPPERS.*****.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW...AUGUST 30TH...ALEXANDER RYBAK.

NO BOUNDERIES.....ALEXANDER RYBAK.****. TRACKS PLAYED.....

First kiss / Europe's skies / I'm in love / Dare I say / Barndance.

The singer who won the Eurovision song contest 3 years ago and proved a creative singer and musician. His popularity has not reached Britain yet except for his winning song in the contest "Fairytale" but this his second album in English is a bright commercial album that should not be ignored. Very entertaining!

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Right now...Mel Torme....THE PLATINUM COLLECTION.***.
Spooky....Peter Grant....PETER GRANT.*****.
Somewhere....Rhydian....RHYDIAN****.
Morgan...Ivo Robic / Be my guest...Fats Domino / I'll never fall in love again...Johnny Ray....BRITISH HIT PARADE 1959.****.
I get ideas...Jane Morgan....JANE IN SPAIN.****.
I've grown accustomed to her face....Dean Martin...FOREVER COOL.***.
James, hold the ladder steady....Sue Thompson...SUZIE.**.
With a song in my heart...Ella Fitzgerald...SINGS COLE PORTER / RODGERS AND HART.*****.
Some kind of wonderful....Micheal Buble...CRAZY LOVE.*****.
A picture of you...Joe Brown...THE BEST OF...**.
String of pearls.....Jools Holland.***.
As tears go by...Marianne Faithful...THE BEST OF..***.
Angie Baby...Helen Reddy....THE BEST OF...****.
Baby it's you.....Shirelles....THE BEST OF...***.
Bangers and Mash....Peter Sellers,Sophia Loren...VARIOUS.***.
Lookin out the window....Cliff Richard....VARIOUS.****.
Working man....Bryn Chamberlain...LOCAL ALBUM.LOCAL SINGER.****.
Happy Jack....Who....THE BEST OF....***.
The happy Whistler...Don Robertson / Comin in the back door...Baja Marimba Band...HARD TO FIND POP INSTREMENTALS 2.***.
Wind beneath my wings...RyanDan....RYANDAN.***.
Clap your hands...Doris Day....BRIGHT AND SHINY.****.
Before the rain...Nancy Wilson.... A TOUCH OF TODAY.****.
Old Cape Cod....Patti Page...THE MERCURY YEARS 2.****.
I can't stop loving you....Johnny Mathis...LET IT BE ME.*****.
In the still of the night...Ray Conniff...S'MARVELLOUS.****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS FEATURING "RAGS"

RAGS. TRACKS PLAYED....

I remember/Greenhorns / Brand new world / Penny a tune / For my Mary / Rags / Finale.Julia Migenes, Josh Blake,Dick Latessa,Larry Kert,Judy Kuhn.

A fine musical on record,however the vast libretto didn't centre sufficiently on the main characters. The Musical was covering too many immigrants for one show. I'm sure it will return in the future in simpler form or as concert material.****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

One day more....Cast ...LES MISERABLES.*****.
I got rhythm...Kirby Ward....CRAZY FOR YOU.****.
9-5....Cast....9-5.**.
Bill...Ava Gardener....DID YOU KNOW THESE STARS ALSO SANG.***.
My favourite thing....Julie Andrews....SOUND OF MUSIC(FILM).*****.
Shakalaka Baby.....Cast....BOMBAY DREAMS.***.
I'm not that girl....Idina Menzel....WICKED.*****.
Crazier than you....Cast...THE ADDAMS FAMILY.****.
I am Africa.....Rory O Malley....THE BOOK OF MORMON.****.
Waltz of Anna and Sir Edward....Orchestra....THE KING AND I(FILM)*****.
The good the bad and the ugly...Prague Philharmonic Orchestra...ESSENTIAL FILM THEMES.****.
Jesus Christ Superstar...Zubin Varla...JCS.****.
So far...Perry Como (from Allegro)...THE LONG LOST HITS OF....***
I think I got you beat....Sutton Foster,Brian D'arcy James...SHREK***.
Never...Madeline Kahn....ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.*****.
Windy City....Debbie Gravitte....CALAMITY JANE.***.
Get Happy....Judy Garland....GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS.***.
My time of day/I've never been in love before...Ian Charleston,Julie Covington..GUYS AND DOLLS.****.
Thataway....Karen Ziemba...CURTAINS*****.
One hand one heart...Bill Lee,Marni Nixon....WEST SIDE STORY.*****.
Puttin' on the Ritz.....Cast...YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.**.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS FEATURING "ELLA".

THE ELLA FITZGERALD SONGS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

S'wonderful / By Strauss / The real American folk song / They all laughed.
all from ELLA SINGS THE GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN SONGBOOK.*****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

Forget Domani...Perry Como....THE ESSENTIAL 60S SINGLES COLLECTION.****.
The day I met Marie...Cliff Richard...PLATINUM COLLECTION.****.
Adios Amigo...Jim Reeves...THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.****.
The race is on....Jack Jones....MY KIND OF TOWN.***.
A rockin' good way....Brook Benton, Dinah Washington....DIVA.THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.*****.
What a wonderful world...Johnny Mathis....LET IT BE ME.*****.
Why now now...Matt Munro....THIS IS MATT MUNRO*****.
With open arms.....Jane Morgan....GREATEST HITS.****.
The shepherd's song....Acker Bilk....THE BEST OF....****.
Back in your own back yard...Peggy Lee....RIDIN' HIGH.*****.
Frangipani blossom....Bing Crosby...RETURN TO PARADISE ISLANDS.***.
First time ever I saw your face...Harry Connick Jnr...YOUR SONGS.****.
Animal crackers....Anne Murray....THERE'S A HIPPO IN MY TUB.***.
Put yourself in my place...Buddy Greco...BUDDY'S IN A BRAND NEW BAG.***.
Bye Bye blackbird...Sammy Davis Jnr....THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.****.
While the music plays on....Doris Day....HER LIFE IN MUSIC.****.
Up up and away....The Johnny Mann singers.****.
Ticket to ride.....Hank Marvin.***.
American Pie...Don McLean.****.
And I love her...Beatles.****.
I dreamed a dream...Idina Menzel,Glee.***.
I just can't help beleivin'...Elvis Presley.***.
Well I ask you....Eden Kane.**.
Let's face the music and dance...Nat King Cole...same name album.****.
Hit the road Jack....Ray Charles....THE DEFINITIVE....****.
Feeling good.....Micheal Buble....IT'S TIME.*****.
I won't let you walk this road alone....Rhydian...O FORTUNA.****.
Spanish Eyes...Englebert Hunperdink....THE DANCE ALBUM ***.
How wonderful you are....Gordon Haskell...HARRY'S BAR.***.
Why do fools fall in love...Overtones..GAMBLIN' MAN.****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...HOW TO SUCEED....

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING....TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

How to succeed / Coffee break /The company way / Been a long day / Rosemarie / Cinderella darling / I believe in you / Interviews with Robert Morse.
Matthew Broderick 1.Robert Morse 3,4,5,7,8. Cast 2,4,6,7.

Cartoon business comedy on the easiest way to reach the top of the tree in Commerce.In it's time it was satirical,tongue in cheek comedy...now it's a little outdated but the songs are good and fit in with the plot very nicely. Daniel Radcliffe is the latest to play J Pierpoint Finch on his way to the chairman of the board preceeded by Mathew Broderick and Robert Morse.***.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

Belly up to the bar...Debbie Reynolds...UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN(FILM)***.
Wonders of the world...Micheal Crawford...THE WIZARD OF OZ.****.
There's a coach comin in....Male Chorus...PAINT YOUR WAGON(FILM).***.
Summertime...ray Conniff....THE ESSENTIAL....****.
Lullaby of Broadway...Jerry Orbach...42ND STREET.****.
I will wait for you...Bobby Darin....SINGS THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE.****.
You have to be there....Helen Sjoholm...KRISTINA.*****.
The worst pies in London....Angela Lansbury....SWEENEY TODD.****.
The Proposal/The night was alive...Brian D'Arcy James/Martin Moran...TITANIC.*****.
The sound of music...Doris Day...SHOWTIME.*****.
Opposite your smile....Peter Duncan,Jenna Russell...THE CARD.*
Back to the future...Prague Philharmonic orchestra....ESSENTIAL FILM THEMES.****.
The bells of St Sebastian...Raul Julia...NINE.*****.
Somebody to love....Brittany Murphy.....HAPPY FEET(FILM).***.
Sunset Boulevard...Gary Wilmot.....WHERE IS LOVE,****.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW FEATURING ANDREA BOCELLI..JOHNNY MATHIS.

