Visitors since July 25, 2024:
My first show in 2025 features great orchestras, such as those of Raymond Lefèvre, Bert
Kaempfert, Mitch Miller, Les Reed, James Last, The Brass Ring, Henry Hall, Herb Alpert, and Ray
Conniff as well as the following singers and musicians: Edith Piaf, Richard Clayderman, Johnny
Mathis, Billy Butterfield, Connie Francis, Andy Williams, The Hi-Los, The DeCastro Sisters, Don
Cherry, and The Ray Conniff Singers. Tune in and listen up to enjoy my cocktail of hand-picked
songs. Ah yes, happy new year to you all, my loyal listeners!
On January 12, “Listen Up with Manfred” features some highlights of shows broadcast about a year ago.
Artists featured include The Big 18, Jean Claude Borelly, Nelson Riddle, The Johnny Mann Singers,
Jimmy Sturr, Edmundo Ros, Siw Malmkvist & Umberto Marcato, Luis Cobos, Elvis Presley with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Si Zentner, Dean Martin, Nana Mouskouri, Duane
Eddy, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Bobby Darin, Richard Clayderman – and, of course, Ray Conniff and
his Singers. Tune in, listen up and enjoy!
Listen to a “Broadway Special” on January 19. It features songs from “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Subways
Are for Sleeping”, “Show Boat”, “Mack and Mabel”, “La Cage aux Folles”, “Mame”, “Man of La
Mancha”, “42ndStreet”, “Funny Girl”, and “Finian’s Rainbow”. Artists include Shirley Bassey, Percy
Faith, Andy Williams, Living Strings, Herb Alpert, Ed Ames, Manuel and the Music of the Mountains,
Barbra Streisand with and without Omar Sharif, Lester Lanin, Percy Faith, Caterina Valente, Tony
Bennett, Mitch Miller & The Gang, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin with the
Hi-Los, and Ray Conniff, his Orchestra and Singers. Tune in, listen up and enjoy!
My show on February 2 focuses on some of Hollywood’s lost gems as well as some musicals by
Andrew Lloyd Webber, features a sing-along with Nelson Riddle and includes the following artists as
well: Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops, Marti Webb, the Hollyridge Strings, Andy Williams, the
“James Last of the Fifties” – Lester Lanin, The Swingle Singers (singing words), The Percy Faith
Strings, Barbra Streisand, Peter Skellern, Ella Fitzgerald, Chris Montez, Douglas Gamley, The
McCarthy Chorus with Ron Goodwin, Henry Mancini, and Ray Conniff, his orchestra and chorus
(twice). Listen up and enjoy!
The episode broadcast on February 9 features quite a few songs with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, one of
the first successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female songwriters. Included are some of her
contributions to the American Songbook and also a couple of songs from the musical “Sweet
Charity”. Other than that, there is a segment of songs about angels. The artists featured inlcude Ella
Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, The Fron Male Voice Choir, Skitch Henderson, Tony
Bennett, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Benny Goodman, Johnnie Ray, Robbie Williams, Michael
Bublé, and (of course) Ray Conniff, his orchestra and singers. Listen up and enjoy!
Let me take you on a musical journey around the world with my show on February 16 that features Pink
Martini, Nat King Cole, Caterina Valente, Eartha Kitt, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Neal Hefti, Julie
London, Frank Sinatra, The Mike Curb Congregation, James Last, Luis Miguel, The Ray Charles
Singers, Lester Lanin, Nana Mouskouri, Paul Mauriat, Don Costa and Ray Conniff. Tune in, listen up
and enjoy!
Artists of my show broadcast on February 23 include Bette Midler, Jimmy Sturr, Pat Boone, The Anita
Kerr Singers, Bert Kaempfert, Roger Williams, Vikki Carr, Carmen Miranda, Antonio Banderas, Ennio
Morricone, Lester Lanin, Eartha Kitt, Art Garfunkel, James Last, Rosemary Clooney, Nelson Riddle,
Bert Kaempfert, Percy Faith and Ray Conniff. It features quite a few songs you don’t hear on the radio
often. Tune in, listen up and enjoy!
