When I was little, Nat King Cole’s “Mona Lisa” was - seemingly - being played constantly on one of the radio stations my aunt listened to while she was in the kitchen. The first time I heard Brian Setzer’s version of the song, I was aghast, but now I like ‘em both. Potential alternating earworms.
I was reading about Nat King Cole recently. Apparently he used to smoke a couple of cigarettes before recording a song. It gave his voice his signature smooth gravely affect.
Sadly, he died young of lung cancer.