COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...THE 70S....FEBRUARY 27TH.

THE TOP TEN MUSICALS OF THE 1970S WEST END RUNS ADDED TO BROADWAY RUNS.

1....CHORUS LINE.....CAST....I hope I get it.
2....ANNIE.....GIRLS....A hard knock life.
3....GREASE.....FRANKIE VALLI....Grease.
4....EVITA........TONY CHRISTIE....On this night of a thousand stars.
5....GODSPELL.....CAST....Prepare ye the way of the lord.
6....PIPPIN....IRENE RYAN...No time at all.
7....THE MAGIC SHOW....No track played.
8....DANCIN.......ORCHESTRA.....Rich Man's Frug.
9....THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS....GIRLS....Hard Candy Christmas.
10..THE WIZ.....CAST....Ease on down the road.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

Heart....Peggy Lee.....album....OLE LA LEE.
The egg......cast.....1776.
They don't make 'em like that anymore.....Brenda Vacarro,Marlyn Mason....HOW NOW DOW JONES.
Beautiful candy.....Anna Maria Alberghetti.....CARNIVAL.
My heart will go on....Celine Dion.....album.....GREATEST HITS.
Don't rain on my parade...Men Aloud.....album.....MEN ALOUD.
Somewhere out there....Linda Ronstadt,James Ingham...AN AMERICAN TAIL.
Lady is a tramp.....Glee Cast......VARIOUS.
Easy terms.....Micheal Ball...album...THE MUSICALS.
What can you say.....cast......LOVE STORY(THE MUSICAL)
The 25th Annual Putham County Spelling Bee....Cast....THE SAME.
I will wait forever....Bobby Darin.....album......IN A BROaDWAY BAG.
Take me as I am......Linda Eder,Robert Cuccolio....JEKYLL & HYDE.
Bells will ring.....Lisa Hull...CHARLIE GIRL.
He did it...cast....CURTAINS.
Over the rainbow.....Danielle Hope.....THE WIZARD OF OZ.
The surrey with the fringe on top....Ray Conniff......album...BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.
Crazy......cast.....THE NEW STARLIGHT EXPRESS.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 22ND FEBRUARY...CONNIE FRANCIS...

Due to increased requests about the quality and value of all CDs I play on the easy listening show, the blog will now contain a star system for all CDs. This will be pertenant to how well the CD has been recorded( some bargain CDs are appalling) and how entertaining the content .***** FIVE STARS,excellant......* ONE STAR, don't bother.

CONNIE FRANCIS...Tracks played....

LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR / CAROLINA MOON / EVERYBODY'S SOMEBODY'S FOOL / FALLIN' / AMONG MY SOUVENIRS / STUPID CUPID / MY CHILD. album CONNIE FRANCIS THE SINGLES COLLECTION.****.

YOU ALONE / GUAGLIONE. album....ITALIAN FAVOURITES.****

HIGH HOPES / THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ / WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR ....album... CONNIE FRANCIS,THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION(3CDS) ****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW......

Someone like you....Adele.......album....21.****.
Young at heart....Bluebells.....SINGLE.
You'll never get to heaven...Dionne Warwick....album...GREATEST HITS.*****.
A different corner...George Micheal......SINGLE.
My heart stood still.....George Shearing....album...DEEP VELVET.***.
Love of my life......Carly Simon......album...THIS IS MY LIFE.*****
Strangers in the night......Jack Jones.....album....THE BEST OF....****.
Some kind of womderful...Micheal Buble....album...CRAZY LOVE.*****.
By Strauss...Ella Fitzgerald....album...SINGS THE GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN SONGBOOK (3CDS)*****.
Dream along with me.....Perry Como...album...THE BEST OF.....****.
That song.....Mamma Cass Elliot....album.....THE BEST OF....***.
I thought about you...Frank Sinatra...album...SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS.*****.
That old feeling.....Andy Williams...album...THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE.****.

NEXT WEEK FEATURING THE MUSIC OF PERRY COMO.
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COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS...1960S....NEW MUSICAL...LOVE STORY.

