GOING TO LONDON..WANT TO SEE A SHOW?..UPDATE..COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS.

NEW MUSICALS IN LONDON UPDATE. SEE PREVIOUS BLOGS FOR LONDON SHOWS IN MARCH 2010.

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM SPELLING BEE.5.

This is hardly a musical...more an experiance. Medium family entertainment with a cast running through a spelling contest with fairly mundane musical accompaniment.They sing...oh yes...but there are no numbers that spring readily to my mind. Popular in America but I don't see full houses for this one.

BETTY BLUE EYES.

In preview as I write this. Have not seen it. Based on the film "A private function".


MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET.3.

Another popular American show celebrating the music of Johnny Cash,Elvis Presley,Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. Not a musical. More a collection of songs sung in the style of these artists.Product.


THE UMBERELLAS OF CHERBOURG.3.


Pretty music but the whole is better in the original film although that is in french with subtitles. More songs and more theatrical dialogue added which doesn't add to what was a charming film. I always ask why? Who thought this was a good idea when there are many other American musicals of far better quality than these new ones coming to us this year. I suppose it all comes down to money. Expensive musicals are far too risky....Let's play safe. Never a good idea in the Musical Theatre.


THE WIZARD OF OZ.6.

The new sparkling Andrew LLoyd Webber production with a few extra Tim Rice lyriced songs. T.V. promoted show with new star Danielle Hope in the lead and Micheal Crawford as The Wizard. Sparkling that is because of the wonderful sets and impessive tornado but the show is a well treaded path holding no surprises for adult audiences although charming any children who enter the theatre. It's a family show and kids will love it....but adults will not be surprised....they will, however appreciate their kid's enjoyment because the magic is for them to perceive proberbly for the first time. If you've seen the film several times, well, here it is again only live!

AL MARTINO FEATURED ON COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS MARCH 29TH.

THE AL MARTINO TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

HERE IN MY HEART.
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE.
LIVING A LIE.
MARY IN THE MORNING.
LOVE IS BLUE.
SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE.
TO THE DOOR OF THE SUN.
VOLARE.
THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS.

ALL FROM ALBUM...COLLECTOR'S SERIES...****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Don't call it love....Dolly Parton...album...GREATEST HITS.****.
She sings for free....Paul Williams.....album...A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE.***.
Make yourself comfortable...Bette Midler...album..BROKEN BLOSSOM.***.
Fancy meeting you here...Bing Crosby,Rosemary Clooney....album...FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.*****.
Down Yonder...Johnny and the Hurricanes / Romantica...Jane Morgan. / Happy go-lucky me...George Formby...album...1960 BRITISH HIT PARADE.***.
Go West...Village People....album...THE BEST OF...***.
Someone like you...Adele....SINGLE.
Cry Baby....Cee Lo Green....album...THE LADY KILLER.*****.
The wonder of you....Elvis Presley....VARIOUS.
Reach out for me...Dionne Warwick....VARIOUS.
Fools rush in.....Frank Sinatra(1941)n/a.
Evergreen....Will Young....SINGLE.
It must be him....Vikki Carr....SINGLE.
Back for good....Take That....VARIOUS.
Fields of gold....Sting.....album....THE BEST OF...****.
Unbreak my heart....Toni Braxton....VARIOUS.
Toy Boy....Mika....album...THE BOY WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.****.
Moondreams..Buddy Holly / Down by the station..The four preps...album..HARD TO FIND JUKEBOX CLASSICS 1959.

NEXT WEEK FEATURING NAT KING COLE.
TUDNOFM 107.8

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS MARCH 26TH..OPENING NUMBERS.

I featured the opening numbers after the Overture of many musicals in this edition of "magic of the Musicals".

