Personally I like "rat pack" music. And you made a very good point. To take it a step further, I've been a BIG blues fan for years..... there's only a gazillion songs out there that were ol' blues tunes. Done by zeppelin, van halen, ect ect.....
I don't understand music snobs, if you like it then it's good. I hear it all the time someone will say they don't like Country, or Jazz or Rap and when you ask them they say they NEVER listen to it. Last night I was switching cable channels from Metal Mania, to Country Classics, to MTV Hits & heard something I had never before on all of them that I liked, if I didn't I just changed the channel again.