Cocktail Nation 514 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Tune in Saturday nights at 18:00 EST Toronto time (6:00 pm) for a Sneak Preview of the week's show. Shake that martini, and relax in your bachelor pad as Koop Kooper takes us on a musical journey through that Exotica and Tiki world of the 50's and 60's.

Kramer is back on the Cocktail Nation this week, bringing his Classic Movie Suggestions. And this week, we talk about the film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, news on the passing of Word Jazz king Ken Nordine, plus the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

Daniel Pemberton - The Investigator

SG Sound - Planet Twist

Gene Pitney - The Man Who  Shot Liberty Valance 

Bobby Darin - I’ll Remember April

Joey Altruda - The Knockaround

Ken Nordine - You’re Getting Better

Pink Martini - Syracuse

Narco Lounge Combo - You’re Dog Is Looking At Me

Robert Short - Countdown In Kenya

Si Zentner - Bond's 007 Theme

Warren Barker - Deep Night

Nutty - That Old Black Magic Woam

Atomic Fireballs - Spanish Fly

Tiki Delights - Swankology

Frank Bennett - One For Monk

Serge Gainsbourg - Les Cigarellos

The Top Ten week ending 23 February 2019

As we slowly get closer to Spring, let's all take a minute to stop, close our eyes and visualize the warmth on our face, the scent of new flowers, the feel of a gentle breeze across our face.

OK? Now take a deep breath...... Feel better? Like an athlete visualizing a goal in a game, you too can visualize something positive, like feeling of Spring. Perhaps that will help you through the next few weeks leading up to March 20th.

Listening to This is Lounge will also help you through those weeks. As word of mouth is spreading, and the station is added to more and more directories, it is becoming more available to those who are seeking it out.

On to the Top Ten, many of you will be very pleased to see Sambox hit the number one spot this week. Please send him a notification that you heard it here. he loves hearing from his fans, as do I.

Followed closely behind is The Warheads, and Jazz City. A wonderful triumvirate of tunes this week, thanks to everyone who voted. (NOTE: You, too, can vote at www.thisislounge.com.)

We have a new entry this week, graduating from Bubbling Under status - Tom Holmes' beautiful piano brings us Evening Jazz 2. I'm sure that you will enjoy it as much as we do here,

Thanks for surfing here. Thanks for listening. Most important, thanks for supporting the station and our artists. You really do keep the music alive! Until next Saturday....

Stay chilled.

1. Sambox – Solar Wind

2.The Warheads – Love Potion #5

3. Jazz City – Hold Me Back (Cinematic Mix)

4. Vanessa Paradis – On Oubliera

5. Flughand – Mikini

6. Wane of Summer – Here for You

7. Paul Blackford – Commodore Plus

8. DJ Maretimo – Bossa en el Barco (Smooth Breeze Cut)

9. Molly Johnson - Boogie Street

10. Tom Holmes – Evening Jazz 2

Bubbling Under

Jazzy James Jr. – A Loft in St. Petersburg (No Darkness Mix)

Poolz - Home

Cocktail Nation 513 Mancini Lounge Special and Words With Wellsy

Tune in Saturday nights at 18:00 EST Toronto time (6:00 pm) for a Sneak Preview of the week's show. Shake that martini, and relax in your bachelor pad as Koop Kooper takes us on a musical journey through that Exotica and Tiki world of the 50's and 60's.

This week on the show, we kick off with our Lounge specials for 2019. and new contributor Gary Wells stops by with his monthly segment, “Words with Wellsy”. Plus, we have our segment Dear Koop, the World Of Swank Gig Guide and a way to help make the Cocktail Nation more well known with an international podcast competition!

Lounge Brigade - Under My Voodoo

David Holmes - Caravan

Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's

Henry Mancini - Charade

Tom Jones - It’s Not Unusual

Octobop - One Note Samba

Todd Gordon - Manhattan

Big Six - All Of Me

Ellington Hawk - Harlem Nocture

Alan Swain Orchestra - Private Eye

David Carbonara - Draper's Ruse

Nutty - Make It A Double Vision

Judy Holiday - An Occasional Man

Lounge Crew - Mojito

The Top Ten - week ending 16 February 2019

Happy Saturday, my fellow loungers! I hope you all enjoyed Valentine's Day, or perhaps you are STILL enjoying it, right through the weekend!!!!

