Artist	Song
Nat "King" Cole	Unforgettable
from The World of Nat King Cole (2005)
Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine
from My Funny Valentine (1994)
Norah Jones	The Nearness of You
from Come Away With Me (2002)
Mel Tormé	That's All
from 16 Most Requested Songs (1993)
Al Green	Let's Stay Together
from Al Green: Greatest Hits (1975)
Johnny Mathis	Misty
from The Essential Johnny Mathis (2004)
Ray Charles	Come Rain or Come Shine
from The Genius of Ray Charles (2005)
Etta James	At Last
from At Last! (Remastered) (1999)
Tony Bennett	The Way You Look Tonight
from Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett (2004)
Sarah McLachlan	Ice Cream
from Mirrorball (1999)
Frank Sinatra	All the Way
from The Capitol Years (1990)
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie	Dream a Little Dream of Me
from Quiet Now - Ella's Moods: Ella Fitzgerald (1999)
Billie Holiday	Our Love Is Here to Stay
from The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959 (1993)
Otis Redding	I've Been Loving You Too Long
from The Very Best of Otis Redding (2007)
Sarah Vaughan	Someone to Watch Over Me
from Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (1998)
Sade	No Ordinary Love
from Love Deluxe (2000)
Ella Fitzgerald	All the Things You Are
from The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books (1993)
Eric Clapton	Wonderful Tonight
from The Cream of Clapton (2010)
Michael Bublé	You Don't Know Me
from It's Time (2005)
Bruce Springsteen	Secret Garden
from Bruce Springsteen: Greatest Hits (1995)
Harry Connick, Jr.	I Only Have Eyes for You
from Only You (2004)
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman	My One and Only Love
from John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1995)
Dean Martin	You Belong to Me
from Dino - The Essential Dean Martin (2004)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Cheek to Cheek
from Ella and Louis (2000)
Terence Trent D'Arby	Sign Your Name
from Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Luther Vandross	A House Is Not a Home
from The Essential Luther Vandross (2003)
Norah Jones	Come Away With Me
from Come Away With Me (2002)
The Sundays	Wild Horses
from Blind (1992)
Jane Monheit	More Than You Know
from Never Never Land (2000)
Etta James	A Sunday Kind of Love
from At Last! (Remastered) (1999)
Dianne Reeves	I Concentrate On You
from A Little Moonlight (2003)
The Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody
from The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (1991)
Astrud Gilberto	Fly Me to the Moon
from Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour (2001)
Iron & Wine	Such Great Heights
from Such Great Heights - EP (2003)
Nancy Wilson	Prelude to a Kiss
from The Great American Songbook (2005)
D'Angelo	Cruisin'
from Brown Sugar (2000)
Teddy Pendergrass	Love T.K.O.
from The Essential Teddy Pendergrass (2007)
Jill Scott	He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)
from Who Is Jill Scott? - Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 (2000)
Julie London	When I Fall In Love
from The Very Best of Julie London (2006)
Madeleine Peyroux	Don't Wait Too Long
from The Rounder Records Story (2010)
Nina Simone	Since I Fell for You
from The Very Best of Nina Simone 1967-1972 - Sugar In My Bowl (1998)
Chet Baker	Let's Get Lost
from My Funny Valentine (1994)
Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane	You Are Too Beautiful
from Hartman for Lovers (2004)
Jimmy Smith	Embraceable You
from Music for Lovers (2006)
Julie London	You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Remastered)
from The Very Best of Julie London (2006)
Elvis Costello & Marian McPartland	The Very Thought of You
from Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast (2006)
Dinah Washington	I'll Close My Eyes
from Jazz 'Round Midnight: Dinah Washington (1993)
Rene Marie	I Only Have Eyes for You
from Vertigo (2001)
Bill Charlap & Sandy Stewart	Love Is Here to Stay
from Love Is Here to Stay (2005)
Ronan Keating	When You Say Nothing At All
from 10 Years of Hits (2004)
k.d. lang	Maybe
from All You Can Eat (2008)
Seal	Touch
from Seal IV (2003)
Susannah McCorkle	Easy to Love
from Easy to Love - The Songs of Cole Porter (2006)
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	If This World Were Mine
from Marvin Gaye: Love Songs - Greatest Duets (2003)
Sam Cooke	Nothing Can Change This Love
from Greatest Hits (1997)
Queen Latifah	If I Had You
from The Dana Owens Album (2004)
Prince	Adore
from Sign 'O' the Times (2007)
Rene Marie	Take My Breath Away
from How Can I Keep from Singing? (2000)
Dakota Staton	Body and Soul
from Great Ladies of Song: Spotlight on Dakota Staton (1996)
Death Cab for Cutie	A Lack of Color
from Transatlanticism (2003)
Anita O'Day	You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me
from An Evening With Anita O'Day (2006)
Kevin Mahogany	Teach Me Tonight
from My Romance (2008)
Ray LaMontagne	Forever My Friend
from Trouble (2004)
Air	You Make It Easy
from Moon Safari (2004)
Nancy Wilson	In the Heat of the Night
from Welcome to My Love (1994)
Ivy	I'll Be Near You
from The Bee Season (2005)
Alexi Murdoch	Love You More
from Time Without Consequence (2006)
Tuck & Patti	In My Life
from Learning How to Fly (1995)
Bobby Short	At Long Last Love
from Bobby, Noel & Cole (2007)
John Mayer	Come Back to Bed
from Heavier Things (2003)
Art Taylor, Dexter Gordon, Diverse Instrumental Solisten, Dizzy Reece, Gordon Dexter, Kenny (Sr.) Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Slide Hampton	The Shadow of Your Smile
from A Jazz Romance - A Night In With Verve (2001)

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You wouldn't show up to a cozy dinner for two with no shoes on, would you? And you'd never try sopping up your soup without a spoon, right? Well, setting the mood with the perfect soundtrack should be just as much of a given when you make your meal plan. From the surprisingly tranquil tones of Bruce Springsteen's "Secret Garden" to the classic-jazz romance of Anita O'Day's "You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me," we've cooked up a musical menu so mouth-watering that it won't even matter much if there's any [i]food[/i] on the table or not. Come to think of it, with these tunes in the air and that beguiling creature occupying the other chair, who [i]needs[/i] dinner? Well, maybe just a bite . . .

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