Saturday Night for Saturday 12 September 2015
Bill Sevesi and His Islanders, 1958 (L-to-R: Trevor Edmondson, Bobby Wynyard, Malu Natapu, Richard Santos and Bill Sevesi) Photo: Courtesy of Bill Sevesi
Bill Sevesi is to be honoured as the 2015 APRA Inductee into the NZ Music Hall of Fame. The 92 year old's long career began the early 1950s in the Auckland inner city suburb of Newton. The much loved band leader Bill Sevesi, and his band the Islanders, played a residency at the Orange Ballroom that lasted for 16 years.
He has mentored many musicians, recorded a large catalogue of albums and fulfilled his dream of ukuleles being taught to kids in schools .
Trevor Reekie visits Bill at his Mt Roskill home to talk about the music that has been so kind to him during his lifetime.
7pm – 8pm
Mel Torme - Careless Hands
Fred Dagg - The Gumboot Song
Modern Maori Quartet - Maori Medley
Richard Tauber - Tristesse (So Deep Is The Night)
Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams - O Fortuna
Louis Armstrong & The Mills Brothers - In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
Fred Astaire - Puttin’ On The Ritz
Joni Mitchell - Come In From The Cold
Jussi Bjorling & Robert Merrill - In the depths of the temple
Hermione Gingold - The Borgias Are Having An Orgy
Georgie Fame - Moondance
Buddy Clarke - It’s A Big Wide Wonderful World
Andreas Schiff - Rondo Alla Turca
8pm – 9pm
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind
Hot Club Sandwich - Appliances
Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody
Gerard Hoffnung - I Then Became A Brick Layer
Benny Goodman Trio - Body & Soul
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Canon Rock
The Drifters - Up On The Roof
Mike Oldfield - Shadow On The Wall
Nana Mouskouri - And I Love You So
Al Martino - Speak Softly Love
The Jolly Boys - The Passenger
9pm – 10pm
Barry White - I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More, Baby
Free - All Right Now
Free - My Brother Jake
Bobby Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers- Monster Mash
Jonathan Edwards - Morning Train
Jonathan Edwards - Paper Doll
Boomtown Rats - Whitehall1212
Pavlov's Dog - Julia
Kate Rusby - Underneath The Stars
Brook Benton - The Boll Weevil Song
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
Randy Newman - I Want Everyone To Like Me
Leo Kottke - Sonora’s Death Row
10pm – 11pm
John Martyn - Solid Air
Of Monsters & Men - Mountain Sound
Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - Wild Horses
Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric
Jeff Lynne - Every Little Thing
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Cobra
Van Morrison and Steve Winwood - Fire In The Belly
Zac Brown - Chicken Fried
11pm – 12pm
Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
Joe Jackson - It Don't Mean A Thing
10CC - The Film Of My Love
Charlie Dore - Mr. Williams
The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Higher Ground
Ben Sidran - Blowin' In The Wind