Love never dies...Sierra Bogess....LOVE NEVER DIES.
Work Song....Chorus...LES MISERABLES.
Movies were Movies...Robert Preston...MACK & MABEL.
Prologue....Orchestra...WEST SIDE STORY.
Fugue for Tinhorns...Cast....GUYS AND DOLLS.
Why can't the English....Rex Harrison...MY FAIR LADY.
Maria....Nun's Chorus...SOUND OF MUSIC.
There's no business like show business..Tom Wopat / Colonel Buffalo Bill...Jerry Orbach....ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.
Prologue / Overture...Orchestra / Cast....PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
Another Openin' another show....Cast....KISS ME KATE.
Food Glorious Food...Boys Chorus....OLIVER.
All that jazz....Chita Rivera...CHICAGO.
If a girl isn't pretty.....Kay Medford....FUNNY GIRL.
Carousel Waltz....Orchestra....CAROUSEL.
Tradition....Topol,Company.....FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
Oh what a beautiful morning....Laurence Guittard...OKLAHOMA.
Knowing when to leave....Jill O Hara....PROMISES PROMISES.
The song of the sand....Kelsey Grammer ,Douglas Hodge...LA CAGE AU FOLLE.
Who couldn't dance with you...Jane Krakowski,Brent Barrat,Micheal Jeter...GRAND HOTEL.
Looking for a boy....Dorothy Provine...THE ROARING TWENTIES N/A.
One of the boys....Lauren Bacall....WOMAN OF THE YEAR N/A.
Time Warp....cast....ROCKY HORROR SHOW.
How to handle a woman...Laurence Harvey....CAMELOT.N/A.
Heart....Dennis Lotis....SINGLE N/A.
Chim chim cheree....Dick Van Dyke,Julie Andrews...MARY POPPINS(FILM)
Never say never....Christopher Plummer....AN AMERICAN TAIL(FILM) N/A.

TUDNOFM 107.8
TUDNOFM. CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE
MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS EVERY SUNDAY 2-4PM.

ROSEMARY CLOONEY FEATURED ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW MARCH 22ND.

ROSEMARY CLOONEY...THE TRACKS PLAYED,

1....Bye bye Blackbird....n/a.
2....Hey there / Mangoes / In the cool cool cool of the evening / This ole house / I could have danced all night / Tenderly....album...THE BEST OF...****.
3....By myself....album...ROSIE SOLVES THE SWINGIN' RIDDLE.****.
4....Buffalo gals (With Bing Crosby)...album...HOW THE WEST WAS WON.*****.
5....The hungry years....album NICE TO BE AROUND.****.
6....T'was a sunny day....album....LOOK MY WAY.****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

If I only had the words....Jack Jones...n/a.
Just as much as ever / Swiss retreat....SINGLE.
Don't look at me that way....Jeri Southern....SINGLE.
All about you...McFly....SINGLE.
You made my life a song...Anne Murray...n/a.
Non dimentica...Peggy Lee...album OLE A LA LEE.*****.
I am...Bobby Darin....album...INSIDE OUT.***.
Delaware.....Perry Como....album...THE DEFINITIVE....****.
Smoke gets in your eyes...Ray Conniff....album..THE ESSENTIAL....****.
Gamblin' Man...The Overtones.....album GOOD OL FASHIONED LOVE.***.
Now ...Val Doonican.....album..THE VERY BEST OF....****.
The Prayer....Elaine Paige / Barry Manilow....album....AND FRIENDS.***.
My Heart stood still....Bing Crosby...album...COME SHARE THE WINE.***.
Happy Aniversary....Joan Regan....album...THE BEST OF.**.
I've got my love to keep me warm...Dean Martin...album..THE SINGLES COLLECTION.****.
Losing you....Doris Day....album...LOVE HIM.*****.
No one else but you.....Nancy Wilson....album...A TOUCH OF TODAY.***.
Peg o my heart...Andy Williams....album...THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE.***.
I've gotta be me...Sammy Davis Jnr.....album..THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.****.
Whose bed have your boots been under...Shania Twain...album...GREATEST HITS.*****.

NEXT WEEK FEATURING NAT KING COLE.
TUDNOFM.107.8
ONLINE AT TUDNOFM AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.

TOP TEN MUSICALS OF THE NOUGHTIES COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS MARCH 20TH.

THE TOP TEN MUSICALS OF THE NOUGHTIES.....

