Updating

The Baby-Boomer Radio Show has been running now since October 2012, with the core of each program being the hits of the 1950s through 1970s.

Therefore I have decided that, as the general format of my program is now widely known, I won't be providing advance information for every show, only those which will include any changes or additions to the core content.

So this Friday's show - 28th. June 2013 will feature - at 2:30 PM - the final episode in Series One of The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy.

Tune in each Monday at 9:00 AM and each Friday at 2:00 PM for three hours of nostalgia as I take you back to the golden years of pop music.

Friday 21st. June 2013

It's back to the 1950s today, with a selection of hits from 1950 through to 1960.
Listen to how the music changed once Rock & Roll came into being in the mid 50s and evolved as the 1960s dawned.

The half-hour comedy spot at 2:30 PM features Episode 5 of the continuing Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy series, the BBC radio show created in 1978.

Monday, 17th. June 2013

A bit of the 1970s is the focus for today's program, with a lucky-dip of hits from throughout that decade.
In addition, I will be including a selection of 1950s, 1960s and Easy Listening tracks for your enjoyment.

The Comedy Half-hour from 9:30 AM will feature another classic Goon Show, today's being entitled "The Personal Narrative of Captain Neddy Seagoon, RN", first aired by the BBC on the 22nd. November, 1956.
This is the full-length show, which includes the musical interludes by Max Geldray, harmonicarist extraordinaire, and Ray Ellington and his group.

Friday 14th. June 2013

What does a pretty girl (she is wearing something underneath that short dress, isn't she?) on an Italian motor-scooter have to do with today's program?
Absolutely nothing - other than the fact that I will now have to include Besame Mucho in the music line-up!
I have two versions available - an instrumental by Ray Conniff and his orchestra and a vocal arrangement by Julie London. Maybe I should include both in the three-hour show.

That will set the theme for today's session - a mixed bag of everything good from the golden years of pop music.

And don't forget that, at 2:30 PM - the new time-slot - it will be Episode 4 of  The Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, the radio serial (of Douglas Adams' book) created by the BBC in 1978.

Join me, all you Baby-boomers, for a fun afternoon!!

Program for Monday 10th. June 2013

The program today will feature a mix of all things good from the Fifties and Sixties, along with Easy Listening tracks and some comedy snippets.

The regular comedy half-hour will be included but now moves from just after the 10:00 AM news & weather to 9:30 AM - a half-hour earlier.

As mentioned on air last Friday, I will be featuring a selection of British (BBC) 1950s comedy shows in this spot on Mondays, whilst the Friday spot (now also a half-hour earlier - at 2:30 PM) will continue with the current Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (HHGTTG) until the full series is played out. That's about 21 Fridays left to go!

So, in today's spot I will have an episode of one of the most brilliant odd-ball comedy series ever to appear on radio - or anywhere else for that matter - The Goon Show.
Today's episode, entitled The Great Statue Debate, was first broadcast on the 24th. of March 1958.
The show includes the musical interludes from Max Geldray, harmonicarist extraordinaire, and Ray Ellington and his trio.

Join me from 9:00 AM until midday for laughs and baby-boomer music!

Friday 7th. June = 7th. June 1962

Today we revisit this date in 1962 and enjoy what was in the Top Forty exactly 51 years ago.

The playlist will include the following (listed in alphabetical order by artist's first name):-

• Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk
• Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Ben E. King
• I'll Never Dance Again - Bobby Rydell
• Sharing You - Bobby Vee
• Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton
• Sealed With A Kiss - Brian Hyland
• Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson
• Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter
• Second-Hand Love - Connie Francis
• Uptown - the Crystals
• The Stripper - David Rose Orchestra
• Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
• Get A Little Dirt On You Hands - the Delltones
• Lovers Who Wander - Dion
• Al Di La - Emilio Pericoli
• Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca
• That's Old-Fashioned - the Everly Brothers
• Pailisades Park - Freddie Cannon
• (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney
• She Cried - Jay and the Americans
• Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson
• It Keeps Right On Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson
• Playboy - the Marvelettes
• The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells
• The Wah-Watusi - the Orlons
• I Sold My Heart To The Junkman - Pattie Labelle
• I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
• Theme from 'Doctor Kildare' - Richard Chamberlain
• Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabares
• Soldier Boy - the Shirelles
• Have A Good Time - Sue Thompson
• Old Rivers - Walter Brennan

Following the 3:00 PM news & weather update I will present the third episode in the series of The Hitch-hikers Guide To The Galaxy.

Monday 3rd. June - Winter's first program!

The focus today is the 1960s, with a selection from right across that decade.
The playlist includes the following:-

• A Hard Day's Night - the Beatles (1964)
• Abraham, Martin & John - Dion & the Belmonts (1968)
• Boom Boom Baby - Crash Craddock (1960)
• Candy Girl - the Four Seasons (1963)
• Devil Woman - Marty Robbins (1962)
• Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers (1964)
• Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masekela (1968)
• Hey Paula - Paul & Paula (1962)
• Hey There, Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (1969)
• Hopeless - Andy Williams (1963)
• I Only Want To Be With You - Dusty Springfield (1964)
• I Wanna Be Around - Tony Bennett (1963)
• If I Fell - the Beatles (1964)
• Juliet - the Four Pennies (1964)
• Just One Look - Doris Troy (1963)
• Kiss Me Goodbye - Petula Clark (1968)
• Linda - Jan & Dean (1963)
• Mexico - Bob Moore (1961)
• Midnight Mary - Joey Powers (1963)
• Ode To Billy Joe - the Ventures (1967)
• Rhythm Of The Rain - the Cascades (1963)
• Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welch (1963)
• Step Inside Love - Cilla Black (1968)
• Surfin' Bird - the Trashmen (1963)
• Talk To Me - Sunny & the Sunglows (1963)
• The Carnival Is Over - the Seekers (1965)
• Under The Boardwalk - the Drifters (1964)
• Winchester Cathedral - the New Vaudeville Band (1966)
• Wonderful, Wonderful - the Tymes (1963)
• You'll Never Get To Heaven - Dionne Warwick (1964)

 

Episode 2 of THHGTTG will be aired after the 10:00 news & weather update.
Grad your towel and join the gang for the continuing adventures of Arthur Dent & Ford Prefect.