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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 1-6-16 Elinor's Birthday

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: January 6, 2016

On today’s show we will honor the upcoming birthday celebration of the doctor’s winsome wife, the beauteous and talented Elinor.

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. “Along the Santa Fe Trail,” which was composed by Al Dubin, Edwina Coolidge and Will Grosz, sung in 1940 by Bing Crosby and found on his bulging box set: Easy to Remember, accompanied by John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra.

  2. “Alligator Story” arose from the 1954 tributory album, Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy.

  3. “Alligator Crawl,” written by Joe Davis, Andy Razaf and Fats Waller and made famous in the 1920s when it was recorded by Louis Armstrong, performed for us here by Dave Frishberg on his 1977 effervescent effort: Getting Some Fun Out of Life.

  4. “Paradise for Two” performed by The Crazed Mugs on their scintillacious CD: Find Forbidden Island, featuring Pablus on Vocal.

  5. “Buona Sera” the song inked in 1950 by Peter De Rose and Carl Sigman and waxed in 1956 by our singer, found on his righteous retrospective: Louis Prima – Complete Collectors Series, including Keely Smith on Vocal, Willie McCumber on Piano and Sam Butera on Tenor Sax.

  6. “A Lover Like You,” composed by Otis Clements and Lester Judson, and sung by Beverly Kenney on her 1958 LP: Beverly Kenney Sings for Playboys, ably supported by Ellis Larkins on Piano and Joe Benjamin on Bass.

  7. “Where You At?” written by George Handy and Jack Segal and recorded in 1953 spotlighting Bobby Troup on Vocal and Piano with the Bob Enevoldsen Orchestra, including arranger and conductor Enevoldsen on Valve Trombone and Tenor Sax, with Newcomb Roth, Jack Dulong and Bill McDougal also on Tenor Sax; Don Davison on Baritone Sax; Harry Babasin on Bass and Don Heath on Drums, drawn from the copacetic collection: Bobby Troup Sings Troup, Mercer and More.

  8. The Gnarls Barkley classic: “Crazy,” performed in concert by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on their albumatical offering: Still Live, with David Suich, Peter Brooke Turner, Hester Goodman, George Hinchliffe, Richie Williams, Kitty Lux, Will Grove-White on Ukes, and Jonty Bankes on Bass.

  9. “Twenty-Eight,” composed by the singer Cyrille Aimee with Bob Kendall and Michael Valeanu and heard on her outstanding album: It’s a Good Day, with Adrien Moignard and Michael Valeanu on Guitars, Sam Anning on Bass and Rajiv Jayaweera on Drums.

  10. “I See Your Face” by John Holt, found on the copious compilation: Reggae – The Definitive Collection: Songs of Freedom.

  11. The George & Ira Gershwin classic: “They Can't Take That Away From Me,” written for the 1937 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie: Shall We Dance, sung by Eliane Elias on her Carioca compact disc: Bossa Nova Stories, accompanied by the late Oscar Castro-Neves on Guitar, her husband Marc Johnson on Bass and Paulo Braga on Drums.

  12. “Cherokee,” the 1938 standard inked by Ray Noble and played by the pianist and noted arranger Alan Broadbent for his live album: Heart to Heart, and whom Elinor and I enjoyed seeing perform at Mezzrow in New York.

  13. “If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight),” the 1926 song by James P. Johnson and Harry Creamer, sung by Carmen McRae on her 1959 limpid LP: When You’re Away, with the orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank Hunter.

  14. “And This Is My Beloved,” created by Robert Wright and George Forrest from music from the Russian composer Alexander Borodin’s String Quartet in D for the 1953 Broadway musical: Kismet, sung by Sammy Davis Jr. on his 1963 emphatic album: A Treasury of Golden Hits, with the orchestra arranged and conducted by Morty Stevens.

  15. “Only the Young,” written by Richard Ahlert and Marvin Fisher and performed by Nancy Wilson on her 1967 lapidarial LP: Lush Life, arranged by Sid Feller and featuring John Collins on Electric Guitar, Doug Trenner on Piano, Buster Williams on Bass, Victor Feldman and Larry Bunker on Vibes & Percussion, and Shelley Manne on Drums.

  16. “Naima,” which was composed by John Coltrane for his wife and is performed for us by the master pianist McCoy Tyner on his capacious compact disc: Solo – Live From San Francisco, recorded in May 2007 at the Herbst Theater, and whom Elinor and I saw perform at Blues Alley.

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