May 6, 2023 Playlist

"Music For Reading" album cover

Featuring break music from
Music for Reading
by The Melachrino Strings & Orchestra

Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra “I’ll Be Walkin’ With My Honey” from Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra (1944-1946)

Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra “Getting To Know You” from Sweet & Heavenly

The Andrews Sisters “Tico-Tico” from The Best of The Andrews Sisters

Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell “Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street” from A String Of Pearls: Great Stars Of the 40s

Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots “I’m Making Believe” from Remembering The ’40s (1943-1944)

Count Basie & The Mills Brothers “Down-Down-Down” from The Board of Directors

Louis Prima & Keely Smith “Buona Sera” from The Hits of Louis & Keely

Woody Herman & His Orchestra “Your Father’s Mustache” from Bijou

Louis Armstrong and the Dukes of Dixieland “Bye and Bye” from Sweetheart (Definitive Alternatives)

Jimmie Lunceford “Buzz, Buzz, Buzz” from Jukebox Hits 1935-1947

Nick Lucas “Tip-Toe Through the Tulips” from Those Wonderful Thirties: The Stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era

Dick Powell “Speaking Of the Weather” from Lullaby of Broadway

Vera Lynn “Be Like That Kettle and Sing” from Sincerely Yours

Cliff Edwards & The Wonderland Jazz Band “K-K-K-Katy/When You Wore a Tulip” from Ukulele Ike Sings Again

Bix Beiderbecke “That’s My Weakness Now” from Shaken, Not Stirred

Anita O’Day with Gene Krupa and His Orchestra “Let Me Off Uptown” from Satin Dolls: The Women Of Jazz

Stan Getz & João Gilberto “Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) [feat. Astrud Gilberto & Antônio Carlos Jobim]” from Getz/Gilberto (Expanded Edition)

The Three Suns “I’m In the Mood For Love” from Love In the Afternoon

Liberace “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” from Tenderly

June Christy “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” from The Jazz Sessions: The Best of June Christy

Maxine Sullivan “Blue Skies” from Loch Lomond – The Essential Maxine Sullivan [REQUEST]

Wee Bonnie Baker with Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra “Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!” from The Best of the Hit Parade: The Early Years

Sarah Vaughan “Smooth Operator” from Sarah Vaughan’s Golden Hits

Don Ho “Tiny Bubbles” from Tiny Bubbles [REQUEST]

Pat Suzuki “From This Moment On” from The Many Sides of Pat Suzuki

Frank Sinatra “I’ve Heard That Song Before” from Come Swing With Me!

The Mastersounds “Shall We Dance” from The King and I: A Modern Jazz Interpretation by The Mastersounds

Carmen McRae “It Takes A Whole Lot Of Human Feeling” from Europa Jazz: Carmen McRae/Joe Pass/Larry Bunker/Ray Brown

Oliver “Jean” from Pop Memories of the ’60s

Rosemary Clooney “Tenderly” from The Essential Rosemary Clooney

Dean Martin “Love Me, My Love” from The Capitol Collector’s Series

Doris Day “Moonglow” from Whatever Will Be, Will Be