1. The Jack Halloran Singers - Christmas Is A-Comin' (1:37) 2. The Glenn Miller Singers - And The Bells Rang (1:51) 3. Kay Starr - Everybody's Waitin' For The Man With The Bag (2:42) 4. Lawrence Welk Orchestra & Chorus - Merry Christmas Day (1:39) 5. The CompanY - The Christmas Song (4:46) 6. Joe Dowell - Kiss for Christmas (O Tannenbaum) (2:03) 7. Eileen Barton - The Night Before Christmas Song (2:34) 8. Alma Cogan - Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo (2:11) 9. Don Cornell & Laura Leslie - Baby, It's Cold Outside (3:06) 10. June Christy - The Merriest (2:09) 11. Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - Midnight Sleighride (10:11) 12. Ruby Wright - Let's Light the Christmas Tree (2:58) 13. Ray Conniff - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (2:43) 14. Ira Ironstrings - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2:39)
1. Dorothy Collins-Produced Under The Direction Of Raymond Scott - Deck The Halls (1:35) 2. Nat King Cole - The Happiest Christmas Tree (1:50) 3. The King Family - Not A Creature Was Stirring (2:33) 4. Brenda Lee - Christy Christmas (2:19) 5. Midnight String Quartet - The Christmas Song (2:53) 6. Agnes Chan - Mr. Mistletoe (2:34) 7. Andre Kostelanetz - Silver Bells / Shake Me I Rattle (Squeeze Me I Cry) (2:21) 8. Blossom Dearie & Mike Rienzi - It's Christmas (3:20) 9. The Lancers - The Night Before Christmas (2:44) 10. Gabe Drake, Peter Pan Orch. and Cho. - Sing a Kris Kringle Jingle (1:41) 11. The Golddiggers - And The Bells Rang (2:21) 12. Dinah Shore - Jingle Bells (2:12) 13. Percy Faith & the Shillelagh Singes - Christmas in Killarney (2:30) 14. Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers - Winter Wonderland (2:54) 15. The Soulful Strings - The Little Drummer Boy (5:04)
1. The Symphonette Society - Christmas Is Coming (0:47) 2. Max Raabe - Oh Tannenbaum (2:18) 3. Peter Nero and the Philly Pop - Jingle Bells (2:34) 4. The Going Thing - My Christmas Tree (3:31) 5. Kathy Barr - Cuddle Up A Little Closer (2:44) 6. Henry Mancini - Baby It's Cold Outside (1:48) 7. The New Christy Minstrels - We Need A Little Christmas (2:26) 8. Jimmy Joyce Singers - This is Christmas (2:02) 9. Tops Orchestra and Choristers - Santa Claus Is Riding Through the Sky (2:28) 10. The Association - Sleigh Ride (3:01) 11. Blue Barron And The Blue Notes - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (2:35) 12. Mike Douglas - It's O.K. To Be A Kid At Christmas (2:30) 13. Johnny Desmond - An Old Fashioned Christmas (2:16) 14. Les Baxter Orchestra And Chorus - Hang Your Wishes On The Tree (2:46) 15. The Pete King Chorale And Orchestra - The Night Before Christmas (1:42)
1. The Original Glenn Miller Singers - We Wish You The Merriest (2:21) 2. Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani - Sleigh Ride (2:44) 3. Paul Mauriat - 01 Jingle bells (Vive le vent) (2:51) 4. Catherine McKinnon - Marshmallow World (2:32) 5. Morecambe & Wise - Bingle Bells (2:43) 6. Living Strings & Living Voices - A Merry Christmas Song (1:50) 7. Cricketones - I've Got 18 Cents (2:16) 8. The Ames Brothers - Sing A Song Of Santa Claus (3:47) 9. Vaughn Monroe and the Moon Maids - The Jolly Old Man in the Bright Red Suit (2:22) 10. Phil Kelsall - Christmas Dream (3:35) 11. The Pete King Chorale w/Beth Adlam - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (3:38)
