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.*****.

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