On March 2 you can listen to a special edition of “Listen Up!”, just right for the Carnival season.
Expect the unexpected by e.g. The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Billy Vaughn, Jimmy Sturr,
Mister Murray, Kaoma, Carmen Miranda, Al Johnson, Edmundo Ros, Dean Martin, Eartha Kitt,
Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, The Mike Sammes Singers, Paul Mauriat, Louis Armstrong, James
Last, The Seekers, Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen, Manuel and the Music of the Mountains, and Ray
Conniff.
Some sets of my show on January 26 focus on Edith Piaf, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, but the
show has much more to offer – recordings by Cass Elliot, Ray Anthony, Bert Kaempfert, ABBA, Billy
Vaughn, Luis Cobos, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jezzro, The Henry Mancini Concert Band, Herb Alpert,
Johnny Star, The Mexicali Singers (Anita Kerr), Dean Martin, and – of course! – Ray Conniff. Tune in,
listen up and enjoy!
My show on December 29 might put you in the right mood for your New Year’s Eve party already. It
features Tom Jones, Petula Clark, Billy Vaughn, Pink Martini & The von Trapps, Ricky Nelson,
Perez Prado, Phil Harris, Herb Alpert, The Hi-Los, Dixie Belles, Johnnie Ray & Frankie Laine, Al
Hirt, Diana Trask, Steve Lawrence, Glen Gray, Carlos Romanos, Les Baxter, Jack Costanzo, Dean
Martin, and (of course!) Ray Conniff, his Orchestra and Chorus as well as The Ray Conniff
Singers. Listen up, enjoy – and cheers, everybody!
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My first show in 2025 features great orchestras, such
as those of Raymond Lefèvre, Bert Kaempfert, Mitch
Miller, Les Reed, James Last, The Brass Ring, Henry
Hall, Herb Alpert, and Ray Conniff as well as the
following singers and musicians: Edith Piaf, Richard
Clayderman, Johnny Mathis, Billy Butterfield, Connie
Francis, Andy Williams, The Hi-Los, The DeCastro
Sisters, Don Cherry, and The Ray Conniff Singers.
Tune in and listen up to enjoy my cocktail of hand-
picked songs. Ah yes, happy new year to you all, my
loyal listeners!
Artists of my show broadcast on February 23 include
Bette Midler, Jimmy Sturr, Pat Boone, The Anita Kerr
Singers, Bert Kaempfert, Roger Williams, Vikki Carr,
Carmen Miranda, Antonio Banderas, Ennio Morricone,
Lester Lanin, Eartha Kitt, Art Garfunkel, James Last,
Rosemary Clooney, Nelson Riddle, Bert Kaempfert,
Percy Faith and Ray Conniff. It features quite a few
songs you don’t hear on the radio often. Tune in, listen
up and enjoy!
On March 2 you can listen to a special edition of “Listen
Up!”, just right for the Carnival season. Expect the
unexpected by e.g. The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal
Marines, Billy Vaughn, Jimmy Sturr, Mister Murray,
Kaoma, Carmen Miranda, Al Johnson, Edmundo Ros,
Dean Martin, Eartha Kitt, Jonathan and Darlene Edwards,
The Mike Sammes Singers, Paul Mauriat, Louis
Armstrong, James Last, The Seekers, Mel Blanc and the
Sportsmen, Manuel and the Music of the Mountains, and
Ray Conniff.
Let me take you on a musical journey around the world
with my show on February 16 that features Pink Martini,
Nat King Cole, Caterina Valente, Eartha Kitt, The
Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Neal Hefti, Julie London,
Frank Sinatra, The Mike Curb Congregation, James
Last, Luis Miguel, The Ray Charles Singers, Lester
Lanin, Nana Mouskouri, Paul Mauriat, Don Costa and
Ray Conniff. Tune in, listen up and enjoy!