1....WICKED....Popular...Idina Menzel,Kristin Chenoweth.*****
2....MAMMA MIA....Waterloo....Cast.**.
3....HAIRSPRAY.....Big,blond and beautiful....Queen Latifah (FILM)***.
4....BILLY ELLIOT....Express yourself...Liam Mower,Brad Kavanagh.***.
5....JERSEY BOYS....Dawn....Cast.***.
6....THE PRODUCERS.....I wanna be a producer...Matthew Broderick.****.
7....SPAMALOT.....The song that goes like this...Tim Curry,Sarah Ramirez.***.
8....MARY POPPINS....Practically perfect...Laura Michelle Kelly.***.
9....SPRING AWAKENING....The word of your body..Lee Michele,Jonaphon Groff.**.
10...LEGALLY BLOND.....Take it like a man....Laura Bell Bundy,Christian Borle.***.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Too beautiful for words.....Elizabeth Withers Mendes....THE COLOR PURPLE.***.
The Company way....Mathew Broderick...HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS.****.
Reviewing the situation....Jonathan Pryce....OLIVER.*****.
Chu Chi face.....Brian Blessed,Michola McAuliffe...CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.**.
I have a love / One hand one heart,,,Barbara Streisand,Johnny Mathis...album..BACK TO BROADWAY.****.
Wind beneath my wings...Micheal Ball...album..THE MOVIES.***.
The I love you song....Cast....SPELLING BEE.**.
One night in Bangkok....Murray Head...CHESS.*****.
As if we never said goodbye...Glenn Close....SUNSET BOULEVARD.****.
Let's do it / Baby face....Dorothy Provine...album...THE ROARING TWENTIES.N/A.
Stand by me.....Ben E King.....SINGLE.
Hey there good times....Cast....I LOVE MY WIFE.***.
Freedom.....cast.....SHENANDOH.***.
Do I love you.....Julie Andrews...CINDERELLA.***.
It isn't working....Chorus....WOMAN OF THE YEAR.****.
True love....Bing Crosby,Grace Kelly...HIGH SOCIETY(FILM).****.

NEXT WEEK LOOKING AT OPENING SONGS OF MUSICALS...THE BEST...

TUDNOFM 107.8
TUDNOFM CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE

FRANK SINATRA ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW MARCH 15TH.

The Frank Sinatra Capitol era ( the best) on record. Selected songs.

Memories of you....album...POINT OF NO RETURN.****
Come fly with me / Young at heart / Nice 'n Easy / In the wee small hours of the morning / One for my baby.....album..THE PLATINUM COLLECTION (3CD)*****
What is this thing called love...album..IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING.*****
Swingin' down the lane.....album...SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS.*****
Nevertheless....album...NICE N' EASY.*****
Five minutes more....album...COME SWING WITH ME.****
At long last love.....album... A SWINGIN' AFFAIR.*****

FEATURED ALBUMS

Blue Moon / Gambling man...The Overtones.....THE OVERTONES.****
Time after time / Suspicious minds....Ronan Keating...SONGS FOR MY MOTHER.**

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW....

It don't matter to me...Jack Jones...album...BREADWINNERS N/A.****
Marry me....Jane Morgan....album...MARRY ME N/A.***
Don't bring Lulu...Dorothy Provine....album...ROARING TWENTIES N/A.****
Gonna make you an offer you can't refure...Jimmy Helms....SINGLE.
Green Door....Frankie Vaughn....THE BEST OF...***.
If you go.....Peggy Lee......album...IF YOU GO.*****
Reason for your dreams...Don McLean...album...VARIOUS.
Then you can tell me goodbye...Al Martino....album...WE COULD.***.
Mambo No 8.....Perez Prado....album...MAMBO PARTY.***.
Left,right, out of your heart...Patti Page...album...THE MERCURY YEARS.****.
Cheek to cheek....Peter Skellern....album...THE BEST OF...****.
Love me....Collin Raye...album ALL I CAN BE.***.
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake....Ray Conniff....album...CONCERT IN RHYTHM.****.
Do not disturb....Doris Day...album..THE 1960'S SINGLES.***.
Love walked in....Ella Fitzgerald....album...SINGS GERSHWIN SONGBOOK.*****.
Thankful...Rumer....album...SEASONS OF MY SOUL.***.
It happened in Monterey...Bing Crosby / Rosemary Clooney...album...FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.*****.
The Brazilian Love song....Nat King Cole....album...THANK YOU PRETTY BABY (2CDS)****.

NEXT WEEK FEATURING ROSEMARY CLOONEY.
TUDNOFM 107.8
TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

TOP TEN MUSICALS 90S+ SUNSET BOULEVARD, ON COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS.

The top ten musicals of the 90s on Broadway and the West End excluding Les Mis and Phantom which held the top two positions throughout the eighties till present day.

