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A Mix By Our Favorite Brooklyn Crooner Paul Loren

Look up the word crooner in the dictionary and you’ll find: “a male singer who sings slow, romantic songs in a soft, smooth voice.” The definition couldn’t be more apt for Brooklyn-based singer and all-around dapper and debonair gentleman Paul Loren whose most recent release, Selections from Leisurely, is pure listening pleasure. You can also regularly find Loren spinning his vast selection of old 45s at Brooklyn’s Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club under the moniker, naturally, DJ Leisurely. Here, Loren shares some of the tunes that he himself likes to have on as his cooking soundtrack.


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Mixtape Tracks

Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Perez Prado Y Su Orquesta
Tweedle Dee LaVern Baker
Anna (Go to Him) Arthur Alexander
Frankie and Johnny Brooke Benton
Tristeza Astrud Gilberto, Walter Wanderley Trio
Cry to Me Solomon Burke
What’Cha Gonna Do About It Doris Troy
Tennessee Waltz Sam Cooke
Tell Him The Exciters
Sweet Sue, Just You (Mambo) Noro Morales Y Su Orquesta
Baby It’s You The Shirelles
Chega de Saudade Joao Gilberto
Our Day Will Come Ruby & The Romantics
Just Because Lloyd Price
Be My Guest Fats Domino
Come On-A My House Rosemary Clooney
Citta vuota (It’s a Lonely Town) Mina
Bye Bye Love Ray Charles
Chains Cookies
Take Me Dean Martin



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