THE TOP TEN MUSICALS OF THE SIXTIES ON BROADWAY AND THE WEST END.

1....FIDDLER ON THE ROOF....Sabbath Prayer....Topol,Miriam Karlin.

2....HELLO DOLLY.....So long dearie...Mary Martin.

3....HAIR...Aquarius....Cast.

4....THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM....Matt Munro...album..MATT AT THE MOVIES.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 15TH FEBRUARY...ANDY WILLIAMS.

ANDY WILLIAMS FEATURED SONGS......

WHEN YOU'RE SMILING / EXACTLY LIKE YOU / THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU / GOD ONLY KNOWS....albums...Can't get used to losing you / Love Andy.

ANOTHER WINTER'S DAY....album....Greatest love classics.
SUMMER LOVE....album....100 Hits.
IF I LOVED YOU / YOU DON'T WANT MY LOVE / CANADIAN SUNSET album...Andy Williams sings " The house of bamboo".

THE BILBAO SONG......album....Straight from the heart.
IT'S SO EASY......album...The very best of......
WHERE DO I BEGIN ....album...The love songs.
HOME LOVIN' MAN......single.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Fields of gold....Eva Cassidy.....album...SONGBIRD.
Young love...Perry Como...album...FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART.
I love being here with you...Bett Midler / Barry Manilow...album...THE PEGGY LEE SONGBOOK.
Don't let the rain come down...Ronnie Hilton....album...THE VERY BEST OF....
If the stars were mine....Melody Gardot.....album...MY ONE AND ONLY THRILL.
If only I could live my life again.....Jane Morgan....album...JANE IN SPAIN.
P.S. I love you...Beatles.....VARIOUS.
This is the life.....Matt Munro.....VARIOUS.
The night has a thousand eyes....Bobby Vee......THE VERY BEST OF.....
It's all rock n roll to me....Billy Joel......THE BEST OF.....
The white cliffs of Dover....Jim Reeves....album....GENTLEMAN JIM.
Stuck like glue......Sugarland....album..THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE.
Begin the Beguine.....Ella Fitzgerald.....album....A portrait of......
Oh lawd,I'm on my way...Caterina Valente....album...I HAPPEN TO LIKE NEW YORK.
Dansero....Doris Day.....album...LATIN FOR LOVERS.
Write to me from Naples....Dean Martin....album...THE BEST OF.....THE SINGLES COLLECTION.
I get along without you very well...Rosemary Clooney....album...ROSIE SOLVES THE SWINGING RIDDLE
So what's new.....Herb Alpert.......album....THE ESSENTIAL......
Devoted to you / All I have to do is dream...Carly Simon....album...INTO WHITE.
Banjo Boy.....George Formby / Walkin' to New Orleans...Fats Domino...album...1960 BRITISH HIT PARADE.

NEXT TUESDAY 22ND FEBRUARY...FEATURING CONNIE FRANCIS.

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MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS WITH COLIN HOLMES FEBRUARY 13TH...THE FIFTIES.

THE TOP TEN MUSICALS OF THE FIFTIES( WEST END RUNS ADDED TO BROADWAY RUNS)

1....THE SOUND OF MUSIC....JULIE ANDREWS....I have confidence in me.
2....MY FAIR LADY....REX HARRISON....I've grown accustomed to her face,
3....THE KING AND I....MARNI NIXON/DEBORAH KERR...Getting to know you.
4....THE MUSIC MAN.......CAST.....The Wells Fargo wagon.
5....GUYS AND DOLLS.....JULIA MCKENZIE.....A bushel and a peck.
6....THE PYJAMA GAME.....ROSEMARY CLOONEY....Hey there.
7....WEST SIDE STORY......MARNI NIXON....I feel pretty.
8....DAMN YANKEES.......GWEN VERDON.....What ever Lola wants.
9....BELLS ARE RINGING.....JUDY HOLLIDAY / SYDNEY CHAPLAIN..Just in time.
10..GYPSY....ETHEL MERMAN....Some People.

