Good Old Time Songs

Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) - Jimmy Dorsey.

You can't go wrong with Connie Francis on a record player.

His daughter's iconic hit, "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'". One of my all time favorites!!

Tony Bennett

This lovely classic by the Ink Spots.

Take Five.

I Apologize

I’m perfectly willing to swear!

Love this

You can never go wrong with Dusty.

The Man That Got Away is perfect for this.

Is that you, Greg?

Wynonie Harris - I Like My Baby's Puddin'

Definitely this!

I will turn OP on to a wonderful, vintage jazz anthology set since I know it won't become a popular thread when the Copycat Thread Thief rips off the idea for a whole, new thread about it.

An epic anthology of classy cocktail party numbers from the '50s and '60s called ULTRA LOUNGE by Capitol Records. There are like 30 albums, so all you need is a playlist of any volume on Youtube and you'll have HOURS of kitschy, cool tunes. Some is instrumental; some have lyrics.

But it's a completely transportative throwback to hipper, classier era:

I have two of ULTRA LOUNGE's "best of" volumes. They were in crushed velvet, leopard skin boxes!

One was the Tiki Sampler, which I highly recommend:

ULTRA LOUNGE has some classic jazz crooners like Dean Martin:

And I love the smooth, campy number, "Teach Me Tiger" lol

I guess the full playlist is this link:

The Italians had some nice lounge music in the 60s.

Streaming nostalgia radio station KABL is back!

WKHR is another good nostalgia station:

This one made popular again after it was featured in an episode of Black Mirror.

OP, Sinatra hated Strangers. He thought it was about two “fags” getting together.

That kind of makes me love it more!

R24 I LOVE that song.

Well, if you're going to do a Sinatra song, you might as well another Italian American singer from that era . . .

Secretly - Jimmie Rodgers

Everybody Loves a Lover - Doris Day

Sugartime - The McGuire Sisters

Misty - Sarah Vaughan

Cry Me A River-Julie London

You can never go wrong with Eydie Gormé

Make Someone Happy, another from the Doris Day collection.

"Guess Who I Saw Today" by Miss Nancy Wilson. A song "stylist" in the good sense.

I long imagined having a classy cocktail party with songs like the above and this:

J'adore Miss Nancy.

Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered by Ella.

Nat King Cole always sets a mood.

Before Jack won the Presidency, we preferred only instrumental pieces at our little soirees in Georgetown. Of course, this was before I was on Assistance.

Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como

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