Playlist, 06/04/08

FEATURED ARTIST: Percy Faith 7 April marks the centenary of the birth of this king of fromage canadien and, some say, inventor of Easy Listening. But we prefer his more toe-tappingly groovy tunes and so on tonight's show we aimed to set the record straight regarding Percy. It's not all syrupy strings, you know! There is an excellent guide to the albums of Percy Faith here. Personally, I would go for these for starters:

• More Themes for Young Lovers (1964)
• Bim! Bam!! Boom!!! (1966)
• Black Magic Woman (1972)
• Corazon (1973)
• New Thing (1974)
• Summer Place '76 (1976 - Percy's last album)

Next week's featured artist: LALO SCHIFRIN! The Music 1. Percy Faith - Theme From A Summer Place (A Summer Place) 2. Percy Faith - Land of a Thousand Dances (New Thing, 1974) 3. Alan Hawkshaw - High Driver (Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 1, 1973/2008) 4. Janko Nilovic - Golf Open (Last Impressions, 2007) 5. Percy Faith - Hill Where the Lord Hides (New Thing, 1974) 6. Percy Faith - Viva Vivaldi (My Love, 1973) We paid tribute to the great Gene Puerling who sadly passed away this week: 7. The Hi-Lo's - Bali Ha'i (The Columbia Years, 1966/1996) 8. Singers Unlimited - So Many Stars (Feeling Free, 1975) 9. The Free Design - Canada In Springtime (There Is A Song, 1972) We talked about the "Personal Soundtrack T-shirt" (see link below) and MC Zirconium chose this as his personal soundtrack: 10. Pete Moore - The Fat Man (Gypsy Creams & Ginger Nuts: Sounds That Swept The Supermarkets, 2007) 11. Percy Faith - Oye Como Va (Black Magic Woman, 1972) 12. Ray Barretto - Goldfinger (Señor 007, 1965) 13. Barry Adamson - Straight til Sunrise (Back To The Cat, 2008) 14. Percy Faith - First Light (Corazon, 1973) 15. Hensel3000 - Ed Straker (unreleased) We also paid tribute to that Hollywood icon Charlton Heston who passed away today: 16. Ron Grainer - Surprise Party (The Omega Man, 1971) 17. John Shipe - Soylent Green Is People (Sudden & Merciless Joy, 2006) 18. Lalo Schifrin - Ape Shuffle (Most Wanted 1968-1979, 1974) 19. Percy Faith - Sha Bumpin' (Summer Place '76, 1976) 20. Mike Moran - El Zoro (Dramatic Funk Themes Vol. 1, 1976/2008) 21. Percy Faith - Summer Place '76 (Summer Place '76, 1976) The News

• First Flight of Manned Hydrogen-Powered Airplane in History
• The Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt
• Computerised toothbrush
• UFOcap - "on a rainy day it will be the wings for your arms!"
• Farting clock
• Bed that Makes Itself
• US man has got $2.6m for domain name.
• Smelly space food
• Giant turtle-robots could carry lunar bases on its back
• Little monkeys ride tiny motorcycles(from boingboing)
• Black Hole Eats Earth?
• Ted Turner: cannibalism