Hi everyone, here is our weekly Suggested Listening and Viewing post; featuring ten songs and two streaming video recommendations, one from a mainstream service and the other from Kanopy, the library’s free to access streaming service (all you need is a library card!).
First off the music and this week we’re offering an easy listening collection of classic songs that compliment the summer season. Enjoy!
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Blue Gardenia by Dinah Washington
Found on the Album: Blue Gardenia: Songs of Love (1995)
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In The Good Old Summertime by Les Paul & Mary Ford
Found on the Album: The Best Of The Capitol Masters (1992)
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Misty by Sarah Vaughan
Found on the Album: Sarah Vaughan’s Golden Hits (1958)
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Moon River by Jerry Butler
Found on the Album: Moon River / Delicious Together (2007)
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Night Train by Jimmy Forest
Found on the Album: Night Train (1990)
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On The Sunny Side of the Street by Louis Armstrong
Found on the Album: Satchmo: The Decca And Verve Years 1924 – 1967 (2020)
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On A Slow Boat To China by Kay Kyser & His Orchestra with Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood on vocals
Found on the Album: The Best of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (2000)
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Pipeline by The Chantays
Found on the Album: Pipeline (2014)
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Red Sails In The Sunset by Nat King Cole
Found on the Album: Unforgettable (1954)
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Sail Along Silv’ry Moon by Billy Vaughn
Found on the Album: Sail Along Silv’ry Moon (1958)
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Summer Wind by Frank Sinatra
Found on the Album: Nothing But The Best (2008)
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Take Five by The Dave Brubeck Quartet with Carmen McRae
Found on the Album: Tonight Only (1960)
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Theme from a Summer Place by Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Found on the Album: Percy Faith’s Greatest Hits (1960)
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Twistin’ The Night Away by Sam Cooke
Found on the Album: Twistin’ The Night Away (1962)
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What A Little Moonlight Can Do by Billie Holiday
Found on the Album: The Essential Billie Holiday: The Columbia Years (2010)
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Sleepy Time Gal by The Les Brown Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney
Found on the Album: The Sweetest Sound by The Les Brown Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney (2007)
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In The Evening by Ray Charles
Found on the Album: Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul (1963)
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And onto the Streaming Videos:
A new title available through one of the usual U.S. streaming services, followed by a Kanopy title that you can check out with your library card and stream on-demand.
Recommended Mainstream Stream of the Week
Silo, Season 3 (2026) (Apple TV+)
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Kanopy Stream of the Week
Trailer
Have a great weekend!
Linda Reimer, SSCL
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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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