Soundtracks of My Life: My Dad's Ultimate Party Song

When you reach my age and stage of life, you'll have accumulated a certain set of songs that you don't actually like, but that feel like part of you because your parents did.  Maybe for you it's---say---Bruce Springsteen or Abba.  As my dad was born in 1926, I heard a lot of really good music:  authentic vintage jazz, big band, and so on; some musicals I quite liked and still like; and a whole lot of crap that just seemed to quaint for words. 

I was reminded of this one while looking for the preceding recording by Mario Lanza (Recondite Armonia from Tosca by way of the film The Great Caruso).