ALFONSO’S PLAYLISTS. THREE: POSITANO NIGHTS

It’s a taster of the kind of music Alfonso plays at the hotel’s Champagne Bar of an evening, at the end of a seven-hour shift spent greeting new guests and helping them with their luggage, once he’s changed out of his formal morning coat, slipped into something more casual, and donned the earring which separates his cool evening avatar from his daytime doorman persona. For us, this playlist, with its mix of seductive uptempo grooves and chill-out ballads, is the perfect Positano summer’s night soundtrack. If you’re reading this in the depths of a northern winter, think of it as a promise of warmer days to come.

Trauma – Sunny (Radio Edit)

Sirens Of Lesbos – Long Days, Hot Nights (Claptone Radio Edit)

The Avener & Phoebe Killdeer – Fade Out Lines

Silicone Soul – Right On!

Lenny Kravitz – The Chamber

Dire Straits – Once Upon A Time In The West

Amy Winehouse – Love Is A Losing Game

Craig David – Mercy Mercy Me

John Legend – All Of Me

Evanescence – My Immortal

Jamie Cullum – Gran Torino

Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone

Jeff Beck – I Put A Spell On You feat. Joss Stone

Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

Cat Power – The Greatest

Neil Young – Philadelphia

Lou Reed – Perfect Day

John Lennon – Imagine

Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight

Years & Years – King

Oasis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

Kygo – Firestone feat. Conrad Sewell

Arnold-T – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Lewis Watson – Stay

James Bay – Hold Back The River

M83, Haim – Holes In The Sky

Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do

Sam Smith – Lay Me Down

Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me

Cat Power – New York

Smith – Baby It's You

Rose Royce – Wishing On A Star

Everything But The Girl – Missing

Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Parts 1 & 2)

Michael Andrews – Mad World feat. Gary Jules (Alternate Version)

Eric Carmen – All By Myself (Long Version)

Western Disco – I Remember (BlackBox Extended)

Anna Naklab – Supergirl feat. Alle Farben & Younotus (Radio Edit)

Major Lazer – Lean On feat. MØ & DJ Snake

Maroon 5 – Sugar

Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand

Cristian Marchi – I Got You feat. Max C, Nari & Milani (Original Radio)

ReUnited – Hideaway (OBE Mix)

Fritz Kalkbrenner – Void (Radio Edit)

The Weeknd – Earned It

Rod Stewart – Blue Moon feat. Eric Clapton

Susan Boyle – Enjoy The Silence

The Avener & Kadebostany – Castle In The Snow

Ephemerals – You Made Us Change

Spandau Ballet – True (Long Version)

Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk feat. Bruno Mars

Gregory Porter – Liquid Spirit (Knuckle G Remix)

Aaron Neville – Let It Be

Zedd – Clarity feat. Foxes (Zedd Union Mix)

Etta James – At Last

Beverley Craven – Promise Me

Photo © Roberto Salomone