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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 1-13-16 Pop & Exotica

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Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: January 13, 2016

On this week’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge radio show we once again perambulated the penumbra of pop and exotica music in all its glamorous glory.

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. “Chant of the Jungle” recorded in the late 1930s and included on the righteous retrospective: Felix Mendelsohn and His Hawaiian Serenaders, featuring George Barclay on vocals.

  2. “Ahulili” is from the 1963 rapturous recording: Duke Kahanamoku Presents a Beachboy Party With Waltah Clarke, performed by Kalakaua.

  3. “Beautiful Kauai” was drawn from the capacious collection: Don Ho’s Greatest Hits.

  4. “A 'Ole La” was performed by the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau on their ample album: Heke Wale No – Only the Best of the Makaha Sons.

  5. “Mahina Onaona” by the band named Wiki Waki Woo came from their surreptitious CD: Souvenirs.

  6. “Pacific Melody” appeared with uncredited performers on the album oddity, The Tiki Lounge, which was issued on Sonny Lester’s bargain basement label, Laserlight.

  7. “Ruby,” was recorded by the Waitiki 7 on their capable compact disc: New Sounds of Exotica.

  8. “Tumpa (Earthquake)” from the 1954 movie: Secret of the Incas, was found on The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection, arranged and conducted by Les Baxter.

  9. “Tabu” by Eliot Easton’s Tiki Gods came from their exotical album: Easton Island, featuring Mr. Easton, who played guitar with the band The Cars.

  10. “Paris,” inked by the noted Italian film composer Nino Rota and performed by the Austin, Texas, band 8 1/2 Souvenirs on their serendipitous CD: Souvonica, spotlighting the talents of Kris McKay on Vocal, Glover Gill on Piano and Olivier Giraud on Guitar.

  11. “Pretty Blue” composed and performed by the guitar master Wes Montgomery from his 1963 landmarkable LP: Wes Montgomery With Strings: Fusion! arranged and conducted by Jimmy Jones and produced by the late Orrin Keepnews.

  12. “I've Got Just About Everything” was sung by its composer Bob Dorough, who accompanies himself on Piano on his 1966 long playing recording called Just About Everything, with Al Schackman on Electric Guitar, Ben Tucker on Bass and on Percy Brice on Drums.

  13. “Sentimental Journey,” the 1944 song composed by Les Brown and Ben Homer, sung by Beverly Kenney her 1959 lagoonical LP: Like Yesterday, featuring Chuck Wayne on Electric Guitar and Stan Freeman on Piano, with Charlie Shavers on Trumpet, Eddie Bert on Trombone, Al Klink on Tenor Sax, Herbie Mann on Flute, Johnny Ray on Vibes and Percussion, Bill Pemberton on Bass and Ed Shaughnessey on Drums.

  14. “People Will Say We're in Love” the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic from the 1943 Broadway musical: Oklahoma! was waxed by the singer Buddy Greco on his 1962 outstanding album: Body & Soul, arranged and conducted by Robert Mersey.

  15. “Hushabye Mountain” composed by Robert & Richard Sherman for the 1968 movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, sung by Stacey Kent on her scintillacious CD also called Hushabye Mountain, featuring Colin Oxley on Guitar, her husband Jim Tomlinson on Tenor Sax; David Newton on Piano, Simon Thorpe on Bass and Jasper Kviberg on Drums.

  16. “Nature Boy,” the classic composed by the original proto-hippy Eden Ahbez, sung by Karrin Allyson on her incomparable compact disc: I Didn't Know About You, accompanied by Rod Fleeman on Acoustic Guitar and Danny Embrey on Electric Guitar, with Bob Bowman on Bass and Todd Strait on Drums.

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