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.