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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 9-2-15 Pop & Exotica

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: September 2, 2015

On this week’s show we will once again exogenated our propensity for pop and exotica music in all its reckless range.

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. “Ellis March,” recorded sometime in the distinctly distant past by the Hauulea Entertainers and found on the bulging box set: It’s Hotter in Hawaii.

  2. “Na Moku Eha (The Four Islands)” performed by none other than Hoot Gibson and drawn from the copacetic compilation: Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics – Historic Recordings 1927-1938.

  3. “Nanakuli,” recorded by slack-key guitar brothers Keola and Kapono Beamer on their 1976 luminous LP: Honolulu City Lights, and composed by Keola.

  4. “Lyle Smiles” composed and performed on ukulele by Jim Beloff, featuring Hal Blaine on Drums, which was dedicated to the jazz ukulele master Lyle Ritz and was found on the anthemic anthology: Legends of the Ukulele – Hawaiian Masters.

  5. “Heha Waipi'o,” written by Sam Li’a Kalanaina Sr. and sung by Nina Keali'iwahamana on her eponymous album: Nina, arranged and conducted and recording produced by Jack DeMello in the 1970s.

  6. “Hawaiian War Chant,” originally composed by Prince Leleiohoku in the 1860s as “Kaua I Ka Huahua`i (We Two in the Spray),” referring to two lovers meeting secretly. In 1936 Johnny Noble came up with this version that included lyrics by Ralph Freed. We heard it here sung by the King Sisters with Alvino Rey on Steel Guitar, derived from their reliquarious retrospective: So You’re the One! From Sweet to Swing.

  7. “The Moon of Manakoora,” inked by Frank Loesser and Alfred Newman for the 1937 Dorothy Lamour movie: The Hurricane, recorded by Andre Kostelanetz and found on the copious compilation: Space-Age Cocktail Lounge.

  8. “Beyond the Sea,” the 1946 song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, with English lyrics added by Jack Lawrence, sung in 1959 by Bobby Darin, taken from the spotty collection: The Leopard Lounge.

  9. “Ebb Tide,” the 1953 song by Robert Maxwell and Carl Sigman, waxed in 1961 by The Out-Islanders on their luxurious LP: Polynesian Fantasy, led by Billy May and featuring the famed jazz player Charlie Barnet on Tenor Sax.

  10. “What Are You Afraid Of?” written by Jack Segal and Robert Wells and sung by Barbara McNair on her 1964 luscious LP: The Livin’ End.

  11. “Call of the Jungle,” the 1962 exclamatory expression by Carl Stevens, taken from the Brit collection: Popcorn Exotica – R&B, Soul & Exotic Rockers from the ‘50s & ‘60s.

  12. “Latin Fever” by the ubiquitous popularizer of Bongo Drums in 1950s and ‘60s Jack Costanzo, found on the clangorous compilation: Ultra Lounge: Bongoland – Spicy Latin Licks – Hot Voodoo Chicks.

  13. “Go Chango” by Les Baxter and His Orchestra on their 1959 elevated LP: Jungle Jazz.

  14. “Mer Velours, La,” by the late Robert Drasnin, drawn from his scintillacious CD: Voodoo II – More Exotic Sounds of Robert Drasnin, with Stephanie Bennett on Vocal.

  15. “Dancing in the Dark,” the classic tunes written by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz for the 1953 Fred Astaire movie: The Band Wagon, recorded in 1962 by the Mexican master composer and arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel for his universalistic LP: More of Other Sounds, Other Worlds.

  16. “Speak to Me of Love (Parlez-Moi d'Amour),” the 1930 song by the French Composer Jean Lenoir, taken from the ungainly titled album: Warner Brothers Presents the Helen Morgan Story in CinemaScope Featuring the Voice of Gogi Grant – Music Direction by Ray Heindorf, from the 1957 movie starred Ann Blyth as Helen Morgan where Grant dubbed Blyth’s voice on the songs, although she didn’t sound at all like Helen Morgan.

  17. The music composed by Nino Rota for the 1957 Federico Fellini movie: Le Notti Di Cabiria or Nights of Cabiria, from the celulloidal set: Tutto Fellini.

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