Wednesday 30 October 2019

HARRY CONNICK JNR & HITS OF 1960 ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 29TH OCTOBER 2019.

TRUE LOVE....HARRY CONNICK JNR....VERVE RECORDS.
Tracks played.....
Anything goes / I concentrate on you / Mind if I make love to you / Just one
of those things /  True love / You're sensational.

Great big band album with sweet vocalising from Harry makes this a winner. Three tracks
are just Harry playing piano with a belting orchestra. Bluesy feeling on some tracks show
the difference from straight crooning. Very nice. *********.

1960 BRITISH HIT PARADE...ACROBAT LICENSING.
Tracks played...
Let the little girl dance...Bobby Bland / Robot man...Connie Francis.
Ain't misbehaving...Tommy Bruce / Down yonder..Johnny & The Hurricanes.
Good timin' Jimmy Jones / When will I be loved ..Everly Bothers.
Because they're young...Duane Eddy / Happy go lucky me...George Formby.
Apache...The Shadows / Walking to New Orleans..Fats Domino.
The girl of my best friend...Elvis Presley / Only the lonely...Roy Orbison.
Tell Laura I love her...Ricky Valance.

A great nostalgic rundown of the 60s hits....4 cds...120 tracks. Pleasure.********

PLAYLIST.

Bumming around....Dean Martin...THE VERY BEST OF 2.*********.
Blue Moon...George Shearing....MOOD LATINO.*******.
Nice n' easy....Zi Zentner....UP A LAZY RIVER.********.
Where did they go.....Peggy Lee....WHERE DID THEY GO.********.
What you get is what you see....Tina Turner....BREAK EVERY RULE.********.
Autumn leaves.....Susan Boyle.....SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME.********.
I left my heart in San Francisco....Julie London....THE MAGIC OF...********.
When I kissed the teacher....Abba...MORE ABBA GOLD.*******.
Harbour lights....The Platters   THE BEST OF....*******.
Life is just a bowl of cherries....Doris Day...THE LOVE ALBUM.********.
Don't worry, be happy.....Overtones....SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.*********.
Reach.....S club 7........SINGLE.********
You'll never find another love like mine...Lou Rawls....DOWNLOAD.********.

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Monday 28 October 2019

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS OCTOBER 27TH 2019.


PLAYLIST.

Say no to this....Cast....HAMILTON. (BROADWAY 2015  ********.
Penny a tune....Cast....RAGS ( BROADWAY 1987) ********.
An old fashioned wedding...Bernadette Peters, Tom Wopat..ANNIE GET YOUR GUN ( BROADWAY 1999) ********.
Getting to know you / I whistle a happy tune...Ray Conniff.BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.*********.
Superstar...Steve Balsamo..... JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. WEST END 1996 ) ********.
Moon river...Andy Williams.....PLAYLIST.********.
Empty chairs at empty tables....Alfie Boe, Michael Ball....ALFIE.*******.
Anything goes.....John Barrowman.... SWINGS COLE PORTER.*******.
The woman's dead....Cast....CURTAINS..( BROADWAY 2007)********.
SOS.....Abba.....THE BEST OF....********.
The history of wrong guys....Cast.....KINKY BOOTS.*******.
When the kids are married....Mary Martin, Robert Preston....I DO I DO! ( BROADWAY 1966 ) ********.
Winter wonderland....Overtones.... DOWNLOAD.********.
True love...Harry Connick Jnr....  A CELEBRATION OF COLE PORTER ********.
Scared of the dark...Steps..... PLAYLIST.*******.
The best of times.....Cast....WEST END 2010) *******.
One.....Cast....CHORUS LINE....( BROADWAY 2006 ) *******.
Big girls don'r cry,....Cast....JERSEY  BOYS..( BROADWAY  2005) *******.
Just around the corner...Bebe Neuwirth  THE ADDAMS FAMILY ( BROADWAY 2010) *********.
Get ready.....Temptations......THE BEST OF....*******.
Nobody's on nobody's side....Elaine Paige....CHESS. ( WEST END 1985)*********.
Never ever getting rid of me / Everything changes.....Cast...WAITRESS ( BROADWAY 2015 ) ******.
Hey look me over....Johnny Mathis....LIVE IT UP.********

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Wednesday 23 October 2019

1959...ALL THE HITS ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 22ND OCTOBER 2019.


