Because it’s August and you are going to want to listen to this when it’s in the triple-digits and you are lounging poolside on some astro-turf, sipping on a rum-based cocktail with an umbrella in it.
The best of mid-century, weird, tropical lounge music. It’s campy, it’s cultural appropriation: but it’s pure fun, thoroughly cool Americana.
Martin Denny: “Quiet Village” [Exotica]
Ferrante & Teicher: “Tabú” [Hi-Fireworks]
Cal Tjader: “Leyte” [Breeze From The East]
Arthur Lyman: “Taboo” [Taboo: The Exotic Sounds Of…]
Les Baxter: “Sophisticated Savage” [Ritual Of The Savage]
The Beach Boys: “Let’s Go Away For Awhile” [Pet Sounds]
Martin Denny: “The Enchanted Sea” [The Enchanted Sea]
Arthur Lyman: “Pearly Shells” [Pearly Shells]
Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra: “Evening On Tokyo’s Sumida” [Jet Flight]
Robert Maxwell: “Old Devil Moon” [Shangri-La]
Marty Robbins: “Beyond The Reef” [Portrait Of Marty]
Jo Ann Castle: “Coconut Grove” [Hawaiian Ragtime]
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (feat. Frank Sinatra): “Trade Winds” [The Dorsey / Sinatra Sessions]
Hugo Winterhalter: “Pagan Love Song” [Goes…Hawaiian]
David Carroll & His Orchestra: “Jungle Drums” [Percussion In Hi-Fi]
Arthur Lyman: “Yellow Bird” [Yellow Bird]
Martin Denny: “Love Dance” [Exotica]
Martin Denny: “Swamp Fire” [Afro-Desia]
Cal Tjader: “Fuji” [Breeze From The East]
Enoch Light & His Orchestra: “Bali Ha’i” [Far Away Places]
Lez Baxter: “Maracaibo” [Tamboo!]
Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra: “Shish Kebab” [Presenting…]
Richard Hayman & His Orchestra: “Brazil” [Come With Me To Faraway Places]
Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra: “Lotus Land” [Lure Of The Tropics]
Ferrante & Teicher: “African Echos” [Twin Pianos]
Nelson Riddle: “Tangi Tahiti” [Sea Of Dreams]
Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra: “Blue Hawaii” [Blue Hawaii]
The Polynesians: “Song Of The Islands” [Aloha Hawaii]
Jackie Gleason: “I Wished On The Moon” […Presents Lonesome Echo]
Enoch Light & His Orchestra: “Sunrise Over Sumatra” [Far Away Places]
The Three Suns: “Twilight Memories” [Twilight Memories]
