Love Is Something You Can't Do Without (Winter '14)

01. The Shangri-Las "You Cheated, You Lied"
02. Jackie Wilson "To Be Loved"
03. Bing Crosby "Baia"
04. Annisteen Allen & Her Home Town Boys "I Want a Man (Who's Gonna Do Right)"
05. Billy Eckstine "Prisoner of Love"
06. Philip Cohran & The Artistic Heritage Ensemble "Motherhood"
07. Wilson Pickett "It's Too Late"
08. Louis Armstrong "A Kiss to Build a Dream On"
09. John Walker "Woman"
10. Jacky Lee "Young & Dangerous"
11. Clint Blacklaw "Still As The Night"
12. The Ronettes "Keep On Dancing"
13. Peggy Lee "You're My Thrill"
14. Duane Eddy "Loving You"
15. Ethel Ennis "Blue Prelude"
16. Ukulele Ike "(I'm Cryin' 'Cause I Know I'm) Losing You"
17. Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford "Candy"
18. Donnie & Joe Emerson "Baby"

A real chill has set in and it's giving me an itch for jukebox crooning, dark jazzy lullabies and Spector-ish jangling. Here's a quick hour of some hits that have been warming the walls in these parts. A bit of a lonesome-lover-vibe on this one so here's hoping you don't get too bummed out. Burners like the Jacky Lee jam (the A-side to the killler 45 that brought us 'Misery') should be enough to keep you on the up 'n up. Plus you've got the not-so-lesser-Walker-Brother John's Woman (that'll have you desperately searching for the b-side in no time), the eternally repeatable never-gonna-get-sick-of-of-it Donnie & Joe Emerson's Baby, the beautiful warble of what may be the best version of the 1945 hit Candy from Johnny Mercer & Jo Stafford, and a whole bunch of other tunes to carry you through whatever Holidays you're choosing to celebrate or ignore. Good luck out there.

Currently sipping: ginger tea with lemon, on repeat.

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Cover image: Personnel of USS LEXINGTON celebrate Christmas with make-shift decorations and a firefighting, helmeted Santa Claus, 12/1944 from the National Archive.