Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge 5-4-16 Pop & Exotica - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Wed, May 4, 2016 3:40 PM Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: May 4, 2016 On this week’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge radio show we once again wallowed in the well of pop and exotica music in all its wet depths. 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 “Havana” by the Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus on their 1956 Tiki-ish LP: Tamboo! “Love Dance” was composed by Les Baxter and is drawn with swizzle sticks from Martin Denny’s 1957 audioterrific album: Exotica, featuring Mr. Denny on Piano; Arthur Lyman on Vibes, John Kramer on Bass; Augie Colon on Bongos, Congas, Latin Percussion Effects and Bird Calls; and Harold Chang on Drums and Percussion. “On a Tropical Island” was waxed in 1957 by Anna Valentino and is found on the cornucopious compilation: Popcorn Exotica – R&B, Soul & Exotic Rockers From the ‘50s & ‘60s. “Ali’i Fire Dance” performed by The Tikiyaki Orchestra on their scintillacious CD: Stereoexotique. I’ll let you in on a big secret: the orchestra is really Jim Bacchi playing all the instruments. “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” in a version originally made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, recorded by Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack on their 17-year-old outstanding album: Hawaiian Swing. “Thinking of Baby” was written by the famed movie and television composer Elmer Bernstein for the 1959-60 TV series Johnny Staccato, starring John Cassavetes as a jazz musician and detective, featuring the future Star Wars composer John Williams on Piano with Don Fagerquist, Pete Candoli and Uan Rasey on Trumpets; Joe Howard, Si Zentner and George Roberts on Trombones; Ted Nash, Dave Pell, Gene Cipriano, Ronnie Lang, Marty Berman and Chuck Gentry on Reeds; Barney Kessel and Bob Bain on Electric Guitars; Red Norvo on Vibes; Red Mitchell on Sting Bass and Shelley Manne on Drums. This is found on the bulging box set: Jazz on Film…Crime Jazz! “Sway (Quien Sera)” the 1953 song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, with English lyrics by Norman Gimbel, sung in 1954 by Dean Martin accompanied by Dick Stabile & Orchestra and found on Dino’s volume in the copious collection: The Capitol Collectors Series. “Sacha-Cha,” performed by the Waitiki 7 on their incomparable compact disc: Adventures in Paradise. “Pieces of Eight” by Paul Page, featuring Bernie Kay Lewis on Steel Guitar, found on the crisply crafted compilation: Sven A. Kirsten Presents: The Sound of Exotica. Page, who claimed to have had the first Hawaiian themed television show on the Mainland, produced this album as four LPs with different covers and each bearing the names of one of the four Tiki restaurants in southern California under the same ownership: The Castaway, Ports O’ Call, Pieces of Eight and The Reef. “Out of Nowhere,” the 1931 song by Edward Heyman and Johnnie Green, performed by David Grisman on Mandolin and Martin Taylor on Acoustic Guitar, taken from their 21-year-old superlative CD: Tone Poems II. “Speak Low (When You Speak to Me),” written by Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash for the 1943 Broadway musical: One Touch of Venus, sung by Carmen McRae in 1955 with Ralph Burns and The Jack Pleis Orchestra, derived from the muscular metric compact disc: Setting Standards. “Travelin'” composed by Joyce Esquivel and recorded by her husband Juan Garcia Esquivel on his 1962 universal aural LP: More of Other Sounds, Other Worlds, with Mr. Esquivel on Piano. “Intrigue,” inked by Paul Durand and Ervin Drake and waxed by June Christy on her 1956 aquatic album: The Misty Miss Christy, arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo. “Dark Eyes,” based on the traditional Russian ballad: “Archichonia” and performed in 1944, taken from the rhinoplastic retrospective: The Best of Les Paul: 20th Century Masters – Millennium Collection, with Paul Smith on Piano and Bob Meyer on Bass. “Until I Met You” (a/k/a “Corner Pocket”), the 1956 song written by Freddie Green and Donald E. Wolf and recorded by Tony Bennett on his 1956 lovely LP: I Wanna Be Around…, arranged and conducted by Marty Manning with Ralph Sharon on Piano. “Gypsy in My Soul” from the album of the same name by the singer Connie Evingson, accompanied by the Parisota Hot Club, who are Robb Henry and Bob Ekstrand on Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Tony Balloff on Clarinet and Keith Boyles on Bass. This song was composed in 1937 by college students Clay Boland and Moe Jaffe for the 50th anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania Mask and Wig Show. [ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2016-05-04 15:40 ]

Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge Playlist: May 4, 2016

On this week’s Dr. Zarkov’s Tiki Lounge radio show we once again wallowed in the well of pop and exotica music in all its wet depths.

