DEAN MARTIN..ITALIAN LOVE SONGS ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 14TH JUNE 2016.

DEAN MARTIN...RETURN TO ME.....BOX SET (4CDS) BEAR FAMILY RECORDS.

Tracks played....
There's no tomorrow / Return to me / I have but one heart / On an evening in Roma / Just say I love her / My heart reminds me / Vieni Su / Buona sera / Napoli / Guiggoli / Tu Sei bella signorina.

This box set covers the last years of his tenure with Capitol records and includes some of his most accomplished recordings as well as many of his colourless single tracks. For Dean Martin fans this collection is a must....for others ....it is a very expensive package although elegantly produced. There is an extensive and well-informed book that accompanies the release and it is enclosed in a superior cardboard box keeping it in good condition. ****.

PLAYLIST.

She's leaving home....Acker Bilk....THE BEST OF....****.
When in Rome....Peggy Lee......DOWNLOAD.***.
The girl of my best friend.....Elvis Presley.....HISTORY(3CDS)****.
I only want to be with you....Dusty Springfield...HITS COLLECTION.****.
I think it's gonna rain today....Katie Melua.....CALL OFF THE SEARCH.****.
A swingin' Safari....Bert Kaempfert....THE BEST OF...***.
Where do you go to my lovely....Peter Sarstedt....SINGLE.***.
For you, For you.....Michael Holliday....PLAYLIST.****.
Love is Blue...Paul Mauriat.....DOWNLOAD.****.
Lift me up......Geri Halliwell....SINGLE.***.
Catch a falling star.....Perry Como....THE BEST OF...*****.
You're the one.....Petula Clark,,,THE BEST OF....****.
Happy...Pharrell Williams....SINGLE.*****.
Almaz.....Randy Crawford.....THE BEST OF...****.
But not for me....Sam Cooke....DOWNLOAD.****.
No other love...Jop Stafford....THE ULTIMATE CAPITOL COLLECTION.****.
The ballad of Cat Ballou....Bobby Darin....SINGS THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE.****.
Late in December......Jackie Gleason.....TIS THE SEASON.****.
Tangled up...Caro Emerald....DOWNLOAD.****.
Mr Success....Frank Sinatra.....THE SINGLES.*****.
The glory of love.....Overtones....HIGHER.****.
With open arms.....Jane Morgan.....JANE IN SPAIN.****.
To love somebody....Michael Buble.....TO BE LOVED.****.
Got to get you into mu life...Ella Fitzgerald.....THE REPRISE YEARS.****.

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TONI BRAXTON ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 7TH JUNE 2016.

TONI BRAXTON.....ARISTA...BMG.
Tracks played.....
Another sad love song / Breathe again / Spending my time with you / I belong to you.

A very popular first album from Toni Braxton. Breathe again " was the initial single release and it caused this album to take off...in a big way. Smoothe soul singing throughout but Toni Had to wait
quite a few years until the awkwardly titled song "Unbreak my heart" took her back into the charts.
Very trendy album.****.


PLAYLIST
Let there be love....SWINGING WITH THE BIG BAND.****
Perhaps love.....John Denver....THE UNPLUGGED COLLECTION.***.
Music music music.....Teresa Brewer......THE BEST OF...***.
New world in the morning....Roger Whittaker....THE VERY BEST OF...****.
Cinderella Rockafella....Abi and Esther Ofarim...SINGLE.***.
Let's go to San Francisco....Flower pot men.....PLAYLIST.**.
Happy together....Peter Grant.....TRADITIONAL.****
Big Man....Four Preps......PLAYLIST.***.
Cool water....Frankie Laine....PLAYLIST.***.
Til' there was you....Peggy Lee.....THE BEST OF THE SINGLES COLLECTION.****.
Faded love.....Vic Damone....COUNTRY LOVE SONGS.****.
Standing in the shadows of love.....Four Tops...THE VERY BEST OF....****.
Oo Earnest / Clap hands here comes Charlie / Do Do Do....Dorothy Provine....THE ROARING TWENTIES.****.
24 hours fromTulsa...Gene Pitney....THE BEST OF....***.
Price Tag.....Jessie J......SINGLE.***.
Loin D'Ici.....EUROVISION 2016.***.
Moonlight and roses.....Jim Reeves....DOWNLOAD.***.
What do you mean...Justin Bieber.....DOWNLOAD.***.
You took advantage of me...Rosemary Clooney....ROSIE SOLVES THE SWINGIN' RIDDLE.*****.
On a wonderful day like today....Matt Munro....THIS IS....*****.
Back it up....Caro Emerald.....DELETED SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR.****.
Besame Mucho....Dean Martin...DINO LATINO.****.
Just Yesterday....Al Martino....COLLECTOR'S SERIES
Stargazer....Paloma Faith...DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.*****.
Lights of Cincinatti....Scott Walker..THE BEST OF....****.
Last night on the back porch.....Alma Cogan.....CELEBRATION.(3CDS)***.
Memphis in June....Julie London....CALENDAR GIRL.*****.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW FEATURING THE BEACH BOYS 31ST MAY 2016.

