March 7, 2020 Playlist
Featuring break music from
Dancin’ In Peacock Alley
featuring Bernie Leighton at the piano
Nat “King” Cole & George Shearing “Don’t Go” from Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
Sammy Davis, Jr. “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To” from Sammy Awards
Lena Horne “New Fangled Tango” from At the Waldorf Astoria (Live)
Nancy Wilson “When He Makes Music” from Gentle Is My Love
Nat “King” Cole & George Shearing “A Beautiful Friendship” from Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays
Frank Sinatra w/ Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra “In the Blue of Evening” from The Tommy Dorsey Frank Sinatra Sessions, Vol. 3
Tony Pastor w/ Artie Shaw & His Orchestra “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” from 22 Original Big Band Recordings: Artie Shaw
Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra “Trees” from The Great Dance Bands of 30s and 40s: Bunny Berigan
Betty Barclay w/ Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra “Give Me the Simple Life” from The Uncollected: Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra (1944-1946)
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra “Sun Valley Jump” from Exclusive Complete Compilation Of His Original Film Sound Tracks
Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney “Love Won’t Let You Get Away” from Fancy Meeting You Here
Connie Francis “Three O’Clock In the Morning” from Greatest American Waltzes
Sam Cooke “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons” from 30 Greatest Hits: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
Woody Herman and His Orchestra “Bijou” from Bijou
Les McCann Ltd. & Lou Rawls “Sweet Lover” from Stormy Monday
Bessie Smith “Kitchen Man” from The Quintessential Eddie Lang 1925-1932 [REQUEST]
Denny Dennis w/ Roy Fox & His Orchestra “Your Heart and Mine” from Top Hits Of the 1930s
Billie Holiday “Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)” from Remembering the ’40s (1942)
Ethel Waters “Bread and Gravy” from The Classic Hoagy Carmichael
Carlotta Dale w/ Jan Savitt and His Top Hatters “You Go To My Head” from The Great Band Era (1938)
Della Reese “Goody Goody” from Della
The Mary Kaye Trio “Night Life” from Night Life
Dinah Shore “Star Dust” from NBC’s Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street
Doris Day “Close Your Eyes” from Whatever Will Be, Will Be
Fred Astaire “Dancing In the Dark” from Steppin’ Out: Astaire Sings
Rosemary Clooney “Tenderly” from The Essential Rosemary Clooney [REQUEST]
Jo Stafford “Embraceable You” from Moments To Remember: The Embraceable Voice of Jo Stafford
June Christy “It’s a Most Unusual Day” from The Jazz Sessions: The Best of June Christy
Englebert Humperdinck “Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)” from Pop Memories Of the ’60s
Barry Manilow “Moonlight Serenade” from Singin’ With the Big Bands