'60s
- Sweets For My Sweet-The Searchers (The Drifters recorded the best version of this, in my opinion, but this rendition conveys devotion in its own way.)
- Sidetrack-Brian Bennett (An ideal soundtrack for an of-its-time spy movie. I hear echoes of the theme from "Shaft" in its arrangement, so I knew it had to be from the '70s. I was a little surprised to learn it's from 1976 and not earlier in the '70s.)
- 'Round Midnight-Kenny Rankin (A strong vocal rendition of a much-covered Thelonious Monk tune, fit for traditional jazz and smooth jazz stations.)
- Sinking Stone-Alison Krauss & Union Station (Just when you think you've heard every way a singer-songwriter can convey the end of a relationship that isn't working...)
- All Too Soon-Ben Webster (Webster's tone on the saxophone shimmers, as usual. This could segue with various renditions of "Misty," "Stardust," or "Body And Soul," especially.)
- Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue-Crystal Gayle (Forthright, matter-of-fact lyrics convey the pain of rejection; Gayle's vocal delivery is spot on.)
