On the drive in to work this morning I was listening NPRs story on Paul Anka. I learned that he wrote My Way for Frank Sinatra. He also has a new album out, Rock Swings. Ordinarily I wouldn’t find this very noteworthy, but this CD is a bit different.
All of the tracks on Rock Swings are swing arrangements of 80s songs. The tracks are available on iTunes so go listen to the 30 second samples. It’s fun to listen to these familiar songs done in a completely different way. Some of the songs are harder to recognize than others, so you may want to check out the iTunes iMix with the new and original tracks, for easy comparison.