Artist	Song
Les Baxter	Nocturne
from Moog Rock - Greatest Classical Hits (1970)
Sabu	Asabache
from Palo Congo (2000)
Esquivel	Night and Day
from Cabaret Mañana (1995)
Luis Oliveira and His Bandodalua Boys	Chihuahua
from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever (1996)
Friends of Dean Martinez	Monte Carlo
from Retrograde (1997)
The Ray Macvay Sound	Kinda Kinky
from The Easy Project (2011)
Martin Denny	The Carioca
from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 9: Cha-Cha de Amor (1996)
Arthur Lyman	Tropical
from Legend of Pele - Sounds of Arthur Lyman (2006)
Alvino Rey	Blues In the Night
from Ultra-Lounge: Space-Capades, Vol. 3 (1996)
George Shearing Quintet With Dakota Staton	From Rags To Richards
from In The Night (2003)
Simon & Garfunkel	Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha
from The Graduate (1986)
Cy Coleman	Playboy's Theme (Remastered 95)
from Ultra-Lounge: Bachelor Pad Royale, Vol. 4 (1996)
David Lindup	The Zodiac
from Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend, Vol. 1 (1996)
Don Baker	The Third Man Theme
from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. Eleven: Organs In Orbit (2009)
Roy Budd	Plaything
from Get Carter (2010)
David Rose	Like Young
from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers (1996)
Enoch Light	Bond Street
from Spaced Out (2009)
Lou Busch	Cool (Remastered 95)
from Ultra-Lounge: Bachelor Pad Royale, Vol. 4 (1996)
King Curtis	Melancholy Serenade (Remastered '96)
from Ultra-Lounge: Bachelor Pad Royale, Vol. 4 (1996)
Laurindo Almeida	Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune)
from Best of Laurindo Almeida & the Bossa Nova All Stars (1996)
The Johnny Hawksworth Orchestra	It's Murder
from The Easy Project (2011)
Terry Snyder	Guys and Dolls
from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. Eighteen: Bottoms Up! (Remastered) (2009)
Al Caiola	Underwater Chase
from Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers (1996)
Lalo Schifrin	Mannix (Long Version)
from Mannix (1999)
Kenny Sasaki & The Tiki Boys	At the Tiki Bar
from Tiki Moon (2003)

Comment:

Bachelor pad music may have had its glory days in the ’50s and ’60s, but there are legions of lounge-lovers today, and a new generation dedicated to carrying the tiki torch into the future. No one’s better suited for that task than Kenny Sasaki & The Tiki Boys, who take the exotica lessons of Arthur Lyman into a new millennium with “At the Tiki Bar.” Friends of Dean Martinez formed during the mid-’90s lounge revival, and leader Bill Elm’s dreamy pedal-steel guitar sounds on “Monte Carlo” are surely influenced by Alvino Rey, who pioneered a space-age, decidedly non-Nashville approach to the instrument on tracks like “Blues In the Night.” Incidentally, Rey had another influence on modern music, as grandfather to Arcade Fire leader Win Butler.

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