#2 What Didn’t Make The Cut: Cocktail Hour

This sec­ond list of songs that didn’t make the final cut for the all-important wed­ding day playlists is 88 songs long, indi­cat­ing that cock­tail music is clearly my jam. A lot of the cut songs are bossa nova style, because I ended up going with an even older vin­tage, that of the Bil­lie & Ella vibe, though I do truly love bossa nova. Not sure what any­one can do with this list really, but these songs are all wor­thy of appre­ci­a­tion and study, so at least read the list, maybe even google a cou­ple of the songs. I’ll say this much for these songs: I wish the cock­tail hour could have gone on for three, it was by far my favorite music hour to plan, and these songs were all wor­thy. Favorites are in green.

  1. All Of Me — Bil­lie Hol­i­day & Her Orchestra
  2. Body And Soul — Bil­lie Hol­i­day & Her Orchestra
  3. Dearie — Jo Stafford & Gor­don MacRae
  4. Falling In Love Again — Bil­lie Hol­i­day & Her Orchestra
  5. A Fine Romance — Bil­lie Hol­i­day & Her Orchestra
  6. Embrace­able You — Ella Fitzgerald
  7. He’s Funny That Way — Bil­lie Hol­i­day & Her Orchestra
  8. How Sweet It Is — Karen Dalton
  9. Falando De Amor (Speak­ing Of Love) — Antônio Car­los Jobim
  10. He Needs Me — Nina Simone
  11. I Hadn’t Any­one Till You — Ella Fitzgerald
  12. I Love My Baby — Nina Simone
  13. I Want to Sing You a Love Song — Anne Murray
  14. I Wor­ship You — Hildegarde
  15. I’ll Get By ( As Long as I Have You) — Keely Smith
  16. I’m In Love Again — Paul Whiteman
  17. I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm — Bil­lie Holiday
  18. If I Should Lose You — Nina Simone
  19. In These Arms — The Swell Season
  20. It’s All Right With Me — Peggy Lee
  21. Life Begins When You’re In Love — Bil­lie Hol­i­day with Teddy Wil­son & His Orchestra
  22. Look­ing at You — Liza Minnelli
  23. Love Fool (Acoustic) — The Cardigans
  24. Moon­light In Ver­mont — Bil­lie Holiday
  25. More — Harry Con­nick, Jr.
  26. My Baby Just Cares For Me — Nina Simone
  27. My Prayer — Harry Con­nick, Jr.
  28. My Romance — Ella Fitzgerald
  29. Open The Door — Betty Carter
  30. Seems I’m Never Tired Lovin’ You — Nina Simone
  31. Syra­cuse — Pink Martini
  32. They All Fall In Love — Jack Hylton
  33. You’re My Thrill — Ella Fitzgerald
  34. (There Is) No Greater Love — Amy Winehouse
  35. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To — Nancy Wilson
  36. World Keeps Turnin (Intro) — Erykah Badu
  37. When I Haven’t Got Any­thing Bet­ter — Astrud Gilberto
  38. Sum­mer­time — Bil­lie Hol­i­day & Her Orchestra
  39. They Can’t Take That Away From Me — Bil­lie Holiday
  40. Vio­lets For Your Furs — Bil­lie Holiday
  41. I Can’t Give You Any­thing But Love — Bil­lie Hol­i­day with Teddy Wil­son & His Orchestra
  42. The Way You Look Tonight — Bil­lie Hol­i­day with Teddy Wil­son & His Orchestra
  43. I Wished On The Moon — Bil­lie Hol­i­day with Teddy Wil­son & His Orchestra
  44. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You — Bil­lie Holiday
  45. Blue Skies — Betty Hutton
  46. This Happy Mad­ness (Estrada Branca) — Antônio Car­los Jobim
  47. Triste — Antônio Car­los Jobim
  48. I Want To Sing A Song — Anita O’Day
  49. Soho — Brad Mehldau
  50. I Can Cook Too — Com­posers On Broad­way Series
  51. Chore­og­ra­phy — Danny Kaye
  52. I’ve Got A Crush On You — Dinah Washington
  53. The Log­i­cal Song — Fleurine
  54. Get­ting Some Fun Out of Life — Madeleine Peyroux
  55. Man­hat­tan Avenue — Nel­lie McKay
  56. For Sen­ti­men­tal Rea­sons — Nat King Cole
  57. If I Ever Had a Dream — Nel­lie McKay
  58. Last Song on The Blue Tape — The Rein­deer Section
  59. Bananeira — Bebel Gilberto
  60. Eu E Voce (Me and You) — Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz Quartet
  61. Canoeiro — Astrud Gilberto
  62. On My Mind — Astrud Gilberto
  63. At Your Best — Aaliyah
  64. They Say It’s Won­der­ful — Stacey Kent
  65. Bim Bom — Astrud Gilberto
  66. Pan­tala Naga Pampa — Dave Matthews Band
  67. Fever — Eva Cassidy
  68. It Had To Be You (Instru­men­tal Trio) — Harry Con­nick, Jr.
  69. Plenty (feat. Erykah Badu) — Guru
  70. In The Mood — Clark Sisters
  71. I’ve Got A Gal In Kala­ma­zoo– Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé
  72. L-o-v-e — Nat King Cole
  73. Longer — Dan Fogelberg
  74. Rose Rouge — St. Germain
  75. I Got Rhythm — Bobby Darin
  76. Bump It — Erykah Badu
  77. Help Me — Joni Mitchell
  78. Bei Mir Bisti Du Schon — Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé
  79. Isn’t She Lovely — Lee Ritenour
  80. Suzie Blue — Ben Harper
  81. I Want You — Erykah Badu
  82. Side By Side By Side — Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé
  83. This Is Just A Mod­ern Love Song — Belle & Sebastian
  84. Dream a Lit­tle Dream of Me — Mama Cass
  85. You Make Me Feel So Young — Frank Sinatra
  86. Bouree — Jethro Tull
  87. Always Some­thing There To Remind Me — Lou Johnson
  88. The Flamin­goes — I Only Have Eyes For You

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