George Winston.

I agree I wouldn't leave it nonstop. Several hours at a time OK, though.

Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra...Google Italian voice throughout the years....she'll love it.

A talented bunch!

Guy Lombardo!

I don't know if it matters, but this old lady was not born here and came to the US when she was 35 or so. So, around 1957/58… She is originally from Florence, IT (and very proud of it).

DH and I had a 1940s wedding complete with a big band. (This was 1998). So I had done some research and maybe I can help.

There was a CD collection by Time/Life that went through the best of each year of the 40s. So "1941" would be the name of one CD, and the jukebox is on the cover; that's how you can tell it's the right one. You can try google to find it. Meanwhile,
Here is a link to a few on ebay and there is another little grouping currently for sale on there (and some awesome collection that just sold--darn)http://www.ebay.com/itm/YOUR-HIT-PARADE-1940S-BIG-BAND-POP-DOO-WOP-1991-TIME-LIFE-MUSIC-3-CDS/171539059581?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D29385%26meid%3D4f2609e30e2a4d339d4bbbbf5213506e%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D300939550397

Ok that being said, off the top of my head (some might not quite be 40s)
Volare (Dean Martin)
Night and Day (Sinatra)
Tangerine (Helen O'Connoll, Jimmy Dorsey)
Slow Boat to China (Kay Kyser)
Moonlight in Vermont &
Haunted Heart (both by Jo Stafford)
Tie a Yellow Ribbon (round the old oak tree)

Glen Miller Orchestra (Moonlight Sernade, String of Pearls, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, etc)
Frank Sinatra (I always liked Frank Sinatra's CD called "Duets" which were made in the '90s, but they were the old songs…or you can just go with the originals)

And here is the magic bullet…you should be able to buy DVDs of "The Lawrence Welk Show," --this, OP, many of that generation loved loved loved. Not music but comedy they tended to love was "The Carol Burnett Show."

Finally, THIS CD is great. It's a compilation of hold music for Pottery Barn that people loved so much they started selling it. Just great old songs. If it's out (I see there's only one left) just get the songs individually on iTunes.
http://www.amazon.com/Dinner-at-Eight-Pottery-Barn/dp/B000CCDQXY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428366770&sr=8-1&keywords=pottery+barn+CD

She is in my home but I can't be in her room 27/7. She sleeps most of the time. I thought get about music because up to a couple of weeks ago she would move her feet to the sound of my DD practicing the piano.

OP, if you make a mix, I wouldn't mix nature sounds with other types of music.

Does this person have a CD player? Maybe something that can be put on a timer?

Also, the PP who mentioned the King & I, my MIL would have liked that too.

You might want to find songs from the Great American Song Book:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Songbook

Here's what my mom, who is almost that age, would like:
Joplin the entertainer (theme from the sting)
Songs from the king and I
Stuff like when the red red robin come bop bop bopping along
Chattanooga choo choo
Archeson topeka and santa fe
But I also question whether it's good to play all the time. Won't she want to sleep? Is she capable of saying turn it on, turn it off? If she's not capable of expressing that, you might just want something really relaxing like brahms lullabies that at least won't be irritating to her.

And have you thought about audio books?

Anonymous wrote:Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Andrews Sisters, Cab Calloway, Roy Rogers, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams,

Thanks! I will mix it up with the nature sound.

I wouldn't have something play non-stop.

You might want to consider nature sounds to play--birds chirping etc.

Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Andrews Sisters, Cab Calloway, Roy Rogers, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams,

What does she like to listen to? Country, rock, standards, classical?

She is under hospice care and I want to create a play list to put in her room to play non stop. They say hearing is the last sense to go, and she can't see well anymore.

Anyway, ideas?