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Post #769935 by Dr. Zarkov on Wed, Nov 2, 2016 3:20 PM

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: November 2, 2016

On today’s show we will once again engage in an astronomical exploration of pop and exotica music in all of its galactic glory.

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge is broadcast every Wednesday, 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. “The Enchanted Sea” appears on the 1960 production titled: Ports of Paradise, created by the composers and arrangers Ken Darby and Alfred Newman.

  2. The 1926 song recorded by the Radiolites “Hello, Aloha! How Are You?” was found on the copious collection: Broadway’s Gone Hawaii.

  3. “Honolulu Blues” was recorded in 1931 by the trumpeter Red Nichols and His Five Pennies, featuring Joe Venuti on Violin, taken from the surreptitious CD: Jazz Goes Hawaiian.

  4. “Ten Tiny Toes, One Baby Nose (That’s All I’m Living For),” the 1932 song by Jack Little, David Oppenheim and Ira Schuster, was waxed in 1933 and is found on the righteous retrospective: Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartette – Classic Hawaiian Steel Guitar Performances 1933-34, with Mr. Hoopii on lead vocal and Acoustic Steel Guitar.

  5. “Hawaiian War Chant” by Billy Mure, his guitar and orchestra, came from his 1961 lounge-able LP: Hawaiian Percussion, taken from the surrealistic CD: RE/Search Incredibly Strange Music, Volume 1.

  6. “Nature Boy,” the classic composed by the original hippy Eden Ahbez was found on the prominent production: The Best of Esquivel.

  7. “Sumotori Sumopop” by Waitiki came from their antic album: Rendezvous in Hokonkuluku, spotlighting the talents of Tim Mayer on Woodwinds, Mr. Ho (Brian O’Neil) on Vibes and Percussion, Randy Wong on Bass & Ass’s Jaw, and Mickey Connors on Drums.

  8. “Alegre” was by Tiki Joe's Ocean and was daringly derived from their incomparable compact disc: Under the Midnight Sun, including Mark Riddle a/k/a “Marty Lush” on Vibes; Alika Lyman, the grand-nephew of Exotica legend Arthur Lyman, on Guitar; J.C. Harris on Bass and Dave “Squid” Cohen on Drums.

  9. “In the Copa Room” by Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack comes from the soigne CD: Hawaiian Swing, with the Vocal and Tenos Sax break by the Big Kahuna himself, Matt Catingub.

  10. “A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening,” the 1943 song by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson, was plucked from the Tiki-ish tribute: Keely Sings Sinatra, recorded by the distaff member of the Rat Pack, Keely Smith, with the able assistance of an orchestra arranged and conducted by Billy May.

  11. “Just One of Those Things,” written by Cole Porter for the 1935 Broadway musical: Jubilee, and was drawn with swizzle sticks from the antipodal album: Frank Sinatra With the Red Norvo Quintet Live in Australia, 1959, with Red Norvo on Vibes, Jerry Dodgio on Woodwinds, Bill Miller on Piano, Jimmy Wyble on Guitar and Red Wooten on Drums.

  12. “Innamorata (Sweetheart),” sung by Dean Martin and written by Harry Warren and Jack Brooks for the 1955 Martin & Jerry Lewis movie: Artists and Models, where Martin was accompanied by the Dick Stabile Orchestra, and is found on the capacious collection: Dean Martin -- The Capitol Collectors Series.

  13. “Hey There,” was inked by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for the 1954 Broadway musical: The Pajama Game, and comes from the positive retrospective: Yes, I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story, Disc One.

  14. “As Time Goes By” the song written by Herman Huppfield for the 1931 Broadway musical: Everybody’s Welcome, and which was later used in the 1942 movie version of the play: Casablanca where it was sung by Dooley Wilson, was warbled for us by none other than Peggy Lee on her 1961 lively LP: If You Go, featuring Victor Feldman on Piano and Benny Carter on Alto Sax.

  15. “Cognac” came from the 8 1/2 Souvenirs supple CD: Souvonica, spotlighting the talents of Chrysta Bell and Pianist Glover Gill on Vocals, with Olivier Giraud on Electric Guitar.

  16. “True Love,” was composed by Cole Porter for the 1956 movie: High Society, where it was sung by Bing Crosby, and was nominated for an Academy Award, and is sungfor us by the Puppini Sisters from their cinematic CD: Hollywood, with Marcella Puppini, Kate Mullins and Stephanie O’Brien on Vocals, Blake Wilner on Acoustic Guitar, Ben Cummings on Trumpet; Jon Stokes on Trombone and Jan Shenoy on Clarinet.