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Ian Whitcomb

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Ian Whitcomb is an entertainer, singer, songwriter, author, record producer and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song “You Turn Me On” reached number 8 on Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965. He has written several books on popular music, beginning with After the Ball in 1972. He accompanies his singing by playing the ukulele and, through his records, concerts, and film work, has helped to stimulate the current revival of interest in the instrument. He can be found at ianwhitcomb.com and hosts a weekly show on ErrorFM.com and SiriusXM 165.
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Episodes

Ian Whitcomb 12 - Whistlers, Yodellers, Zithers & Such (02)

The Pan American Marimba Band - Maria Elena Ian Whitcomb and The Parlor Boys - Fairy On The Clock Jessie Crawford - She’s A New Kind Of Old Fashioned Girl Reginald Dixon - Dixon’s Request Medley Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter Rolf Harris - What Is A Didgeridoo? Dick Hyman - Mack The Knife (Moritat) Johnny Maddox - Black-Eyed Susan Brown Moe Koffman Quartet - Swingin’ Shepherd Blues Ted Heath - Swingin’ Shepherd Blues

Dec 08, 201036 min

Ian Whitcomb 12 - Whistlers, Yodellers, Zithers & Such (01)

Ben Selvin and His Orchestra - Whistle & Blow Your Blues Away Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues Don Robertson - The Happy Whistler Roy Evans - The Syncopated Yodelin’ Man Frank Ifield - The Yodeling Song Anton Karas - The Harry Lime Theme Anton Karas - The Third Man (End Theme) The Waikiki Swingsters - Hawaiian Smiles Gino Bordin - He Hop La He

Dec 08, 201036 min

Ian Whitcomb - 11 Squeeze Box (02)

Ian Whitcomb #11 Damned Accordions! (Part 2) Edith Piaf - L’Accordeoniste Billy Reid and His Accordion Band (Vocal: Dorothy Squires) - Are You Sincere? Jimmy Shand and His Band - Blue Bell Polka Tshwatla Makala - Tsamabele (Malt) Viacheslav Taran - Sonata For Bayan, Part 3 Lynn August - Love At First Sight Those Darn Accordions - Tandem Bike Janet Klein And Her Parlor Boys (Accordion: Ian Whitcomb) - Au Bal Musette Janet Klein And Her Parlor Boys (Accordion: Ian Whitcomb) - Ambling Along...

Nov 30, 201031 min

Ian Whitcomb - 11 Squeeze Box (01)

Ian Whitcomb #11 Damned Accordions! (Part 1) Ian Whitcomb - Tango of the Bears Galla-Rini - Blue Jeans Mario Perry - Miss Annabelle Lee Fredo Gardoni - Sonny Boy Maurice Alexander - Sous Les Toits De Paris Emile Vacher - La Mattchiche Gerardo “Gigetto” Costoncelli & Marcel - I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Les Freres Peguri - Enivrante

Nov 30, 201042 min

Ian Whitcomb - 9 Transcendental Tunes (01)

Ian Whitcomb - When I’m Dancing Ian Whitcomb & Janet Klein - A Glass of Verve Clicquot Ian Whitcomb - I’ll Take Care of Your Cares (poem extract from the Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B. Yeats) Belle Baker - Baby Your Mother poem: Ernest Dowson - Vitae Summa Brevis Spem Nos Vetat Incohare Longam Nat King Cole - Stardust The Mills Brothers - You Tell Me Your Dream poem: W.H. Davies - Leisure Roy Godfrey, Howard Goorney and Michael Aldridge - Let The Grass Grow Ian Whitcomb - Paradise Island poe...

Nov 16, 201033 min

Ian Whitcomb - 9 Transcendental Tunes (02)

poem: Percy Bysshe Shelley - Love’s Philosophy (music: Ian Whitcomb - My Garden) Patsy Cline - True Love Connie Francis - I’ll Close my Eyes poem: Eva Rose York - I Shall Not Pass This Way Again (music by Ian Whitcomb - Mon Ami Perdu) Billy Cotton - Why Worry Flanagan & Allen - Nice People poem: Francis William Bourdillon - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Jackie Wilson - Night Al Bowlly - Midnight, The Stars And You poem: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - The Day is Done George Olsen and His Music ...

Nov 16, 201046 min

Ian Whitcomb 8 - Ragtime! Alive & Kicking (Part 2)

Troise And His Banjoliers - Whistling Rufus Wally Rose - Topliner Rag Ragtime Bob Darch - Ragtime Eatin’ Place Ian Whitcomb - Sandcastle - A Day By The Sea Ian Whitcomb - That Twentieth Century Rag Frederick Hodges & Adam Swanson - Space Shuffle David Thomas Roberts - Roberto Clemente The MGM Studio Orchestra - This Is The Life

Nov 10, 201040 min

Ian Whitcomb 8 - Ragtime! Alive & Kicking (Part 1)

Ian Whitcomb - Maple Leaf Rag Pee Wee Hunt - 12th Street Rag Winifred Atwell - The Black & White Rag Pete Hampton - Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home Ed Morton - Wild Cherry Rag Gene Greene - King of the Bungaloos Earl Fullers Rector Novelty Orchestra - Russian Rag

Nov 10, 201037 min

Ian Whitcomb 7 Music Hall Merriment (01)

Ian Whitcomb - At The Music Hall Ian Whitcomb - The Man on the Flying Trapeze Charles Coburn - The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Lily Morris - Because He Loves Me Tessie O’Shea - Nobody Loves A Fairy When She’s Forty Regina Whitcomb - The Boy in the Gallery Ian Whitcomb - When the Summer Comes Again Charles Penrose - Laughing Policeman Jack Hodges - Everything’s Fresh Today

