Moons and Stars
Get out your notebooks because today we are going to study the moon. We have quite an international panel of moon experts lined up ready to impart their particular knowledge; and after a brief course of moonology, we will blast off on a field trip to study the moon in person, and also see what the stars look like from the vantage point of the surface of the moon.
Hour One:
1 - Luna Morena - Manolo Caracol (Spain)
2 - Guter Mann im Mond… (Good Man in the Moon) - Rosita Serrano with Kurt Hohenberger mit seinem Solistenorcherster - 1940 (Chile and Germany)
3 - Der Wanderer an den Mond - Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone) and Franz Rupp (piano) (Germany)
4 - Clair De Lune (Moonlight) - Continental Dance Orchestra – 1945 (US)
5 - Forunderlige Mane (Mysterious Moon) - Teddy Petersen og hans Orkester – 1944 (Denmark)
6 - Shining Moon - Kirilloff's Russian Balalaika Orchestra (Russian)
7 - Luna Amiga - Eduardo Chavez y su Orquesta Tropical Beachcombers (Mexico)
8 - Luna Lunera - Gregorio Barrios con Osvaldo Norton y su Orquesta - 1948 (Argentina)
9 - Nnammurate D'a Luna - Carlo Buti con l'Orchestra Ferruzzi - 1941 (Italy)
10 - Destination Moon - Nat King Cole - 1950
11 - Under Fiesta Stars - Phil Brito with Al Donahue and his Orchestra - 1941
12 - Shake Down the Stars - Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - 1940
13 - Silver Stars - Paul Specht and his Hotel Astor Orchestra - 1922
14 - Stars - Isham Jones Orchestra - 1921
15 - Message from Mars - Sidney Phillips and his Orchestra - 1937
16 - Mambo from Mars - Alfredito and His Orchestra – 1955
17 - That Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine with Harry Geller and His Orchestra - 1949
Hour Two:
18 - And the Moon Be Still As Bright (Ray Bradbury) - X Minus One - 1955 (Radio Drama)
19 - Destination Moon - Dimension X - 1950 (Radio Drama)
20 – On the Mercury - The Raye Sisters with Vido Musso and his Orchestra – 1947
21 – Blue Moon – Richard Himber and his Orchestra – 1940
22 - How High the Moon - Nat King Cole - 1947
