Vocalist Lana Del Rey makes atmospheric, orchestral, retro-'60s-sounding pop that showcases her torchy image and sensuously husky singing style. A native of Lake Placid, New York, Del Rey released the single "Kill Kill" under her given name, Lizzy Grant, in 2009 before remaking herself into the pop femme fatale character Lana Del Rey. A video for the single "Video Games" appeared online in August of 2011 and drew considerable buzz, as did a "secret show" she performed at Brooklyn's Grasslands Gallery...

Eunice Kathleen Waymon, known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop.

法蘭西斯·艾伯特·辛納屈，暱稱法蘭克·辛納屈，綽號瘦皮猴，著名美國男歌手和奧斯卡獎得獎演員。常被公認為20世紀最優秀的美國流行男歌手之一。 法蘭克·辛納屈的音樂生涯始於搖擺樂時代，最初曾與哈利·詹姆士和湯米·多爾西一同合作，但在1940年代初便轉而成為獨唱歌手，並因此取得了極大的成就。

by William Ruhlmann By several measures, all of them registered in the liner notes to Bright and Shiny, Doris Day was the top movie star of the early '60s. But she had achieved this prominence, seemingly, at the cost of her popularity as a recording star. It was no surprise that Columbia Records emphasized her film accolades, since they provided the excuse for the company to keep her under contract; she wasn't selling enough records to maintain her berth on a major label otherwise. For years Day had restricted her recordings to one LP and a few singles per year, while her peers were turning out two or three albums in the same period. In 1960, she released two albums, but that didn't change her fortunes. Nevertheless, she was back in the recording studio in December 1960, this time to cut an LP the theme of which was happiness, hence titles like "I Want to Be Happy" (a song she'd previously done in the film Tea for Two and its accompanying album), "Happy Talk," and "Make Someone Happy," the last from the Comden-Green-Stynemusical, Do Re Mi. The concept was an appropriate one for a performer who was always better at expressing the sunny side of the emotional range, but even here, Day didn't so much convey happiness as calm contentment. At her best, on "Singin' in the Rain," she gave off her usual intimacy and warmth, but otherwise didn't put much of herself into the songs. She was, however, occasionally prodded by Neal Hefti's inventive arrangements, which often revolved around keyboard instruments: organ on "Keep Smilin', Keep Laughin', Be Happy," harpsichord on "Gotta Feelin'." Columbia pulled the latter and the title song as singles, but it was no use; Bright and Shiny was another commercial failure for Day.