The episode broadcast on February 9 features quite a
few songs with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, one of the first
successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female
songwriters. Included are some of her contributions to
the American Songbook and also a couple of songs
from the musical “Sweet Charity”. Other than that,
there is a segment of songs about angels. The artists
featured inlcude Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong,
Django Reinhardt, The Fron Male Voice Choir, Skitch
Henderson, Tony Bennett, Shirley Bassey, Barbra
Streisand, Benny Goodman, Johnnie Ray, Robbie
Williams, Michael Bublé, and (of course) Ray Conniff,
his orchestra and singers. Listen up and enjoy!
My show on February 2 focuses on some of Hollywood’s
lost gems as well as some musicals by Andrew Lloyd
Webber, features a sing-along with Nelson Riddle and
includes the following artists as well: Erich Kunzel and
the Cincinnati Pops, Marti Webb, the Hollyridge Strings,
Andy Williams, the “James Last of the Fifties” – Lester
Lanin, The Swingle Singers (singing words), The Percy
Faith Strings, Barbra Streisand, Peter Skellern, Ella
Fitzgerald, Chris Montez, Douglas Gamley, The
McCarthy Chorus with Ron Goodwin, Henry Mancini,
and Ray Conniff, his orchestra and chorus (twice).
Listen up and enjoy!
Some sets of my show on January 26 focus on Edith
Piaf, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, but the show has
much more to offer – recordings by Cass Elliot, Ray
Anthony, Bert Kaempfert, ABBA, Billy Vaughn, Luis
Cobos, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jezzro, The Henry Mancini
Concert Band, Herb Alpert, Johnny Star, The Mexicali
Singers (Anita Kerr), Dean Martin, and – of course! –
Ray Conniff. Tune in, listen up and enjoy!
Listen to a “Broadway Special” on January 19. It
features songs from “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Subways
Are for Sleeping”, “Show Boat”, “Mack and Mabel”, “La
Cage aux Folles”, “Mame”, “Man of La Mancha”,
“42ndStreet”, “Funny Girl”, and “Finian’s Rainbow”.
Artists include Shirley Bassey, Percy Faith, Andy
Williams, Living Strings, Herb Alpert, Ed Ames, Manuel
and the Music of the Mountains, Barbra Streisand with
and without Omar Sharif, Lester Lanin, Percy Faith,
Caterina Valente, Tony Bennett, Mitch Miller & The
Gang, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin with the Hi-Los, and Ray Conniff, his
Orchestra and Singers. Tune in, listen up and enjoy!
On January 12, “Listen Up with Manfred” features
some highlights of shows broadcast about a year ago.
Artists featured include The Big 18, Jean Claude
Borelly, Nelson Riddle, The Johnny Mann Singers,
Jimmy Sturr, Edmundo Ros, Siw Malmkvist & Umberto
Marcato, Luis Cobos, Elvis Presley with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, Louis Armstrong, Si Zentner,
Dean Martin, Nana Mouskouri, Duane Eddy, Nino
Tempo & April Stevens, Bobby Darin, Richard
Clayderman – and, of course, Ray Conniff and his
Singers. Tune in, listen up and enjoy!
My show on December 29 might put you in the right
mood for your New Year’s Eve party already. It features
Tom Jones, Petula Clark, Billy Vaughn, Pink Martini &
The von Trapps, Ricky Nelson, Perez Prado, Phil
Harris, Herb Alpert, The Hi-Los, Dixie Belles, Johnnie
Ray & Frankie Laine, Al Hirt, Diana Trask, Steve
Lawrence, Glen Gray, Carlos Romanos, Les Baxter,
Jack Costanzo, Dean Martin, and (of course!) Ray
Conniff, his Orchestra and Chorus as well as The Ray
Conniff Singers. Listen up, enjoy – and cheers,
everybody!
Visitors since July 25, 2024:
Herunterladen = Download / Öffnen = Play
Administrator of this website: Manfred
Thönicke, Hamburg, Germany.
For requests or comments send a message by
clicking on the email symbol.
Missed a show or would like to listen again?
Please click on the pictures - and there you are!
For audio scripts and playlists,
click on the respective number of the show.
Show No.: