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Nat King Cole-Lush Life

Ray Anthony- September Song

Reg Owen-Oh You Beautiful Girl

101 Strings Orchestra-A Man And A Woman

Cal Trader-Cool

Beegie Adair-Dancing On The Ceiling

Bill Evans -Luck Be A Lady

Billy May-Girl Talk

Janet Seidel-My Gentleman Friend

Cocktail Inn-The  Way You Look Tonight

Aaron Diehl-Le Tombeau de couprin

Barney Mccall -Mysteriss

Bobby Troup-Moonlight In Vermont

Peter Paulson-Third Time

My favourite place is reclining in my Eames chair with a book

Robert Irving -Octobre

Antonio Carlos Jobim-Favela

George shearing-If I Should Lose You

Henri Mancini- Blue Satin

Les Baxter -A Taste Of Honey

Michelle Lordi-I Fall In Love To Easy

Diana Krall-Dream

Garry Peacock-When I Fall In Love

Kurt Rosenwinkel- You Go To My Head

Angelo Badalamenti-Freshly Squeezed

Frank Bennett-Love Carefully

Larry Gelb-The Love Song Of Ian Ops

Jane Hutton-Day By Day

Oscar Peterson-Nice Work If You Can Get It

Les Baxter-Pool Of Love

This week no neo lounge or exotica, for a change we are skaking it up and playing only classic lounge, it’s a little more work for me because we need more songs as they were shorter back in the day!

 

Our feature this week is a 50’s mystery call  the Wichita Twins. A weird missing children story.

 

We bring you the The Marching Band Cold War story that caused a massive uproar, Lounge life magazine and the World of Swank gig guide

 

Lalo Schifrin - Mission Impossible

Henry Mancini - Experiment In Terror

Ann Margaret - Jim Dandy

Plas Johnson - Tanya

Jackie Davis - Perfidia

Buddy Bergman - Bada Blue

Esquivel - Temptation

Neal Hefti - City Style

Sergio Mendes - The Joker

Keith Williams - Sound And The Fury

Frank Wess - Pin Up

Tito Puente - Take Five

Hugo Montenegro - Run Spy Run

Serge Gainsbourg - Intoxicated Man

Peggy Lee - Big Spender

Tito Rodriguez - Theme From The Apartment

Martin Denny - Cool

Living in the clouds and Lounging up high

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Jackie Gleason-Ghost Of A Chance

George Shearing-The Days Of Wine And Roses

101 Strings-Maria Maria

Beverly Kenny -It's Magic

Billy May-Cocktails For Two

Oscar Peterson-Dreamsville

Reg Owen-Ask Anyone Who Knows

Henry Mancini-The Windmills Of Your Mind

Beegie  Adair-Love

Stanley Black -They Say It’s Wonderful

Gerry Mulligan-Body And Soul

Chet Baker-When Lights Are Low

Diana Krall-Devil May Care

Frank Bennett-Your Just Too Hip

Frank Rosalino-Quintet-How Long Has This Been Going On

Jim Beuning -It’s Like This

Howard Johnson-High Priest

Welcome to Cocktail Nation, your ticket to the ultimate retro lifestyle!

Mark Riddle stops by the Penthouse this week to talk about his latest album Dark Rituals

 

We flip through Lounge Life Magazine to contrast modern existential dread with mid-century optimism. Plus, our Stuff Segment explores the tragic, supersonic beauty of the XB-70 Valkyrie bomber.

We also bring you global tour dates and fresh lounge gigs to attend

 

 

Dana Countryman - The Spy From Outer Space

Combustible Edison - Spy Vs Spy

Mark Riddle - Uncharted

Kolumbo - Sandy Legs

Swongos - Silver Tongue Sam

Lalo Schifrin - The Cat 

Mr Moai And The Tikiheads - Paradise

Voodoo 5 - Surrender

Janet Seidel - Perhaps

Project K_67 - Nightdrive

Messer Chups - Hard Times For Dracula

Ixtahuele - The Hookah

Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce

Daniel Pemberton - Spy