THE BEACH BOYS....SUMMER DREAMS....EMI...CAPITOL.

Tracks played....
I get around / Fun fun fun / California girls / Don't worry baby / When I grow up /  Good Vibrations / You're so good to me / Wouldn't it be nice / Darlin' .

28 tracks of pure Beach boy magic including all of those sixties hits and several from the seventies.
Ideal if you want a retrospective sun sea and surf album....however " Good Vibrations" still stands out as a classic summer of the  60's track.****.


PLAYLIST.


Light my fire....Jose Feliciano....GOLD.****.
Where or when....Ray Anthony....PLAYS FOR DANCERS IN LOVE.****.
Without him....Julie London....STONED SOUL PICNIC.****.
Memories of you....Frank Sinatra....POINT OF NO RETURN*****.
James Bond theme....John Barry....PLAYLIST.****.
Annie's song.....John Denver.....SINGLE.***.
Love is in the air....John Paul Young.....PLAYLIST.****.
Blame it on the pony express...Jimmy James and the vagabonds...SINGLE.***.
Both sides now....Judy Collins....SINGLE.****.
Not fair....Lily Allen.....SINGLE.****.
La isla Bonita.....Madonna....SINGLE.****.
California Dreamin'....Mamma and the papas......PLAYLIST.*****.
As tears go by...Marianne Faithful.....THE BEST OF...***.
Wimowhay....Ladysmith Black Monbasa....PLAYLIST.****.
Route 66....Perry Como....COMO SWINGS.****.
Little girl blue...Karen carpenter.....LOVELINES.****.
In the summer of his years....Connie Francis....THE ULTIMATE EP COLLECTION.****.
Nature boy....Bobby darin.....THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF....*****.
Why do fools fall in love....Overtones....GOOD OL FASHIONED LOVE.****.
A whisper away....Doris Day....LOVE HIM.*****.
When I fall in love...Andrea Bocelli( Chris Botti)....PASSIONE.****.
Softly as I leave you....Matt Munro.....THE ULTIMATE.*****
Eternity....Buddy Greco....BUDDY'S IN A BRAND NEW BAG.****.
Fools rush in......Brook Benton....THE ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS.****.
I'll be around....George Shearing.....THE ULTIMATE....****.

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COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW FEATURING NANCY WILSON MAY 24TH 2016.

NANCY WILSON...TWO ON ONE..... EMI 100.

Tracks played.....
One note Samba / Wives and lovers / Our day will come / You've got your troubles / Call me / No one else but you / And I love him / The shadow of your smile.

The first slightly commercial albums from the usual jazzy Nancy Wilson originally released on the Capitol Label. Great vocalising and great orchestrations make this the most popular British recordings from  this American Chantez. ****.

PLAYLIST.

