Starting on 12 June the RTÉ Radio 1 Music Collection launches a brand new eight part weekly series, Shay Byrne’s Friday Lounge.
With all the finest music for lounge music lovers, over the coming weeks Shay will feature artists such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Darin, Jackie Gleason, Wayne Newton, Louis Prima, Sonny King, and Sam Butera singing a selection standards and classics like My Way, Beyond The Sea and of course Dusty Springfield’s Spooky. The Friday Lounge will also have a place for the current crop of singers such as Michael Bublé, Jamie Cullum and Melanie Gardot.
There will also be specials on the ‘Ladies of Lounge’, ‘Great Duets’ , ‘The Modern Crooners’ and ‘Lounge in the Movies’ and the final programme’s playlist will be selected from listeners texts, emails and requests received throughout the series.
A one time cabaret singer, Shay commented “Lounge is a great catchall term for playing anything you want! My father was a great music fan and I inherited his love for the easy listening style of the ‘50s and ‘60s so I’m really looking forward to playing lots of that, but also jazz, swing and anything else that suits the mood. Being a live show, I’m really looking forward to seeing suggestions and comments coming in on text and email.”
Shay will be there on Friday nights at 9.00pm from 12 June on RTÉ Radio 1, wearing his sharp suit, white shirt and skinny tie. Please fell free to drop in.
You can get in contact with Shay Byrne’s Friday Lounge by texting 51551 or by emailing shayslounge@rte.ie
Shay Byrne’s Friday Lounge is produced by Aidan Butler and is presented by Shay Byrne.
Tune into Shay Byrne’s Friday Lounge on RTÉ Radio 1 on FM, DAB, online and on Sky Channel 0160.
