Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour is as solid a collection of her heady mixture of samba, jazz and pop as you're likely to find. Twenty songs, including the classic "Girl From Ipanema.

Sixteen tracks of renown by Les Brown! His great dance band plays their '40s hits Sentimental Journey; I Got the Sun in the Morning; My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time; You Won't Be Satisfied... more

The world was still craving the Dorsey sound after Tommy passed in '56; Warren Covington lead his orchestra on this 1958 LP, which went Top 10 and sold a million copies. You get 24 tracks, as this... more

Accompanied by a large orchestra with and without strings, arranged, conducted and produced by J. Billy Ver Planck, from 1939-1968.