Cocktail Nation

Lets chat about the good things in life.
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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