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"'Ane Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer' by the great bluesman Amos Milburn. 'Margaritaville' by Jimmy Buffett: Anyone who can listen to it without wanting to trip the light fantastic feverishly and set their hair on fire is a stone! 'Scotch and Soda': At that place'south no more languid drinking song than this, even when the Kingston Trio sang it. Sinatra's 'One for My Baby (And 1 More for the Road),' the ultimate current of air-downwardly-the-bar song. And last — 'The Bartender'south Just Like a Mother to Me' by Slim Gaillard."
—Dale DeGroff The Arts and crafts of the Cocktail

, author of and president of the Museum of the American Cocktail

"I take quite a few favorites, just I limited my choices to two male vocalists, 2 females, and one instrumental. 'Alone Together' by Gary Williams, a immature British vocalist whose gentle voice is simply perfect for standards. I can hear the glasses tinkling in the background when I put this on. John Proulx'southward 'Moon and Sand' is a bang-up showcase for this vocaliser, who puts a fresh spin on classics and writes his own original music, as well. Shirley Horn's 'Here's to Life,' with luscious orchestrations by Johnny Mandel, is ane of the most perfect albums ever fabricated. Her vocals are caressing, wise, and worldly, and the strings go directly to the middle. And 'Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle' by Rosemary Clooney and Nelson Riddle is one of my all-time favorites. I'll end with 'I'll Take Romance' by jazz pianist Beegie Adair, a marvelously understated actor whose interpretations of the standards are simply vivid."
—Michael Feinstein, singer and pianist

"I listened to these 25 years agone, when I first turned legal. They're notwithstanding great drinking songs: 'My Generation,' The Who; 'Mess Around,' Ray Charles; 'Too Much Fun,' Commander Cody; 'Peace Frog,' The Doors; and 'Stir It Upward,' Bob Marley."
—Chris Weld, owner, Berkshire Mountain Distillers

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"'Floating into the Night' by Julee Prowl. 'I Only Have Eyes for You' by The Flamingos. 'Staring at the Sun' by TV on the Radio. 'Cheree' by Suicide. 'Lord's day Morning' by Velvet Cloak-and-dagger."
—Moby, pop star

"'Big Butter and Egg Human' for all the Prohibition references, and because nothing'south ameliorate to drinkable to than jazz, especially Mr. Armstrong's horn. Bessie Smith's 'Me and My Gin' — the blues are perfect for a tardily-afternoon sip. Mae West'southward 'They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk,' which reminds us that a woman and her whiskey tin can be so, so sexy. Sloe gin fizzes with Loretta Lynn's 'Portland, Oregon.' And for a forenoon-after-a-wild-night egg cocktail: 'How Practise You Like Your Eggs in the Morning?' by Dean Martin and Helen O'Connell."
—Lenell Smothers, owner LeNell's Ltd.: A Vino & Spirit Boutique, Brooklyn

"Hither's my recipe for a perfect evening: Walk in the door, kick off your shoes, and switch on 'Time I Took a Holiday' by Nick Lowe — the perfect easy groove for the finish of a stressful 24-hour interval. Once drinks take been poured, follow up with 'Waterloo Sunset' by the Kinks. Plant yourself in your deepest armchair, and bliss out to John Hiatt's bloodshot 'Lipstick Sunset.' Feeling a little melancholy? Indulge with Elvis Costello's dark just tender 'Favourite Hour.' If your frame of mind'southward more mellow, play his wife Diana Krall's bluesy 'End This Earth.' So samba into the kitchen to Paul McCartney's 'Bluebird' and savor cooking dinner for a alter."
—Holly Hughes, editor of the annual Best Nutrient Writing series

"My MP3 thespian has five,000 songs on information technology, merely these seem only right: 'The Touch of Your Lips' past Tony Bennett and Bill Evans. 'Let'south Do Information technology,' the Louis Armstrong version — y'all've got to accept some Cole Porter on the list. ''Due south Wonderful by Diana Krall' — Gershwin and Krall are a perfect combo. 'Manhattan' past Blossom Dearie — yous can't have cocktails without 'Manhattan,' even in New Orleans. 'Road' 66 by Nat Cole — his vocals, the tempo, the beat just makes it happy hour every time for me."
—Chris McMillian, bartender at the Renaissance Pere Marquette's Bar Uncommon in New Orleans

"You lot've got to have something from the bossa nova catechism, and you can't vanquish Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and João Gilberto. It'southward got 'The Girl from Ipanema,' of course, but I love 'Desafinado.' It'south kind of a platitude, but y'all've got to have some Sinatra. Nothing says you've made it to the end of the day meliorate than 'Only the Lonely,' 'The September of My Years,' or 'In the Wee Pocket-sized Hours.' So the album European Concert by The Modernistic Jazz Quartet from 1960. This philharmonic of piano, bass, drums, and vibraphone has a crystalline sound that makes me feel similar I'thousand in a sleek old hotel entrance hall. Charlie Rich's 'Backside Airtight Doors': He sings country music the way a soul vocalizer would. For later in the evening, 'At Home/Around Midnight' by Julie London."
—Tom Moon, author of 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die