Atomic Age Cocktail Party

The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listening, orchestrated pop, cocktail music, exotica, and many others. It’s basically popular American musical from the middle part of the 20th century.

The show covers roughly the years from 1955 to 1965; after the end of the Big Band Era and before the dominance of Rock and Roll.

Each hour-long show will be a mix of vocal and instrumental music and is focused around a theme. Some of themes we've covered are: Traveling • Spies and Private Eyes • Music for Nightcaps • Cole Porter • Bossa Nova Heat • Johnny Mercer • Over the Moon • Music for Your Tiki Bar • Movie Stars Sing! • Big Band Hi Fi • Henry Mancini • Grooving Guitars • TV Time • Tropical Treasures • Ladies of Lounge • Mambo Mania • Stereophonic Action • 21st Century Lounge • Bongo Madness • Cocktails • Musical Colors • Percussions on Parade • Blue Plate Special • Samba Rhumba Cha Cha Cha Hide full description

The music itself goes by a lot of names: Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Rat Pack, easy listening, orchestrated pop, cocktail music, exotica, and many others. It’s basically popular American musical from the middle part of the 20th century.The show covers roughly the years from 1955 to 1965; after the end of the Big Band Era and before the dominance of Rock and Roll. Each hour-long show will be a mix of vocal and instrumental music and is focused around a theme. Some of themes we've covered are: Traveling • Spies and Private Eyes • Music for Nightcaps • Cole Porter • Bossa Nova Heat • Johnny Mercer • Over the Moon • Music for Your Tiki Bar • Movie Stars Sing! • Big Band Hi Fi • Henry Mancini • Grooving Guitars • TV Time • Tropical Treasures • Ladies of Lounge • Mambo Mania •... Show full description