Top 10 Los Gatos Library Music CDs

1. All of You, Colbie Caillat      

Los Angeles vocalist Colbie Caillat is a singer-songwriter with songs based on a humble approach; although her music is acoustic, the arrangements go much deeper, culling from classical folk, jazz, and pop. 

2. Greatest Hits—So Far!!! Pink              

Alecia Beth Moore (born Sept. 8, 1979 in Doylestown, PA), better known by her stage name Pink, is an American singer songwriter who gained prominence in early 2000. 

3. The Book of Mormon, Trey Parker                

Trey Parker (born Randolph Severn Parker III; Oct. 19, 1969) is an Emmy Award-winning American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician, and actor, best known for being the co-creator of South Park along with creative partner Matt Stone. 

4. Bon Jovi: Greatest Hits, Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is a hard rock band from Sayreville, NJ. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.), the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s.

5. Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Bruno Mars            

Peter Gene Hernandez (born Oct. 8, 1985 in Waikiki, Hawaii), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is a Filipino-Puerto Rican American singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist signed to Atlantic Records.

6. Fearless, Taylor Swift               

Taylor Alison Swift (born Dec. 13, 1989 in Wyomissing, PA) is an American country pop singer-songwriter and actress.

7. Greatest Hits, Reba McEntire           

Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, OK) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop-tinged ballads that include 24 #1 hits. She has issued 26 studio albums, with more than 50 million records sold as of 2007.

8. Concertos, Antonio Vivaldi

Vivaldi was born March 4, 1678 in the Republic of Venice, today part of Italy. His father was Giovanni Battista, a baker before becoming a professional violinist, who taught his son to play violin. They subsequently toured Venice playing violin together. 

9. Andre Rieu in Wonderland, André Rieu

André Rieu was born into a musical family on Oct. 1, 1949 in Maastricht in the Netherlands. He began studying violin at the age of five. His father was a conductor. From a very young age he developed a fascination with orchestra. He studied violin at the Conservatoire Royal in Liège and in the Conservatorium Maastricht, (1968–1973). 

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a funk rock band based in Hollywood, and formed in 1983, in Los Angeles. The band currently consists of founding members Anthony Kiedis (vocals) and Michael “Flea” Balzary (bass) along with longtime member Chad Smith (drums). Guitarist John Frusciante quietly left the band on good terms in early 2008. On Jan. 2, 2010 Josh Klinghoffer was announced as Frusciante’s replacement. 

—Compiled by Los Gatos librarian Henry Bankhead