TRACKS PLAYED FROM JOHNNY MATHIS ALBUM "LET IT BE ME" MATHIS IN NASHVILLE.

Let it be me / Southern nights / Lovin' arms / Shenandoah.

This is one of his best albums in a long time. Old country favourites come up sparkling new with lush orchestrations and nimble guitar work that will please any easy listening devotee. *****.

SPRINKLED SONGS FROM ANDREA BOCELLI.VIVERE...THE BEST OF.....

Canto della terra / Time to say goodbye / The prayer / Because we believe.*****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Here's that rainy day....George Shearing....DEEP VELVET.****.
Love of my life....Carly Simon....INTO WHITE.****.
You're nobody till somebody loves you....Andy Williams...DEAR HEART.****.
The bells of St Mary's...Jane Morgan...OUR LANGUAGE OF LOVE.****.
I'm lookin' out the window....Cliff Richard....VARIOUS.****.
Brand new key....Melanie....THE BEST OF..**.
Blue Moon....Mel Torme....VARIOUS.****.
For all we know....Carpenters....VARIOUS.****.
Jack in the box...Clodagh Rogers...THE BEST OF...***.
Forget you....Cee Lo Green...SINGLE *****.
Bellisimma....DJ Quicksilver....SINGLE **.
Nancy's Minuet...Everly brothers....50 YEARS OF HITS.****.
Vacation....Connie Francis....THE ULTIMATE EP COLLECTION.****.
Where did our love go....Manhatten Transfer...THE VERY BEST OF(2cdS)***.
I looked back...Perry Como....60S SINGLES COLLECTION..N/A.
Ka-ching....Shania Twain...GREATEST HITS.****.
Theme from Tchaikovskys Romeo & Juliet....Ray Conniff...CONCERT IN RHYTHM.****.
My Melancholy baby....Tommy Edwards....IT'S ALL IN THE GAME.***.
New world in the morning....Roger Whittaker....THE GOLDEN AGE OF...****.
Ole...Peggy Lee...OLE A LA LEE.*****.
You're a big girl now....Rhydian.....WAVES.***.
Around the world...Ronnie Hilton....THE VERY BEST OF...****.
On a slow boat to China...Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney...FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.*****.

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PHILIP AND MARGARET JONES ON COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS.

I was delighted to have Margaret and Philip Jones On MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS today. Both are responsible for the Llandudno Youth Music Theatre and the production of THE WIZ last July at Venue Cymru. Next year the LMYT are putting on OUR HOUSE at the main theatre in Venue Cymru some time in July. We looked at the new Musicals that have been put on in the last two years in the West End and on Broadway.

PLAYLIST.....

'Til I hear you sing....Ramin Karimloo,Sierra Boggess...LOVE NEVER DIES.***.
The company way....Mathew Broderick....HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.****.
Overture....Orchestra...PROMISES PROMISES.****.
Red Shoes Blues...Hannah Waddingham....THE WIZARD OF OZ(NEW VERSION)***.
Spelling Bee....Cast...THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.**.
Pasta....Emma Williams,Micheal Xavier...LOVE STORY.***.
Hello....Cast....BOOK OF MORMON.****.
Mama who bore me...Lea Michelle....SPRING AWAKENING.**.
I'm in love with a wonderful guy...Mitzi Gaynor...SOUTH PACIFIC(FILM)*****.
How I got the calling....Patina Miller,Cast...SISTER ACT.***.
Just around the corner,...Bebe Neuwirth,,,,THE ADDAMS FAMILY.****.
Unchained melody/Finale....Richard Fleeshman,Caissie Levy..GHOST THE MUSICAL.***.
This is my story....Cast....SHREK.****.
Diy World....Cast....SPIDERMAN TURN OFF THE DARK.*.
Butter outta cream.....Aaron Tveit,Tom Wopat....CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.***.
Our house.....Cast....OUR HOUSE.***.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW....AMY WINEHOUSE / RHYDIAN.

AMY WINEHOUSE.....FRANK....TRACKS PLAYED....

October song / What is it about men.

The first album released by Amy and now very popular to those people who only have BACK TO BLACK. It shows great promise for a new singer's first album but it isn't as wonderful as her follow up. With more style, imagination and pure melody BACK TO BLACK is sensational FRANK is just very good.***.

RHYDIAN.....WAVES....TRACKS PLAYED....

The promise / No more "i love you"s / Waves.

What is going on? Rhydian not going more classical as reported but tackling new material with modern orchestration and heavy beats. Very Roy Orbison on some tracks but without the professionalism. I found the album somewhat samey throughout after a couple of albums of pseudo classical pieces which Rhydian had handled very well, I have to admit this album demonstrates a distinct downturn.**.

OTHER TYRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

It's de-loverly...Ella Fitzgerald....SINGS COLE PORTER.****.
Palace of love...Micheal Holliday....EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF...****.
You make me feel so young....Frank Sinatra....THE PLATINUM COLLECTION.*****.
Sunshine Cake....Bing Crosby.....THE VERY BEST OF....***.
Fields of gold....Eva Cassidy....SONGBIRD.****.
Da doo ron ron...Crystals....VARIOUS.****.
Dance with me....Hank Marvin....SINGLE ****.
You're gonna lose that girl...Beatles...VARIOUS.****.
59th Bridge street song....Harper's Bizarre....SINGLE.***.
Home lovin' man....Andy Williams....VARIOUS..****.
Just loving you....Anita harris....THE BEST OF.***.
I can't let Maggie go...Honeybus....SINGLE.**.
Blackbird....Rumer....SEASONS OF MY SOUL.***.
Crazy little thing called love.....Micheal Buble...MICHEAL BUBLE.*****.
Walkin' in the sunshine...Roger Miller...GOLD.***.
Time for August.....Julie London....CALENDAR GIRL.*****.
Tina Marie.....Perry Como...JUKE BOX BABY.****.
Another sad love song.....Toni Braxton....TONY BRAXTON.*****.
Missing you now....Johnny Mathis....BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME.***.
Dansero...Doris Day....LATIN FOR LOVERS.*****.
Fever...G4....G4& FRIENDS.***.
Something wonderful....Carly Simon....MY ROMANCE.****.
That's Amore.....Connie francis....SINGS ITALIAN FAVOURITES(2CDS)****.
Now...Al Martino...AL MARTINO COLLECTION.****.
Something stupid...Peggy Lee...IS THAT ALL THERE IS.****.
It's over...Roy Orbison....THE ORIGINAL SINGLES COLLECTION*****.
I'll but that dream...Dean Martin....LATE AT NIGHT WITH DEAN MARTIN.*****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS FEATURING...LITTLE WOMEN.

LITTLE WOMEN....THE MUSICAL.

I'd be delighted / Take a chance on me / Off to Massachusettes / Some things are mean't to be / Small unberella in the rain. Sutton Foster...1,2,4,5,6. Maureen McGovern...7.Jenny Powers...1.Megan McGinnis....1,3,4. John Hickok.3.

A small charming musical that never really saw the light of day outside America. I find it quite enchanting as a Musical CD and think that as an Amateur production especially for young ladies, this would be a treat to accomplish successfully. 13 piece orchestra required.....or perhaps two pianos.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

Happy/We'll take a glass together...Cast...GRAND HOTEL.****.
Fascinating Rhythm....Tommy Steele....SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.***.
Time was when.....Cast....MARGUERITE.***.
With you...Caisie Levy.....GHOST THE MUSICAL.**.
The Rhythm of life....Cast ..SWEET CHARITY.*****.
Master of the house...Alun Armstrong...LES MISERABLES.*****.
There is nothiin like a dame....Cast....SOUTH PACIFIC.*****. FILM.
I wonder what the ,king is doing tonight / Overture....Richard Burton / Orchestra...CAMELOT.*****.
It's a hard knock life...Girls....ANNIE.****.
To be alone with you...Robert Preston....BEN FRANKLIN IN PARIS.***.
Prologue / I put my hand in.....Carol Channing...HELLO DOLLY.****.
I met a girl...Sydney Chaplain....BELLS ARE RINGING.****.
Memory....Elaine Paige....CATS.***.
You'll never walk alone....GordonMcRae,Jo Stafford...n/a.
Standing on the corner...King Brothers....VARIOUS.***.
Skip to my Lou.....Cast....MEET ME IN ST LOUIS.**.
Beauty and the beast....Beth Fowler....BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.***.
Summer's day....Cast....LOVE STORY.***.
Since I don't have you....Skyliners...SINGLE.***.
Sadie Sadie....Barbara Streisand....FUNNY GIRL.****.
Tomorrow...Cast....FORBIDDEN BROADWAY.***.

