Rod Stewart did a good job with his American Songbook.
Nobody cares what you think, racist.
From the other thread, Jason Gould and Barbra Streisand duetting on "How Deep Is the Ocean?"
http://youtu.be/RZ4uUAg0OfE
O M F G genius! Joy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VHUpGxFJJ8
How could I forget?
Tom Waits, "Somewhere"
You had to be there, and I was!
Tito - the greatest thing ever to come out of NYC!
(ignore the bad dancing...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj_XxBKG53g
Anita O'Day, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-NponTvYw
Barbra Streisand, "Cry Me a River"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TA6LQmP0ec
Patsy Cline, "You Belong to Me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIMtjxCbDMk
Chet Baker, "My Funny Valentine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvXywhJpOKs
Peggy Lee, "Fever"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7_k_0dKknA
Lena Horne, "One for my Baby (and One More for the Road)" and "A Fine Romance"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKl2SqGv1BY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ40cwG_ZGI
Ella Fitzgerald sang the definitive version of so many standards, for example, Cole Porter's "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNZKOh3oXSU
Someone above mentioned The Animals' (great) version of "House of the Rising Sun." I would, however, submit the Nina Simone version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCuu5fOEB3Y
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