1. The Williams Brothers - The Holiday Season (2:10) 2. Piero Piccioni - North Pole Penguin - Piero Piccioni - North Pole Penguin (1:45) 3. Marty Gold Children's Chorus - The Kitty Ate The Tinsel On The Christmas Tree (2:47) 4. Up With People - Jingle Bell Beat (2:19) 5. Maurice Larcange - Sweet Gingerbread Man (3:10) 6. The Going Thing - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (2:44) 7. Pearl Bailey - Jingle Bells Cha Cha Cha (2:20) 8. Ronnie Aldrich - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2:37) 9. Living Strings & Living Voices - My Favorite Things (2:46) 10. Peggy Lee - The Tree (1:44) 11. Gals & Pals - Sleigh Ride (2:33) 12. Bernie Green With The Stereo Mad-Men - The Skater And His Dog (2:08) 13. Al Caiola and Riz Ortolani - One Bright Star (2:53) 14. The Don Les Harmonicats - White Christmas (2:57) 15. Red Skelton & chorus - Xmas Comes But Once a Year (2:28)
1. Tommy Christy - All Are Waiting For Christmas (1:56)
2. Wayne King and His Orchestra - Jing-A-Ling-A-Ling (2:11)
3. The Jimmy Joyce Singers - Christmas Hop (1:41)
4. Gene London - A Walking Talking Christmas Tree (2:01)
5. John Gary - Little Snow Girl (2:44)
6. Domenico Savino And His Orchestra - Winter Wonderland (2:19)
7. Nelson Riddle - June In January (2:13)
8. James Last - Greensleeves (3:21)
9. David Rose - The Christmas Tree (2:19)
10. Donald O'Connor & Debbie Reyonlds - Little Christmas Tree (2:28)
11. Midnight String Quartet - Sleigh Ride (2:09)
12. Dorothy Collins-Produced Under The Direction Of Raymond Scott - Jingle Bells (1:56)
13. The Melachrino Strings - The Angel on the Christmas Tree (1:43)
14. The Four Lads - The Stingiest Man in Town, Musical Play/The Stingiest Man in Town (2:34)
15. Johnny Desmond & Basil Rathbone - The Stingiest Man in Town, Musical Play/Humbug (2:02)
16. Basil Rathbone - The Stingiest Man in Town, Musical Play/The Christmas Spirit (1:34)
1. John Gary - The Christmas Song (Chestnut Roasting On An Open Fire) (2:20) 2. Marilyn King - My Favorite Things (2:17) 3. Catherine McKinnon - The Sounds Of Christmas (2:08) 4. The GrooveBarbers - O Christmas Tree (1:57) 5. Lawrence Welk Orchestra & Chorus - Ring Those Christmas Bells (2:18) 6. The New Christy Minstrels - Sing Along With Santa (2:09) 7. The Three Suns - God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (1:34) 8. Jerry Colonna - He's Too Fat For The Chimney (2:05) 9. Mr. Reindeer (2:20) 10. Singer Orchestra & Chorale - Singer Orchestra - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:21) 11. Bergen White - Beginning to Look Like Xmas (2:18) 12. Hanna-Barbera - Making a Big To-Do (1:12) 13. Marty Gold & His Orchestra - Hi Fi Fo Fum - March Of The Toys (2:26) 14. The Living Trio - Merry Christmas Merry Go Round / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (3:25) 15. Jimmy Dorsey & Dorseyland Orchestra - DixieLand Band From Santa Claus Land (2:44)
1. Joan Regan - Must Be Santa (3:09) 2. The Golddiggers - I Sing Noel (2:40) 3. The Orchestra And Chorus Of Leroy Holmes - Good King Wenceslas (2:24) 4. Sammy! - A Kiss for Christmas (2:58) 5. Bruno Nicolai - Marionette (2:14) 6. Gunter Kallmann Choir - Christmas Alphabet/White Christmas (2:59) 7. Jack Marshall - Baby, It's Cold Outside (1:56) 8. Snoopy's Christmas - Jingle, the Christmas Mouse (1:52) 9. Luis Mariano - Noël Blanc (3:06) 10. Various Artists - Christmas Is Gonna Be Pink (2:53) 11. Blossom Dearie & Mike Rienzi - Liz and Ralph and Calvin (4:29) 12. Sandler & Young - The Christmas Song (2:30) 13. Red Skelton - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1:16) 14. Joe Moss and his Society Dance Orch-Dick Robertson - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (3:00) 15. The Kent Harian Orchestra - Christmas Cha Cha Choo Choo Train
This time out WhyFi takes a slight detour from our usual musical course toi present this eclectic group of more recent tunes - some of them less than 20 years old! These selections may rock a bit more than our usual offerings but there's great fun to be had for the open minded musical connoisseur.