1959 BRITISH HIT PARADE...FUTURE NOISE MUSIC.

Tracks played....
The world outside...Ronnie Hilton / Problems...The Everly Brothers / I'll be with you in
apple blossom time...Rosemary June / Does your chewing gum lose it's flavour....Lonnie
Donegan / Smoke gets in your eyes...The Platters / Manhattan Spiritual...Reg Owen /
A pub with no beer...Slim Dusty /  Tomboy...Perry Como / My happiness...Connie
Francis / Side saddle...Russ Conway / It doesn't matter anymore...Buddy Holly / C'mon
everybody...Eddie Cochran / I need your love tonight...Elvis Presley / Never be anyone else
but you....Ricky Nelson /  Come softly to me...Fleetwoods /  Personality...Lloyd Price /
The battle of New Orleans...Johnny Horton.

A good review of the hits of 1959.********.

PLAYLIST

On a slow boat to China...Kay Starr....MOVIN' ********.
Eternal Flame...The bangles.....THE BEST OF....********.
Good Girl.....Alexis. ...PLAYLIST. ********.
Brown eyed girl...Van Morrison....THE BEST OF...********.
Steppin' out with my baby....Doris Day....HER LIFE IN MUSIC (3CDS) *********.
Never grow old....Esther & Abi Ofarim.....DOWNLOAD.********
Be my baby.....Bette Midler....IT'S THE GIRLS.********.
Livin' our love together....Billy Joe Spears...50 ORIGINAL TRACKS.*********.
Houston.....Dean Martin THE VERY BEST OF....*********.
How about you....Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney.... FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.**********.
These foolish things....Nat King Cole...LET'S FACE THE MUSIC.*********.
I don't like Mondays....G4...ACT 3.*******.
I think it's gonna rain today....Peggy Lee...NATURAL WOMAN.********.
Ya ya Twist...Petula Clark.....THE SINGLES.********.
Things....Bobby Darin.....THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF....*********.

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Monday 21 October 2019

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS 20TH OCTOBER 2019.


PLAYLIST.


It's now or never.....Elvis Presley...HISTORY.********.
Seasons of love....Johnny Mathis....MATHIS ON BROADWAY.********.
The merry old land of Oz.....Cast....THE WIZARD OF OZ.********( WEST END  2011)
So far away.....Carole King.....BEAUTIFUL *******.
One person.....Angela Lansbury.....DEAR WORLD.( BROADWAY 1969 ) *******.
Hello young lovers.....Ray Conniff......BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.*********.
Karma Chemeleon....Culture club......THE BEST OF...*******.
That old black magic...Marilyn  Monroe...THE MOVIE HITS.*****.
The impossible dream....Robert Goulet.....ON BROADWAY 2.********.
Anything you can do.....Bernadette Peters, Tom Wopat..ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.********.
Reviewing the situation.....Rowan Atkinson...OLIVER.( WEST END 2009 ) *********.
Stars.....Collabro.....DOWNLOAD.********.
Allo Allo theme tune.....DOWNLOAD.
Take it in your stride...Liz Larsen...LOST IN BOSTON.********.
On the street where you live.... Richard Clayderman....AT THE MOVIES.*******.
Superfragalistic.....Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke...MARY POPPINS ( FILM ) *********.
Sunday....Lea Salonga, Randall Duk Kim...FLOWER DRUM SONG BROADWAY 2003 ) ********.
They can't take that away from me....Fred Astaire....GREAT MOVIE MUSICALS( 3CDS) *********.
Sunset Boulevard....Alan Campbell....SUNSET BOULEVARD ( BROADWAY 1994) *********.
Here for the hearing...Cast...THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE GOES PUBLIC ( BROADWAY 1994 ) *******.
Just in time....Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplain....BELLS ARE RINGING ( BROADWAY 1956 ) ********.
A very nice man / Love makes the world go round...Anna maria Alberghetti...CARNIVAL ( BROADWAY 1961) *********.
Lullaby of broadway....Jerry Orbach.....42ND STREET ( BROADWAY 1980 ) *******.

