Thru the Years

Join Ricky and Hot Rod as they travel through five decades of their own special brand of "Music to Live By" -- described by Time Out New York as "...swinging bachelor pad music from a couple of cool retronerds... [who] manage to keep lounge music funny without resorting to cheesy excess." Playing a melange of bachelor pad sounds, The Lounge-O-Leers present a living soundtrack expressly for the entertainment of the subconscious mind. The Lounge-O-Leers Through the Years takes you on a magical journey through the past five decades of pop music, including 21 tunes that we guarantee you still haven't gotten out of your head. But this is no mere nostalgia trip –- the songs you thought you'd never want to ever hear again become brand new when Ricky and Hot Rod give them The Lounge-O-Leers' treatment. Swoon to the grooviest version of the Beatles this side of Enoch Light! Dance with (or under) the stars to the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World Cha Cha". Bop to the jazziest version of Sean Paul's "Get Busy" you can ever imagine (featuring guest artists The Busy Beavers). Plus, "Car Wash"! The title tune to "Barbarella"! REM's "Man on the Moon"! ...and much, much more! Named the best local New York City band in the readers/audience polls of both CitySearch New York and New York Press, The Lounge-O-Leers are Ricky Ritzel on keyboards/vocals and Aaron "Hot Rod" Morishita on percussion/vocals. The Lounge-O-Leers have appeared widely throughout New York City, and beyond -- ranging from Caroline's Comedy Club to Carnegie Hall to Irving Plaza; from The Taj Mahal in Atlantic City to The Encounter Bar and Restaurant at Los Angeles International Airport; and from the cafeteria at State University of NY at Purchase to society functions produced by Colin Cowie. You can also enjoy the unique sounds of The Lounge-O-Leers on their stereophonic CD recordings, currently receiving radio airplay on stations from Baltimore to Houston to San Francisco to Rome. In addition, The Lounge-O-Leers are frequent guests on Joey Reynold's late night radio show. Join The Lounge-O-Leers for five decades of the hippest, happiest, happening sounds this side of the swinging '60s.