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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 12-30-16 New Year's Eve

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: December 30, 2015

It’s that time when we celebrated the waning of the old year and the imminent arrival of the new one in the Tiki lounge.

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. “By the Fireside,” recorded in 1932 by the British vocalizer Al Bowlly accompanied by Roy Fox & His Band, found on his reliquarious retrospective: Just a Bowl of Cherries.

  2. “I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm,” written Irving Berlin and introduced by Dick Powell and Alice Faye in the 1937 movie: On the Avenue, included on the historical document: The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Volume 3: 1936-37, with Jonah Jones on Trumpet, Edgar Sampson on Clarinet, Ben Webster on Tenor Sax, Allen Reuss on Guitar, John Kirby on Bass and Cozy Cole on Drums.

  3. “Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter” was composed by Jack Fulton, Al Goering and Caesar Petrillo, and was recorded in 1950 by Bing Crosby, drawn from the chill anthology: Cool December.

  4. “Button Up Your Overcoat,” inked by Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva and Ray Henderson and warbled in 1947 by Sarah Vaughan, assisted by The Ted Dale Orchestra, including Nicholas Tagg on Piano, Tony Mottola and Al Casey on Electric Guitars, Mark Shopnick on Bass and Cozy Cole on Drums, found on her righteous retrospective: Young Sassy.

  5. “Sure Had a Wonderful Time” performed by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and derived from the CD box set of the same name.

  6. “One O' Clock Jump,” composed by Eddie Durham, Hot Lips Page, Buster Smith and Jon Hendricks, sung by the vivacious vocal trio of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross on their 1957 labial LP: Sing a Song of Basie, featuring Nat Pierce on Piano, Freddie Green on Electric Guitar, Eddie Jones on Bass and Sonny Payne on Drums.

  7. The 1967 song written by Henry Mancini and Rod McKuen, “Lonely Winter,” recorded by the Exotica Master Gene Rains on his 1962 inundated album: Rains in the Tropics: Songs and Sounds of Far Away Lands, featuring the arranger, Gene Rains, on Vibes and Byron F. Peterson on Piano.

  8. “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the composition by Randall Thompson played for us by the Hawaiian Slack-Key Legend Keola Beamer on his sumptuous CD: Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming of the Snow).

  9. “Baltimore Oriole,” composed by Hoagy Carmichael and Paul Francis Webster sung by Barbara Lea on her 1956 self-titled LP, drawn with tongs from the collusive collection: Mid Century Minx – Female Vocal Seduction From the Fifties and Sixties. The musician credits include “Richard Lowman” – who was really Dick Hyman – on Piano, Dick Cary on Alto Sax, Al Casamenti on Guitar, Al Hall on Bass and Osie Johnson on Drums.

  10. The Irving Berlin classic, “Let Yourself Go,” waxed by the singer Mark Murphy on his 1957 LP named for the song that was arranged and conducted by Ralph Burns.

  11. “Winter Weather,” the 1941 song by Ted Shapiro was performed by the Squirrel Nut Zippers on their seasonable CD: Christmas Caravan, spotlighting the vocal talents of Katherine Whalen.

  12. “Hello Mr. New Year,” was recorded by The Coolbreezers and taken from the copacetic compilation: Hipsters’ Holiday.

  13. “You Can't Rush Spring,” which was composed by the singer Ann Hampton Callaway, sung for us by Karrin Allyson on her recorded reverie: Daydream, backed up by Randy Weinstein on Harmonica, Rod Fleeman on Guitar; Bob Bowman on Bass and Todd Strait on Drums, along with Ella Fitzgerald’s favorite pianist, Paul Smith.

  14. “Inverno,” which depicts a warm, carefree winter’s day in Brazil, where our winter is their summer, was vocalized by Rosa Passos on her scintillacious CD simply titled: Rosa.

  15. “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” the 1947 song written by Frank Loesser, sung by Nancy Wilson accompanied by Jack Wilson on Celeste and found on her 1964 loquacious LP: Yesterday's Love Songs Today's Blues.

  16. The famed Scottish folk tune with lyrics by Robert Burns, “Auld Lang Syne,” performed for us by the Hot Club of San Francisco on the combustive compact disc: The Hot Club Cool Yule, spotlighting Paul “Pazzo” Mehling on lead Guitar, Evan “Zeppo” Price on Violin and Clint Baker on Bass, and starting out with a quote from a famous Christmas song which also serves as the Maryland state anthem.

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