O ne thing you notice quickly when you start collecting exotica and space age pop music is the astonsihing frequency with which certain songs were covered. These tunes are the standards of space age pop music--the benchmarks, if you will, by which arranging and instrumental virtuousity and invention can be measured. These pages provide some background on who wrote some of the more prominent standards and when. I've lumped them into arbitrary categories and suggested the leading examples of each. In addition, you'll find a listing of numerous covers of many of these tunes for handy reference the next time you're in the mood to listen to 25 different versions of "The Third Man Theme" in a row!