And, of course, you have the best music streaming for such a romantic occasion. We don't have to program a special Valentine's playlist - it's romantic all the time!

And who better to top the chart this week, than the ex-Mrs. Johnny Depp - Vanessa Paradis. The number two position follows with another Frenchman - Sambox, followed by the cool sounds of The Warheads and Love Potion #5. 

Flughand moves up to fourth, followed by Paul Blackford and Wane of Summer. Jumping into the fray this week is renowned chillout DJ, Michael Maretimo, and his Smooth Breeze Cut of Bossa en el Barco.

Thanks for listening, everyone. A big shoutout to fans in Germany. You are my biggest country of listeners! Spread the word! Verbreite das Wort! So nice to know that there are regular listeners that may not even know the language! Then again, music is universal.

Hope you can extend your Valentine sentiments throughout the year. As the song goes, all you need is love.

Stay chilled.

1. Vanessa Paradis – On Oubliera

2. Sambox – Solar Wind

3.The Warheads – Love Potion #5

4. Flughand – Mikini

5. Paul Blackford – Commodore Plus

6. JazzCity – Hold Me Back (Cinematic Mix)

7. Wane of Summer – Here for You

8. Molly Johnson - Boogie Street

9. Groove Gauchos –The Bossa Saloon (Laid Back Mix)

10. DJ Maretimo – Bossa en el Barco (Smooth Breeze Cut)

Bubbling Under

Tom Holmes – Evening Jazz 2

Jazzy James Jr. – A Loft in St. Petersburg (No Darkness Mix)

Poolz - Home

Cocktail Nation 512 Tropical Drinks

Tune in Saturday nights at 18:00 EST Toronto time (6:00 pm) for a Sneak Preview of the week's show. Shake that martini, and relax in your bachelor pad as Koop Kooper takes us on a musical journey through that Exotica and Tiki world of the 50's and 60's.

This week on the show, The Home Bar Guide To Tropical Cocktails with Kelly Reily and Tom Morgan. And speaking of books, I will let you know about my new book! Plus, we have our segment Dear Koop, and the World Of Swank Gig Guide.

Narco Lounge Comb - Your Dog Is Looking at Me

Lounge Brigade - Don’t Speak

Augie Colon - Primitiva

Bobby Christian - Caravan

The Enchanters - Tum Tiki

Sammy Davis - I’m Gonna Live Till I Die

Jack Fascinato - Rub A Dub

John Barry - Capsule In Space

Les Baxter - Lunar Rhapsody

Gentle Forest Band - Mood in D

Royal Crown Review - Inner City Swing

Quincy Jones - Peter Gunn Theme

Frank Bennett - Been Caught Stealing

Tiki Lounge Crew - Martini Nova

The Top Ten - week ending 9 February 2019

Welcome back! How was your week? 

The weather has been wreaking havoc in my little corner of the world. From freezing rain and ice pellets to a record-breaking, Spring-like 12C ! Crazy!

All the more reason to stay inside and chill, and we have some great new music happening her at This is Lounge. Congrats to The Warheads, as their song Love Potion #5 comes in at number one this week. Always a favourite around here, The Warheads consistently release so many quality chilled tracks, it is often hard to keep up. So much creativity, so little time!

Coming into number two, French pop singer Vanessa Paradis' "Bond-inspired" On Oubliera, taken from her latest release, Les Source. Not your usual TIL artist, but the Bond feel won us over. I hope you're enjoying it. It seems so, since it is moving up the chart rather quickly!

Another French artist, Sambox, (who is another favourite around here) has his track Solar Wind coming in at number three.

I'm excited to bring a new discovery to the chart. Wane of Summer (aka Dutch musician Sander Heerings) has been releasing some beautiful ambient and chilled pieces on his Soundcloud page. Here for You is just one of the many new releases to take note of. Please check him out and see hear for yourself.

Thanks for tuning in. Your support is always welcome, as is the support for the artists played here.