1....THE LION KING....Cast....The circle of life.
2....MISS SAIGON.....Jonaphan Price....The American dream.
3....BEAUTY AND THE BEAST...Beth Fowler....Beauty and the beast.
4....RENT....Johnny Mathis.....album...MATHIS ON BROADWAY.
5....CRAZY FOR YOU....Ruthie Henshall,Kirby Ward....Embaceable you.
6....CABARET....Cast....CABARET.
7....CHICAGO....Chita Rivera,Gwen Verdon....Class.
8....GUYS AND DOLLS.....Doug Labrecque....Luck be a lady.
9....SUNSET BOULEVARD....Glenn Close...With one look.
10...JEKYLL & HYDE......Linda Eder...Someone like you.

FEATURED MUSICAL....SUNSET BOULEVARD.

Glenn Close,Alan Campbell.

Sunset Boulevard / The Perfect year / I pay.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Oh what a beautiful morning...Ray Conniff...album...BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.
You have to be there....Helen Sjoholm....KRISTINA.
On a bicycle built for two...Nat King Cole...album...HAZY CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER.
Twin Soliliquies / Some enchanted evening...Goirgio Tozzi / Mitzi Gaynor....SOUTH PACIFIC.
Does your mother know...Christine Baranski,Philip Micheal...MAMMA MIA(FILM)
Wizard of Oz Medley....Danielle Hope....SINGLE.
Over the rainbow....Teatro....album...TEATRO.
Wheels of a dream...Cast....RAGTIME.
Almost like being in love...Jack Cassidy,Shirley Jones...BRIGADOON.
On the street where you live....Peggy Lee....album...OLE A LA LEE.
Strike up the band....Ella Fitzgerald....album...GERSHWIN SONGBOOK.
Spanish rose...Chita Rivera....album....BYE BYE BIRDIE.
Loving you...Robert Preston....album....MAME(FILM)

NEXT WEEK THE NOUGHTIES
TUDNOFM 107.8
TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 8TH MARCH...DIONNE WARWICK.

TRACKS FROM FEATURED ARTIST....DIONNE WARWICK....plus ratings.

That's what friends are for......album....THE LOVE SONGS.****.
Promises Promises / A house is not a home / There's always something there to remind me....album...SINGS THE BACHARACH AND DAVID SONGBOOK.****.
Love....album...THE WINDOWS OF THE WORLD.***.
Shall I tell her....album....ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART.***.
Make the music play....album...PRESENTING DIONNE WARWICK.**.
I smiled yesterday....album....MAKE WAY FOR....***.
Valley of the dolls / Silent voices / Where would I go....album...VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW

French Foriegn Legion.....Frank Sinatra....VARIOUS.
Look of love...Dusty Springfield....VARIOUS.
Something about the way you look tonight...Elton John....SINGLE.
Let's do it again....album....THE SCENE CHANGES.*****.
I got plenty of nuttin...Frank Sinatra...album....A SWINGING AFFAIR *****.
September in the rain...Dinah Washington.....album...THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.****.
Hotta Chocolotta....Dave King.....album...MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS.***.
There will never be another you....Doris Day....album DAY BY DAY...****.
Nature boy....Bobby Darin....album..THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF....****.
All I want is you....Carly Simon....album...THE VERY BEST OF..****.
Let's think about livin'...Bob Luman....album...HARD TO FIND 45S VOL 5 ***.
Fools rush in...Dean Martin.....album...DREAM WITH DEAN.****.
Take a message to Mary...Everly brothers....album...100 HITS.*****.
I'm in love....Alexander Rybak...album...NO BOUNDERIES.****.
I've told every little star....Ray Conniff...album S'MARVELLOUS.*****.
Portrait of my love....Matt Munro...album..THIS IS...*****.
I'll remember tonight....Pat Boone....album..PAT'S 40 BIG ONES.*****.
Keep on singing....Helen Reddy...album...THE VERY BEST OF...****.
Legend...Bruno Mars....SINGLE.
Dreams of the everyday housewife....Glen Campbell....album..20 GOLDEN GREATS.****.
You're so right for me....Peggy Lee...album...OLE A LA LEE.*****.


NEXT WEEK....FRANK SINATRA ON CAPITOL RECORDS...SOME OF THE BEST.

TUDNOFM 107.8
TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS MARCH 6TH...THE EIGHTIES.

TOP MUSICAL SHOWS OF THE EIGHTIES ON BROADWAY & THE WEST END.....

