 | The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' by Bill Zehme
Buy new: $11.48 / Used from: $0.49 First off, we need to learn from the master of this lifestyle: Francis Albert Sinatra. Read this tome, dear heart, and you shall indeed learn.
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 | Ring-a-Ding Ding! by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $14.14 Frank's first album for his own record label, Reprise, is a crash course in the Lounge ethos. Highlights include "Let's Fall in Love"; "Be Careful, it's My Heart" and "A Foggy Day." My favorite "Swingin'" Sinatra album.
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 | Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 14: Bossa Novaville by Various Artists
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.94 Volume fourteen in Capitol's legendary "Ultra Lounge" series personifies the "Jet Set" attitude that took hold with the Bossa Nova craze. Never been to Bahia, Brazil? Here's your mid-Sixties ticket! The highlight is Bill Perkins' "Little Bird/Little Boat".
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 | The Romantic Moods of Jackie Gleason by Jackie Gleason
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $9.90 Can't decide on just one album from "The Great One"? Then this beautifully lush and romantic compilation from Jackie's best musical moments will definitely "make her misty"! Personal favorite: "Glamour".
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 | Italian Love Songs/Cha-Cha de Amor by Dean Martin
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $8.85 Two classic LPs from Dino that are probably his strongest albums. The incredibly beautiful "Italian Love Songs" is the better of the two albums, but "Cha Cha de Amor" is a delight, as well.
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 | The Composer of Desafinado, Plays by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $4.99 An Easy Listening masterwork! No vocals, but the orchestra with its lush strings and the contributions of Jazzers like trombonist Jimmy Cleveland make this Jobim's best. Highlight: "O Morro Nao Tem Vez." Jobim's piano is understated but gorgeous. Reflective Chamber Music-sound for the exhausted Lounge fan, to be played late, late at night until you're greeted by the dawn.
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 | Ritual of the Savage/The Passions (With Bas Sheva) by Les Baxter
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $16.17 "Ritual of the Savage" is Baxter's masterpiece. You will be transported to the Mid-Century American's vision of the Exotic Pacific islands.
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 | Blooming Hits by Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.55 By 1968, Lounge music was no longer the music of the land. Mauriat's last gasp was a fond farewell, and he would have a world-wide smash hit with "Love is Blue".
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