Enjoy your weekend. If you are reading this early enough, be sure to tune into Koop Kooper's Cocktail Nation sneak preview at 6 pm Toronto time..... and the Sunday morning Hangover Show from 5:00 am to 1 pm for 8 hours of chillout bliss.

Thanks again, and don't forget to....

Stay chilled.

1.The Warheads – Love Potion #5

2. Vanessa Paradis – On Oubliera

3. Sambox – Solar Wind

4. Paul Blackford – Commodore Plus

5. Molly Johnson - Boogie Street

6. Flughand – Mikini

7. Jazz City – Hold Me Back (Cinematic Mix)

8. Groove Gauchos –The Bossa Saloon (Laid Back Mix)

9. Citrus Jam - The Secret of Blue (The Ocean Swing Mix)

10. Wane of Summer – Here for You

Bubbling Under

DJ Maretimo – Bossa en el Barco (Smooth Breeze Cut)

Tom Holmes – Evening Jazz 2

Cocktail Nation Twilight 348 Classic TV Shows

Tune in Saturday nights at 18:00 EST Toronto time (6:00 pm) for a Sneak Preview of the week's show. Shake that martini, and relax in your bachelor pad as Koop Kooper takes us on a musical journey through that Exotica and Tiki world of the 50's and 60's.

Koop is still on holidays at the moment so here's another of his Cocktail Nation Twilight shows.  

This weeks show came about in funny way. I was cruising around Sydney and for some reason my iPod got stuck in alphabetical order and every song was a theme and it took me a while to notice and when I realized what happened I knew that this was a sign of what show I should produce for you. So this week an all-TV theme show from the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies. Plus, I have an interview with two of the most prolific theme composers.

Lalo Schifrin - Mission Impossible Theme

Lalo Schifrin - Mannix

Billy May - The Odd Couple

Nelson Riddle - My Three Sons

Al Caiola - The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Al Caiola - The Mod Squad Theme 

Morton Stevens-  Hawaii Five-0

Si Zentner - The Fugitive Theme

Neal Hefti - Batman

Peggy Lee - Bewitched

Warren Barker - 77 Sunset Strip

Jackie Gleason - Theme From The Honeymooners

The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Star Trek Theme

John Barry - The Human Jungle

The Ventures - Twilight Zone

Si Zentner - Mr Lucky

Liberty Soundtrack Orchestra - Burke's Law Suite

The Top Ten - week ending 2 February 2019

The weekend is finally here!

Welcome back, my fellow loungers! Despite the polar vortex that enveloped Toronto earlier in the week, along with record snowfalls came record low temperatures. Brrr.... Seven more weeks till Spring!? I'm counting the days! 

But the benefit of hibernating, say by a fireplace, or at least somewhere warm and cozy, is that you will always have music to warm you up. Nothing like some chill to take away the chill....if you know what I mean.

Paul Blackford remains atop the chart this week, with The Warheads and Vanessa Paradis following close behind. New to the chart last week, chillhop artist Flughand bumps up a couple of positions, and Jazz City's Hold Me Back has been capturing a few ears around here, helping it make the leap from Bubbling Under.

Speaking of Bubbling Under, we have some wonderful new tracks from DJ Michael Maretimo, and Soundcloud discoveries Wane of Summer and Tom Holmes. I hope you are enjoying them.

Thanks again for the support. Your word-of-mouth has been helping the listenership grow. Keep up the good work.

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for The Hangover Show - a morning of chillout to ease you into the day, it airs from 5 am to 1 pm Toronto time.

As always,

Stay chilled.

1. Paul Blackford – Commodore Plus

2.The Warheads – Love Potion #5

3. Vanessa Paradis – On Oubliera

4. Sambox – Solar Wind

5. Molly Johnson - Boogie Street

6. Groove Gauchos – The Bossa Saloon (Laid Back Mix)

7. Citrus Jam - The Secret of Blue (The Ocean Swing Mix)

8. Flughand – Mikini

9. Cocogroove– Taxi Soul (Jazzy James Easy Listening Cut)

10. Jazz City – Hold Me Back (Cinematic Mix)

Bubbling Under

DJ Maretimo – Bossa en el Barco (Smooth Breeze Cut)

Wane of Summer – Here For You

Tom Holmes – Evening Jazz 2