999,871: Nat "King" Cole- Orange Colored Sky

Rarely does singing remind me of food, but Nat King Cole's voice can only be described as the texture of honey. It drips and drools into your ears. Now, I know some heartless youngsters have been over-saturated with this crooner being played at their...say... Barnes & Noble retail job, which is why I would only prescribe him in small doses every so often. You can't eat chocolate for every meal, ya know?

Nat absolutely KILLS at the slow jams (see the chill-inducing: "Nature Boy"), but I always enjoyed his up-tempo numbers for their satisfying crescendos. Mr. Smoky-voice knows how to hold back the perfect amount in the beginning so the chorus hits HARD. Singing seems so natural it's like his only form of vocal communication. It doesn't hurt that he has the most professionally adept big bands backing him up. The horn section of this song is about has HARD ROCKIN' as top 40 music got in the year 1950! But unlike a lot of big band vocal numbers, the orchestra doesn't upstage the vocalist. He's simply another gorgeous instrument... like the most perfect cello to ever enunciate words. So go ahead, have a day where you just eat a whole chocolate musical cake.