Nov 04, 201036 min

Ian Whitcomb 7 Music Hall Merriment (02)

Will Fyffe - I Belong to Glasgow Harry Lauder - The End Of The Road Hetty King - Picadilly Tom Leamore - Percy from Pimlico Billy Bennett - Daddy Ian Whitcomb - Wurzel Fudge - The Village Idiot Mrs. Mills - Knees Up Mother Brown Ian Whitcomb - I used to Sigh for the Silvery Moon

Nov 04, 201031 min

Ian Whitcomb 6 Travelin' (01)

The White Star Orchestra - The White Star March Judy Garland & Fred Astaire - When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam’ George Olsen & His Music - Beyond the Blue Horizon Al Bernard - What The Engine Said Vernon Dalhart - The Runaway Train Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting For A Train Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Orange Blossom Special Hank Snow - A Little Box of Pine on the 7.29

Oct 27, 201036 min

Ian Whitcomb 6 Travelin' (02)

Jack Payne & His Band - The Fleet’s In Port Again Ian Whitcomb - The Oceana Roll Jack Hylton & His Orchestra - Me and Jane in a Plane Flanagan & Allen - Flying Through The Rain Fats Domino - When I’m Walking (Let Me Walk) Bud Flanagan - Strollin’ Sidney Torch - Orient Express George Formby - On The Wigan Boat Express Ian Whitcomb & Crystal Palace - Dream Train

Oct 27, 201030 min

Ian Whitcomb 5 Rock & Roll Dance Party (01)

Ian Whitcomb #5 Rock & Roll Dance Party Ian Whitcomb - Soho Ian Whitcomb - When Rock & Roll Was Young Bill Haley & His Comets - Razzle Dazzle Boyd Bennett - Seventeen Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Little Richard - She's Got It Jerry Lee Lewis - Livin' Lovin' Wreck Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell Jacki Lee Cochran - Mama Don't You Think I Know Timi Yuro - I'm Hurt

Oct 18, 201032 min

Ian Whitcomb 5 Rock & Roll Dance Party (02)

Ian Whitcomb #5 Rock & Roll Dance Party Tony Crombie & The Rockets - We're Going To Teach You To Rock Lonnie Donegan - Bring A Little Water Sylvie Tommy Steele - Rock With The Caveman Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon! The Goons - Bloodnok's Rock and Roll Call Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Connie Francis - Where The Boys Are Lloyd Price - Personality Danny & The Juniors - Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay The Tornados - Telstar

Oct 18, 201032 min

Ian Whitcomb 4 Cover Songs (02)

Pat Boone - Ain’t That A Shame Fats Domino - Ain’t That A Shame Marty Robbins - Singin’ The Blues Guy Mitchell - Singin’ The Blues Frank Munn - There Must Be A Way Joni James - There Must Be A Way Ian Whitcomb - Whole Lotta Woman Ian Whitcomb - Cottage By The Sea

Oct 13, 201029 min

Ian Whitcomb 4 Cover Songs (01)

Ian Whitcomb #4 “Cover Songs” Ian Whitcomb - Time & Again Bill Justis & His Orchestra - Raunchy Anne Murray - Stars Are The Windows of Heaven The White Star Orchestra - Glow-Worm (Gluhwurmchen) The Mills Brothers - The Glow Worm Marian Harris - Who’s Sorry Now? Connie Francis - Who’s Sorry Now? Jack Gordon - Heartaches Ted Weems & his Orchestra - Heartaches Patsy Cline - Heartaches

Oct 13, 201040 min

Ian Whitcomb - 2 Ukulele Jamboree! (02)

George Formby - Auntie Maggie’s Remedy Tessie O’Shea - Two Ton Tessie Tiny Tim - Tip Toe Through the Tulips The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto Ian Whitcomb - My Dog Has Fleas Ian Whitcomb - Ukulele Heaven End Theme Ian Whitcomb - Time & Again

Sep 29, 201022 min

Ian Whitcomb - 2 Ukulele Jamboree! (01)

Ian Whitcomb #2: Ukulele Jamboree! Thanks to fleamarketmusic.com Opening Theme Ian Whitcomb - Time & Again Ian Whitcomb and his Dance Band - Happy Days Are Here Again Marimba Chiapaneca - Capullito De Aleli Ian Whitcomb - The Uke is On the March Moana Serenaders - On The Beach at Waikiki Joe Keawe’s Harmony Hawaiians - Hawaiian Hula Eyes The Georgia Jumpers - Ukulele Benny Cliff Edwards - Singin’ In The Rain Cliff Edwards - A Pretty Girl is Like A Melody

Sep 29, 201035 min

Ian Whitcomb - 1 My Kind of Music) (01)

Open theme: Ian Whitcomb - Time and Again Ian Whitcomb - You Turn Me On Ian Whitcomb - Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go? Al Jolson - Swanee Whispering Jack Smith - My Blue Heaven Gene Austin - Rolling Down The River Cliff Edwards - I’ll See You In My Dreams Jimmie Rodgers - My Blue-Eyed Jane Hank Snow - There’s A Little Box of Pine

Sep 25, 201035 min

Ian Whitcomb - 1 My Kind of Music) (02)

George Formby - When I'm Cleaning Windows Flanagan & Allen - Underneath The Arches Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads - Cry Guy Mitchell - Knee Deep In The Blues Bill Haley and His Comets - (We're Gonna)Rock Around the Clock Champion Jack Dupree - Strollin' Ian Whitcomb - When Rock & Roll Was Young Ian Whitcomb and Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys - Ambling Along End Credits: Ian Whitcomb - One and One

Sep 25, 201025 min
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