Next week my guests will be Phillip and Margaret Jones Of Llandudno Youth Musical Theatre. They have been directing, producing, and musical directing the society for many years, last year the society won awards for Billy Elliot and this year they have just performed The Wiz at Venue Cymru. Next Sunday 2-4pm on Tudnofm 107.8 or online at tudnofm.co.uk and click on the link.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW FEATURING NAT KING COLE.

NAT KING COLE....

Those lazy hazy crazy days of summer / Unforgettable / Nature boy / Smile / When I fall in love / Stardust / Rambling Rose.

PLAYLIST...

Something...Shirley Bassey.....album..GREATEST HITS.***.
Don't worry 'bout me...Tommy Dorsey orchestra....album...TEA FOR TWO CHA CHAS.***.
Gonna get along without you now...Tereasa Brewer...THE BEST OF...**.
Softly as I leave you....Matt Munro.....THE ULTIMATE...*****.
All I want...Peggy Lee....WHERE DID THEY GO.****.
So Many Ways....Brook Benton....THE BEST OF....****.
Blue Skies...Ella Fitzgerald....GOLD.*****.
The impossible dream....Jack Jones...THE BEST OF....****.
The last time I saw Paris...Dean Martin...FRENCH STYLE.*****.
Back where it all began...Carly Simon...THIS IS MY LIFE.****.
Creative....Leon Jackson...RIGHT NOW.****.
Goodbye Cruel World....James Darren...TEENAGE TEARS.***.
It's gonna take a miracle...Manhatten Transfer / Bette Midler...TONIN'***.
I'll remember tonight...Pat Boone....PAT'S 40 BIG ONES.****.
My Blue Heaven....Harry Connick Jnr...ONLY YOU.****.
Up where we belong...Blake....AND SO IT GOES.***.
Our day will come....Julie London...THE MAGIC OF....****.
Perfidia...Mel Torme....OLE TORME.****.
Blowin in the wind...New Christy Minstrels....COAT YOUR MINDS WITH HONEY.***.
Chatanooga cho choo....Floyd Cramer....THE ESSENTIAL...***.
Night and day...Tony Bennett...THE ESSENTIAL.*****.
Walking backwards down the road...Dionne warwick...ORIGIANL ALBUM SERIES.****.
Can't take my eyes off you...Andy Williams...THE LOVE SONGS.****
In the wee small hours of the morning...Frank Sinatra...SAME.*****.
Just couldn't resist her with her pocket transistor...Alma Cogan...CELEBRATION.***.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...THE ADAMS FAMILY MUSICAL.

THE ADAMS FAMILY.....TRACKS.

Theme / When you're an Adams / Pulled / Where did we go wrong / Morticia / Just around the corner / Crazier than you / Let's not talk about anything but love / Move towards the darkness.
Cast....Nathan Lane(2,4,5,8.9.) Bebe neuwirth (2,4,6,9) Krysta Rodriguez(3,7) Terrance Mann (7).

A very entertaining album with music in the old tradition. Catchy songs,good ballads,great musical stage orchestrations and some interesting choral work. The dark, macarbre side of the musical is handled lightly with a lot of fun. Knowing about the TV series puts you at ease hearing the music. Because most of the lyrics deal with death, torture and the macarbre it is unlightly that any of the songs will become standards but the musical as whole on CD is excellant.

PLAYLIST.....

Wandering star....Lee Marvin....PAINT YOUR WAGON(FILM)***.
Where I wanna be....Tommy Korberg....CHESS.*****.
Step to the rear...Cast...HOW NOW DOW JONES.***.
I wanna be a producer...Matthew Broderick....THE PRODUCERS.****.
I'm Martin Guerre.....Stephen Weller....MARTIN GUERRE.***.
I could have danced all night....Jane Morgan....SINGS SHOWSTOPPERS.*****.
Air....Cast..HAIR.**.
Shall we dance.....Elaine Paige,Jason Scott Lee....THE KING AND I.*****.
A wonderful guy.....Ray Conniff....BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.*****.
Dream baby dream / Bobby's girl.....Cast...DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS.**.
How the money changes hands....Cast...TENDERLOIN.***.
Any dream will do...Lee Meade....JOSEPH.****.
Vanilla Ice cream....Ruthie Henshall....SHE LOVES ME.****.
Ziegfeld Girl....Micheal Feinstein...MISS SPECTACULAR.***.
Not while I'm around...Barbara Striesand....THE ESSENTIAL...*****.
Once a year day....John Raitt....THE PYJAMA GAME.***.
I will follow him....Whoopi Goldberg.....SISTER ACT(FILM).***.
Waltz of my heart...Anne Rogers....THE DANCIING YEARS.***.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 26TH.

PLAYLIST.....

Goldfinger....Shirley Bassey....VARIOUS

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 26TH.

PLAYLIST.....

Goldfinger....Shirley Bassey....VARIOUS.****.
We have all the time in the world....Louis Armstrong...SINGLE.****.
Glad all over.....Dave Clark 5....album....THE BEST OF...**.
All about you...Mc Fly...SINGLE.****.
As tears go by....Marianne Faithful....THE BEST OF...***.
Havn't met you yet....Micheal Buble...SINGLE.*****.
For you,For you...Micheal Holliday....SINGLE.****.
A sign of the times....Petula Clark....VARIOUS.***
Set fire to the rain....Adele....SINGLE.****.
Tears dry on their own...Amy Winehouse....BACK TO BLACK.*****.
Second hand rose...Barbara Streisand.....VARIOUS.****.
Brazilian Love song....Nat King Cole....album...THANKYOU PRETTY BABY.****.
Raining in my heart....Charlie Landsbrough.....A PORTRAIT OF....***.
Isle of Capri.....Rosemary Clooney,Bing Crosby....FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.*****.
The Continental....Peter Skellern....THE BEST OF....*****.
The children's marching song....Doris Day....WITH A SMILE AND A SONG.****.
Love me....Collin Raye....ALL I CAN BE.****.
1492 Conquest of paradise...Blake...BLAKE.****.
Return to me....Dean Martin....VARIOUS.*****.
Lipstick on your collar.....Connie Francis....VARIOUS.****.
Mambo No 5....Perez Prado....MAMBO PARTY.****.
Volare...Bobby Rydell....THE BEST OF...****.
Bye Bye blues...Dinah Shore....THE BEST OF...*****.
Me and my shadow....Sammy Davis Jnr,Frank Sinatra....SINGLE.****.
I love and don't you forget it....Perry Como...THE ESSENTIAL 60S SINGLE COLLECTION...N/A.
Busted....Ray Charles....THE DEFINITIVE...****.
A twist of fate....Andy Williams....GREATEST LOVE CLASSICS.****.
If only I could live my life again....Jane Morgan....JANE IN SPAIN.****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS FEATURING "GHOST" THE MUSICAL

TRACKS FROM GHOST....

Here right now / Three little words / I'm outta here / Unchained melody/The love inside.....Richard Fleeshman,Caissie Levy Tracks1&2&3 / Oda Mae Brown Track 4.

I wish the music was more melodious and the songs memorable. I am sure you leave the theatre humming Unchained Melody. I havn't seen it live so maybe it will work for those who loved the film. For me ....3stars.

