Wouldn't it be nice...

 To have a glimpse of Summer on these sad and drab, autumn days?

When I heard of the passing of Brian Wilson last June, immediately I began thinking of a MM compilation celebrating the music of the Beach Boys. So here it is... in memory of the genius of that one special Beach Boy.

  Tracks

01 Don’t Worry Baby - The Andrew Oldham Orchestra
02 I Can Hear Music - The Mark Wirtz Orchestra & Chorus
03 I Get Around - The Hollyridge Strings
04 Be True To Your School - Papa Doo Run Run
05 409 - The Rip Chords
06 Surfin' Safari - Les Fingers
07 Little Honda - The Mustangs
08 God Only Knows - Four King Cousins
09 Surfer Girl - Doc Severinsen
10 Disney Girls - Jack Jones
11 Friends - Gary Usher
12 Forever - American Spring
13 Warmth Of The Sun - Sounds Incorporated
14 Darlin' - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
15 Good Vibrations - Mike Hurst Orchestra
16 I Just Wasn't Made For These Times - Carmen McRae
17 Heroes And Villains - Don Costa
18 Wouldn’t It Be Nice - 101 Strings Orchestra & The Alshire Singers 
19 Fun, Fun, Fun - The Boomerangs
20 Help Me Rhonda - Takeshi Inomata & His West Liners
21 The Girls on the Beach - The Jay Five
22 In My Room - Sagittarius
23 Wendy - The Andrew Oldham Orchestra
24 California Girls - The Goldfingers
25 Hawaii - Rincon Surfside Band
26 Surfin' Usa - Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars

As always you can find the new link in the Comments.

Enjoy

MM 

It's Monster Surfing Time...

 It's the season of creaking floorboards, squeaking door hinges and stomping footsteps. MM presents his annual Halloween themed compilation dedicated to the greatest 'Monster' of them all... Frankenstein...

Tracks 

01 Frankenstein Stomp - Count Lorry & The Biters
02 Midnight Monsters Hop - Jack and Jim
03 My Baby’s Got A Crush On Frankenstein  - Soupy Sales
04 Frankie Frankenstein - Ivan
05 The Monster - Eddie Grady & The Commanders
06 The Cute Monster  - Buddy Collette Quintet
07 At the House of Frankenstein - Big Bee Kornegay
08 Frankenstein Rock - Eddie Thomas
09 The Monster - Bobby Please & The Pleasers
10 Monster Party - Bill Doggett
11 It's Monster Surfing Time .. - The Deadly Ones
12 The Monster Swim - Bobby Pickett And The Rolling Bones
13 Don't Meet Mr. Frankenstein - Carlos Casal Jr
14 The Purple Monster - Dean Hightower
15 She's Fallen In Love With The Monster Man - Screaming "Lord" Sutch
16 Frankenstein's Den  - The Hollywood Flames
17 Frankenstein - King Horror
18 Bo Meets The Monster  - Bo Diddley
19 Monster Movie Ball  - Spike Jones
20 The Monster Hop - Bert Convy
21 Mr. Frankenstein - Peter & The Wolves
22 Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, or Dracula - The Diamonds
23 Janie Made A Monster - The Fabulous Five
24 You Can Get Him Frankenstein - The Castle Kings 
25 Miss Frankenstein  - George Jackson
26 Frankenstein Twist - The Crystals
27 Melancholy Monster - Frankie Stein and His Ghouls

 So lets Rock and Roll, and shake it all over on your annual Halloween party ! You can find the link in the comments... Grab it, if you dare.. but be sure that you don't lose any significant body parts.....

mWahahaha

MM 

  

For more Halloween goodies be sure to check out these previous compilations

MM's Halloween II -Voodoo

MM's Halloween I

 

Viens Danser Avec Moi Au Popcorn !

 Oui Oui, Monsieur Maurice has another Popcorn Party en Français for you all to enjoy...

 Tracks

01 Alice Dona - C'est Pas Prudent
02 Jacky Delmone - Oui Je M'en Vais
03 Les Sunlights - Pourquoi Suis-Je Venu
04 Les Kili Cats - Oui Patron
05 Nancy Holloway - Bye Bye
06 Chantal Vallee - Tu Me Plais
07 Les Jaguars - Twiste Et Chante
08 Les Surfs - Scandale Dans La Famille
09 Sheila - Ouki Kouki
10 Les Champions - Ya Ya Twist
11 Les Sauterels - Une Fille Très Sage
12 Les Fingers - Pas Cette Chanson
13 Marthe Fleurant - Trois Rangs Trop Haut, Deux Places Trop Bas
14 Dick Rivers - Ces Mots Qu'on Oublie Un Jour
15 Sylvie Vartan - Ne T'en Vas Pas
16 Jerry Mengo Et Son Orchestre - Seize Tonnes
17 Claude Piron - D'où Reviens-Tu Billie Boy
18 Fia Karin - Nous
19 Les Quatre De Paris - N'y Allez Pas Par Quatre Chemins
20 Francine Corin - Quand L'aube Est Apparue
21 Frank Alamo - Tout Se Sait Un Jour
22 Lucille - Que Voulez-Vous Je Suis Comme Ça
23 Pussycat - Mais Pourquoi
24 Nino Ferrer - Mirza
25 Hubert Clavecin - Attention A Ton Cœur
26 La Petite Lily - Je N'aime Pas La Choucroute

