One of my favorite recordings of the old favorites, many of which I played as a cocktail pianist in the early 1950s. Carly Simon's voice is ideal for these songs and the backup orchestra is first rate, somewhat reminiscent of Nelson Riddle. One nice and all too rare touch is that in the accompanying booklet every member of the orchestra is named. Bravo for that! The only complaint I have, and as you can see it has not affected my rating, is that there are only 37.45 minutes of music on this disc. A few more songs would have been welcome. But I'm grateful for what's there, so a clear 5 stars. Very highly recommended.