Artist	Song
Mel Tormé	Heart and Soul
from A Foggy Day (2006)
Rosemary Clooney	Give Me the Simple Life
from Rosemary Clooney: Greatest Hits (1999)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra	Minnie the Moocher (Theme Song)
from Are You Hep to the Jive? (1994)
Blossom Dearie	I Won't Dance
from Blossom Dearie (1989)
Susannah McCorkle	For All We Know
from Ballad Essentials (2006)
Linda Eder	Vienna
from Greatest Hits (2008)
Mandy Patinkin	Send In the Clowns
from Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim (2009)
Karen Akers	Try To Remember
from If We Only Have Love (2004)
Ann Hampton Callaway	Our Time
from Great Cabaret Performances - Celebrating DRG Records' 25th Anniversary (2001)
Peggy Lee	Fever
from The Best of Miss Peggy Lee (1998)
Peter Cincotti	I Love Paris
from On the Moon (2006)
Jean Sablon	La mer (Beyond the Sea)
from Reader's Digest Music: Pigalle - The Most Beautiful French Songs (2006)
Trudy Desmond	They All Laughed
from My One and Only (1998)
Steve Tyrell	On The Sunny Side of the Street (From Father of the Bride, Pt.2)
from A New Standard (2010)
Patricia Barber	The Beat Goes On
from Companion (2004)
Sammy Davis, Jr.	That Old Black Magic
from Sammy Davis, Jr.: The Decca Years (1990)
Hildegarde	Jupiter Forbid (By Jupiter) [Selections 1942]
from Composers On Broadway - Rodgers & Hart (2006)
Annie Ross	Twisted
from Great Cabaret Performances - Celebrating DRG Records' 25th Anniversary (2001)
Betty Carter & Ray Bryant	Moonlight In Vermont
from Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant (1996)
Bobby Belfry	Cloudburst
from Imperfect Rhymes (2002)
Mark Murphy	Waters of March
from Giants of Jazz: Mark Murphy (2004)
Andrea Marcovicci	I Could Dare
from In Nobody's Shadow - Songs for the Theatre by Babbie Green (2001)
Liz Callaway	Infinite Joy
from Infinite Joy: The Songs of William Finn (Musical Cast Recording) (1990)
Scott Walker	If Love Were All
from Scott Walker (1998)

Comment:

As the Maurice Chevaliers and Marlene Dietrichs moved into the twilight of their careers, it was up to a new generation, such as Mel Tormé and Blossom Dearie, to fill the gap with songs like "Heart and Soul" and "I Won't Dance." Gone was the earlier sense of decadence, replaced by a suave urbanity, as the Stork Club (somewhat reluctantly) handed off its preeminence to Café Carlyle. Smoldering sensuality and sophisticated style were wrapped into one fantastic package when Peggy Lee cut her definitive version of "Fever." And cabaret continues today, as we'll see in Deep Cuts.

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