Hey! Much thanks to Alex McNeil for filling in for me this past Friday, June 1, on Coffeetime while I was at the Wellesley College commencement, cheering on my friend (and WMBR supporter) Lauren as she received her degree. (Yay, Lo!)
I did get to hear the show as I was driving home. Alex did a great interview with Howard Tate and then played his special mix of jazzy and otherwise poppy tunes from TV's past. (I sat in the broiling hot car in order to hear the Room 222 theme. Love it.) Below is his playlist. We both were at the Museum of National Heritage in Lexington Saturday night to hear Mr Tate perform. His voice is truly amazing… still.
Alex's playlist:
01. Howard Tate - Ain't Nobody Home
02. Howard Tate - Look at Granny Run, Run
03. Howard Tate - Mama Was Right
04. Howard Tate - Homewrecker
05. Mundell Lowe & His All Stars - Peter Gunn
06. Metropolitan Jazz Quartet - Blue Star (Theme from Medic)
07. Buddy Morrow - The Untouchables
08. Maynard Ferguson - Naked City Theme
09. Mod Squad Theme
10. Vic Schoen - Tightrope
11. Elmer Bernstein - Staccato Theme
12. Johnny "Hammond" Smith - N.Y.P.D. Theme
13. Cannon
14. Lester Lanin - Mr. Clean/Chase & Sanborn/Pepsodent medley
15. Adam-12
16. Richard "Groove" Holmes - The Odd Couple
17. Burke's Law
18. Non-Profit Corporation - Theme from Room 222
19. Johnny Gregory - Wagon Train (first theme)
20. Bud Wattles - Wagon Train (second theme, "Roll Along, Wagon Train")
21. Neal Hefti - Wagon Train (third theme, "Wagons Ho")
22. Bud Wattles - Gunsmoke
23. Ballad of Davy Crockett
24. Ralph Young - Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp
25. The Riflmeman
26. Tommy Mara - Yancy Derringer
27. Bud Wattles - Black Saddle
28. Lawman
29. Chordettes - Zorro
30. Branded
31. Hopalong Cassidy
32. Bobby Lord - Swamp Fox
33. Alan Dale - Robin Hood
34. Fireball XL-5
35. Thunderbirds
36. Miniature Men - Soupy's Theme
37. Beany and Cecil
38. Top Cat
39. King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
40. Banana Splits - Banana Splits
41. Challengers - The Man From UNCLE
42. Frank DeVol - Bewitched
43. Lester Lanin - Robert Hall/Blatz Beer/Blue Bonnet Margarine/KLMmedley
44. Mundell Lowe & His All Stars - Riff Blues (Mike Hammer Theme)
Thanks once again, Alex!