Why Fidelity 75 : International Pop Overthrow
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Simon Says - Roberto Jordan
Je l'aime - Johnny Hallyday
Boom Bang-A-Bang - Les Parisiennes
Kommst du zu mir - France Gall
Mimosaneito - Pekka Streng
La gadoue - Petula Clark
Lua Chan See - Supaphorn
Lippenstift am Jacket - Conny Froboess
Eu sei - Night Stars
Se você pensa - Gal Costa
Tanzen macht den Sonntag erst schön - Janosch Rosenberg
Why Fidelity Show 61:Please enjoy this eclectic selection of under appreciated pop, cool jazz, sweet library, enchanting oddio and international goodies...
We begin our season of good cheer and holiday fun with a little music to help pass the time as Thanksgiving seamlessly passes into the beginning of the Christmas season. Check back every few days for a new Christmas podcast through the end of the year.
Why Fidelity Podcast 53 : A Very Merry Why Fidelity
Playlist:
Christmas Is A 'Comin' (May God Bless You) - Bros. 4
Que lindo que es el Niño - Los Patitas Negras
Hear the Sledges with the Bells - The King Family
The Christmas Song - Peter Wood Singers
Midbnight Clear - Ed Sullivan Presents
Christmas Chimes - Andre K.
Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer - Lawrence Welk
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Mistletoe Players
Song of Joy - Alan Moorhouse
Jing-a-ling (christmas Time Is Here Again) - Frankie Yankovic
I'm A Little Christmas Cracker - The Bouncing Czecks
Jingle Bell Rock - Jan Garber
Bobsled - Clebanoff
Winter Wonderland - John Klein
Jingle Bells - I Trovatori
I Wanna Do More Than Whistle - The Lancers
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas... - Sean Jones
We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Johnny Mann Singers
(Note: Why Fidelity 49 - a non-Halloween themed show - has been skipped in order to make room for more Halloween music. Episode 49 will be released in November.)
Why Fidelity 50 -Halloween Special 2006 Part 3Playlist:
Please join our special guest host Prof. Nathaniel Allan Ravensdeath as he presents a chilling collection of haunted pop in this Halloween program, the second in a month long series of spooky tunes.
Playlist:
Halloween - Wade Denning
Halloween - Bing Crosby, Boris Karloff, Victor Moore
Please join our special guest host Prof. Nathaniel Allan Ravensdeath as he presents a chilling collection of haunted pop in this Halloween program, the first in a month long series of spooky tunes.
