Nelson Riddle - Route 66, Manny Album and Warren Barker

Couple new tracks, some removed for your spy jazz listening entertainment. It would seem people gave the Route 66 theme we had up there a thumbs down. Hopefully the original will be more to your liking.

New Tracks

• Warren Barker - Kookies Caper
• Manny Albam - I Get a Kick out of You
• Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Route 66

Removed Tracks

• Irving Joseph - Murder, Inc.
• Route 66 Orchestra - Theme From Route 66
• Elmer Bernstein - The Silencers

If you have any awful, work safe jokes to share, by all means please send them in!

More Hammond Sandwiches

Couple new tracks today, one from Nelson Riddle and a couple hammond tunes from Georges Arvanitas. A note of caution, Lolita Ya Ya is extremely catchy!

Added

• Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Lolita Ya Ya
• Georges Arvanitas - Moanin
• Georges Arvanitas - Trois Trois Deux Blues

Removed

• Ray Martin - Flash! There Goes Gordon!
• Safe Noire - Angelinha - Bossa' N' Go

Sorry to see them go, but they've been up there so long.. they needed a break.

Spaghetti sounds and Special Agent changes

A few good tracks today, including an interesting variation of "Get Smart" and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

New Tracks

• Get Smart
• Billy May - Mannix
• Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Temporarily Out

• Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra - "Get Smart" Theme
• Combustible Edison - Mr. Pushkin Came To Shore
• Don Sebesky - Water Brother

Get Smart didn't get any bad reviews or thumbs down, it was time for a different version of this classic tune.

Mid-Day playlist changes for the batcubicle

More Mellow spy jazz tracks for your batcubicle or dungeon.

Added Tracks

• The Bat Boys - Batman Theme
• The Creed Taylor Orchestra - Daddy
• The Mocha Beans - One Friday Afternoon
• Johnny Gregory - Perry Mason

Only one removed track

• Leroy Holmes - You Gotta Taste All The Fruit

Leroy Holms "You Gotta Taste All the Fruit" seems to be a favorite, no one gave it a thumbs down. It's just been a little over-played and needs a break.

Couple new Jazzy tracks

Hope everyone had a happy Canada Day! Today will probably be pretty quiet compared to yesterday.

Couple new tracks for today

• Henry Mancini - The Inspector Clouseau Theme
• Mel Taylor - A Taste of Honey

Removed tracks

• Mel Henke - Little Sir Echo
• The Metrolites - K is for Kafka

And a news story about working down under. By the way, if you know of any really bad jokes.. by all means send them in!

Last minute track change

Numbers just in! It would appear people really didn't like Julie London's "A Taste of Honey", so I'm pulling it as fast as I can. :-) The track will be removed within the next 4 hours, with the return of Les Brown's version of "Walk On By"

New Track

• Les Brown - Walk On By - Walk On By

Removed Track

• Julie London - A Taste Of Honey

By the way, thanks for letting me know! Without your feedback, it's difficult to know which tracks aren't inline with what you like to hear.

Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day! Canada really doesn't get the appreciation it deserves, so, we're running Canada trivia for the next day or so. A couple new tracks today, Dave Brubeck Quartet returns with the unforgettable "Take Five".

New Tracks

• Route 66 Orchestra - Theme From Route 66"
• Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five

Removed Tracks

• Doris Day - Close Your Eyes
• Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax
• John Gregory - Route 66

I guarantee John Gregory will return again some day, not one person gave it a thumbs down! It's just had such a long run, it's about time for a break.