It's archive show 66 coming your way, with Esin Engin, Hillel and Aviva, and Eddie Kochak sings about a gal named Sahara Sue... If this don't make you shimmy, your shimmier needs a recharge!

1. THE FARID EL ATRACHE ORCHESTRA
Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybine
from the album Belly Dance at the Farid El Atrache Nightclub, 1975

2. HILLEL & AVIVA
Yam-Safiri (Lebanese Love Song)
from the album Night On the Desert, 1959

3. MIKE SARKISSIAN & HIS CAFE BAGDAD ENSEMBLE
Bagdad Sirto
from the album Grecian Holiday, 1958

4. JODETTE
Jodette's live performance at the Worlds Fair
from the album Evening By The Nile, 1975

5. ESIN ENGIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Mevlana
from the album Modern Oyun Havalari - Exotic Oriental Belly-Dances Music, 1973

6. AHMED FOUAD HASSAN & THE AL-FIRQA AL-MASIYYA ORCHESTRA (UNCREDITED)
Raqs Al-Ghawazi
from the album Dance of the Hareem, 1965

7. EMAD SAYYAH & HIS ARABY ORCHESTRA
Ya Mosafer (You, Traveller to Arabia)
from the album Invitation To Belly Dance, 1985

8. MIKE BATT WITH THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
The Camp at Qualir
from the album CARAVANS - Original Motion Picture Score, 1978

9. THE SULTANS
The Zaar
from the album String Wind And Percussion Volume 2, 1982

10. JIMMY LINARDOS & HIS NEAR-EAST GROUP
Belly Dance Routine Number Two
from the album Jimmy Linardos & His Near-East Group Invite You to Belly Dance Vol. 2), 1975

11. FAIRUZ
Samra
from the album An Evening in Damascus, no date given

12. DAVID CARROLL & HIS ORCHESTRA
Harem Dance
from the album Percussion Orientale: Musical Sounds of the Middle East, 1961

13. TYPICAL ORIENTAL ORCHESTRA
Lovely Ali (karsilama)
from the album Exotic Belly Dance Music, no date given

14. TASSO MAVRIS & GREEK ORCHESTRA
Misirlou
from the album Greek Dance Party, no date given

15. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK WITH FRED ELIAS & THE EL-MECCA ENSEMBLE
Sahara Sue (vocalist: Eddie)
from the album Ya Salaam - The New Amer-Abic Sound of the Middle East, no date given

Everybody sing! "Here comes program 65, all dressed in white..."  Well, I wore a black dress, actually.  Yes, archive show #65 is composed of mostly wedding songs, in honor of our wedding of September 30, 2005!  Helping us celebrate are Eddie Mekjian, Ozel Turkbas, Hakki Obadia, and so many more!  We'll see you there - don't forget the rice!

1. IBRAHIM FARRAH (ARCHIVIST)
Bedouin Wedding
from the album Music of the Qaria - Authentic "Balady" Dances and Rhythms, 1976

2. OZEL TURKBAS
Bride From Bursa (Bursali)
from the album Alla-Turca - The Turkish Way With Ozel, 1975

3. FAREED AL-ATRASH
Du-Oh Elmazahir (Egyptian Wedding Song)
from the album Music and Melodies of the Arab World/Egypt (U.A.R.)/Hit Songs, no date given

4. ABDU EL HANID & HIS ORCHESTRA
Aroos (Wedding Chant)
from the album Arabian Delight: Music from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, no date given

5. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK & HAKKI OBADIA & THEIR AMER-ABIC ORCHESTRA
Dance of the Happy Bride
from the album Ya Habibi! Exciting New Sounds of the Middle East, no date given

6. EDDIE MEKJIAN & ENSEMBLE
Harpoot Havasi (Wedding Song)
from the album The Seventh Veil - Music of the Middle East, 1957

7. RON GOODWIN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Wedding Dance
from the album Music For an Arabian Night, 1959

8. MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE Conducted by HAKKI OBADIA and JOSEPH SUGAR
Wedding Gift
from the album 10 Nights in a Harem, 1960

9. TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)
Wedding Song
from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given

10. ANESTOS ATHOUNASIOU & HIS ENSEMBLE
Horo Tis Nifis (Bridal Dance)
from the album Music For Belly Dancing - Instrumentals From the Near East, no date given

11. FRED ELIAS ENSEMBLE WITH JOHN TATASSOPOULOS
Leila
from the album Artistic Moods for Dance, no date given

12. OZEL TURKBAS
A Wedding Song (Karam)
from the album Dance Into Your Sultan's Heart, no date given

13. EDDIE "THE SHEIK" KOCHAK
Wedding Party
from the album Strictly Belly Dancing (Ya Habibi #2), 1973

14. THE UROSEVICH ENSEMBLE
I Gave a Handkerchief to the Bride (Mendil Verdim Giline)
from the album Turkish Delight - New Sounds From the Near East, no date given

15. NAIF AGBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
Mili Ya Hilwa (Swing My Beloved)
from the album El Debke - Music of the Middle-East, 1962

16. JOHN BERBERIAN
Hale
from the album The Dance Album, no date given

Presenting archive show #64, with Michael Hartophilis, John Bilezikjian, and George Abdo live! Yalla!

1.  ALI SROUR
    Layali Masr
    from the album Exotic Oriental Dances - Cairo By Night, 1976

2.  TARIK BULUT (DIRECTOR)
    Erneni Oyunu
    from the album In An Egyptian Garden, no date given

3.  GEORGE ABDO & HIS "FLAMES OF ARABY" ORCHESTRA
    Ya Hweidalak (My Love To You)
    from the album George Abdo Live at the Averof, no date given
   
4.  YACOUBIAN & COMPANY
    Belz, Mein Shtetle Belz/ Shein Vi Di L'Vone
    from the album The Glorious Greeks, no date given
   
5.  JOHN BILEZIKJIAN
    Dream of Scheherazade
    from the album Dream of Scheherazade, 1977
   
6.  THE CHRIS KALOGERSON NEAR EAST ENSEMBLE
    Shish-Cabob
    from the album Dance of All Ages, 1975
       
7.  DJAMAL ASLAN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
    Zeina
    from the album Lebanon - Her Heart, Her Sounds, no date given
           
8.  MAROUN SABA WITH FAHED BALLAN AND ABBOUD ABDEL AL & HIS GOLDEN STRING ORCHESTRA
    Salat Ezzein/The Hunter's Song (Sayyad)/The Bird Song (Ya Tair)/Explain To Her (Washrah Laha)
    from the album Live From the Fez in Hollywood, 1972
   
9.  MICHAEL HARTOPHILIS & HIS ORCHESTRA
    Den Me Agapas
    from the album Greek Fire, 1966

10. THE DEVIL'S ANVIL
     Wala Dai
     from the album Hard Rock From the Middle East, 1967