Casper The Friendly Ghost (Theme)
Count Chocula Intro
Loneliest Witch In Town - Billie Hayes
Coolest Little Monster - Zacherley
SpookyTown - Creepy Clyde
Little Old Lady From Transylvania - Ghouls
The Way Out Mummy - Kwentin Qwisp -
Torture Rock - Rockin' Belmarx
Castle Blood - King Dapper Combo
Riboflavin Flavored, Non Carbonated, Poly-Unsaturated Blood - Don Hinson And The Rigamorticians
Playlist:
1. Seven Little Girls Sitting In The Back Seat - Paul Evans and The Curls
2. Don't Touch Me Tomato - Marie Bryant
3. Bachelor Girl - Susan Maughan
4. Cold Comfort - Cranks (OLC)
5. You Gotta Let Me Go - Sebastian (OST)
6. Youve Got Possibilites - Its a Bird...It's a Plane...It's...Superman
7. Alright, Okay, You Win - Lee
8. People Will Say We´re in Love
9. Wives and Lovers - Christopher Scott
10. It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House - Mel Henke
11. Put Another Log On The Fire (Male Chauvinist National Anthem) - Tompall
12. You Tried to Warn Me - Piero Umiliani
13. Mexican Divorce
14. Up Je T'Aime - Howerd and Whitfield
Welcome to Why Fidelity! This is our 40th program, not counting bonus shows, and we're absolutley over the moon about it. So here's an other worldly selection of Sci-fi sound waves for your intergalactic delectation:
Princess Leia's Theme - Geoff Love's Big Disco Sound
Uhuru's Theme - Nichelle Nichols
No Moon At All - Warren Kime
I Hear a New World - Joe Meek and the Blue Men
Woman In Space - Mel Henke
Rock On The Moon - Jimmy Stewart
Battlestar Galactica -Us Air Force Promotional Radio Spot
Why Fidelity 34 - GodBotherers
"1, 2, 3, 4, John the Baptist knows the score..."
We begin this week's irreverent collection of religious themed tunes with a groovy cover of that golden oldie The Lord's Prayer by Sister Janet Mead followed by Don Ellis's take on Superstar from Jesus Christ Superstar. Then it's a rare track from the late Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, Paul Williams'Faust from The Phantom of Paradise, The Year 2000, a dark futuristic spiritual from Estelle, Jake Thakray's Remember Bethlehem, The Fool's Reincarnation, Doo Wop'ers The Velveteens Please Holy Father and we close with Half Man Half Biscuit detailing many of the Lord's strange and wonderful gifts to man in God Gave Us Life.
Why Fidelity 26 - The Inevitable Covers Show
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Most Why Fidelity shows spin at least one or two covers but this week it's all about the re-imagining of classic pop tunes. A pretty mellow collection with only a couple of tunes worth more for their novelty value then listenabilty - Mr. French's Dylan cover springs immediatly to mind...
Show 25 Playlist:
Light my Fire - Free Design
Angel Eyes - The Czars
The Look Of Love - Novi Singers
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Big Jim Sullivan
Sunday Will Never Be the Same - Gary Mcfarland
Buenos dias dulce Estrella - Los Sonidos De Hoy
Seasons In The Sun (Le Moribond) - John and Anne Ryder
They Long to Be Close to You - Richard Chamberlain
All I Really Want To Do - Sebastian Cabot
The Letter - Fear Itself
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (Dove sono finiti fiori?) - Nives
We close out our holiday specials with yuletide greetings from Douglas Leedy, The Sandpipers, Korla Pandit, Sam Ulano, The Living Voices, The Galli Sisters, Three Blonde Mice and much more...
More thsan forty more minutes of merry musical mayhem from such holly jolly artists as The Ventures, Randy Van Horne Singers, Serge Fontane, Primo Scala, Ebenezer Moog, Bright Eyes, Al Hirt and many more...
41 more minutes of merriment from Mike Sammes Singers, William Frawley, Herman Apple, Billy Barty, Mae West, Ray Conniff, Low, Monster Christmas Mash and much more.
Here's the first of four jolly Christmas themed episodes featuring yuletunes from the likes of Arthur Lyman, the Peerless Quartet, The Free Design, The Pearlfishers, The Sandpipers, Bob Wills, Joyce, Mel Ashton, Little Audrey, Barry Gordon and more.
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Why Fidelity #19 features tracks from Martin Mull, Stella, Sprites, Benny Golson, Kathryn Williams, The Lemon Drops, Piero Ullani, Peter Dizozzo an much more...
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Our 18th edition features magical musical moments from the likes of the Zig Zag People, Angelo Baroncini, the Baja Marimba Band, Francois Breat, Poncie Ponce, Art Carney, the Golddiggers and more.