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

“Havana” by the Les Baxter Orchestra & Chorus on their 1956 Tiki-ish LP: Tamboo!
“Love Dance” was composed by Les Baxter and is drawn with swizzle sticks from Martin Denny’s 1957 audioterrific album: Exotica, featuring Mr. Denny on Piano; Arthur Lyman on Vibes, John Kramer on Bass; Augie Colon on Bongos, Congas, Latin Percussion Effects and Bird Calls; and Harold Chang on Drums and Percussion.
“On a Tropical Island” was waxed in 1957 by Anna Valentino and is found on the cornucopious compilation: Popcorn Exotica – R&B, Soul & Exotic Rockers From the ‘50s & ‘60s.
“Ali’i Fire Dance” performed by The Tikiyaki Orchestra on their scintillacious CD: Stereoexotique. I’ll let you in on a big secret: the orchestra is really Jim Bacchi playing all the instruments.
“A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” in a version originally made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, recorded by Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack on their 17-year-old outstanding album: Hawaiian Swing.
“Thinking of Baby” was written by the famed movie and television composer Elmer Bernstein for the 1959-60 TV series Johnny Staccato, starring John Cassavetes as a jazz musician and detective, featuring the future Star Wars composer John Williams on Piano with Don Fagerquist, Pete Candoli and Uan Rasey on Trumpets; Joe Howard, Si Zentner and George Roberts on Trombones; Ted Nash, Dave Pell, Gene Cipriano, Ronnie Lang, Marty Berman and Chuck Gentry on Reeds; Barney Kessel and Bob Bain on Electric Guitars; Red Norvo on Vibes; Red Mitchell on Sting Bass and Shelley Manne on Drums. This is found on the bulging box set: Jazz on Film…Crime Jazz!
“Sway (Quien Sera)” the 1953 song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, with English lyrics by Norman Gimbel, sung in 1954 by Dean Martin accompanied by Dick Stabile & Orchestra and found on Dino’s volume in the copious collection: The Capitol Collectors Series.
“Sacha-Cha,” performed by the Waitiki 7 on their incomparable compact disc: Adventures in Paradise.
“Pieces of Eight” by Paul Page, featuring Bernie Kay Lewis on Steel Guitar, found on the crisply crafted compilation: Sven A. Kirsten Presents: The Sound of Exotica. Page, who claimed to have had the first Hawaiian themed television show on the Mainland, produced this album as four LPs with different covers and each bearing the names of one of the four Tiki restaurants in southern California under the same ownership: The Castaway, Ports O’ Call, Pieces of Eight and The Reef.
“Out of Nowhere,” the 1931 song by Edward Heyman and Johnnie Green, performed by David Grisman on Mandolin and Martin Taylor on Acoustic Guitar, taken from their 21-year-old superlative CD: Tone Poems II.
“Speak Low (When You Speak to Me),” written by Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash for the 1943 Broadway musical: One Touch of Venus, sung by Carmen McRae in 1955 with Ralph Burns and The Jack Pleis Orchestra, derived from the muscular metric compact disc: Setting Standards.
“Travelin'” composed by Joyce Esquivel and recorded by her husband Juan Garcia Esquivel on his 1962 universal aural LP: More of Other Sounds, Other Worlds, with Mr. Esquivel on Piano.
“Intrigue,” inked by Paul Durand and Ervin Drake and waxed by June Christy on her 1956 aquatic album: The Misty Miss Christy, arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo.
“Dark Eyes,” based on the traditional Russian ballad: “Archichonia” and performed in 1944, taken from the rhinoplastic retrospective: The Best of Les Paul: 20th Century Masters – Millennium Collection, with Paul Smith on Piano and Bob Meyer on Bass.
“Until I Met You” (a/k/a “Corner Pocket”), the 1956 song written by Freddie Green and Donald E. Wolf and recorded by Tony Bennett on his 1956 lovely LP: I Wanna Be Around…, arranged and conducted by Marty Manning with Ralph Sharon on Piano.
“Gypsy in My Soul” from the album of the same name by the singer Connie Evingson, accompanied by the Parisota Hot Club, who are Robb Henry and Bob Ekstrand on Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Tony Balloff on Clarinet and Keith Boyles on Bass. This song was composed in 1937 by college students Clay Boland and Moe Jaffe for the 50th anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania Mask and Wig Show.

[ Edited by: Dr. Zarkov 2016-05-04 15:40 ]