Falling in love with love....Caterina Valente     I HAPPEN TO LIKE NEW YORK.****.
Improvisation on Carmen.....Ray Conniff.....THE PERFECT "10" CLASSICS.****.
Moonlight becomes you....Jack Jones....THIS WAS MY LOVE.****.
Baby love.....Supremes....GREATEST HITS.****.
Gorilla....Bruno Mars......DOWNLOAD.****.
Careless whisper.....George Michael...DOWNLOAD.****.
To sir with love.....Glee cast....PLAYLIST.***.
Dock of the bay....Peggy Lee....A NATURAL WOMAN.****.
Send in the clowns...Perry Como.... PERRY COMO LIVE ON TOUR.****.
How....Helen Reddy...THE VERY BEST OF...****.
How little it matters.....Frank SinAtra...THE SINGLES(ON CAPITOL) *****.
Wichita Line man....Glen Campbell.......PLAYLIST.****.
You don't know......Helen Shapiro......PLAYLIST.****.
I can't let Maggie go.....Honeybus.....PLAYLIST.***.
Don't be so hard on yourself....Jess Glynne......SINGLE.***.
Dance with my father....Joe Elderberry.....DOWNLOAD***.
Sweet and lovely.....Nino Tempo & April Stevens....DEEP PURPLE.***.
Come dance with me.....Michael Buble.....TO BE LOVED.*****
My confession....Englebert Humperdink.......LET THERE BE LOVE.***.
What will my future be.....Patti Page....GOLDEN HITS.***.
It had to be you....Overtones.....SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES.****.
You do something to me....Ray Anthony....PLAYS FOR DANCERS IN LOVE.****
Honolulu city lights......Carpenters.....LOVELINES.****.
You have to be there....Susan Boyle....SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME.****.

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DORIS DAY"THE LOVE ALBUM" ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW MAY17TH 2016.

THE LOVE ALBUM....DORIS DAY...VISION MUSIC.

TRACKS PLAYED...

For all we know / Are you lonesome tonight / Sleepy lagoon / Let me call you sweetheart.#

The lushest album you can find sung by Doris Day. Sentimental, slow and beautifully recorded
and a lesson in popular vocalizing  which is attractive and romantic. ****.

PLAYLIST.

What would I be...Val Doonican.....THE BEST OF...****.
Wasn't expecting that....Jamie Lawson.....JAMIE LAWSON.***.
Your game....Will young.....FRIDAY'S CHILD.*****.
Barcelona....Freddie mercury,Monserrat Gaballe......SINGLE.****.
You've got your troubles....Fortunes....THE BEST OF...***.
On the rebound....Floyd Cramer......THE BEST OF....****.
I love it when you call...The Feeling....SINGLE.****.
All cried out....Dusty Springfield.....PLAYLIST.***.
Hail to the conquering hero....James Darren...TEENAGE TEARS.***.
Frankfurter sandwiches....Joanne & the streamliners....DOWNLOAD.***.
A hatchet, a hammer, a bucket of nails...Perry Como...THE SCENE CHANGES.*****.
What kind of fool am I......Joe Harnell piano and orchestra....FLY ME TO THE MOON.****.
If I only had a match...Don McLean....FOR THE MEMORIES.****.
Maybe it's you.....Carpenters.....40/40.****.
You are my sunshine.....Carly Simon.....INTO WHITE.****.
That's all.....Bobby Darin.....THAT'S ALL.*****.
San Francisco....Petula Clark.....THE CLASSIC COLLECTION.( 3CDS)****.
Baby Face.....Vikki Carr.....THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION(3CDS)****.
42ND Street....mel Torme.....THE PLATINUM COLLECTION.****.
You're the only good thing.....Jim Reeves....,.GREATEST HITS.****.
Don't blame me.....Frank Ifield....THE BEST OF...****.
Fancy meeting you here....Bing Crosby, Rosemary Cloony...FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.*****.
I can't give you anything but love(live)..THE GREAT DEAN MARTIN.**.
Two different worlds......Jane Morgan....GREATEST HITS.****.
Cupid...Sam Cooke....PORTRAIT OF A LEGEND.****.
Here's that rainy day....Frank Sinatra....NO ONE CARES*****.
Loin D'ici....Zoe....EUROVISION 2016.***.

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EUROVISION SPECIAL ON COLIN HOLMES EASY LISTENING SHOW 10TH MAY 2016.

COME TOGETHER....EUROVISION SONG CONTEST STOCKHOLM 2016...UNIVERSAL.

Tracks played.....
Lovewave...Iveta Mukuchyan / Loin d'ici..Zoe / Sound of silence...Dami im / Amir...J'ai Cherche...
You're not alone...Joe and Jake / No degree of separation ....Francesca Michielin / Heartbeat...Justs
Walk on water...Ira Losco /  Goodbye...ZZA Sanja Vucic / You are the only one...Sergey Lazarev
If I were sorry...Frans / 1944...Jamala.

43 Tracks on this Bumper Eurovision feast of everything  that resembles slightly dated Europop.
It's quite an ordeal to listen to this CD......it could damage your power ballad ears and mind. On the other hand you could stick it on at a party...It's great background music.**.