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Wednesday 16 October 2019

1956 TOP HITS ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW OCTOBER 15TH 2019.


THE 1956 BRITISH HIT PARADE...ACROBAT MUSIC LTD.

Tracks played....
Sixteen tons...Tennessee Ernie Ford / Love and marriage...Frank Sinatra / Robin Hood...Dick James
Memories are made of this...Dean Martin / It's almost tomorrow...The Dream Weavers
Rock 'n' roll waltz....Kay Starr / See you later alligator...Bill Haley / Willie can...Alma Cogan
No other love...Ronnie Hilton / Jukebox Baby...Perry Como / Heartbreak Hotel...Elvis Presley
Whatever will be will be...Doris Day / Why do fools fall in love..Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers.

A vital 4CD album if you can get hold of it covering almost every record that entered the Hit
Parade in 1956......of course it is of variant nature but does contain many of classic fifties
songs of that decade.....if you've lived as long as I have. Anyone under thirty would not be
interested.********.

PLAYLIST.

Queen of 1964....Neil Sedaka  THE MUSIC OF MY LIFE.********
Somewhere only we know....Lily Allen....SINGLE.*******.
9 million bicycles....Katie Melua......PLAYLIST.********.
Frankfurter sandwiches....Joanne & The Streamliners.....DOWNLOAD.*******.
Till...Tom Jones.....THE BEST OF....********.
I wanna dance with somebody....Whitney Houston..PLAYLIST.******.
Million years ago.....Adele....25.********.
Forty Miles of bad road....Duane Eddy.... DANCE WITH THE GUITAR MAN.*******.
Skater's waltz....Ferrante & Teicher....SNOWBOUND.********.
The fool on the hill.....Peter Grant.....PETER GRANT.*********.
By the fireside...Jo Stafford......HAPPY HOLIDAYS.*********.
Light my fire...Jack Pack.....JACK PACK.*******.
Romantica....Jane Morgan....THE SECOND TIME AROUND.********.
If I fell...Keely Smith....THE LENNON & Mc CARTNEY SONGBOOK********.
Peaceful....Helen Reddy....THE VERY BEST OF....*********.
My favourite things...Johnny Mathis...GIVE ME YOUR LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS.********.

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Monday 14 October 2019

COLIN HOLMES MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS 13TH OCTOBER 2019.


Saturday night's alright for fighting....Elton John.....GREATEST HITS.********
Paris holds the key to your heart...Cast......ANASTASIA (BROADWAY 2017 ) *********.
Moonshine Lullaby....Bernadette Peters.....ANNIE GET YOUR GUN ( BROADWAY 1999) ********.
Well , did you ever....Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby....HIGH SOCIETY ( FILM ) *********.
You'll never walk alone.....Jane Morgan....SINGS SHOWSTOPPERS.*********.
I'll build a stairway to paradise....Alfie Boe, Michael Ball.....TOGETHER.*********.
Too rah Loo rah Loo rah.....Bing Crosby....THE VERY BEST OF...********.
Happy Holiday, Let yourself go.....Cast.....IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS ( BROADWAY 2006 ) ********.
Prince Ali....Cast....ALADDIN ( BROADWAY  2014 ) *******.
Cast of Titanic.......TITANIC ( BROADWAY 1997 ) *********.
This isn't me.....Daniel Jenkins....BIG ( BROADWAY 1996.*******.
The legend of Loco Chanel....Cast...EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE.******.
I will wait for you.....Matt Munro.....MATT AT THE MOVIES ( 3CDS) *********.
Yesterday.....The beatles.....1.*********.
It's raining men...Weather girls......SINGLE.*******.
It the rain's gotta fall....Charlie Stemp...HALF A SIXPENCE ( WEST END 2016 ) *******.
Anyone have a map / For forever......Cast....DEAR EVAN HANSON ( BROADWAY 2017 ) *******.
Oh what a beautiful morning.....Ray Conniff.....BROADWAY IN RHYTHM.*********.
Golden Eye......TINA TURNER......PLAYLIST.********.
Mame.....Robert Goulet.....ON BROADWAY 2 *********

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Wednesday 9 October 2019

COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW OCTOBER 8TH 2019


PLAYLIST.

