Latest Episodes
July 24, 2023
EP 76 - TOUR GUIDE FRANCK POURCEL (07/26/23)
A purveyor of Beautiful Music (detractors would call Elevator Music), Franck Pourcel was a French composer, arranger and conductor. His specialty remains the music...
00:51:57
July 17, 2023
EP 75 - HELLO GORGEOUS! (07/19/23)
To celebrate our 75th episode, Manny Pacheco profiles the incomparable Barbra Streisand. The songbird is an Oscar-winning actress, who has had a solid movie...
00:53:53
July 10, 2023
EP 74 - 1960s HITSVILLE HOLLYWOOD (07/12/23)
Hollywood in the 1960s looked for independent productions to distribute and the trend in society was to turn to Motown and Stax Records for...
00:50:52
July 04, 2023
EP 73 - A COLLECTION OF STANDARDS (07/05/23)
Standards from the Great American Songbook is the perfect compliment to our post-4th of July celebration. Host Manny Pacheco pulls out the vinyl, sets...
00:52:20
June 26, 2023
EP 72 - THE SCHNOZ (06/28/23)
Jimmy Durante was a force of nature who cannot be explained in today's parlance. He was a strenuously visual comedian, who really would have...
00:52:30
June 20, 2023
EP 71 - CAPITOL RECORDS (06/21/23)
Today's episode focuses on the storied history of Capitol Records. Founded in 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallichs (of Wallichs...
00:54:15