PLAYLIST.....
Nobody does it better....Carly Simon....SINGLE***.
No two people....Danny Kaye,Jane Wyman.....VARIOUS.***.
Moon River....Danny Williams....VARIOUS.****.
Our House.....Madness.....album...THE BEST OF....***.
Promises Promises...Dionne Warwick....album...THE BEST OF.****.
Rag Doll....Four seasons.....GREATEST HITS.***.
Defying Gravity / Take a bow / I dreamed a dream..Idina Menzel...GLEE MUSIC.
Grease Lightning....John Travolta....GREASE(FILM).****.
I am telling you I'm not going...Jennifer Hudson...SINGLE.****.
This is my song...Harry Secombe...SINGLE***.
He's the Wizard....Cast...THE WIZ.**.
Climb every mountain....Mother Abbess....SOUND OF MUSIC(FILM).*****
Pull the trigger...Cast....SPIDERMAN TURN OFF THE DARK.**.
The Company way.....Mathew Broderick....HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.****.
Anthem.....Josh Groban...CHESS IN CONCERT.*****.
You and me(but mostly me)....Cast....BOOK OF MORMON.****.
The World is a circle....Liv Ullman....LOST HORIZON.***.
He plays the violin...Betty Buckley....1766.*****.
Welcome to the theatre....Lauren Bacall....APPLAUSE.****.
Family Tree....Cast....CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.***.
He's back / Tomorrow morning....David Wayne / Robert Goulet...THE HAPPY TIME****.


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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 19TH.

THE CLASSIC EASY LISTENING SINGLES.....ALL ***** 5 STAR. PLAYED ON SHOW.

My way....Frank Sinatra.
That's Amore....dean Martin.
Downtown...Petula Clark.
Fever...Peggy Lee.
Crazy....Patsy Cline.
Magic Moments...Perry Como.
Close to you....carpenters.
Can't get used to losing you...Andy Williams.
Big Spender...Shirley Bassey.
You can't hurry love...Supremes.
Rule the world...Take That.
Believe...Cher.
Unchained Melody...Richeous brothers.
Help...Beatles.
Wonderful World...Sam Cooke.
Will you still love me tomorrow...Shirelles.
A certain smile....Johnny Mathis.
Spanish eyes....Al Martino.
Let there be love....Nat King Cole.
In dreams....Roy Orbison.
S'wonderful....Ray Conniff.
Chasing Pavements...Adele.
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps...Doris Day.
Beyond the sea....Bobby Darin.
Walk Away...Matt Munro.
All I have to do is dream....Everly Brothers.
Cry me a river....Micheal Buble.
Vincent...Don McLean.
Leave right now...Will Young.
Breathe Again...Toni Braxton.

AND.

My boomerang won't come back....Charlie Drake.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...THE CURRENT MUSICALS.

Not a playlist this week but a look at the current musical season. Big hit musicals like WICKED or the LION KING have one thing in common....Five or six good songs along with a concept that is attractive to ALL audiences and if you look back over the last decade all Big Musicals have the same ingrediants. Go further back and you find that shows like PHANTOM,MY FAIR LADY, LES MIS,EVITA,OKLAHOMA,THE KING AND I have a dozen or so hit songs in their scores. Arguably, the record charts assisted these earlier musicals but I feel, these shows would have succeeded even without the chart success they acheived.
Everything these days is concept and hit-film based without any discernable care about really excellant melodies and singable lyrics. SISTER ACT...no great songs....LOVE STORY....pretty but forgettful....GHOST...modern with one good song...Unchained Melody...and that doesn't come from a current songwriters pen.BETTY BLUE EYES....NO ALBUM RELEASED YET....THE JERSEY BOYS....old Four Seasons music,etc,etc. American new shows on Broadway follow the same pattern with even Andrew Lloyd Webber's LOVE NEVER DIES not opened yet. I suppose it still needs work.I think it needs more melodious songs. There have been four enchanting songs written for the WIZARD OF OZ why not LOVE NEVER DIES.
I suppose you could say it's a great financial gamble to put on a musical in these times, but so far all the new ones that have appeared recently have a play-safe feel about them. Play -safe.....I don't think so....Take a chance. It is more likely to work.BOOK OF MORMON took a big chance on Broadway with it's controversial and extraordinary concept. You just can't get a seat!!

I will be playing tracks from GHOST the musical next Sunday. It opens this week in the West End.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 12TH.

PLAYLIST.....

All i do is dream of you....Micheal Buble...CRAZY LOVE.*****.
Manhatten....Ella Fitzgerald.....VARIOUS.*****.
Silence says it all....Rhydian....SINGLE.***.
Red roses for a blue lady....Vic Damone.****. n/a.
And I love you so....Perry Como....VARIOUS.****.
From Russia with love....Matt Munro....VARIOUS.*****.
Besame Mucho....Harry Connick Jnr....YOUR SONGS.****.
Are you lonesome tonight...Al Martino....n/a.****.
Orinoco flow....Enya.....SINGLE.****.
Old Cape Cod....Patti Page.....THE SINGLE PART 2.****.
Top of the world...Carpenters....VARIOUS.****.
Yesterday when I was young....Dusty Springfield....THE BEST OF..****.
Un break my heart....Toni Braxton....SINGLE.****.
Viva las Vegas....Elvis Presley....VARIOUS.***.
Amor....Julio Englasias.....SINGLE.***.
New world in the morning...Roger Whittiker....THE GOLDEN AGE OF....****.
Where will the dimple be....Rosemary Clooney....THE BEST OF.****.
Just an old fashioned love song...Paul Williams....JUST AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG.***.
They can't take that away from me...Frank Sinatra...MY WAY, THE BEST OF....*****.
Baby face.....Vikki Carr.....THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.****.
Miss Chatelaine....K.D. Lang.....INGENUE.***.
Two sleepy people....Carly Simon, John Travolta....FILM NOIR.***.
They say...Peggy Lee....THEN WAS THEN,NOW IS NOW.***.
Rhinestone cowboy....Glen Campbell.....TWENTY GOLDEN GREATS.****.
No....Doris Day....HAPPY HITS.***.
Eternity....Buddy Greco......BIG BANDS AND BALLADS.***
Party for two....Shania Twain....GREATEST HITS.****.
Slowpoke....Helen O Connell.....A LONG LAST LOOK.***.
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto...Ray Conniff...CONCERT IN RHYTHM.****.
In a little Spanish town...Bing Crosby....EL SENOR BING.***.
I can't beleive that you're in love with me....Jack Jones...THERE'S LOVE AND THERE'S LOVE.****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...BROADWAY..+ BOOK OF MORMON.

TRACKS FROM BOOK OF MORMON....***.
Hello / You and me(But mostly me) / Sal Tlay Ka Siti / I am Africa / Tomorrow is a latter day.

Book of Mormon is an up to date satirical look at religion from a Mormon perspective.This, being a musical seems hard to take in. Controversial, certainly and some of the music sends up "Musicals" and Religion....and some of the music is catchy,but it is a whole. There's no hit singles in this score.It's supposed to be coming here next year and judging by the sale of the album and the long lines at the box office we will certainly be welcoming it with open arms.My three star rating is for the CD not the show.

SHOWS ON BROADWAY....One track from each.

Show me....Julie Andrews....MY FAIR LADY.*****.
Some enchanted evening....Perry Como.....album...THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION.****.
All I care about is you....Jerry Orbach...CHICAGO.*****.
I beleive in you...Matthew Broderick....HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.****.
Freindship.....Martin Marquet,Sally Anne Triplett....ANYTHING GOES.
Pull the trigger....Cast....SPIDERMAN TURN OFF THE DARK.**.
Fabulous baby...Patina Miller....SISTER ACT.***.
I have a dream....Amanda Seyfried.....MAMMA MIA(FILM)****.
Phantom of the Opera....Micheal Crawford....PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.*****.
What is this feeling....Idina Menzel, Kristin Chenoweth...WICKED.*****
Circle of life.....Cast....LION KING.****.
Memphis lives in me....Cast....MEMPHIS.***.
A fine romance...Julia Shore, Micheal Law...PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.***
Just around the corner....Bebe Neuwirth....THE ADDAMS FAMILY.***.
Walk like a man.....Cast....JERSEY BOYS.***.
Expressing yourself....Cast.....BILLY ELLIOT.***.
Anything can happen...Sally Ann Triplett....MARY POPPINS.***.
Til I hear you sing....

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JULY 5TH.

PLAYLIST.....

