Wikipediaではトーチ・ソングには、こんな歌があると解説している。
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927), "Lili Marlene"
(1938), "One for My Baby" (1943), "Cry Me a River"
(1953), "The Man That Got Away" (1954), "Ne me quitte
pas" and "Here's That Rainy Day" (1959), "By the
Time I Get to Phoenix" (1965), "One Less Bell to Answer"
(1970), "Losing My Mind" (1971), "And I Am Telling
You" (1982), "I Will Always Love You" (1974) and "You're
Beautiful" (2004).
イギリスのあるファンサイトにThe Ten Best Torch Songsとして選んでいるのは、
1．SKYLARK Hoagy Carmichael
2．SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW Judy Garland
3．NIGHT AND DAY Fred Astaire
4．MY FUNNY VALENTINE Ella Fitzgerald
5．EVERY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE Cole Porter
6．THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY Judy Garland
7．A FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN Fred Astaire
8．DO IT AGAIN Marilyn Monroe
9．FEVER Peggy Lee
10．IS THAT ALL THERE IS? Peggy Lee
「Best Torch Songs Ever」というSong Bookが売られている。いろいろあるものです。欲しい方はejazzline.comから検索してください。
１．A Good Man Is Hard To
Find
２．A House Is Not A Home
３．All By Myself
４．Angel Of The Morning
５．Autumn Leaves
６．Bewitched
７．Black Coffee
８．Blue
９．Come Rain Or Come Shine
10．Crazy
11．Cry Me A River
12．Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
13．Don't Blame Me
14．Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
15．Fever
16．Fine And Mellow
17．Good Morning Heartache
18．Goodbye To Love
19．Haunted Heart
20．I Can't Make You Love Me
21．I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
22．I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
23．I Left My Heart In San Francisco
24．I Will Remember You
25．I Wish I Didn't Love You So
26．I'll Be Around
27．I'll Be There
28．I'll Never Love This Way Again
29．In A Sentimental Mood
30．In The Still Of The Night
31．In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
32．Jesse
33．Last Night When We Were Young
34．Love, Look Away
35．Lover, Come Back To Me
36．Misty
37．More Than You Know
38．My Coloring Book
39．My Foolish Heart
40．My Funny Valentine
41．My Man (Mon Homme)
42．No Good Man
43．Nobody's Heart
44．One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
45．One Less Bell To Answer
46．Rainy Days And Mondays
47．Skylark
48．So Far Away
49．Solitude
50．Some Of These Days
51．Somebody Loves Me
52．Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
53．Stardust
54．Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
55．Superstar
56．Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
57．The Man That Got Away
58．The Music That Makes Me Dance
59．The Party's Over
60．The Way Of Love
61．There Will Never Be Another You
62．Too Late Now
63．Total Eclipse Of The Heart
64．Touch Me In The Morning
65．Unchained Melody
66．Until It's Time For You To Go
67．What'll I Do?
68．Why Don't You Do Right (Get Me Some Money, Too!)
69．Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow)
70．You Don't Bring Me Flowers
トーチ・ソングって「ご当地ソング」だと思っている人がいるらしい。
美川憲一の『柳ヶ瀬ブルース』（1966年）が評判になり始めた頃、発売元のクラウンレコードの宣伝マンが使い出したのだそうだ。彼はTorch
Songを知っている教養高き社員だったのです。はっはっは。（2015/9/13）
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