You can find this new compilation in the Comment section. 

For more Popcorn gems check out these previous MM Compilations !

MM's Popcorn Party en Français

MM's Popcorn Party Vol1

MM's Popcorn Party Vol2

MM's Popcorn Party Vol3

 For links to all the previous MM Compilations you can access the Archive in the sidebar.

Enjoy!

MM 

 

Here's To You...

 Another trip down memory lane... The next instalment in the EuroCharts Series. Some fun summery tunes to bring some sunshine in your heart. So follow me to the year 1971.

 

Tracks

01 Hey Tonight - Max Greger
02 Knock Three Times - Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited
03 Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep, Cheep - Claude Ciari
04 Tanta Voglia Di Lei - Fausto Papetti
05 I Am...I Said - Hugo Montegro
06 The Fool - Claude Ciari
07 Love Story - Franck Pourcel
08 Here's To You - Raymond Lefevere
09 Manuela - Gebroeders Brouwer
10 Kaymos - Manuel & The Music Of The Mountains
11 Borriquito - Johnny Sax
12 Co Co - The City Of Westminster String Band
13 The Pushbike Song - Max Greger
14 Non, Non Rien N’a Changé - Caravelli
15 Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum - Fausto Papetti
16 Get Me Some Help - Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
17 My Sweet Lord - The Exotic Guitars
18 Hot Love - Victor Silvester Orchestra
19 Soleil, Soleil - Paul Mauriat
20 Amore Caro, Amore Bello - Fausto Danieli
21 Pour Un Flirt - Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
22 Butterfly - Caravelli
23 Mozart 40 - Georges Jouvin
24 I'm Still Waiting - The City Of Westminster String Band
25 Mamy Blue - Claude Ciari
26 Amazing Grace - Enoch Light
27 Rose Garden - Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass 

You can find the new goodies in the 'Comment' section...

I'm gonna try to get 'The Archive' up and running again in a few days, so keep an eye out for that. You can acces it in the sidebar. 'The Archive' is a browsable document where you can find all of the previous Monsieur Maurice posts and their updated links.  

Enjoy the Summer, and the music !

MM 

Eurocharts !

 MM loves the music of the 70's... It's the soundtrack of the time he was a teeny tiny kitten. But when you look at all those 70's compilations out there, their focus lies mainly on the American charts and music of that time. Growing up in Europe, there was lots of other music around. The hit-charts looked very differently. So MM went exploring in those charts, and out came 'The Eurocharts Series'! I took the 10 highest ranking singles in the charts of of every year of the 70's decade in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Belgium. Looked for Monsieur Maurice styled instrumentals of those tracks. Mixed them all up... 

Et Voila MM's Eurocharts !

 Tracks

01 In The Summertime - Birds 'N Brass
02 Are You Ready - James Last
03 All Right Now - James Last
04 La Lontananza - Jose Luis Sanesteban
05 Sentado à Beira do Caminho (l'appuntamento) - Orquestra Brasileira de Espetáculos
06 I Don't Believe In If Anymore - Orchester Anthony Ventura 
07 Band Of Gold - Cloud 9
08 Mademoiselle Ninette - Hardy Kingston
09 Cecilia - Raymond Ruer
10 Spirit In The Sky - Living Guitars
11 Amerique (Yellow River) - Fausto Papetti
12 Gloria - Raymond Lefevre 
13 El Condor Pasa - Jake Conception And New Fantastic Orchestra
14 Wight Is Wight (L'isola di Wight) - The Five Lords
15 Comme J'ai Toujours Envie D'aimer - Raymond Lefevre
16 Ceux Que l'Amour A Blessé - Aimable Et Son Accordéon
17 The Wonder of You - Living Trio
18 Laisse-Moi T'aimer - Caravelli
19 Mighty Joe - Sunny Holiday 
20 Venus - Wilson Das Neves
21 C'est La Vie Lily - Raymond Ruer
22 Keep On Smiling - Berry Lipman
23 Lola - Miguel Ramos Y Su Órgano Hammond
24 Song Of Joy - Alan Moorehouse
25 L'aigle Noir - Franco Azzuri
26 Insieme - Fausto Papetti
27 Wand’rin’ Star - The Big Ben Hawaian Band
28 Bridge Over Troubled Water - The Braircliff Orchestra
29 Let It Be - The Sound Spirits

Let yourself be surprised by these European 70's tunes with a definitive summer vibe, to enjoy in this first heatwave of the year. And for those who want some extra reading material, you can find an overview of the top 10 charts of the selected countries in the booklet. As usual you can find the new link in the comments. 