Britain only.......

22..SALAD DAYS.....I sit in the sun....Maria Freidman.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW......

If I only had a brain....Gary Wilmot....album...WHERE IS LOVE.
You have to be there...Helen Sjoholm....KRISTINA.
Welcome to Havana....Cast....COPACABANA.
I could have danced all night / I've grown accustomed to her face....Ray Conniff...album..BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.
Chaiyya Chaiyya....Cast.....BOMBAY DREAMS.
Dear sweet sowing machine.....Emily Loesser......album....LOST IN BOSTON.
I wanna make the world laugh...Robert Preston...MACK AND MABEL.
The last man in my life.....Sarah Brightman......album SURRENDER.
I will wait for you....Matt Munro...album...MATT AT THE MOVIES.
Dream baby Dream.....Daisy Wood-Davies.....DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS.
A romantic atmosphere.....Cast....SHE LOVES ME.
The Happy time...Robert Goulet.....THE HAPPY TIME.

NEXT WEEK...THE SIXTIES....ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.....2-4PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON 20TH FEBRUARY.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW FEBRUARY 8TH...PEGGY LEE.

PEGGY LEE....TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.

YOU'LL REMEMBER ME / ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME....ALBUM Bridge over troubled waters.

I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY IN MY LIFE / SING...ALBUM..Make it with you / Where did they go.

I'LL BE SEEING YOU....ALBUM..Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown.
PASS ME BY / BIG SPENDER...ALBUM....Pass me by / Big Spender,
YOU DESERVE...ALBUM...Ridin' High.
AS TIME GOES BY / I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT...ALBUM..Emi presents the magic of Peggy Lee.

FEVER / THINGS ARE SWINGING / BLACK COFFEE / THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL / GOLDEN EARINGS. ALBUM...The very best of......

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW......

Feeling to good today....Peggy Lee( Not available)
You've lost that lovin'feeling.....Righteous Brothers.....VARIOUS.
New York...Paloma Faith.....album.....PALOMA FAITH.
Pencil full of lead...Paoula Nutini....SINGLE.
Miss Otis regrets.....Bette Midler....album....SOME PEOPLE'S LIVES.
You're all I need to get by....Johnny Mathis....album...THE VERY BEST OF......
Fly me to the moon.....album....SWINGIN' WITH THE BIG BAND.
It's so nice to have a man around the house.....Dinah Shore...album..THE BEST OF.....
Dear Heart...Micheal Holliday....album...EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF.....
Baby it's cold outside.....Jo Stafford....album...HAPPY HOLIDAYS ( N/A)
Mary in the morning.....Al Martino....album...COLLECTOR'S SERIES.
The Urge...Freddy Cannon / I wanna go home...Lonnie Donegan / Down Yonder...Johnny and the Hurricanes / Love is like a Violin....Ken Dodd / If she should come to you...Anthony Newly / The old oaken bucket...Tommy Sands / Because they're young..Duane Eddy....album... 1960 BRITISH HIT PARADE.

With a smile and a song....Doris Day...album...SAME TITLE.
Stay with me....Perry Como.....album...LIGHTLY LATIN.
A Rockin' good way...Brook Benton.Dinah Washington.....album...DINAH WASHINGTON,THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.

NEXT WEEK FEATURING ANDY WILLIAMS. TUESDAY 8-10PM ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS..FEBRUARY 6TH..THE40s.

Oklahoma changed everything in the forties and all the most successful musicals were American. This top ten list is compiled by adding the length of each show's run initially with the Broadway and West End theatres.

1. OKLAHOMA....Oklahoma....Laurence Guitard,Christine Andreas.
2 SOUTH PACIFIC.....A wonderful guy....Christine Andreas.
3 ANNIE GET YOUR GUN....My defences are down....Tom Wopat.
4 KISS ME KATE....I hate men....Lilli Vanessi.
5 CAROUSEL.....If I loved you....Gordon McRae,Shirley Jones.
6 GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS....Diamonds are a girl's best friend...Connie Fisher.
7 WHERE'S CHARLIE......Once in love with Amy...Barry Manilow.
8 FINIAN'S RAINBOW....When I'm not near the girl I love.....Frank Sinatra.
9 BRIGADOON....There but for you,go I....Robert Goulet.
10 CARMEN JONES.....Dere's a cafe on the corner....Marilynne Horne.

