Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The Ultimate

The following is essential for any soiree thrown by hep cats and hip chicks alike.

Louis Prima & Keely Smith - That Old Black Magic
Combustible Edison - The Millionaire's Holiday
John Barry - The James Bond Theme
Henry Mancini - It Had Better Be Tonight
Julie London - You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
Frank Sinatra - (Love Is) The Tender Trap
David Carroll - Hell's Bells
Eartha Kitt - Love Is A Gamble
Bobby Darin - Charade
Terry Snyder - Puttin' on the Ritz
Diana Dors - Come By Sunday
Sammy Davis, Jr. - Be-Bop the Beguine
Ann Magnuson - Some Kind of a Swinger
Elliot Fisher - Theme from 'Our Man Flint'
Linda Lawson - Like Young
Dean Martin - You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You
Enoch Light - Blue Is the Night
Eydie Gorme - Frenesi
Mose Allison - I'm Not Talking
The Guitars Unlimited Plus 7 - Crazy Rhythm
Vic Damone - Something's Coming

The Five Blobs - The Blob
Tiki Tones - Traitor Vic
Nancy Wilson - Call Me
Louis Prima - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
Dinah Washington - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Combustible Edison - Punch Drunk
Keely Smith - What Is This Thing Called Love?
Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young
Martin Denny - Congo Train
Miss Ann-Margaret - Thirteen Men
Gloria Wood - Oh, Honey
Bobby Troup - Snootie Little Cootie
Dick Schory's Percussion & Brass Ensemble - Runnin' Wild
Towa Tei - Batucada
Vicky Lane - You Hit the Spot
Sammy Davis, Jr. - She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)
Les Baxter & His Orchestra - Saturday Night on Saturn
Rosemary Clooney - Mangoes
Dean Martin - You Can't Love 'Em All
Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme
Jack Jones - Wives and Lovers

Dionne Warwick - Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Sid Bass & His Orchestra - Chant of the Jungle
Steve Lawrence - Night and Day
Sarah Vaughan - One Mint Julep
Sammy Davis, Jr. - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Esquivel! - Street of Dreams
Keely Smith - It's Been a Long, Long Time
Louis Prima - 5 months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days
The Coctails - Whoopsy Daisy
Robert Mitchum - What Is This Generation Coming To?
Peggy Lee - Fever
Dean Martin - Just In Time
Jimmie Haskell - A Shot In The Dark
Eartha Kitt - I'd Rather Be Burnt As A Witch
Mel Tormé - Midnight Swinger
Martin Denny - The Girlfriend of a Whirling Dervish
Henry Mancini - Bachelor in Paradise
Frank Sinatra - Hey! Jealous Lover
Jack Costanzo & His Orchestra - Peter Gunn Mambo
Wayne Newton - Strangers in the Night
Bobby Darin - More
Lou Rawls - Nobody But Me

Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House
Esquivel! - All of Me
Ann Margaret - There'll Be Some Changes Made
Sam Butera & The Witnesses - Dig That Crazy Chick
Henry Mancini - Baby Elephant Walk
Vikki Carr - The Silencers
Mike Flowers Pop - Wonderwall
Dean Martin - Ain't That A Kick In The Head
Luis Oliveira & His Bandodalua Boys - Chihuahua
Keely Smith - The Song Is You
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra - Theme From Route 66
Pizzicato Five - Rock n Roll
Louis Prima - Jump, Jive, An' Wail
Vic Damone - Little Girl
Cy Coleman - Playboy's Theme
Tony Bennett - With Plenty of Money and You
Nancy Wilson - Lot of Livin' To Do
Martin Denny - The Donkey Serenade
Peggy Lee - Heart
Mel Tormé - Forty Second Street
Henry Jerome - Moon River

(Pier 1's November 1997 mix courtesy of AEI Music Seattle, WA)

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