PLAYLIST.

Don't forget....Nat King Cole....LAZY HAZY DAYS.****.
They gotta quit kicking my dog around....New Christy Minstrels....COAT YOUR MINDS WITH HONEY.***
Come on Eileen.....Dexy's Midnight Runners....SINGLE.***.
Lego House.....Ed Shereen....SINGLE.***8
Summertime Blues...Eddie Cochran.....THE BEST OF...***.
Maria...Andrea Bocelli.....CINEMA.****.
I can't say no.....Nelson Riddle.....OKLAHOMA.***.
I get ideas.....Jane Morgan.....JANE IN SPAIN.****.
The first time ever I saw your face....Harry Connick Jnr....YOUR SONGS.****.
Shall we dance....Ella Fitzgerald....SINGS THE GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN SONGBOOK.*****.
Seattle....Perry Como....THE ESSENTIAL 60'S SINGLES COLLECTION****
What's new....Julie London.....LOVE ION THE ROCKS.*****.
Mary in the morning...Al Martino....COLLECTOR'S SERIES.****.
Cry me a river.....Joe Harnell and the Bossa Nova Pops.....FLY ME TO THE MOON.*****.
Right Now....Pussycat Dolls.....PCD.****.
Wonderful night....Don McLean.....CHAIN LIGHTNING.****.
Little rock getaway.....Les Paul.....THE VERY BEST OF...****.
The last time I saw Paris....Dean Martin....FRENCH STYLE.*****.
Back it up.....Caro Emerald....DELETED SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR****.

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COLIN HOLMES " GUILTY PLEASURES" ON THE EASY LISTENING SHOW 4TH MAY 2016.

These  are the guilty pleasures I enjoy playing on the radio shows, not because they are particularly good but because...... they are sometimes ridiculous .....I can usually sing along with them....they are enormously catchy.....or they make me feel happy....probably the latter.

PLAYLIST.

That old black magic....Bobby Rydell....THE BEST OF....***.
Never be anyone else but you...Ricky Nelson...GREATEST HITS.****.
Don't worry, be happy....Bobby McFerrin.....SINGLE.***.
Jai Ho....A R Rahman, Pussycat Dolls....SINGLE.****.
Travelling light....Cliff Richard....THE BEST OF...***.
Don't go near the Eskinos...Ben Colder...THE MGM VAULTS.***.
Move over darling....Doris Day...THE BEST OF...****.
Palisades park.....Freddie cannon....PLAYLIST.***.
Here comes summer....Jerry keller....PLAYLIST.***.
Running bear......Johnny Preston...PLAYLIST.***.
One way ticket....Neil Sedaka....PLAYLIST.***
All about the base....Meghan Trainor....DOWNLOAD.****.
Oowee oowee oowee.....Perry Como...THE ESSENTIAL 60'S SINGLES COLLECTION.****.
Exactly like you....Andy Williams.....CAN'T GET USED TO LOSING YOU.****.
The song is love...Mary Travers....DOWNLOAD.****.
Walks like Rhiana......DOWNLOAD.****.
The man who plays the Mandolino....dean Martin....THE BEST OF...*****.
Cake to bake / Cliche love song.....EUROVISION 2014.***
Piltdown rides again....The piltdown men....CAPITOL UK VAULTS.****.
The boy does nothing....Alisha Dixon...THE ALESHA SHOW.***.
People who are born in May....Julie london....CALENDAR GIRL.*****.
Quando Quando Quando.....Engelbert Humperdink....SINGLE.****.
Fairytale....Alexander Rybak...FAIRYTALES.****.
Everybody's out of town...B.J.Thomas....MAGIC MOMENTS.****
You know what I mean....Vernons girls.....THE VERNONS GIRLS 1963-64.***.
You don't know girls.....Kathy Linden.....DOWNLOAD.***.
One way or another....One Direction....SINGLE.****.
Paper tiger....Sue Thompson....SUZIE.***.
Downton Abbey Theme....DOWNLOAD.****.
Speedy Gonzales....Pat Boone....PATS 40 BIG ONES.****
With open arms...Jane Morgan....JANE IN SPAIN.*****.
All about you......McFly.....SINGLE.****.
Some enchanted evening......Frank Sinatra ( 1964)THE REPRISE COMPLETE COLLECTION.*****

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