Episodes
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"New York, New York" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "New York, New York" performed by Billy James. Download "New York, New York" Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"That's Life" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "That's Life" performed by Billy James. Download "That's Life" Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"My Funny Valentine" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "My Funny Valentine" performed by Billy James. Download "My Funny Valentine" Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"Young At Heart" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "Young At Heart" performed by Billy James. Download "Young At Heart" Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"For Once In My Life" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "For Once In My Life" performed by Billy James. Download "For Once In My Life" Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"The Lady Is A Tramp" by Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "The Lady Is A Tramp" performed by Billy James. Download "The Lady Is A Tramp"Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"Witchcraft" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "Witchcraft" performed by Billy James. Download "Witchcraft" Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"Come Fly With Me" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "Come Fly With Me" performed by Billy James. Download "Come Fly With Me". Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
"All The Way" By Billy James
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Wednesday Apr 13, 2011
Listen to a clip of "All The Way" performed by Billy James. Download "All The Way"Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
"That's All I Have Left Of You" By Billy James
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
Listen to a clip of "That's All I Have Left Of You", written by Louise Shields/Richard McGibony, published by McGibony Publishing/BMI, produced by Craven Productions. Louise Shields was a very close friend of Mr. Elvis Presley. After Priscilla left Elvis, he showed Louise a picture of Priscilla and said, "That's all I have left of her". This inspired Louise to write this very moving song. Download the full song "That's All I Have Left Of You" MP3 . Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
"A Little Sooner" By Billy James
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
Listen to a clip of "A Little Sooner" performed by Billy James, written by Joan Carol Stone, published by McGibony Publishing/BMI, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "A Little Sooner"Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
"But We Do" By Billy James
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
Tuesday Jan 04, 2011
Listen to a clip of "But We Do" performed by Billy James, written by Louise Shields/Dale Meador, published by McGibony Publishing/BMI, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "But We Do" MP3 Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
"Love Is Something Worth Holding On To" By Billy James
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Listen to a clip of "Love Is Something Worth Holding On To" performed by Billy James, written by Richard McGibony, published by McGibony Publishing/BMI, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "Love Is Something Worth Holding On To" MP3. Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
"Don't Take The Kids And Move Away" by Billy James
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Listen to a clip of "Don't Take The Kids And Move Away" performed by Billy James, written by Vern Decato, published by McGibony Publishing/BMI, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "Don't Take The Kids And Move Away" MP3 . Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
"State Of Confusion" By Billy James
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Listen to a clip of "State Of Confusion", performed by Billy James, written by Richard McGibony, McGibony Publishing/BMI, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "State Of Confusion" MP3 Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
"The Need For My Woman" by Billy James
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Listen to a clip of "The Need For My Woman" performed by Billy James, written by Louise Shields and Richard McGibony, published by McGibony Publishing, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "The Need For My Woman" MP3Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
"You Gave Me A Mountain" By Billy James
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
This song was written by singer-songwriter Marty Robbins during the 1960s. Elvis Presley performed it at several of his concerts, including the famous “Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite”. Listen to a clip of "You Gave Me A Mountain", performed by Billy James, published by Mariposa Music Inc/BMI, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "You Gave Me A Mountain" MP3 Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
"Reach Out To Jesus" By Billy James
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
It is in the field of Christian music that Ralph Carmichael has been most prolific. In particular, his experiments in pop-rock style in the 1960s and 1970s have brought him recognition as the "Father of Contemporary Christian Music". He founded Light Records in order to widen the audience for the music of the Jesus People. He was subject to controversy from within the church, being called a heretic for his use of guitars in worship and his adaptations of Gospel songs to big band stylings. One of Carmichael's contemporary hymns, "Reach Out to Jesus", was recorded by Elvis Presley, on the singer's 1971 Grammy Award-winning album of sacred songs, He Touched Me. Listen to a clip of "Reach Out To Jesus" performed by Billy James, published by EMI Christian Music Group/ASCAP, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "Reach Out To Jesus" MP3 Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
"He Touched Me" By Billy James
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
He Touched Me was a 1972 gospel music album by Elvis Presley which sold over 1 million copies in the US alone and earned Presley his second of three Grammy Awards. Not counting compilations, it was his third and final album devoted exclusively to gospel music. The song "He Touched Me" was written in 1963 by Bill Gaither, an American singer and songwriter of southern gospel and Contemporary Christian music. Listen to a clip of "He Touched Me" performed by Billy James, published by Gaither Music Co/ASCAP, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "He Touched Me" MP3. Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
"It Is No Secret What God Can Do" By Billy James
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
Wednesday Dec 15, 2010
Back in the 50's there was a well known radio host/comedian/song writer in Hollywood named Stuart Hamblen who was noted for his drinking, womanizing, partying, etc. One of his bigger hits at the time was "I won't go hunting with you Jake, but I'll go chasing women." One day, along came a young preacher holding a tent revival. Hamblen had him on his radio show presumably to poke fun at him. In order to gather more material for his show, Hamblen showed up at one of the revival meetings. Early in the service the preacher announced, "There is one man in this audience who is a big fake." There were probably others who thought the same thing, but Hamblen was convinced that he was the one the preacher was talking about (some would call that conviction) but he was having none of that. Still the words continued to haunt him until a couple of nights later he showed up drunk at the preacher's hotel door around 2AM, demanding that the preacher pray for him! But the preacher refused, saying, "This is between you and God and I'm not going to get in the middle of it." But he did invite Stuart in and they talked until about 5 AM at which point Stuart dropped to his knees and with tears, cried out to God. But that is not the end of the story. Stuart quit drinking, quit chasing women, quit everything that was 'fun.' Soon he began to lose favor with the Hollywood crowd. He was ultimately fired by the radio station when he refused to accept a beer company as a sponsor. Hard times were upon him. He tried writing a couple of "Christian" songs but the only one that had much success was "This Old House", written for his friend Rosemary Clooney. As he continued to struggle, a long time friend named John took him aside and told him, "All your troubles started when you 'got religion,' was it worth it all?" Stuart answered simply, "Yes." Then his friend asked, "You liked your booze so much, don't you ever miss it?" And his answer was, "No." John then said, "I don't understand how you could give it up so easily." And Stuart's response was, "It's no big secret. All things are possible with God." To this John said, "That's a catchy phrase. You should write a song about it." And as they say, "The rest is history." The song Carl Stuart Hamblen wrote was "It Is No Secret." "It is no secret what God can do. What He's done for others, He'll do for you. With arms wide open, He'll welcome you. It is no secret, what God can do...." By the way... the friend was John Wayne. And the young preacher who refused to pray for Stuart Hamblen? ...That was Billy Graham. Listen to a clip of "It Is No Secret What God Can Do" performed by Billy James, published by Hamblin Music Co. Inc/ASCAP, produced by Craven Productions. Download the full song "It Is No Secret What God Can Do" Visit Billy's Website fridaynightboogie.com