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Here's the final ghastly installment in Why Fidelity's Trilogy of Terror. Join us as we call on the spirits of Bobby "Boris" Pickett, Lon Chaney Jr., Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Ted Weems, Gene Moss, Lord Luther, Lee Ross. Patsy Montana and more.
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Our Halloween trilogy of terror continues with terrible tunage from The Bonzo Dog Band, Bert Convy, Wild Man Jr., The Jack O Lanterns, John Cooper Clarke, Bernard Herrmann, Vincent Price, and much more.
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Join Why Fidelity for the first part of our month long, three show tribute to Halloween and all things ghoulish and ghostly....For complete playlist information please visit http://whyfidelity.blogspot.com
Why Fidelity #14 features Paul Schaeffer & Greg Evigan, I Gris, Young Stars, Gillian Hills, Richard Digance, Billy Cotton Band, Peter Howell, Lalo Schiffen and more...
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Why Fidelity 13 Pops the Weasel with Anthony Newley, Charles Magnante,Brigette Bardot, Brian Bennett, Francis Lai, Al Jolson, Mike Rondell and more!
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Why Fidelity 12 features magical musical moments from the likes of Enoch Light, Les Baxter, Nives, Davis Bedford and Ursula K. LeGuin,The English Congregation, Riz Ortolani, Chico Marx and more.
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Why Fidelity 11 features superior sounds from Stanley Wilson, Sultans of Ping FC, Ava and the Avalanches, Boots Randolph, Manfred Minnich, M.Ace, Saturn V, Hamilton Streetcar, Chaino and more.
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Why Fidelity's gala 10th episode features swell sonics from the likes of Roy Budd, The Fantastic Pikes, Nino Rota, Animal Kwackers, The Munsters, Giant Crab, Patience and Prudence, Godley and Creme, Paul Williams, and more.
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Why Fidelity 9 features music from Enoch Light, Tilly and the Wall, Lanark, Bob Azzam, France Gall, Telly Savalas and more.
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Why Fidelity #8 features magical musical moments from Of Montreal, Alan Lorber, Keith Mansfield, Hello Saferide, Joao Gilberto, Leroy Holmes and more...
Plus our albumds of the wekk from The Kimberly Trip, Sammy Davis Jr. and Pugh Rogefeldt.
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In this week's slightly shorter podcast we blast off with a kinda spacey theme show. Featured songs include Paul St. John's "The Flying Saucers Have Landed", Outkast cohort King's "She's Into Star Wars" and That Hideous Strength's "A Night at the Space Opera".
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Why Fidelity 6 features music from Ronnie Spector, The Hollyridge Strings, The Three Suns, Meiko Kaji, Alan Lorber, Robert Mitchum and more.
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Why Fidelity Show 5 features music from Dick Dia, The Decemberists, The Foxymorons, Hugh Le Caine, Russ Meyer, Hotel Lights, Ken Dodd and more.
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Our fourth show introduces two new features; the Why Fidelity "theme song" and the "album of the week" where we choose our favorite recent release in the Why Fidelity genre (whatever that is).
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Songs this week come from the likes of Martin Denny, David Fridlund, Ergo Phizmiz, Sid Laverents, The Tony Hatch Sound and Francis Lai. The album of the week is Monty Python's Spamalot. Complete playlist and shownotes at http://whyfidelity.blogspot.com
Why Fidelity Show #3 features tunes from The Camberwell Now, The Giallos Flame, Jeff Wayne's Space Shuttle, Alex Keack, and the Guckenheimer Sour Kraut Band.
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Show #2 features Brigitte Bardot,Keith Mansfield, Meiko Kaji, Martin Denny, Those Darn Accordians and more...
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Music that you won't hear everywhere else, music that's fallen beween the pop culture cracks, music from here/there/otherwhere...all in glorious Why Fidelity.
The first Why Fidelity podcast features Ramses Shaffy, the Jumping Jacques, Mort Garson, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Viv Stanshell and more...
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