If you’re looking for romantic audio material for Valentine’s Day, you can’t go wrong with the standards performed by the great jazz vocalists of the mid-twentieth century (and a few songs by "modern" artists as well). I’ve compiled my recommendations below, which are available via iTunes — or you can try your luck with Pandora.
Song | Performer |
"All My Life" | Ernestine Anderson |
"Almost Like Being in Love" | Nat King Cole |
"At Last" | Etta James |
"Baby, It’s Cold Outside" | Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer |
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" | Ella Fitzgerald |
"Beyond the Sea" | Bobby Darin |
"Blue Moon" | Mel Torme |
"Come Rain or Come Shine" | Ray Charles |
"Destination Moon" | Nat King Cole |
"Destination Moon" | Dinah Washington |
"Don’t Give Up On Me" | Solomon Burke |
"Fools Rush In" | Elvis Presley |
"I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" | Ella Fitzgerald |
"Love Is Here to Stay" | Ella Fitzgerald |
"Make Yourself Comfortable" | Sarah Vaughan |
"My Funny Valentine" | Chet Baker |
"Red Sails in the Sunset" | Dinah Washington |
"Songbird" | Fleetwood Mac |
"They Can’t Take That Away From Me" | Ella Fitzgerald |
"They Can’t Take That Away From Me" | Billie Holiday |
"Two Hearts" | Chris Isaak |
"Warm Ways" | Fleetwood Mac |
"Weddin’ Day" | Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters |
"Why Was I Born? " | Ella Fitzgerald |
"Why Was I Born? " | Dinah Washington |
Posted February 13, 2006 by Mariva in holidays, music