Atomic Age Cocktail Party

Atomic Age Cocktail Party

Friday nights at 8 & Saturday nights at 11 on WILL-FM

The show, simply put, is a celebration of the golden age of the hi-fi and beyond! It's American popular music from the 1950s and 1960s with a few modern numbers thrown in for good measure.

Gershwin (117)

Coming up, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, we celebrate the music of George & Ira Gershwin and look at how Gershwin standard were approached in the hi-fi era. We’ll hear from Mel Tormé, June Christy, Duke Ellington and many more.

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Lucky Day (116)

This week, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s your Lucky Day! Songs about luck, chance, fate, or whatever you call those unseen forces that control our fortunes. We’ll hear from Eydie Gormé, the Billy Taylor Trio, Ella Fitzgerald, and many more.

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H-Fi Halloween 2024 (115)

Coming up, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s music for the coolest of ghouls. It’s our annual Hi-Fi Halloween program featuring some of the spookiest and swingingest Halloween tunes. We’ll hear from Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bobby "Boris" Pickett, and many more.

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Going Moog (114)

This week, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, we’re Going Moog! A look at all the wild and wonderful electronic hi-fi music created on the Moog synthesizer. We’ll hear from Perrey & Kingsley, The Moog Machine, and Wendy Carlos, and many more.

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RCA Victor Stereo Action (113)

Coming up on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, we do a deep dive into RCA Victor’s Stereo Action series…known for their tagline “The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow!” It was also the pinnacle of stereo demonstration records. We’ll hear from Ray Martin, Vic Schoen and His Orchestra, Dick Schory's Percussion and Brass Ensemble, and many more.

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Lounge 101 LIVE (112)

We’re going back to basics with this special LIVE edition of the radio show. It’s Lounge 101! We’re featuring folks like Henry Mancini, Les Baxter, and Combustible Edison. Not only will we have great music for you, but some very cool news as well.

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Lounge 101 (112)

Be here this week for The Atomic Age Cocktail Party as we go back to basics. It’s Lounge 101…a primer for all that great music from the hi-fi era. We’ll hear from Henry Mancini, Les Baxter, Combustible Edison, and many more.

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Zounds! What Sounds! (111)

This week, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s Zounds! What Sounds! Recordings from the hi-fi era that have more than a little bit of sonic strangeness added in. We’ll hear from The Mystic Moods Orchestra, Dean Elliott, Steve Allen, and many more.

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The Rat Pack (110)

Tune in this week to The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, because we are celebrating all things Rat Pack. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and the pinnacle of mid-century, Las Vegas cool. We’ll be featuring swinging live recordings from these three—solo and together—as well as a few other surprises.

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After Hours (109)

This week, on The Atomic Age Cocktail Party, it’s music for when the sun goes down. It’s a program titled After Hours--tunes that focus on the cool stillness of late-night as well as songs about the night. We’ll hear from Don Ho, Bud Shank, Lou Rawls, Henry Mancini, and many more.

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Atomic Age Cocktail Party host, Jason Croft, holds a martini in one hand and a record under the other arm, while wearing a fez and a smoking jacket in this retro-style illustration.

Jason Croft has been collecting, enjoying, and programming lounge, easy-listening, and other music of the Atomic Age for over two decades. Now he is sharing this genre with you every Saturday and Sunday night with the Atomic Age Cocktail Party on WILL-FM. When he’s not knee-deep in his record collection, he’s the Technical Director for The 21st, local host for Here and Now, and one of the voices of AM580 on the weekends.