Two cocktail party songs from the 1950s, courtesy of my grandmother's LP collection. These tracks are off a Reader's Digest LP Box Set entitled, "Down Memory Lane."

1. "Patricia" - Alan Braden and His Orchestra

2. "Cherry Pink and Blossom White" - Alan Braden & Orchestra 

 Grab the martini shaker, invite over your classiest friends, and turn up the volume. One (rather obvious) note: Please try to enjoy the skips and scratches on these tracks. Think of them as a lil' extra 1950s authenticity.

 Cherry Pink and Patricia have been covered a million times, but the Alen Braden version seems to have gone unrecorded (on the web, at least).  The most popular vocal version of Cherry Pink was by Alan Dale, reaching #14 on the charts in 1955.

The song was featured in the movie Underwater! starring Jane Russell. (Scene to the left)