Material girl....Madonna.....GREATEST HITS.***.
Movin' out....Billy Joel.....GREATEST HITS.****.
PS I love you....Beatles.....VARIOUS.****.
May each Day....Andy Williams....VARIOUS.****.
Petite Fleur....Mank Marvin,....GREATEST HITS.***.
If I could almost read your mind.....Perry Como....THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION.*****.
Yo Te Amo Maria....Roy Orbison.....THE ORIGINAL SINGLES COLLECTION.*****.
But not for me....Doris Day.....DAY BY DAY.****.
Let's get away from it all....Frank Sinatra....COME FLY WITH ME.*****.
Sidewalks of Cuba....Betty Bennet....BEYOND THE SEA.****.
Can't help falling in love...Harry Connick Jnr....YOUR SONGS.****.
My little grass shack....Bing Crosby...RETURN TO PARADISE ISLANDS.***.
Just yesterday...Matt Munro.....THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION.****.
What a little moonlight can do....Nancy Wilson....THE VERY BEST OF.****.
Wishin' and Hopin'....Dionne warwick.....SINGS BACHARACH AND DAVID.****.
Mr Music Man....Tommy Edwards....THE COMPLETE HITS OF...****.
Sleigh ride in July...Julie London....CALENDER GIRL.*****.
Falling into you...Celine Dion....FALLING INTO YOU.****.
Paris....Perez Prado.....KING OF MAMBO.****.
Cheek to cheek...Ella Fitzgerald....SINGS IRVING BERLIN.****.
Georgia on my mind....Ray Charles.....THE DEFINITIVE...*****.
I'm coming home again...Rhydian.....RHYDIAN.****.
Romance is dead....Paloma Faith....PALOMA FAITH.*****.
The purple people eater....Sheb Wooley / Torero...Julius La Rosa.....1958 BRITISH HIT PARADE.****.
Hello Mary Lou

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS JULY3RD...CATCH ME IF YOU CAN..

SHOWS RUNNING IN LONDON...( ONE TRACKS FROM EACH )

Dreamboats and petticoats....Cast....Teenager in love.**
Wicked....Idina Menzel,Kristin Chenoweth,,,,Popular,*****
Priscilla Queen of the desert....Julia Shore and Micheal Law...A Fine romance.***.
Hairspray......Marissa Jaret Winokur.....Good morning Baltimore***.
Can you feel the love tonight....Cast...The Lion King.****.
Take a letter Miss Jones....David Hitchin....Blood brothers.***.
Mamma Mia....Cast...Mamma Mia.***.
Think of me...Sarah Brightman....Phantom of the Opera.*****.
All that Jazz......Chita Rivera...Chicago.*****.
Shrek....Morning person....Sutton Foster.***.
Love never dies....Sierra Boggess.....Love never dies.****.
Wizard of Oz....Hannah Waddingham.....Red shoes Blues.****.
Love Story.....Summer's day....Emma Williams,Micheal Xavier.***.
Jersey Boys....Medley...Cast.***.
Billy Elliot.....Electricity....Liam Mower.***
Legally Blond....Bend and Shape...laura Bell Bundy.***.
Les Miserables...Thenardier Waltz...Cast.*****.


CATCH ME IF YOU CAN***.

Butter outta cream / Christmas is my favourite time of year / Don't be a stranger / Our family tree / Goodbye......Norbert Leo Butz,Aaron Tveit,Tom Wopat,Rachel de Benedet.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW

a FACT CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL THING....JERRY ORBACH,MARION MERCER...PROMISES PROMISES.****.
OVERTURE....ORCHESTRA....SWEET CHARITY(FILM)
THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE...PERCY FAITH.****.
SHUT UP GERALD.....LAUREN BACALL....WOMAN OF THE YEAR.*****.

NEXT SUNDAY TRACKS FROM ALL SHOWS RUNNING ON BROADWAY + TRACKS FROM "BOOK OF MORMON"
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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.JUNE 27TH.

PLAYLIST.....

Ain't no way to treat a lady...Helen Reddy....album..THE VERY BEST OF..****.
Spanish Lady....Val Doonican....album...THE VAL DOONICAN SONGBOOK.****.
A love song...Anne Murray...album...THE BEST...SO.FAR.****.
Enjoy yourself....Jools Holland + Prince Buster...SINGLE.***.
Boom bang a bang.....Lulu....album....THE BEST OF.***.
Just as much as ever....Nat King Cole...SINGLE.***.
Abergaveny...Marty Wilde....THE BEST OF.***.
We're gonna change the world....Matt Munro...SINGLE.***.
Groovin with Mr Bloe.....SINGLE.***.
Only Love...Nana Mouskoori...SINGLE**.
The 12th of never...Johnny Mathis....THE LOVE SONGS.****.
Don't sit under the apple tree...Puppini Sisters...THE RISE AND FALL OF RUBY WOO.****.
The windows of the world...Bobbie Gentry / Don't you beleive it...Andy Williams / This empty place..Searchers / Pacific Coast Highway...Burt Bacharach....album...THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION.****.
There's a heartache following me...Jim Reeves...album...GREATEST HITS.****.
September in the rain...Dinah washington.....THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.****.
More..Doris Day...LOVE HIM.*****.
Scarborough Fair....Carly Simon....INTO WHITE.****.
I vow to thee my country...G4....G4 AND FRIENDS***.
Lullaby of birdland....ray Conniff....S'AWFUL NICE.*****.
Love walked in....Ella Fitzgerald.....SINGS THE GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN SONGBOOK.*****.
Some kind of wonderful....Micheal Buble.....CRAZY LOVE.*****.
I won't let you walk this road alone...Rhydian....O FORTUNA.*****.
The next 100 years...Al Martino.....COLLECTOR'S SERIES.****.
Love makes the world go round....Everly Brothers....100HITS.****.
Hotta Chocalotta....Dave King....MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS.****.
A cottage for sale....Frank Sinatra.....NO ONE CARES.****.
With open arms...Jane Morgan....GREATEST HITS.*****.
Shutters and Boards....Dean Martin....EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY.***.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS..26TH JUNE.

PLAYLIST.....


Fill the world with love....Peter O Toole

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JUNE 21ST.PLAYLIST.

PLAYLIST.....

Quiet please,there's a lady onstage....Jack Jones....N/A.
Save your kisses for me....Arthur Mullard,Hilda Baker...N/A.
Looking for Linda....Hue and cry.....album...BEST OF.***.
You made my life a song...Anne Murray....N/A.
Take 5....Dave Brubeck....album...THE BEST OF..****.
Walk right back...Perry Como....album...ICONS.****.
World without love...Mavericks...album...THE BEST OF.****.
September song...Frank Sinatra....A FINE ROMANCE.*****.
Odyssey....Jane Morgan.....THE SECOND TIME AROUND.***.
Yesterday...Jose Feliciano....BEST OF THE BEST.****.
An Englishman in New York....Sting...album...THE VERY BEST OF.****.
I'll be seeing you...Peggy Lee....NORMA DELORIS EGSTROM FROM JAMESTOWN.*****.
You took advantage of me....Rosemary Clooney...ROSIE SOLVES THE SWINGIN' RIDDLE.****.
When snowflakes fall in Summer...Julie London....EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF...****.
Walk away...Matt Munro....album...THE ULTIMATE.*****.
Fools rush in....Brook Benton...THE BEST OF****.
The hunter gets captured by the game...Ella Fitzgerald....album.ELLA.****.
The very thought of you....Harry Connick Jnr.....ONLY YOU.****.
Liza with a "Z"....Liza Minelli.....THE COLLECTION.***.
La vie en rose...Dean Martin....FRENCH STYLE.*****.
My brother.....Terry Scott.....CHILDHOOD DAYSD.****.
Do you remember...Neil Sedaka.....THE MUSIC OF MY LIFE.***.
Caledonia...Leon Jackson....album...RIGHT NOW.****.
It happened in Monterey...Bing Crosby,Rosemary Clooney...FANCY MEETING YOU HERE*****.
The more I see you....Andy Williams....album..LOVE ANDY.****.
In the mood...the swinging big band.****.
The way you look tonight...Ray Conniff....S'MARVELLOUS>*****.
Skylark...Micheal Holliday.....EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF...****.
I'm gonna knock on your door...Eddie Hodges / Sunny Afternoon..Kinks / Angel of the morning...PP arnold....CHART HITS OF THE SIXTIES /BOBBY SOX TO STOCKINGS***.

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MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS COLIN HOLMES JUNE 18TH...SPIDERMAN TURN OFF THE DARK.

PLAYLIST.....