1....PHANTOM OF THE OPERA...Phantom of the opera...Micheal Crawford,Sarah Brightman.
2....LES MISERABLES.....One day more....Colm Wilkinson.
3....CATS.....The moments of happiness....Cast.
4....42ND STREET....Finale / Bows.....Jerry Orbach.
5....ME AND MY GIRL....Me and my girl...Robert Lindsey.
6....LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS....The dentist...Lee Wilkof.
7....JOSEPH........Jacob and sons / Joseph's coat....Cast.
8....LE CAGE AU FOLLE....I am what I am....Kelsey Grammer.
9....BARNUM....One brick at a time....Jim Dale.
10...STARLIGHT EXPRESS....Crazy....Cast.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Shakalaka baby.....Cast.....BOMBAY DREAMS.
Hi Lili Hi Lo....Four Aces.....album....HITS FROM HOLLYWOOD AND BROADWAY.
Candle on the water...Helen Reddy....PETE'S DRAGON.
Come back to me....Matt Munro....album....MAT AT THE MOVIES.
Who needs to dream....Gary Wilmott....COPACABANA.
You don't have to kiss me goodnight...Lynette Perry,Sal Vigaro.
Summer's day,.....Emma Williams,Micheal Xavier...LOVE STORY.
Hosanna.....cast.....JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
I'm not that girl....Idina Menzel....WICKED.
When you're an ADAMS....Nathan Lane,BebeNeuwirth.....THE ADDAMS FAMILY.
Apple doesn't fall.....Liza Minelli,Chita Rivera....THE RINK.
It's so simple....Swen Swenson.....SHERLOCK HOLMES N/A
Great lover tango.....Cast....IRENE.
You.....Danny Kaye.....TWO BY TWO.
Bar Mitzha of Elliot Green....Cast....BAR MITZA BOY.
Windy City....Dennis Waterman,Anton Rogers.....WINDY CITY.

NEXT WEEK THE NINETIES.
TUDNOFM 107.8
TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 2ND MARCH...PERRY COMO.

PERRY COMO TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW ALBUM RATING***** Excellant
**** Very good.
*** OK.
** Mediocre.
* Don't bother.

Magic moments / Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree / I think of you....album...ICONS - PERRY COMO (4CDS) ****.
Bella Bella Sue....album...JUKE BOX BABY ***.
Funny how time slips away / Quiet nights of quiet stars...album..THE SCENE CHANGES / LIGHTLY LATIN (2cds) *****.
Dream on little dreamer / The father of girls.....album...THE ESSENTIAL 60S COLLECTION ****.
I've got you under my skin.....album....COMO SWINGS / FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART (2CDS) ****.
Papa loves mambo / I know /Temptation...album THE BEST OF PERRY COMO.****.

OTHER TRACKS PLAYED ON SHOW.....

Ole...Peggy Lee.....album..OLE A LA LEE.*****.
Nice work if you can get it....Ella Fitzgerald....album....SINGS THE GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN SONGBOOK *****.
We've only just begun.....Paul Williams....album...JUST AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG.***.
Living a lie.....Al Martino....album....COLLECTOR'S SERIES.****.
Let the little girl dance ...Bobby Bland / Sing like an angel....Jerry Lordon / Angela Jones....Micheal Cox......album...1960 BRITISH HIT PARADE VOL 2(OF 3)***.
Melancholy March.....Julie London...album...CALENDAR GIRL / YOUR NUMBER PLEASE.(2 CDS) ****.
Singing the blues.....Rosemary Clooney....album..LOOK MY WAY / NICE TO BE AROUND(2CDS)****.
I don't remember if anymore....Roger Whittaker...album THE VERY BEST OF.****.
You do something to me.....Ray Conniff.....album....s'WONDERFUL / s'MARVELLOUS(2CDS) *****.
One way ticket...mama Cass Elliot......album....DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME.***.
On days like these....Peter Grant...album PETER GRANT*****.
Baby face......Vikki Carr...album...THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION(3CDS) ***.
Endlessly.....Brook Benton....album...THE BEST OF....****.
Price tag....Jessie J.....SINGLE.
Skinny genes.....Eliza Dolittle.....SINGLE.
Stop living the lie....David Sneddon....SINGLE
Stranger on the shore...Acker Bilk....SINGLE.

NEXT WEEK...FEATURING DIONNE WARWICK.
TUESDAY NIGHT 8-10PM ON TUDNOFM 107.8
TUDNOFM.CO.UK AND CLICK ON LISTEN LIVE.