Suggested Listening February 13, 2026

Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening post; featuring a collection of songs spotlighted for your weekend listening pleasure.

This week we’re turning our listening spotlight on popular music released before 1970. Enjoy!

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I’ve Got The World On A String by Frank Sinatra

Found on the Album: His Great Performances 1953-1960 (2000)

Mambo Italiano by Rosemary Clooney

Found on the Album: The Essential Rosemary Clooney (1989)

Along Came Jones by The Coasters

Found on the Album: Greatest  Hits (2026)

Splish Splash by Bobby Darin

Found on the Album: The Ultimate Bobby Darin (2004)

Blue Suede Shoes Elvis Presley

Found on the Album: Elvis Presley (1956)

Come See About Me by The Supremes

Found on the Album: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Diana Ross & The Supremes (1999)

Cherry Cherry by Neil Diamond

Found on the Album: The Feel of Neil Diamond (1966)

Don’t Sleep In The Subway by Petula Clark

Found on the Album: Don’t Sleep In The Subway (2003)

Route 66 by The Nat King Cole Trio

Found on the Album: The Ultimate Nat King Cole (2019)

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes by Bobby Vee

Found on the Album: Greatest Hits (1994)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Gene Pitney

Found on the Album: Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa (2009)

Save The Last Dance by Ben E. King

Found on the Album: The Very Best of Ben E. King

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Have a great weekend!

Linda Reimer, SSCL

Information on the four library catalogs 

The Digital Catalog aka Libby: https://stls.overdrive.com/ 

The Digital Catalog, is an online catalog containing eBooks, eAudiobooks, and digital magazines. You can use your library card and checkout content on a PC; you can also use the companion app, Libby, to access titles on your mobile devices; so you can enjoy eBooks and eAudiobooks on the go! 

All card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can check out items from the Digital Catalog. 

And The Digital Catalog/Libby features titles that may be checked out via the one-copy-one-user lending model, just like print books.  

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Hoopla Catalog: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ 

The Hoopla Catalog features on demand checkouts of eBooks, eAudiobooks, comic books, albums, movies and TV shows. Patron checkout limit is 10 items per month. 

Hoopla is a Southeast Steuben County Library service available to all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders. 

The Hoopla companion app, also called Hoopla is available for mobile devices, smart TVs & media streaming players. 

Titles in the Hoopla Catalog are available to be checked out on-demand by all library card holders, with the caveat of being able to check out a maximum of ten titles per month, per card.  

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Kanopy Catalog: https://www.kanopy.com/en 

The Kanopy Catalog features thousands of streaming videos available on demand.  

The Kanopy Catalog is available for all Southern Tier Library System member library card holders, including all Southeast Steuben County Library card holders! 

You can access the Kanopy Catalog through a web browser, or download the app to your phone, tablet or media streaming player (i.e. Roku, Google or Fire TV). 

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StarCat: The catalog of physical/traditional library materials: https://starcat.stls.org 

Card holders of all Southern Tier Library System member libraries can access StarCat to search for and request materials available at libraries through out the Southern Tier Library System. 

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