 For more 70's music, check out the MM Loves 70's Series !

Enjoy ! 

 

MM's I Love 70's vol.1

 

MM's I Love 70's vol.2

MM's I Love 70's vol.3

MM's I Love 70's vol.4

 

Hej Mr. DJ...

 ... Put another Popcorn record on !

Well.. You ask, and I'll deliver. Here's volume 3 in the MM's Popcorn Party series.

 

Tracks 

01 Hey Mr Dj - Bobby Moore & Rhythm Aces
02 Besame Mucho - Sonny Knight
03 Shake A Lady - Cannonball Adderley
04 A Quiet Place - Garnet Mimms
05 Now I Lay Me Down To Weep - Simone Dina
06 Ceatrix Did It - Monk Higgins
07 Fever - Little Willie John
08 Sweetheart - Peggy Lee
09 Apache - Xavier Cugat
10 Fallin' - Connie Francis
11 Hey! Little Woman  - Sonny Til & The Orioles
12 Febbre Nera - Fausto Papetti
13 Blues In The Night - Johnnie Taylor
14 Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
15 Baby Please Don't Go - Rose Mitchell 
16 Catwalk - Pete Moore
17 Popeye Dance - Les Cooper
18 I Ain't Gonna Be A Fool - Dee Clark
19 Neighbor, Neighbor  - Jimmy Hughes
20 Why Don't You Do Right - Fats Domino
21 St. James Infirmary - Les & Larry Elgart
22 Watermelon Man - Rene Touzet Et Son Orchestre
23 Do Re Mi - Dusty Springfield
24 Bring Back Your Heart - The Del-Vikings
25 Dancing - Roger Mores 

 If you want some more Popcorn? Check out these previous posts on Chez Monsieur Maurice.

MM's Popcorn Party En Français!

MM's Popcorn Party Vol.1

MM's Popcorn Party Vol.2

 For the new Goodies... Check out the "Comment section".

Enjoy

MM 

One,.. Two,.. Cha Cha Cha!

 The sun is shining, and Monsieur Maurice feels like dancing again ! So here's another compilation filled to the brim with the Cha Cha Cha rhythm.

 Tracks

01 Cha Cha Transistor - Jack Ary Et Son "High Society" Cha-Cha
02 Blue Champagne Cha-Cha - Eric Jay & Marion Evans Orchestra
03 You're The Top-Cha - Al Saxon
04 Tea For Two Cha Cha Cha - The Allegrettes
05 Tremendo Cha-Cha-Cha - Joe Loco And His Quintet
06 Shoo Bee Doo Bee Cha Cha - The Videos
07 Billy’s Cha Cha - The Wild-Cats
08 In The Mood Cha Cha - Billy May
09 Cha Cha Cha D'amour - Dean Martin
10 Cha-Cha Celso - Celso Murilo E Seu Conjunto
11 Cha Cha Cha At The Harem - The Arthur Murray Orchestra
12 Oriental Cha-Cha - Roger King Mozian & Orchestra
13 Tutankamen Cha Cha Cha - Franco Godi
14 Chinese Cha Cha Cha - Alfredito And His Orchestra
15 Papa Cha Cha - Marga Benitez
16 Cha Cha Cha No. 5 - Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra
17 Cha Cha Cha Por Nueva York - Bobby Montez
18 Cha Cha Brasilia - Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra
19 Glow Worm Cha-Cha-Cha - Jackie Davis
20 Cha Cha Joe - The Barry Sisters
21 Crazy Cha Cha Cha - Alfredito And His Orchestra
22 Guajiro Cha Cha Cha - Latin All Stars
23 The Gina Pastrami Cha Cha Cha - Heinie Beau & Orchestra
24  Shortnin' Bread Cha-Cha-Cha - Francis Bay & Orchestra
25 Whistling Cha - Luiz Varona

You can find the new link in the comment section. 

Be sure to check out the previous comps in the MM Dances Series, to keep those dancing shoes going.

Enjoy !

 

MM Dances the Cha Cha Cha

MM Dances the Bossa Nova

MM Dances the Mambo