Ultra Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B0002476E2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,969 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #57 in Music > Pop > Easy Listening > Lounge

Track Listings

1. Just One of Those Things - Nat King Cole

2. It's De-Lovely - Ella Fitzgerald

3. True Love - Dean Martin

4. Anything Goes - Tony Bennett/Count Basie

5. Easy To Love - Sammy Davis Jr

6. C'est Magnifique - Kay Starr

7. Night And Day - Steve Lawrence

8. My Heart Belongs To Daddy - Julie London

9. Ridin' High - Peggy Lee

10. High Society Calypso - Louis Armstrong

11. What Is This Thing Called Love - Keely Smith

12. I Love Paris - Kay Starr

13. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Nancy Wilson

14. I Happen To Like New York - Judy Garland

15. I've Got You Under My Skin - Louis Prima & Keely Smith

16. Looking At You - Liza Minnelli

17. Always True To You In My Fashion - Peggy Lee & George Shearing

18. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) - Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald

19. Miss Otis Regrets - Nat King Cole

20. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Sarah Vaughan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swingin' Cole Porter Classics, June 15, 2004

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Paul A. Fucito "fabfriday" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultra Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter (Audio CD)

"Cocktails With Cole Porter" mixes some of Porter's best songs with the best jazz / lounge performers from the 40s, 50s, and 60s, creating one of THE best compilations in the entire Ultra Lounge series.

Porter's songs are timeless and easily recognizable, even for those who may have never heard of him. The entire CD is top notch including such gems as Ella Fitzgerald's "It's De-Lovely," Louis Armstrong's "High Society Calypso," and "Anything Goes" by Tony Bennett and Count Basie.

This CD is great for Porter fans as well as Ultra Lounge loyalists, and the perfect prelude to the new Cole Porter film due out in July. No doubt, a de-lovely addition to any swingin' music library.

30 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great music, terrible packaging, October 26, 2004

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Jennifer R. Schultz (Minneapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultra Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter (Audio CD)

A very good compilation, musically speaking (except for the odd inclusion of the jarring Judy Garland number). But, for fans of the Ultra Lounge series, there leaves a little bit to be desired. It's as if this CD was slapped together in haste. The overall packaging could be better, and should be better (Porter's name, afterall, is often spoken in the same breath as the words "style" and "sophistication"). Gone is the defining groovy artwork that has been synonymous with all of the other Ultra Lounge offerings. The liner notes are lacking in style and content, even leaving some artists out altogether (poor Kay Starr!). There are no bonus hidden tracks this time around, either. Come on Ultra Lounge! You used to be cool!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Music, July 30, 2004

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D. Garvey (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ultra Lounge: Cocktails With Cole Porter (Audio CD)

We love to listen to cocktail music while we are making dinner or socializing with friends, and this is a great listen. Some of the songs are so-so, but overall I would recommend it. You deserve it, the music is fun.