Dinner Music playlist (Good music doesn't expire)

A friend who had read my 4/18/14 post asked about some of the songs that I play during dinner parties.  Well, it depends on the atmosphere.  But, if candles are glowing, wine is flowing, and sauce is being drizzled, then I tend to use a mix, including "oldies but goodies"… especially since the arrangements are fun and they break the monotony of what's heard everyday.  So, here's 3 hours of music: intimate blended with romantic and a dash of whimsy!

Alexandre Despiat – A Secret Lover (Casanova soundtrack)  

Bebo Valdés – Cha Cha No. 1
Billy May - 'Till There Was You

Billy Ward and his Dominos – Deep Purple
Bing Crosby – Keep It Gay

Bobby Short (at NYC's Cafe Carlyle) – You’ve Got That Thing

The Cadillacs – The Girl I Love
Chopin – The Minute Waltz

Christopher Northam – Waltz of My Heart (Gosford Park soundtrack)

Danny Thomas & Connie Francis – I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me
Dave Brubeck – Someday My Prince Will Come

Dean Martin – Memories Are Made of This

Desi Arnaz – Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
Diana Ross – But Beautiful

Dinah Washington – Let’s Get Busy
Doris Day – Dream A Little Dream of Me
Ella Fitzgerald – Manhattan

Ella Fitzgerald – The Very Thought of You

Elvis Presley – I Can’t Help Falling In Love
Eric Winstone Orchestra - Tea for Two Cha Cha

Frank Sinatra – Anything Goes (the Nelson Riddle arrangement)
Frank Sinatra – Love Is the Tender Trap

Ghislain Slingeneyer & The Mayfair String Orchestra – Once Upon A Dream “from Sleeping Beauty”

Glenn Miller – Moonlight Serenade

Harry Connick, Jr. – I Could Write A Book
Harry James – Fly Me to the Moon

Hugo Strasser – Stardust (rumba)

Itzhak Perlman & Oscar Peterson – Mack the Knife

Jack Jones – You’re Sensational
Jimmy Durante – Make Someone Happy

Judy Garland – Carolina In the Morning

Julian Yeo – Besume Mucho
Julian Yeo – On A Slow Boat to China
Ken Thorne – Le Vie en Rose
London Pops Orchestra – Be Our Guest

Louis Armstrong – C’est Si Bon

Luciano Pavarotti – Leoncavallo: Mattinata

Max Greger – Love Me Tender

Mel Tormé – Perfidia

Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Nancy Wilson – Call Me Irresponsible

Nat King Cole – Pretend
Nat King Cole – You’ll Never Know

The Pavao Quartet – There’s No Business Like Show Business

Pearl Bailey – That’s Good Enough for Me

Peggy Lee – It’s So Nice to Have A Man Around the House
The Platters – I Only Have Eyes for You

Roger Williams and his Orchestra – What A Wonderful World

Rosemary Clooney – It Could Happen to You

Sam Cooke – Don’t Know Much About History

The Satin Saxophones & Robert Mandell Orchestra – You’re the Cream in My Coffee

Si Zentner – Desafinado

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – The Girl from Ipanema (45 rpm issue)

The Swingle Singers – Sonata No. 37 K402: Fugue
The Three Tenors – Under Paris Skies
The Three Tenors – Verdi - La Traviata

Tex Beneke and his Orchestra – The Way You Look Tonight

Tony Bennet & Barbara Streisand – Young At Heart

Tony Evans Orchestra – All I Ask of You (rumba) (from Phantom of the Opera)

Xavier Cugat – Begin the Beguine
Xavier Cugat – Siboney

Yo-Yo Ma – Piazzolia - Libertango