March 7, 2020 Playlist

"Dancin' in Peacock Alley" album coverFeaturing 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