The Late Night Show

In the ’50s and early ’60s, there seemed hardly a single film noir that didn’t involve a scene in a nightclub. There’d be smoke, elegantly clad women in evening gowns that were all zip and hip… and sharp-suited men attempting to look cool by linking Marlboro’s with Martini’s. Amidst it all, there’d be a singer, sometimes seated at a piano, who would slow down the action for a moment or two with a song of lost love or maybe a touch of the blues. These were the 4am people - folk who drifted homewards just before dawn. And this 2CD compilation celebrates some of those singers and the songs which made that era so memorable.

The Late Night Show soundtrack page