SPIDERMAN TURN OFF THE DARK / Turn off the dark / A freak like me needs company / If the world should end.....Cast.*.
Rich is....Shelley Winters....MINNIE'S BOYS***.
Long before I knew you....Judy Holliday,Sydney Chaplain...BELLS ARE RINGING.****.
Roseabella..Inia Te Wiata....THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.***.
Annie...Chorus....ANNIE.***.
Camelot...Richard Burton.....CAMELOT.****.
I'm a brass band...Gwen Verdon....SWEET CHARITY.****.
We go together....Cheeky Girls....GREASEMANIA.**.
Evermore without you....Martin Crewes...THE WOMAQN IN WHITE.
The Godfather..Love Theme....Rochester Pops Orchestra...CLASSIC FILM THEMES.****.
One...Cast...CHORUS LINE.***.
I've grown accustomed to his face....Doris Day...SHOWTIME.*****.
They didn't beleive me....Jane Morgan.....SINGS SHOWSTOPPERS*****.
I think I got you beat....Brian D'arcy James,Sutton Foster...SHREK.THE MUSICAL.***.
Moses supposes....Tommy Steele,Roy Castle....SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.***.
Tome after time....Placido Domingo...A LOVE UNTIL THE END OF TIME.****.
Astonishing....Sutton Foster....LITTLE WOMEN.****.
Stan'up and fight.....Cast...CARMEN JONES(FILM).****.
I know now.....Mark Wynter Gaynor Miles....ROBERT AND ELIZABETH.****.
Don't rain on my parade....Barbara Striesand....FUNNY GIRL.****.
Time I said goodbye....FORBIDDEN BROADWAY.***.
Miss Otis Regrets...John Barrowman....SWINGS COLE PORTER.****.
All or Nuthin / Ballet....Gloria Graham, Gene Nelson,Orchestra....OKLAHOMA(FILM).*****.
Omigod you guys...Cast...Laura Bell Bundy....LEGALLY BLOND.***.
One day more....Cast ...LES MISERABLES.*****.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW JUNE 14TH...PERRY COMO.

RECOMMENDED "COMO" CD....THE SCENE CHANGES / LIGHTLY LATIN.*****
Tracks played....
Where does a little tear come from / Here comes my baby / A hatchet a hammer ,a bucket of nails / How insensitive / Baia / Quiet nights of quiet stars.

PLAYLIST.....

Doncha'go away mad....Julie London.....album...JULIE.****.
Theme from Dixie....Duane Eddy.....album....DANCE WITH THE GUITAR MAN.***
The song is love....Mary Travers....n/a.
Where the boys are ( Disco Version)...Connie Francis.n/a.
Swiss retreat....Nat King Cole....n/a.
Reason for your dreams....Don McLean****.
Wonderwall...Mike Flowers pops....SINGLE.***.
All about you.....McFly....SINGLE.****.
Human....Killers.....SINGLE.****.
Lollipop....Mudlarks*.
Make the music play...Dionne Warwick....album...PRESENTING DIONNE WARWICK.****.
Get happy.....Dorothy Collins...album...GET HAPPY.***.
Always together...Al Martino....album...WE COULD.***.
California Dreamin'....Joes Feliciano...album...GOLD.****.
Dream Lover...Bobby Darin / The wonder of you....Ronnie Hilton / I'm gonna get married...Lloyd Price.....album...1959 BRITISH HIT PARADE.****.
Serenade in Blue...Vic Damone...album...THE COLLECTION.****.
Shine on harvest moon....Nino Tempo & April Stevens...album...DEEP PURPLE.
The immigrant....Neal Sedaka.....album...THE MUSIC OF MY LIFE.***.
Smoke gets in your eyes...Barbara Striesand...album...LOVE IS THE ANSWER.***.
Saturday Night...Bruce Forsyth....album...STRICKLY COME DANCING.***.
Fancy Pants...Floyd Cramer....album...THE BEST OF...***.
Steal away.....Blake....album...AND SO IT GOES.***.
Come dance with me...Peggy Lee.....album...OLE A LA LEE.*****.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend....Jo Stafford....album...THE ULTIMATE CAPITOL COLLECTION.***.
I only want to be with you...Dusty Springfield.....album..THE LOOK OF LOVE.****.
The best is yet to come....Tony Bennett....album...THE ESSENTIAL...****.
Vaya Con Dios....Mel Torme...album...OLE TORME.****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS JUNE 12TH.

PLAYLIST.....


Kiss from a rose....Seal....SINGLE.****.
Starting together...Sue Pollard....SINGLE.***.
Xanadu....Sherleen Spiteri...SINGLE.***.
Gold finger...Shirley Bassey...THE BEST OF.****.
Sun on my face.....Robert Morse,Anthony Roberts....SUGAR.****.
We make a beautiful pair....Cast...SHENANDOAH.***.
Story of my life.....cast....SHREK THE MUSICAL.***.
They say it's wonderful....Howard Keel,Betty Hutton....album....H. KEEL.ORIGINAL HITS.***.
Dancing through life...Norbert Leo Butz....WICKED.*****.
Softly as in a morning sunrise....Bobby Darin....album...THAT'S ALL.****.
Miss baltimore Crabs....Michelle Pieffer....HAIRSPRAY.(FILM)***.
Sherry....Cast....JERSEY BOYS.***.
I and Albert....Polly James...I AND ALBERT.***.
Til I hear you sing.....Ramin Karaloo....LOVE NEVER DIES.****.
Mishnik and son.....Cast....LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS(FILM).***.
Steam heat....Cast....THE PYJAMA GAME(HARRY CONNICK VERSION)***.
Oom pah pah.....Jodie Prenger....OLIVER.****.
When Mabel comes in the room....Cast....MACK & MABEL.*****.
Some enchanted evening....Ray Conniff....BROADWAY IN RTHYTHM.*****.
Marian the librarian...Robert Preston.....THE MUSIC MAN.*****.
Lawrence of Arabia....Prague Philharmonic Orchestra...ESSENTIAL FILM THEMES.***.
Pasta....Emma Williams,Micheal Xavier....LOVE STORY.****.
I want it all....Cast....WE WILL ROCK YOU.**.
When Messiah comes....Lee Wilkoff.....LOST IN BOSTON.***.
Bobby's girl....Cast....DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS.**.
Already home....Emily Tierney.....WIZARD OF OZ.(NEW SHOW)****.
A secretary is not a toy.....Cast....HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING ( MATHEW BRODERICK VERSION)****.


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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW...EARTHA KITT. JUNE 7TH.

EARTHA KITT TRACKS PLYED ON SHOW.....

Just an old fashioned girl / Under the bridges of Paris / Smoke gets in your eyes / C'est si bon / My heart belongs to daddy / I love ya, then I need ya,then I want ya around /

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS JUNE 6TH.

With very little new musicals coming to the West End, there is very little new and exciting stuff to play. Shrek the musical opens officially next week but I am waiting for two new musicals from America...The Book of Mormon and Catch me if you can...They should be here and I will play tracks from each very soon.

PLAYLIST....

Edelweiss....Vince Hill...SINGLE.***.
I could write a book...Vic Damone....SINGLE.***.
Don't rain on my parade...Men Aloud.***.
Flash bang wallop....Tommy Steele...HALF A SIXPENCE.***.
The boy from Nowhere....Tom Jones.....MATADOR.***.
I have confidence....Julie Andrews....THE SOUND OF MUSIC.*****.
Dear Friend....Ruthie Henshall....SHE LOVES ME.****.
Tramp Tramp Tramp....Nelson Eddy....album...ALWAYS TOGETHER.***.
They're playing my song....Robert Klein...THEY'RE PLAYING MY SONG.****.
Unexpected song...Sarah Brightman....album SURRENDER.***.
Close every door....Donny Osmond....JOSEPH.***.
I know him so well....Barbara Dickson,Elaine Paige / Anything goes...Sally Ann Triplett / Lambeth Walk...Robert Lindsey / Our House...Madness / Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...Dick Van Dyke.....album...THE BEST MUSICALS EVER.****.
Charade...Matt Munro.....album...THE SINGLES COLLECTION.*****.
He's my friend.....Cast...THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN.***.
Wouldn't it be luverly....Nat King Cole....album...MY FAIR LADY.***.
Easy Terms...Petula Clark....BLOOD BROTHERS.***.
Over the rainbow...Danielle Hope....SINGLE.***.
Bali Ha'i....The four aces....album...HITS FROM HOLLYWOOD AND BROADWAY.***.
Let's not talk about anything else but love...Nathan Lane...THE ADDAMS FAMILY.****.
I have a love / One hand one heart...Barbara Streisand,Johnny Mathis...album..BACK TO BROADWAY.****.
Rags...Judy Kuhn....RAGS.*****.
Entract Gigi....Orchestra....GIGI.**.
Happy Cows....Cast....WHITE HORSE INN.**.
Nice work if you can get it....Fred Astaire......album...THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.***.

