He made "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" sound like a bluesy saloon song before switching to its original bounce.
A collection of what Sinatra called "saloon songs", it includes Alec Wilder's "A Long Night".
I believe all those Capitol years, all those wonderful saloon songs, came from that soul that was touched by her.
Mrs. Waters credited PTL with helping her quit smoking, and Mr. Waters turned his baritone voice from saloon songs to spirituals.
Mr. Nadler slips only when he applies his bright, brittle style to moody saloon songs.
"I would like to do a saloon song for you, if I may," he says.
July remembered a saloon song he had always liked: "Lorena."
She's known throughout the territory, and there's even that famous saloon song written about her-- My Heart Burns for You, and Other Places, Too.
Lorna has the saloon song, "Lorna's Here," though Nana Visitor hardly transmits essential allure and comfort.
Although her first recordings were instrumental piano boogies, and the one boogie in her set proved that her left hand still had its drive, her specialty now is saloon songs.