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Bachelor Pad and Lounge

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What would dad do?

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“The Happy Bachelor” Gary Crosby Verve Records.

(19 votes, average: 2.79 out of 5)

Chevy chase

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Los Impala.   Musart.

(21 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)

Head games

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“Tete a tete” on Lero International

(24 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5)

Candle wax

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Nightcap on Westminster Hi-fi Records.

(26 votes, average: 4.62 out of 5)

Perchance to

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“Dream” with the Elliot Lawrence Orchestra.   Aptly on the Fantasy Records label. The typography, the lighting, her figure and the spareness of the room all add up to a kind of simple elegance on this cover.

(25 votes, average: 3.88 out of 5)

Hungry like the wolf

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“One Night of Love…!” Daniel De Carlo Decca Records.   Here’s the image of the classic American bachelor, the cad, the swinging hipster, the wolf on the prowl.   All the signs of trouble were there when she arrived.

(31 votes, average: 3.10 out of 5)

Hooked a feeling

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An album of emotions, including the classics (“Love” and “Hate”) as well as the seldom heard “Gay”, “Frustration” and (my favorite) “Hysteria”.

(41 votes, average: 3.95 out of 5)

Santa’s rocket

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Ferrante & Teicher’ s “Adventure in Carols” on Westminster Records (1955) “The Sound of Tomorrow – Today”

(19 votes, average: 3.37 out of 5)

Worth the waitress

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“A saucy serving of fun for next party.” “A night club in your living room…recorded during an actual performance at the Jolly Roger Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.” The Punchinellos “Party Platter”

(24 votes, average: 3.92 out of 5)

Designated patter

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Bill Barners’ “Warm Patter For a Hot Platter”

(22 votes, average: 2.55 out of 5)