The good turtle soup, not merely the mock

Of late, I've been listening to a lot of Frank Sinatra. I've had a number of his songs for a while now, but until recently had listened to only a few popular favourites (Strangers in the Night, At Long Last Love, My Way...)

Recently, I decided to expand my Sinatra collection and collect a few more songs. And listen to all of them.

And boy, are they good.

I've been listening to nothing but Sinatra for the last three days (the only exception being the delightful Dean Martin rendition of You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You) and am now firmly a fan. There's something about his voice... it holds me in the same way only a few other voices have held me in the past (Mukesh and Kishore come to mind).

Be it the sad, lovelorn songs, the swinging party pieces or the love ballads, the soaring voice and caressing lyrics envelop me completely every time. I find myself tapping my feet, snapping my fingers or doing a solo slow dance as I listen. Much to the bemusement of my colleagues, of course.

Here are my favourites to date, in alphabetical order:

At Long Last Love	Listen
Forget Domani	Listen
Fly Me To The Moon	Listen
Love And Marriage	Listen
Luck Be A Lady	Listen
My Kind of Town	Listen
One For My Baby	Listen
Saturday Night (is the Loneliest Night)
Strangers in the Night	Listen
The Girl From Ipanema	Listen
The Way You Look Tonight	Listen
You Make Me Feel So Young	Listen

Apologies for the external links - I'm too lazy to create streaming audio.