OTHER TRACKS IN BRITAIN......

White cliffe of Dover.....Vera Lynn
We'll gather lilacs....Julie Andrews.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

What takes my fancy.....Lucille Ball....WILDCAT.
The father of the bride.....Robert Preston.....I DO I DO!
Lullaby of Broadway....Winifred Shaw........album....GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS.
Something greater.....Lauren Bacall.....APPLAUSE.
The man I love.....Barbara Striesand....album...BACK TO BROADWAY.
Could you.....Janet Carroll, Sutton Foster....LITTLE WOMEN.
We both reached for the gun....Jerry Orbach,Gwen Verdon....CHICAGO.
Miss Baltimore Crabs....Michelle Pfeifer.....HAIRSPRAY(FILM)
I dreamed a dream.....Susan Boyle....SINGLE.
Ta Luv...John Mills......GOOD COMPANIONS.
Smile.....Nat King Cole.....VARIOUS.
Half a sixpence...Tommy Steele.....HALF A SIXPENCE.
If you want the rainbow / I just wild about Harry...Dorothy Province....THE ROARING TWENTIES(N/A)
Go back home.....Cast...THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS.
Love and Marriage....Frank Sinatra.....MY WAY, THE BEST OF.....
Once a year day......John Raite, Janis Paige....THE PYJAMA GAME.
I'd be surprisingly good for you....Elaine Paige,Joss Ackland...EVITA.
Step to the rear....Cast.....HOW NOW DOW JONES.

MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS 13TH FEBRUARY...2-4PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON....THE FIFTIES.....ON TUDNOFM 107.8 OR ONLINE AT TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS FEBRUARY 2ND...DEAN MARTIN.

DEAN MARTIN SONGS FEATURED IN COLIN HOLMES SHOW....

I can't belive that you're in love with me / You're nobody till somebody loves you / All in a night's work / You can't love 'em all / Arrivederci Roma.......album ...RETURN TO ME (BOX SET)

Who's got the action......album....FOREVER COOL.
Relax-ay voo( with Line Renaud)......album...THE BEST OF....(CAPITOL)
If I could sing like Bing....album...DEAN MARTIN(BOX SET)
Everybody loves somebody(Quiet Version)...album....LATE AT NIGHT WITH......
April in Paris / The poor people of Paris....album...FRENCH STYLE.
I can't give you anything but love.....album....THE VERY BEST OF....VOLUME 2.
Houston.....album.....THE VERY BEST OF....

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

I've heard that song before...Frank Sinatra...album...COME SWING WITH ME.
Where will the dimple be...Rosemary Clooney....albumTHE BEST OF.....
Ginny come lately.....Bryan Hyland....album......GREATEST HITS.
Let the river run...Carly Simon...album.....THE VERY BEST OF.......
Romantica....Jane Morgan....n/a.
The best of times......Perry Como......VARIOUS.
I will survive.....Billy Joe Spears.....n/a.
Misty....Ray Stevens....album....THE BEST OF.....
Kiss from a rose.....Seal.....VARIOUS.
Fly me to the moon / February brings the rain...Julie London...albums...THE BEST OF.. / CALENDAR GIRL.
Wonderful night...Don Mc Lean.....VARIOUS.
Just as much as ever....Nat King Cole.....SINGLE.
Just loving you.....Anita Harris.....album...THE BEST OF.....
Could it be magic.....Puppini Sisters....album..THE RISE AND FALL OF RUBY WOO.
With all my heart....Dave King....album....MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS.
Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto....Ray Conniff...album...CONCERT IN RHYTHM.
Till there was you......Peggy Lee......album....THE BEST OF THE SINGLES COLLECTION.
Memory.....Matt Munro....album...MATT AT THE MOVIES.

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