In the Peter Gunn TV series (1958-1961), Lola Albright played Edie Hart, the singing sultry girlfriend of Gunn, played by Craig Stevens. Lately, Youtubers have been uploading clips of her singing in the series. [Photo above of Lola Albright]
So while I'm away this weekend (no, I didn't impulsively split for Sicily), I'm leaving you with clips of Lola in action at Mother's, Gunn's hangout, with Victor Feldman on vibes throughout. Bill Chadney, the pianist, played Emmett on the show and would marry Albright in 1961. They divorced in 1975:
Here's I Didn't Know What Time It Was...
Here's How About You...
Here's Too Marvelous for Words...
Here's Candy...
Here's Day In, Day Out...
Here's Henry Mancini's Sorta Blue...
Here's Easy Street...
Here's It Could Happen to You...
Here's And the Angels Sing...
And here's How High the Moon, with Shorty Rogers...
Here's Oh Look at Me Now...
Bonus: What, no Dreamsville? As best I could tell, the Mancini song just appeared as background. For example, in the Kidnap episode, the song was used as mood music. Here it is...