The Quite Continental Mix I
09/05/2012 § 6 Comments
- Dinah Washington – Blue Skies
- Ella Fitzgerald – Whatever Lola Wants
- Sammy Davis Jr. – Something’s Gotta Give
- Sarah Vaughn – Ain’t Misbehavin’
- Dean Martin – Volare/An Evening in Roma
- Dinah Washington – Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
- Doris Day – Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
- Rosemary Clooney – Sway
- Sarah Vaughn – Misty
- Dinah Washington – I Wanna Be Loved
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong – Summertime
- Lena Horne – Someone To Watch Over Me
- Dinah Washington – Since I Fell For You
- Chet Baker – I Fall In Love Too Easily
- Doris Day – Fly Me To The Moon
- Dean Martin – Besame Mucho
- Dinah Washington – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
For my first-ever playlist, you get jazzy songs for a smoky midtown bar, or for shoes-off slowdances on the rug after the dinner party’s all gone home. It’s a little heavy on the strings and Dinah Washington, but I didn’t mind that all too much — so I hope you don’t either. Click play to enjoy!
Experimenting this evening with 8tracks, which I found via the Rugby Style Blog. The songs may not play in the exact order above, but they’re all in there.
Photo of Ella Fitzgerald, performing at Mr. Kelly’s Nightclub in Chicago, 1958. Taken by Yael Joel for Life Magazine, via the Life Archive.
#17 is a stone groove!!
lovely! thank you for this!
looking forward to the next ones
great list, I’ll look forward more Mixes
I knew that talent ran through this family – - excellent selections with fantastic memories – - thanks, cuz!
I’m so glad everyone liked it! Will definitely work on putting together more! Thanks!
Absolutely gorgeous – love this music! Thanks for this compilation