Spitball Army

Lounge. Exotica. Space-age pop. Easy listening. Call it what you like, but most of what we today collectively call retro lounge music is far in tone from what the name of its contemporary counterpart, chill out music, implies. I challenge you to sit still through even a small part of this short survey of leopard skin wearing, globe trotting, martini tipping, occasionally English-language singing grooves.

Approximate playing time: 69 minutes.

1. Nat Adderley  “Call Me”  (1966)
2. Roland Vincent  “L.S.D. Party”  (2004)
3. Prozak for Lovers  “Pump It Up”  (1998)
4. Nicola Conte  “Missione a Bombay”  (2002)
5. Wanda da Sah  “So Nice (Samba de Verao)”  (1964)
6. Cy Coleman  “Parisian Women”
7. Petula Clark  “Quelli Che Hanno un Cuore (Anyone Who Had a Heart)”
8. Walter Wanderley  “Que Sabe Voce de Mim”  (1962)
9. Tony Bennett  “With Plenty of Money and You”  (1959)
10. Ananda Shankar  “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
11. Pizzicato Five  “The Girl from Ipanema”  (2004)
12. Nelson Riddle  “My Three Sons”  (1962)
13. Leroy Holmes  “Mah-Na, Mah-Na”  (1969)
14. Harold Johnson Sextet  “Sorry ‘Bout That, Part 1”  (1967)
15. John Buzon Trio  “Caravan”  (1958)
16. John La Salle Quartet  “Potluck”  (1959)
17. Martin Denny  “Stone God”  (1957)
18. Jimmie Haskell  “A Shot in the Dark”  (1964)
19. The Hollywood Studio Orchestra  “The Pink Panther Theme”  (1964)
20. Plas Johnson  “Pink Panther / It Had Better Be Tonight (Meglio Sta Sera)”  (1964)
21. Quincy Jones  “Happy Feet”  (1966)
22. Johnny Williams  “Come Live with Me”  (1967)
23. Si Zentner  “Walk on the Wild Side”  (1962)
24. Pizzicato Five  “Mon Amour Tokyo”  (1997)