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COLIN HOLMES BLOG...BACK TO NORMAL JUNE 4TH. BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT.

Due to things beyond my control the blog has been missing for two weeks ,however everything is back to normal now and the blogs will start again tomorrow(SUNDAY) woth "magic of the musicals"

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT.

A whole week of BGT every evening at peak TV time is remarkable especially when some of the talent is questionable. The Judges had a hard time selecting 40 acts to fill each night and I think some of their choices were based on audience reaction on those early nights. It is the only "old Time" "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" type of show but how times have changed since those "Music Hall" days. It might work from the nostalgia angle but it doesn't work from the talent angle.Trivial dog acts(Mr Cowell is responsible for the judges enthusiasm over them),Miming to records acts,Bellringers,a bulging eyes man(Plus Jedward),a dear old man with his out of tune daughter,etc etc. One young lady( A very good singer) was thrown a Beyonce song,male dancers,plus effects and was immeadiatly out of her comfort zone. Simon Cowell commented on this but to no avail.She was out.
Simon Cowell ,of course, swanned in for the weeks performances expressing some amazement at the judges choices. Well Simon you should have been there!

It needs some sort of reworking in the final stages to make sure that all acts are up to the standard of entertainment. Viewers must appreciate the talent onscreen.Not dismiss it as deplorable. There was too much deplorable this year.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS 21ST MAY.

TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

People will say we're in love....Bing Crosby,Trudi Irwin...SINGLE ***.
I'll never fall in love again...Bobbie Gentry....SINGLE.***.
I rise again / Twentieth Century....Cast....ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.*****.
Give them what they want....John Lithgow....DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS.***.
I dreamed a dream....Teatro....album...TEATRO.***.
If I only had a brain...Gary Wilmot....album....WHERE IS LOVE.****.
Success.....Cast...RAGTIME.*****.
Unusual Way....Raul Julia....NINE.*****.
I don't need anything but you....Andrea McArdle,Reid Shelton...ANNIE.****.
E.T......City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra....ESSENTIAL FILM THEMES.****.
Thankyou very much....Tommy Steele...SCROOGE.***.
Hello,Hello there.....cast....BELLS ARE RINGING.****.
Opposite your smile....Peter Dundan,Jenna Russell.....THE CARD.**.
What's new pussycat...Bobby darin....album...IN A BROADWAY BAG.****.
Windy City....Debbie Gravitte.....CALAMITY JANE.***.
My heart is so full of you....Edmund Hockeridge....THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.****.
My way....Robin Williams....HAPPY FEET(FILM)****.
If ever I would leave you....Robert Goulet.....CAMELOT.****.
Lullaby of Broadway....Jerry Orbach....42ND STREET.****.
Oh what a circus....David Essex....EVITA.*****.
Spring,Spring,Spring.....SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS / Triplets....BANG WAGON...GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS.****.
I love to cry at weddings....John Wheeler....SWEET CHARITY.*****.
They're either too young or too old....Bette Davis...HOLLYWOOD'S ACTING LEGENDS.***.
Luck be a lady....Barry Manilow....album...SHOWSTOPPERS.****.
I know it's today....Marissa O Donnell....SHREK THE MUSICAL.****.
He loves me.....Christine Andreas....album...THE CARLYLE SET.***.
Mums and dads....Kids....BLITZ.****.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW..JANE MORGAN..ICONIC SINGLES.

JANE MORGAN TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW...

Fascination / With open arms / The day the rains came / Happy anniversary....album...GREATEST HITS.*****.
I get ideas...album...JANE IN SPAIN****.
I could have danced all night....SHOWSTOPPERS.*****.
In Paree / Around the world / If only I could live my life again...FASCONATION.****.
Traces / Marry Me / Romantica...(Not available).

OCONIC SINGLES....

What do you want....Adam Faith....THE BEST OF.***.
These boots are made for walking....Nancy Sinatra....THE BEST OF...***.
Nice 'n easy....Frank Sinatra....album...NICE ' N EASY.*****.
In dreams....Roy Orbison....VARIOUS.
Stupid Cupid...Connie Francis....VARIOUS.

Other tracks played on show

Michelle....Jack Jones.....album..THE BEST OF...****.
Hollywood...Micheal Buble....CRAZY LOVE.*****.
Ain't that a kick in the head..Dean Martin...GREATEST HITS.*****.
Tulips from Amsterdam...Max Bygraves....GREATEST HITS.***.
Theme from Sunday Night at the London Palladium...Eric Rogers....album...ITV 50.****.
Now...Al Martino....AL MARTINO COLLECTION.****.
They gotta quit kickin my dog around...New Christy Minstrels...COAT YOUR MINDS WITH HONEY.***.
Just the way you are....Harry Connick Jnr.....album..YOUR SONGS.****.
The Prayer...RyanDan.....RYANDAN.****.
The Lazy Song...Bruno Mars...SINGLE.****.
You do something to me....Ella Fitzgerald....SINGS COLE PORTER.*****.
Can't take my eyes off you...Andy Williams...THE LOVE SONGS.****.
Into White....Carly Simon....INTO WHITE.****.
Save the last dance for me....Ben E King,Manhatten Transfer....TONIN'.***.
A hard day's night...Peggy Lee....PASS ME BY.****.

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THE WIZARD OF OZ ON COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS + TOP TEN MUSICALS IN BRITAIN.

THE TOP TEN MUSICALS IN THE WEST END......

1....THE WIZARD OF OZ....Nobody understands we...Danielle Hope,Cast / Wonders of the World...Micheal Crawford / Red shoes Blues...Hannah Waddington / Already Home...Emily Tierney.( extra songs written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.***.
2....THE LION KING....I just can't wait to be king....Geoff Hoyle.****.
3....WICKED...What is this feeling...Idina menzel,Kristin Chenoweth.*****.
4....LES MISERABLES....Trio....Cast.*****.
5....JERSEY BOYS.....Walk like a man....Cast.***.
6....MAMMA MIA....Honey Honey....Cast.***.
7....BILLY ELLIOT....Electricity...Liam Mower.**.
8....PHANTOM OF THE OPERA....Masquerade....Cast.*****.
9....LEGALLY BLOND.....Ireland.....Cast.**.
10...WE WILL ROCK YOU.....Radio Ga Ga....Cast.**.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....
With one look.....Glenn Close....SUNSET BOULEVARD****.
Ease on down the road.....Cast.....THE WIZ.**.
Who taught her everything.....Cast....FUNNY GIRL.****.
Easy to love....John Barrowman.....ANYTHING GOES.***.
Beauty in the bellow....Sharon Benson,Ross Lehman...HOT MIKADO.
Entract / No matter what.....Orchestra / Connie Fisher....album...FAVOURITE THINGS.***.
There's room for everyone...Helen Reddy....PETE'S DRAGON(FILM)****.
One....Cast.... A CHORUS LINE***.
He plays the violin...Betty Buckley....1776.*****.
It only takes a moment....Cast....HELLO DOLLY.***.
Moonshine Lullaby...Christine Andreas....album...HERE'S TO THE LADIES.****.
People will say we're in love....Ray Conniff...album..BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.****.
Well, did you evah....Frank Sinatra,Bing Crosby....HIGH SOCIETY.****.
Ghostbusters...Ray Parker Jnr...SINGLE.**.
Don't bring Lulu / Do Do Do....Dorothy Provine....THE ROARING TWENTIES.*****.

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SINATRA 4 ON REPRISE. COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.

THE SINATRA RECORDS PLAYED ON SINATRA 4...THE REPRISE LABEL.

