Monsieur Ivylander and I were cruising down the Seine in his bateau-mouche last weekend, and, as we listened to Liz Brady’s 1966 classic Partie de Dames, he commented that there was “not a whiff of kittenishness” about it. How easy it was for that quality to become a singer’s default position.

I confessed that I found it all too easy to succumb to the lure of kittenishness and to prove that, here is a thread in its honour. Your favourite slinky, sensual, kittenish tracks please.

Along with all those petite, chic, jazz chanteuses from La Rive Gauche, I’d be very interested to hear tracks from countries and genres where kittenishness is less expected. Can one be Icelandic or Bulgarian and be fabulously feline? Are there cat-like crooners in reggae or folk music?

To kick off here is Quadron from Denmark, featuring the Lovely Coco O. A beguiling lass who should ensure that all the toms here stop their cat-nap and sit up and take notice.