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Post #764521 by Dr. Zarkov on Wed, Jun 1, 2016 3:05 PM

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: June 1, 2016

On today’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge radio show we will once again wallow in the well of pop and exotica music in all its wet depths.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast on Wednesdays, 5-6 pm Eastern Time (2-3 pm on the West Coast) at http://www.radiofairfax.org. The show is broadcast live; no recorded shows are archived, but some listeners choose to record it on their computers to listen later. Radio Fairfax also can be heard on Tune In Radio at tunein.com, and streamed on smartphones by downloading the Tunein app. It also can be streamed on Roku and Google TV at: http://tinyurl.com/3uqfsz9

  1. “Tickling the Strings” recorded in 1930 by King Nawahi’s Hawaiians, featuring His Highness on Lap Steel Guitar, found on the historical document: Jazz Goes Hawaiian.

  2. “Coconut Island” was drawn with swizzle sticks from the self-evident retrospective: Andy Cummings & His Hawaiian Serenaders, with Mr. Cummings on Guitar, Gabby Pahinui on Slack Key & Steel Guitar, David Nalu on Steel Guitar, Ralph Alapa’i on Ukulele and Joe Diamond on Bass.

  3. “Whispering,” the 1920 song by John Schoenberger, Richard Coburn and Vincent Rose, performed in the late 1930s or early 1940s by Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders on the concupescient compact disc: Crazy Rhythm Hawaiian Swing.

  4. “Princess Poo-Poo-Ly Has Plenty Pa-Pa-Ya,” sung by Alfred Apaka with the Hawaiian Village Serenaders on his 1963 well-lighted LP: My Isle of Golden Dreams.

  5. “Babalik Ka Rin” appears on the superb CD sojourn: Arthur Lyman -- Music of Hawaii, featuring Mr. Lyman on Marimba.

  6. “Pussyfooting” was performed by none other than the individual music master and his clamorous conglomeration all known under the name Don Tiki on their capable compact disc: South of the Boudoir.

  7. “Jasmine and Jade,” the 1960 song by Henry Beau and Axel Stordahl, was recorded by Gene Rains in 1962 for his amphibious album: Rains in the Tropics: Songs and Sounds of Far Away Lands, spotlighting the pianistic gift of Byron F. Peterson.

  8. “Ku'u Lei Awapuhi” was performed by the Hawaiian duo called Hapa on their self-titled 1992 scintillacious CD, at that time consisting of Keli'i Kaneali'i and Barry Flanagan on Vocals and Guitars, with the added assistance of Jimmie Kaopuiki on Bass and Kenny Loggins on backing Vocal.

  9. “Rarohengan Dance,” by the Swedish contemporary Exotica band Ixtahuele, named for a group of Polynesian islands, taken from their popping production: Pagan Rites.

  10. “Sweetheart” sung in 1958 by Peggy Lee who composed it with Winfield Scott a/k/a Robbie Kirk, found on the surreal CD: Soho Blondes & Peeping Toms! Saucy Vocals From the ‘50s and ‘60s.

  11. “Shoot to Kill,” by Quincy Jones & His Orchestra for the 1965 Gregory Peck and Diane Baker movie: Mirage, derived from the felicitous film collection: Crime Jazz – Music in the Second Degree.

  12. “For Every Man There's a Woman” was inked by Harold Arlen and Leo Robin for the 1948 Yvonne De Carlo and Tony Martin movie: Casbah, and comes from the 1960 sensual LP: Tony Bennett Sings a String of Harold Arlen, arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser.

  13. “Street of Dreams,” the 1932 song by Victor Young and Sam M. Lewis, from the Juan Garcia Esquivel 1962 outre’ album: Esquivel -- More of Other Sounds, Other Worlds.

  14. “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” the 1931 song by Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt and Gus Kahn, performed by Doris Day on her 1957 outstanding album: Day By Night, arranged and conducted by Paul Weston.

  15. “Tidal Wave” was waxed in 1964 and was fished from the briny retrospective: King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones.

  16. “Walking Bongos” was recorded in the late 1950s and comes from the exotica classic with the extremely long title: Kirby Allan Presents Chaino: Africana & Beyond! – Spellbinding Primitive Rhythms by Chaino, Percussion Genius of Africa.

  17. “The Shortest Day” composed and played on electric guitar by Bill Frisell on his incomparable compact disc: Guitar in the Space Age, with Greg Leisz on Pedal Steel Guitar and Tony Wollesen on Vibes.