Bonita / Drinking water / A man alone / Goin' out of my head / The train / the game is over / I will drink the wine / Let me try again / Walk away / I beleive I'm gonna love you / Anytime / They all laughed / Everything happens to me / Something.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Bim Bom.....Sergio Mendes.....album...THE SWINGER FROM RIO.****.
Rio Bravo....Dean Martin...album...THE BEST OF..THE SINGLES COLLECTION.*****.
Barndance....Alexander Rybak......album NO BOUNDERIES.****.
I knew I loved you.....Blake....album...BLAKE.****.
That old black magic...Bobby Rydell....THE BEST OF.****.
I go to sleep....Peggy Lee.....THE VERY BEST OF.*****.
Good Vibrations.....Beach Boys....THE BEST OF...*****.
Barbie Girl....Aqua....SINGLE.**.
Here comes the sun.....Beatles....VARIOUS.****.
Some kind of wonderful.....Micheal Buble....CRAZY LOVE.*****.
Toward the end of the day...Connie Francis....SINGS ITALIAN FAVOURITES(2 CDS).****.
You're the first,thelast,my everything...Peter Grant...PETER GRANT.*****.
Life is just a bowl of cherries...Doris Day....THE LOVE ALBUM.*****.
Ruby....Ray Charles.....album...THE DEFINITIVE....****.
You're following me...Perry Como....album THE ESSENTIAL SIXTIES COLLECTION.****.
Green Eyes....Helen O Connell....A LONG LAST LOOK.***.
Aquarius / Let the sun shine in...Andy Williams...THE VERY BEST OF..****.

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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS MAY 8TH.BROADWAY'S TOPTEN BOX OFFICE MUSICALS.

THE TOP TEN MUSICALS ON BROADWAY.....

1....THE LION KING....Can you feel the love tonight...Cast.****.
2....WICKED....The Wizard and I.....Idina Menzel.*****.
3....BOOK OF MORMON...Not released.
4....JERSEY BOYS.....Medley....Cast.***.
5....MARY POPPINS....Laura Michelle Kelly,Gavin Lee....Chim Chim Cheree.***.
6....HOW TO SUCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING....Mathew Broderick,Megan Mullally....Rosemarie.****.
7....BILLY ELLIOT.....Liam Mower,Brad Kavanagh....Express yourself.***.
8....PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.....James Grahaeme.....Music of the night.****.
9....PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT...Julie Shore,Micheal Law....A fine romance.***. 10...SISTER ACT......Patina Miller,Cast....How I got the calling.***.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Once upon a dream....Johnny Mathis....album...MATHIS ON BROADWAY.****.
You have to be there....Helen Sjoholm.....KRISTINA.*****.
Theme from a Summer Place....Percy Faith....SINGLE****.
One day more....Cast....LES MISERABLES.*****.
If momma was married.....Karen Moore,Sandra Church...GYPSY.*****.
It's de-lovely.....John Barrowman,Mary Stockly....album....AT HIS VERY BEST.****.
A paradise for two.....Gordon Clyde,Lynn Kennington....MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS***.
Summer's Day.....Emma Williams,Micheal Xavier,Peter Polycarpou..LOVE STORY.***.
One person.....Angela Lansbury....DEAR WORLD.****.
Good morning Baltimore.....Nikki Blonsky.....HAIRSPRAY(FILM)****.
Kiss of the spiderwoman....Chita Rivera....SAME.***.
Bad Guys.....Cast....BUGSY MALONE****.
My cup runneth over....Robert Goulet...album...ON BRAODWAY.****.
If you love me...Elaine Paige.....PIAF.*****.
Omigod you guys.....Cast....LEGALLY BLOND***.

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SINATRA ON REPRISE 3 ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW.MAY 3RD.

SINATRA ON REPRISE 3. TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

My Kind of town / Fly me to the moon / Available / When somebody loves you / It was a very good year / The moon got in my eyes / Strangers in the night / That's life / Baubles bangles and beads / Change partners / The world we knew / Some enchanted evening( The H.B.Barnum version...awful!) / Yellow days / Cycles.

ALL FROM THE COMPLETE REPRISE COLLECTION(20 cd BOX).*****.


OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Houston....Dean Martin...album....THE VERY BEST OF.*****.
Old Cape Cod....Patti Page.....album....THE MERCURY YEARS.***.
Manha De Carnival....Carly Simon....INTO WHITE.****.
Galileo.....Mary Byrne.....MINE AND YOURS.***.
Exactly like you...Andy Williams.....CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU(2CDS).****.
Think twice....Brook Benton....THE BEST OF....****.
Personality....Anthony Newly.....THE BEST OF....***.
Pretty Flamingo....Manfred Mann....THE BEST OF....***.
Puppet on a string....Sandie Shaw....VARIOUS.
Since I don't have you....Skyliners....VARIOUS.
Soul Street....Tony Osbourne...SINGLE.
Stardust...Ray Conniff....S'WONDERFUL.****.
Got to get you into my life...Ella Fitzgerald....THE REPRISE YEARS.****.
Brazil....Bing crosby,Rosemary Clooney.....FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.*****.
Everybody's out of town ..B.J.Thomas / Odds and ends...Dionne Warwick....THE DEFINITIVE BURT BACHARACH COLLECTION.****.
Poor Jenny...Everly Brothers.....100 HITS.*****.
I'll always be in love with you....Micheal Holliday....EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF..****.
It had to be you....SWINGING WITH THE BIG BAND.****.
What a difference a day made....Jane Morgan....JANE IN SPAIN.****.
Creative.....leon Jackson....RIGHT NOW.****.

NEXT WEEK SINATRA ON REPRISE 4.
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COLIN HOLMES PROGRAMMES

EASY LISTENING SHOW EVERY TUESDAY EVENING...8-10PM.
MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS EVERY SUNDAY AFYERNOON..22-4PM.
TUDNO TALKS INC GRUMPY OLD MEN(With Martin ward) ..MONDAY MORNING..10-12PM.
TUDNO TALKS EVERY FRIDAY MORNING..10-12PM.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS..MAY 1ST.

PLAYLIST.....

I know now....Mark Wynter,Gaynor Miles....ROBERT AND ELIZABETH.***.
Shall we dance...Christine Andreas...album..HERE'S TO THE LADIES.****.
Guido's song.....Daniel Day Lewis....NINE(FILM).***.
OO de Lally....Roger Miller....ROBIN HOOD.(FILM) ***.
There's a coach comin' in....Cast...PAINT YOUR WAGON(FILM).***.
It might as well be spring...Julie Andrews....album...THESE PRECIOUS THINGS.***.
From Russia with love....Matt Munro....VARIOUS.
You are beautiful....Lea Salonga,Randall Duk Kim.....FLOWER DRUM SONG.****.
Climb every mountain....Lesley Garret...album...OVER THE RAINBOW.***.
Cell block tango....Cast....CHICAGO (AMERICAN STAGE)****.
Be a clown....Gene Kelly,Judy Garland......album..S'WONDERFUL.***.
The most happy fella...Inia De Wiata,William Dickie..THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.***.
Oklahoma....Cast.....OKLAHOMA(NEW VERSION).****.
Wishing you were somehow here again....Sarah Brightman....PHANTOM.*****.
The luckiest man in the world....Alun Armstrong...THE BAKER'S WIFE.***.
Rich is better / Just for the moment....Cast...HOW NOW DOW JONES.****.
Mack the Knife...Frank Sinatra...album...MY WAY, THE BEST OF....****.
Starry-Eyed...Ellie Goulding....SINGLE.**.
He looks at her and goes ha ha / Tiptoes through the tulips...Dorothy Provine...album...THE ROARING TWENTIES.****.
Take my breath away....Berlin....SINGLE ***.
The way you look tonight....The Lettermen...SINGLE.***.
What's new Pussycat...Tom Jones.....GREATEST HITS.****.
Windmills of your mind...Dusty Springfield....SINGLE.****.
Belly up to the bar....Debbie Reynolds....THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN(FILM).***.
Sounds of love....Cast....RAGS.*****.
Crazy...Cast...THE NEW STARLIGHT EXPRESS.***.
You'll never walk alone...Mario Lanza...album...100 HITS.***.
The sun has got his hat on.....Cast....ME AND MY GIRL.****.
Bali Ha'i...Ray Conniff...album ..BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.*****.

NEXT WEEK..THE TOP TEN BOX-OFFICE HITS ON BROADWAY.
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