The story of my life....Michael Holliday....EMI PRESENTS THE MAGIC OF,,,********.
Thank you for the music...Abba.....GREATEST HITS.********.
It had to be you....Barbara Streisand, Michael Buble.....DOWNLOAD.********.
All the things you are....Nino Tempo & April Stevens....DEEP PURPLE....*******.
Stand by me....Ben E King.....PLAYLIST.********.
London by night / Brazil......Frank Sinatra....COME FLY WITH ME.**********.
Temptation....Perry Como....THE BEST OF....********.
In dreams.....Roy Orbison......THE BEST OF...*********.
Yesterday....Jose Feliciano...BEST OF THE BEST GOLD.********.
Snowbird.....Anne Murray.......THE BEST...SO   FAR.********.
Can't help falling in love...Elvis Presley......HISTORY.*********.
April in Paris.....Dean Martin......FRENCH STYLE.**********.
This October.....Julie London.....CALENDAR GIRL.*********
Take me home....Pentatonix......PENTA DE LUX.********.
Eleanor Rigby....Beatles......1.*********.
Most People get married....Patti Page....THE COMPLETE US HITS (3CDS)*********.
The first time ever I saw your face....Harry Connick Jnr....YOUR SONGS*********.
Roundabout....Connie Francis.....THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION ( 3CDS) ********.
Patience.....Take That....SINGLE.********.
The way you look tonight / Night and day....Frank Sinatra.... A FINE ROMANCE(2CDS) *********.
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.....Elton John.......THE BEST OF....*********.
Baby, now that I've found you....Foundations / Little old lady from Passadena....Jan & Dean...HITS OF THE SIXTIES VOL 2 ( 2CDS\)********.
Move over darling.....Doris Day....DORIS DAY THE STORY.*******.
All about you....McFly.......SINGLE.********.
What a difference a day makes......Dinah Washington....THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.********.
Time after time.....Cyndi Lauper.....THE BEST OF.....********.

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Friday 4 October 2019

VAL DOONICAN ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 1ST OCTOBER 2019


THE VERY BEST OF VAL DOONICAN...MUSIC CLUB.

Tracks played....
Walk tall / The special years / I'm gonna get there somehow / Elusive butterfly /
What would I be / Memories are made of this / O ' Raffertys motor car / Liverpool lullaby
Windmills of your mind.

40 Tracks from several albums and everyone of Val Doonican's hits.  Pleasing crooner
with a sense of humour and both these talents are represented here. Excellent value.********.

PLAYLIST.

Only love me....Steve lawrence.....WALKING PROUD.********.
Another go-around....Doris Day  THE 1960'S SINGLES.********.
Hello Mary-Lou....Ricky Nelson....GREATEST HITS.********
I love a violin....Petula Clark....IN HOLLYWOOD.*******.
Dear hearts and gentle people....Perry Como.....COMO SWINGS.*********.
At last....Stacey Solomon, Royal Air force..Squadronaires...IN THE MOOD.********.
She was beautiful.....Blake....TOGETHER.*******.
Feeling good....Michael Buble.....IT'S TIME.**********.
When your lover has gone....Frank Sinatra.....IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS...*********.
Come on over....Shania Twain.....GREATEST HITS....*********.
Diamonds are forever....Shirley Bassey....THE REMIX ALBUM.*******.
The king's new clothes.....Danny Kaye....CHILDHOOD DAYS.*********.
Say goodbye to Hollywood....Bette Midler....BROKEN BLOSSOM.*******.
Fever....Elvis Presley, Michael Buble...IF I CAN DREAM ********.
I'm gonna be warm this winter....Gabriella Cilmi LESSONS TO BE LEARNT.*******

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APOLOGIES.....NO MAGIC OF THE MUSICALS THIS COMING SUNDAY
BACK TO NORMAL FROM NEXT TUESDAY EASY LISTENING SHOW.