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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 5-30-12 Hooray for Hollywood

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: May 30, 2012

On this week’s show we celebrated the marvelous music of motion pictures in all of its scintillatious cinematic glory. So pour a Technocolor potable into your most filmic Tiki mug and settle in to savor some of the sweetest sounds this side of the Los Angeles River.

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

  1. “Powerhouse,” the1937 composition used in many Warners Brothers Looney Tune cartoons over the years, from the collection: The Music of Raymond Scott – Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights.

  2. “Chica, Chica Bum Chic” by Carmen Miranda The Diva Collection – The Hollywood Ladies Sing! This song by Harry Warren & Mack Gordon was used in the 1941 movie: That Night in Rio.

  3. “Ataypura!” from the collection: Yma Sumac -- Queen of Exotica, from her 1954 movie: Secret of the Incas, arranged & conducted by Les Baxter.

  4. “Little Drops of Rain,” the 1963 recording by Les Baxter taken from the CD: The Academy Award Winners & The Soul of Drums. Originally in the 1962 movie: Gay Purr-ee, which was the only animated feature Judy Garland performed in, it was composed by Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg, who Garland suggested be used for the film and who were the composers she worked with earlier on The Wizard Of Oz.

  5. “Lulu's Back in Town,” written by Al Dubin & Harry Warren for THE 1935 movie: Broadway Gondolier, performed by Martin Taylor and David Grisman on their CD: Tone Poems II.

  6. “Put the Blame on Mame (Part 1),” the song by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher sung by Rita Hayworth in the 1946 movie: Gilda, performed by Duke Robillard on Guitar and Sunny Crownover on Vocal from their recording: Tales From the Tiki Lounge -- Dedicated to the Music of Les Paul.

  7. “How High the Moon” by Les Paul & Mary Ford, used in the 1995 Martin Scorcese movie: Casino, originally composed by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton for the 1940 Broadway revue: Two for the Show, from the CD: Les Paul & Mary Ford: All-Time Greatest Hits.

  8. “Zulu Love Magic” by Stanley Wilson, composed for the 1959 exploitation movie: The Mating Urge, from his LP: Pagan Love, taken from the compilation: Return to Paradise: A History of Exotica.

  9. “Put It There Pal,” composed by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen for the 1946 movie: Road to Utopia, from the anthology: Bing Crosby & Bob Hope -- Two of a Kind.

  10. “Run Pussy Cat” by Paul Sawtell, from the movie soundtrack of Russ Meyer’s sexploitation spectacular : Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill!, taken from the appropriatatively titled German collection: Music for Gracious Living.

  11. “Floating,” from the Finnish Movie: Without a Map, performed by Laika and the Cosmonauts from their compilation: Cosmopolis, featuring Mikko Lanikinen on Electric Guitar & Matti Pitsinki on Organ & Guitar, Tom Nyman on Bass & Janne Haavisto on Drums.

  12. “Never on Sunday,” the 1962 version of the Greek movie theme from the collection: The Ventures Play Telstar, the Lonely Bull & Others, and Ventures in Space.

  13. “Pipeline” performed by Dick Dale and Stevie Ray Vaughan from the 1987 movie: Back to the Beach,” taken from the anthemic anthology: King of the Surf Guitar: The Best of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones.

  14. “Mickey's Flight & The Crushout” from the 1965 Warren Beatty movie: Mickey One, featuring Stan Getz on Tenor Sax and Clark Terry on Trumpet from the CD: Stan Getz Plays Music From the Soundtrack of Mickey One.

  15. “I'll Always Love You (Day After Day),” sung by Dean Martin and composed by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans for the 1950 Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis movie: My Friend Irma Goes West, from the collection: Dean Martin/The Capitol Collectors Series.

  16. “Bye-Bye Baby” sung by Marilyn Monroe on the compilation: I've Heard That Song Before: Songs of Jule Styne, with lyrics written by Leo Robin,

  17. “I, A Lover” and “De Sade” by Leroy Holmes from the 1969 movies of the same names, taken from the Tikiphonic anthology: Ultra-Lounge Mondo Hollywood – Movie Madness From Tinsel Town.

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