Playlist: POP MEETS ROCK!

What happened when vocalists comfortable with the Great American Songbook covered more "contemporary" pop/rock songs of the 50s/60s/70s and/or performed compositions joking about their discomfort with the New Music:
1. Perry Como--Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)
2. Frank Sinatra--Everybody's Twistin'
3. Nat King Cole--Send For Me
4. Dean Martin--Just Kiss Me
5. Nat King Cole--Mr. Cole Won't Rock And Roll
6. Mel Torme--My Little Red Book
7. Frank Sinatra--Mrs. Robinson
8. Tony Bennett--Something
9. Bing Crosby--Hey Jude
10. Peggy Lee--Everyday People
11. Julie London--Yummy Yummy Yummy
12. Mel Torme--Sunshine Superman
13. Jack Jones--Dixie Chicken
14. Perry Como--Beautiful Noise
15. Frank Sinatra--From The Bottom To The Top

My Frank Sinatra Reprise Records Playlist.

1. RING-A-DING-DING
2. I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU
3. IMAGINATION
4. PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE
5. GOODY GOODY
6. NIGHT AND DAY
7. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
8. FLY ME TO THE MOON
9. THE BEST IS YET TO COME
10. IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
11. THAT'S LIFE
12. I CONCENTRATE ON YOU
13. STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
14. SUMMER WIND
15. APRIL IN PARIS (Live, SINATRA AND SEXTET)
16. QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS (CORCOVADO)
17. SEND IN THE CLOWNS
18. LUCK BE A LADY
19. THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK
20. MY WAY

My Frank Sinatra Capitol Records playlist.

1. YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG
2. IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS
3. I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
4. COME FLY WITH ME
5. MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
6. AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
7. I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU
8. A COTTAGE FOR SALE
9. ANGEL EYES
10. EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME
11. NICE AND EASY
12. AMERICAN BEAUTY ROSE
13.  EMBRACEABLE YOU (DUETS II version w/Lena Horne)
14. ONE FOR MY BABY (AND ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD)
(DUETS version w/Kenny G soloing)

RIP Lena Horne.

She was a singer/actress/icon--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Horne


Here's a link to an underheralded film she made in the late 60s with Richard Widmark--
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064217/